#mainly the animation. bro cmon cmon. cmon

[mipexch]

the animators did such a good job with these scenes. this show is charmingly refreshing & really well done. even if it isn’t renewed id still be happy with everything we got. netflix judges renewal value based on viewership, if you want it to come back, stream this shit!!!!!!!! boards for this sequence - posted by the storyboard artists

[actually-autisticc]

My thoughts on the Super Mario Movie

My autistic ass needs someone to talk to about this film and I have nobody. I know I don’t post as often anymore on here but I need to let this energy out. Here’s what did work and didn’t work

What did work:

the animation: DAMN. It looked amazing. I loved how smooth they looked on screen and the details of the character models, the background, etc. You can tell they put a lot of love into it. It felt so nice to see our favorite video game characters on screen like this. All of the references were such a joy to find and recognize. It’s also crazy that Mario came from being an 8bit model to this glorious, detailed, 3D model. And some scenes “camera” moved in a way that would be in a game. When Mario and Luigi were on their way to their first plumbing job, the “camera” moved sideways as the first Mario games were side-scrolling. When Toad and Mario were heading to the castle and poor Mario was being thrown around, the “camera” moved around like I guess the newer games? I mean it looked like Super Mario Odyssey but there could be other games, I haven’t played every single one (now I want to). Really cool attention to detail. My autistic ass loves attention to detail. The models looked good as well like Bowser’s scales and the brothers’ clothing. Funny how 3D animation wasn’t as detailed before like with Veggietales and Toy Story 1 but now we have HAIR. You get it.

The music: Some parts hit, some didn’t. I loved the orchestral remixes of our beloved songs. When the kart scene came on, I immediately recognized the music and felt PUMPED, especially when they were making the karts and I heard the Mario Kart 8 theme. I wanted to jump out of my seat but couldn’t cause I didn’t wanna be weird. Hearing the theme songs as well felt satisfying. It scratched that itch I didn’t know I needed to be scratched. I found myself listening to the soundtrack right after. I’m glad they chose 80’s songs rather than fucking Doja Cat or whatever but it still threw me off hearing Take On Me, Holding Out for a Hero, and Mr. Blue Sky. (Cmon Shrek did Holding Out better. No topping it) As much as I love those songs, I remembered that this is an Illumination movie so of course they’d have popular songs. If they left the pop songs in the human world and kept the Mario songs in the Mushroom kingdom, etc, it would’ve made a little more sense. No Sleep til Brooklyn was good tho, made sense cause they live in Brooklyn and they were in the human world.

Chris Pratt: Yes, I know everyone was skeptical of Chris Pratt playing Mario. I love Chris in Guardians of the Galaxy as Peter Quill so I didn’t have much doubt but since he is a celebrity and you know how movies these days (mainly Illumination) love to get big names in their films. I wasn’t disappointed. He was good, not bad. As much as I love Martinet’s iconic Mario, I don’t think I’d be able to handle hearing it the whole time. It’s iconic but let’s be real hearing “let’s-a-go!” the whole time is a bit jarring. Mario’s from Brooklyn so that’s what Chris tried. And his Wahoo! was good! You knew he didn’t want to ruin this character because of how much it holds. He TRIED. And Martinet as Giuseppe saying “it’s a perfect!” Felt like he was sharing the torch with Chris. He squished all the critics doubts by saying “he’s Mario too, it’s fine. Deal with it.” Hearing the voice made me smile so wide, it was like hearing an old friend. I think he even said that doing Mario’s voice too much hurt so we don’t want him to feel any pain for our sake! We all owe Chris an apology. You did great bro

Seth Rogan: I love DK. He’s big, loud, goofy, and strong. Seth did that right and honestly idk who else would play him. Hearing Seth’s iconic laugh made me laugh, idk who can hate it. It fit DK as it kind of…sounded ape-like? The whole fight between Mario and DK was straight out of a game. I loved the interaction between DK and Mario. They’re enemies at first but soon, they respect each other as in the games. I wish that wasn’t the whole character development between two characters in the movie, I wish it was Mario & Luigi, Mario and toad, or Mario and Peach. Hell, even Mario and Bowser. But this is only the first movie so we’ll see more

Anna-Taylor Joy: not much to say about her. I think Peach was fun and I’m glad they didn’t go the “damsel in distress” or “girl boss” route. We get it, we’re becoming SOMEWHAT better in terms of shit like that but god we don’t need it every time. Peach was a badass, she cared for her kingdom and subjects, and she was sweet. That’s Peach! It wasn’t the “I don’t need no man” or forced relationship with Mario and that was good. I loved Peach’s racing outfit too and all the power ups. Peach was awesome, I’m glad they didn’t ruin her

Charlie Day: I haven’t seen much of him but wow I loved his Luigi! I always loved Luigi, he was always the b guy and he deserves a lot of love. He’s adorable. I wish Luigi had more of an interaction with Bowser. We could’ve gotten a lot of funny scenes with them together (of course it’d be fuel to the shipping fire) and it was cut too short. I mean, bowser didn’t need MUCH from Luigi, he just needed information so it wouldn’t make sense why he’d keep him around when he could throw him in the dungeon with Luma, the penguins, etc. And the whole thing with Mario and Luigi “sticking together” was nice but…they weren’t together AS much? Yes, Bowser kidnapped him but idk it didn’t really feel so emotional. Their team up at the end was amazing of course, had the biggest smile with the star music on. Luigi must be protected

Keegan-Michael Key: His Toad was good! Kind of wished we saw more of Toad and Mario together but he was the comic relief. Sucked he wasn’t in it as much but maybe next movie.

Jack Black: MY MAN. GOD HE KILLED IT. Was that any surprise? No, everyone knew Jack was gonna bring his a-game and he did. Bowser’s singing was amazing, I was cracking up during that scene. PEACHES PEACHES PEACHES aah it’s good. I loved how Bowser went from his usual scary self to a big sweetheart who just wants to love someone. Yea, he did threaten to kill Peach’s kingdom if she didn’t marry him but hey he said he wouldn’t if she agreed! You can absolutely tell Jack loved his role and that’s so important in movies for it to turn out well. Honestly, I’d say Bowser was my favorite in the whole movie! (Ngl, Bowser kinda..) Bowser was intimidating at parts, especially with Luigi. He was a lot scarier than I remembered and damn he is a power house. Im surprised that I didn’t see him utilize his shell and spin with it but whatever.

The story: yes there wasn’t much of a big plot. Do I care? Not really. It’s Mario! You don’t really need a plot per se because you already know the characters, you know the concept of Super Mario. To me, it was as if I was playing a really well animated game. It was fast, fun, and left me with a warm fuzzy feeling. The plot WAS Bowser coming, Mario and Luigi starting a company and not feeling like they’re on top. You don’t need a different story with Mario. Yes, this movie wasn’t on the level of Into the Spider-Verse or Puss in Boots like we were expecting but it didn’t need to be. I had a great time with a story or not

The sound effects: god, the little kid in me wanted to SCREAM. It felt so satisfying to hear all the sounds we hear in the games from hitting a shell, hitting the mystery box, or landing on the flag pole at the end of a level. They really hit the nail with them. And Luigi’s ringtone was GameCube!!

Oh yeah I loved Kamek’s voice. He sounded exactly how I pictured it. He was great. Loved the scene of him dressing up as Peach and getting ANGRY that he didn’t kiss Bowser

What didn’t work:

The slow motion moments: this was when I remembered “oh yea, illumination made this.” Some of the moments were fine with Mario giving Peach a side eye (with rizz). That was funny. But all the other times, it felt like the screaming goats in Thor Love and Thunder. In other words, it was used too much. To me, the slow-motion parts are just “haha, their voice is deep and slow. They move slowly. Haha funny joke.”

The songs: I did say the songs worked but they didn’t at the same time. I LOVED hearing all the familiar songs and sounds from the games. I liked the 80’s songs as Mario was made in the 80’s but it didn’t fit movie. As I said, it would’ve been better if they kept the 80’s songs in the human world and the Mario-esque songs in the Mushroom Kingdom, etc. But Illumination has gotta…illuminate I guess

The pacing: I felt like it was TOO quick. They go from Mario ending up in the Mushroom Kingdom and he finds Toad with barely an introduction and they rush to the castle. Then Mario finds Peach who just so happens to be going to the same place at the right time. There wasn’t enough time to breathe and there could’ve been so many good character interactions and development if they made it longer. We could have had more of Bowser and Luigi, Mario and Toad and Peach. I mean there are lots of characters and they have yet to introduce Yoshi, the Koopalings, and Daisy so hopefully it will be better in the second.

Illumination: I’m not too crazy with this studio. I love Despicable Me 1&2 but the rest are just meh. There were moments in the movie that were just so like this studio that it somewhat felt weird. The plumbing scene was funny but I think that is a good example. The whole thing with the dog being malicious was an Illumination thing. So were some of the models of the humans. The songs. Idk. If this movie was made by another studio like Dreamworks or Sony, maybe it would’ve been better??

Overall, I’d give this movie a 7.5/10. It had great moments and a lot going for it but there is still room for improvement. And that’s completely okay because we still have another movie. We only saw these characters on screen for ONE movie so there’s still more to be seen. I say fuck the critics, they don’t know what they’re talking about. This movie didn’t need to be woke or whatever. It almost didn’t need a plot. This movie was such a beautiful love letter to all of the Nintendo fans and I was smiling the entire time. They knew not to make it flop because of how iconic and beloved Mario is. I felt like a little kid again as I watched my favorite video game characters on screen and now I feel the need to play my Wii or switch. I look forward to seeing what they do in the next film.

TLDR: go see it. It’s a lot of fun

Also LET ME VOICE YOSHI I CAN DO HIS VOICE. IM GOING TO BE ON A TEACHER’S SALARY IM GONNA BE BROKE

[evansencezz]

—WHO HAS THE CHOICE LIKE SMARTY DOES??- OC HEADCANNONS AND FACTS—ヽ(^□^｡)ノ

Notes: Silly little head cannons, what even is this, litterally info dumping, smoking, austism, neourdivergent, these can be taken as cannon or non-cannon, idk small little facts bout my ocs, skrunkiles, this is pretty cringe, most of these realeate to a modern au so shut up, fluff??, idfk, music, shortest note section ever, rag tag ocs, group ocs, spefific ocs.

U・x・U—Violet Evergarden—she/her—U・x・U

-idk if i said this or not yet but she’s austistic lol-

-her favorite drink from starbucks would defentily be a sugar cookie almond milk lattee what can i say-

-cannoncially demisexual with pansexual and poly undertones-

-her personality was actually inspired from donnie from tmnt and a mix of suimuki and a touch of rei from ngev (neon gensis evangelion)-

-yes, her name is based off of the anime character and show ‘violet evergarden’.-

-her special intrests are body anatomy and space.-

-cannot stand loud noises like screaming or shouting. her hands will automatically go to her ears. OH AND FIREWORKS SHE HATES THOOSE THINGS WITH A BURNING PASSION ‼️‼️-

-fucking hates high rise jeans and wishes they would die 😡-

-bullies kids on roblox-

-absoutelte grammar freak. like if u dare spell something wrong or use the wrong term she will punch you even though she doesnt type in caps.-

-her favorite colors are navy blue and ivory-

-consumes a shit ton of media and is a absoutetle nerd about every fandom ever-

-has a enemies to lovers with iris moment going on idfk-

-fucking hates annoying people who only care about beauty-

-cant stand overacheivers for some reason even though she is one!! LOSERRRR-

-average crusty insomaniac with greasy hair and a werido gambling obession-

-loves sweet shit would devour a whole wedding cake if she could-

-motherfucker would have a twitter account and go after EVERYONE. AND I MEAN, EVERYONE.-

-is actually really pale and if you squint or she actually goes outside for once, you can see her blue veins-

-says she doesnt fall for people yet she has a shit ton of fictional crushes-

-this isnt even a real headcannon but the little rag tag group and her gives me so much sertion-

-touch starved-

-while dating, violet is pretty closed off unless you talk about her special intrests. and she gets extremely embrassed at small things.-

-actually intense stage fright like she was throwen up on stage once for something iris planned and she was just a fucking mummbling mess.-

-bottom i make no changes bro.-

-if she was in school her favorite subject would be biology cmon now 😭-

-makes werid faces sometimes just like cringing and overexaggerated ones-

-actually doesn’t mind the nicknames V’ but no way she would actually say that-

-super duper clumsy and has fallen over on her crutches a good handful on times.-

-also really really texture senstive like she hates the feeling of itchy things, ice, squishy things, and slimy things.-

-can speak koeran, spanish, french, and russian-

-knows how to make really good coffee for some reason and would be a starbucks barista in now time-

-def likes slow 90’s music or lofi music-

-agrueabbly funniest out of the group-

-borderline sometimes forgets to eat when shes reading, on social media, or busy-

-most defentily has reactions like trying to cover her face when she smiles so much or when she’s embrassed-

-actually doesn’t mind ariana grande-

v(°∇^*)⌒☆—Iris Redbrook-they/them—v(°∇^*)⌒☆

-I HATE THIS BITCH 😡🔥🔥‼️‼️-

-awful just awful-

-their personality is an exact copy of rise!leo, someone help me.-

-certifed ‘leader’ of the rag tag group-

-non-cannon certified crush on violet?!? 😱-

-has been throwen into pocket dimesone multiple times and just brushed it off 😨-

-“OMFG IRISSSS!!”-while their being throwen into a blackhole.-

-“fuck not again 😞😞”- them bro-

-chaos creator bro, has started multiple bar fights. and won all of them somehow.-

-rarely actually bursts out in actual laughter, mainly its just snickers and shit 😒-

-number one lesbian in my face rn-

-spams the GC in modern au with fucking stupid ass memes-

-cannon guitar player-

-middle child average 🔥🔥-

-slacker in school def-

-bright colors bright colors everywhere-

-massive fan of parties like in the ‘episode’ where they all went to a party for a mission they were living it up bro ☠️-

-favorite drink from starbucks is a vanilla bean frapiccno with a shot of expresso and strawberry puree, ultimate meance-

-non-cannoically but implied ADHD-

-also agrueablly funniest out of the group-

-ulitmate leader on like teasing and flirting but then rejecting people 🤨-

-has actually slight anger issues but hides them pretty well-

-finds true crime rlly intresting and watches podcasts-

-sometimes makes self-depriving jokes and gets embrassed when people immeditally comfort them after.-

-“well that was dissaponiting..”-violet

-“not as dissaponting as me apprently lol!”-iris

-“no don’t say that!! your cool, iris!”-some rando’ idfk

-“WH-(｡･･｡)…”-iris

-if u date them be preapred to be showed off and flirted with constantly-

-they r only 20 but they defentily drank before and this is cannon bc i said so-

-loves titties but hates their own-

-has creative ass insults for some reason??-

-“listen here you little SHIT bag”-

-“WHAT”-everyone ever 😨

-knows how to swing dance?!-

✩⃛˞(๑ꆨ৺ꉺ๑)—Chiyo yang-she/her—✩⃛˞(๑ꆨ৺ꉺ๑)

-honestly a nerd-

-def likes the slight croquette aesthetic but leans towards a more fem type of style-

-her favorite show would defentily be either bloom into you or nana-

-firm believer in bisexual chiyo-

-she’s the type of person that wouldn’t mind the idea of polyamory but doesn’t know if it’s completly for her-

-defentily also likes slow 90’s and early 2000’s but also likes pop stuff-

-defentily has a stash of romance mangas in her room-

-so obessed with the color pink like it’s unhealthy-

-spotify would do her dirty on the yearly wrap shit they do-

-in modern au she would absoutetly love saniro no changing my mind on this-

-has a slight teasing nature to her but nowhere as bad as iris’s is 😡-

-absoutetly loves the beach for some reason and traveling during summer?? like it just fills her with so much nostagalia and stuff like what ☠️-

-has trouble forming how she feels or what she actually means with words and gets annoyed at herself-

-her hair color is natural, by pink i mean like a pinksh blonde like almost like a strawberry blonde-

-defentily knows how to speak japense and spanish-

-super intrested in different cultures and learning about the world, like god bless you if ur her friend and from a different contient or culture.-

-super good at baking for some reason?? even though she doesn’t do it often-

-if u date chiyo just expect to be holding her back by the collar of her shirt from doing something reckless-

-i made her personality a mix of kel from omori and hero, slightly chaotic but mature in serious moments-

-gives off air head vibes but is surprisngly well-versed in things she likes 😞-

-listens to airana grande i dont make the rules-

-absoutetly hates being by herself like at all times she is with SOMEONE IDC WHO IT IS BUT ITS SOMEONE-

-fucking drinks, eats, and spits out fluff reading material and refuses to read anything else-

-kinda delousional TBH!! 😒-

-has something going on in that head but no one knows what shes thinking about-

-neither booksmart or lifesmart-

-firm believer in makeup and be used no matter what and its not for male eyes-

-also likes parties and messing around-

-please never pair her and iris together-

-defentily sings along with 90’s and 2000’s music at concerts and at parties-

-gets the biggest smile on her face when shes actually having fun with the rag tag drop-

(°ヮ°)—Venus Damershera-she/they—(°ヮ°)

-certifed mother figure of the group-

-don’t get me wrong, she’s funny too ☠️-

-def would have a aestehtic ass animal cross island-

-firm believer in christmas and december surpremacy and hates on spring-

-most defentily would cook for you if she found out someone wasn’t eating or something-

-bisexual-

-surprisngly has multiple ex’s (fuck them take me now venus 🤗🤗)-

-has a whole ass mf piano in her room or house that they don’t even play anymore, it just kinda..sits there..-

-recovering drug user NOT CANNON AT ALL-

-cannon milk drinker EW EWWWWW-

-surprisngly childish when ignored or bothered, like they always keep this mature thing up but when their annoyed their r surprisngly destructive-

-mentally unstable defentily-

-almost never curses but when she finally did iris was so happy-

-“okay, i don’t know who the FUCK told you to-!”-venus

-“OH MY GOD, VENUSSS CURSEDDDD!!”-iris

-has twitched simaliar to violet like her eye will visibly twitch or her hands will comb through her hair-

-defentily kins yuri and kaede from both dangonronpa and ddlc-

-broke a paintbrush once from trying to hold back anger due to something-

-smiles at people even though she wishes they would keel over in their head-

-defentily the most shy out of the rag tag group-

-likes poems and spritual things like crystals and incense etc-

-sometimes cries over her lost siblings 😰-

-has a journal where she remebers and recounts all the times and all the memories she has with them-

-has a slight obession with the color purple-

-her favorite princess is rosalia from mario-

-def listens things like wham and video game soundtracks-

-likes reading and has a pair of glasses-

-a slight hopeless romantic and gets embrased when iris teases her about it 😮-

-has a very small tooth gap but it’s not very noticeable-

-her eyes crinkle and her dimples show when she smiles-

-they def are one of those bitches who comes into starbucks and orders every single drink with oatmilk just so people know their gay-

-actually loves carides so much and spaces out while looking out the window 😝-

-one of those bitches who def goes after toxic people on twitter to defend an innocent person who is getting hate-

-certified overthinker 😱-

-people would def call them mommy on tiktok and they wouldn’t get it at all 😧-

-has big boobs-

-cannot lie to ur face for shit bro-

-gets really tense and flustered when people invade their personal bubble-

-actually pretty tall like 5’6 😓-

-a sucker for pretty men or dorky men like PRETTY GIRl STAND THE FUCK UP!!-

—defnetily one of those bitches who feeds you well bro like will make a effort to make sure u eat something-

-mama will be the sweetest lover ever bro-

-accidentally calls people ‘good girl’ or ‘good boy’ when they do something well and immeditally apologizes after-

Σ(`･ω･Ⅲ)—Noel Vixien-she/he/they—Σ(`･ω･Ⅲ)

-our genderfluid polysexual omni icon-

-defentily had a threesome at some point i dont make the rules-

-mf has ISSUES-

-fidigts alot and gets antsy when doing things solo but refuses help ☠️-

-secretly hates it when people compare them to christmas or the bath and body works scent-

-unironcally smells like vanilla-

-makes faces when something akward or cringe happens to get the point across-

-stuck play-dogh up her nose when she was younger-

-cannot go near curches-

-finds puns funny but immeditally looks the other way when she starts smiling-

-defentily scrunches their nose when messed with 😒-

-accidnetally punched ever other member of the group once or twice because they were snuck up on-

-has a pair of glasses but doesn’t really wear them-

-also likes reading but not super duper long books-

-cannoncially autistic-

-prefers to be called neourdivergent-

-is a skin picker as one of his nervous habbits-

-really texture senstive and refuses to eat things that are mushy, or really tough-

-has a mild fear of heights-

-smoker but makes sure to not do it around venus or violet-

-would most defentily work at a cafe’ with violet-

-doesn’t really have a spefic taste in music beside that she hates country-

-almost choked someone because they called them cronically online 🤗-

-people would defentily simp over them and iris if they had social media accounts bro-

-stubborn and bitter asshole 😡-

-fought with a homophobic protestor once and grabbed a random girl and kissed her while people cheered in the background-

-most defentily one of those girlfriends who pulls you into a kiss by the collar roughly-

-doesn’t mind physical touch but sometimes it can be too much 😰-

-please if ur dating them don’t be upset when they say no to cuddles like cuddles to them is sitting side by side sort of huddled together, not body aganist body contact 😞-

-certified girlboss-

-paces around and tugs on their hair roughly when their annoyed or stressed out-

-loves the starbucks iced chai’s with oatmilk and sugar cookie syrup (boy that is litterally just desert)-

-married to the mango and white monster energy-

-horrible anixety when ordering food at a resturant or something like bro what 😧-

-doesn’t know how to wink-

-flinches and jumps really high when spooked out-

-also makes cringe or disgusted sounds when freaked out or shaken up-

-has a bitch resting face but doesn’t really care 🙏-

-doesn’t really like large groups of people but will go to a party if it’s absoutetly nesscasary-

-get’s werid shivers and jolts to her body due to her well-half mortal condition-

-if you hold his hands, his whole left side is warm and basically a human identical. but his right side is unaturally pale and discolored and abosutetly freezing-

-gets a shit-ton of body aches like headaches, fatigue, tiredness-

-constantly cracking some bone in his body like bc it FUCKING HURTSSSSS?!!-

-motherfucker flipped off someone while on a misson and almost died-

-croncially dense-

-likes sweet creamer unaturally amount-

-defentily gets alot of hyperfixations-

-collects crystals and maps 😮-

-an absoutetle history nerd espically greek and roman history ☠️-

-sweats alot when put under pressure what can i say they aren’t good under pressure (me fr)-

-has slight anger issues but nothing too bad-

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[wei-yiing]

i've been thinking a lot about wei wuxian's three month disappearance while he was in the burial mounds, and i have So Much to say but at the moment i mainly want to talk about his resurgence

cos like. in the anime he just shows up at the burning nightless city and k*lls wen chao, wang lingjiao, and wen zhuliu, playing his flute atop a roof and pretty detached from everyone around him. lwj is obviously heartbroken and we get the infamous 'wei wuxian!', 'lan wangji!' and they're physically so distant from each other. then jc is kinda like 'k my bro's back. cmon wwx forget lwj let's go to lotus pier'

AND THEN there's cql, where jc Hugs wwx like 'where the Fuck have you been you idiot fool' which like. donghua jc hugging wwx? the day pigs fly. and of course we get 'wwx! lwj!' but this time they're standing practically opposite each other cos they're just inside a room together. the setting isn't quite at dramatic and the donghua, and they aren't screaming in anguish. lwj raises his voice in anger and concern, but wwx is totally composed, dejected, even. it's way less theatric and way more solemn, poignant. a more quiet heartbreak than the donghua

AND THEN STILL there's the audio drama, which is the most close to the novel, w the ling chi and the cannibalistic meat bun, where wwx just shows up at wen chao and wen zhuliu's room in their inn and lwj and jc are listening through the attic before revealing themselves (can we take a moment to appreciate lwj and jc in the attic together. cos. i mean. omg) it's not a burning wasteland with raging green flames and hoardes of undead, no, it's indoors like in cql- but lwj sounds so distraught, and it's louder and more confrontational this time, because Fuck, Wei Wuxian this is Horrifying (seriously wwx you sadist just let wen chao d*e already)

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Shelter Chapter 1 by shawnie1718 (me) on ao3

Drummer!Lucas/Model!Eliott

Omega!Lucas/Alpha!Eliott

It’s that fateful Instagram story which helps connect a certain Omega and a certain Alpha.

(Someone asked me if I posted it on my tumblr because they couldn’t see the photos so here we are!)

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It was that fateful Instagram story that Lucas’s friend Yann had posted which would later change Lucas’s life. It was only fifteen seconds long. The video itself was jerky and fuzzy, so it didn’t do much in the viewing department. But there in the center of the frame was Lucas, jamming out in the street with bins scattered around him. The jamming session had been totally unprompted. Lucas and Yann had walked up to a street performer as he was playing on his “set of drums.” Lucas had commented something which prompted the performer to ask “would you like to play?” Lucas hesitated and it was Yann who actually pushed him to perform. So Lucas got up there and began to play a simple beat, pretty soon mixing it up and playing more advanced rhythms. Lucas thinks he looks stupid in the video, with his backpack slung around his back and hair flopping around as he jumped. But Yann argues that “that’s what gives it character!” And of course his friend claims that he brought on Lucas’s rise to fame.

Lucas’s following on Instagram blew up when the video went viral. Everyone began wondering who the sexy drummer was that could create awesome rhythms totally unprompted. So, Lucas decided to feed a growing fan base a video of him playing the drums upside down. What else was a man to do? The internet went wild. Lucas didn’t really understand why, but he took it. Lucas then did a follow up video as a thank you, and decided to share with his fans his love for playing guitar and singing.

Thus, he earned the title of the “French Cutie Who Can Do Anything.”

Then came the night Lucas and Yann had been chilling in Lucas’s apartment (which he shares with two other people. Yann always gets upset at him for not getting an apartment of his own “since you have enough money!” But Lucas likes sharing a space. Plus, living with another Alpha and Omega is comforting.) He had been on multiple press tours by this point, and had just finished with his USA tour which hit the main cities such as LA and New York. But it felt nice to be back in Paris, in his apartment, nursing a crappy beer with a French TV show on in the background.

He was mindlessly scrolling through Instagram, Yann doing the same but on the other side of the couch, when he suddenly got a notification. Lucas frowned, he thought he had his push notifications for Instagram turned off. He slid over to his messages and read the profile name. Srodulv? How do you even pronounce that? Sro-deulv? Shrodulvsjdn? Like what?

Lucas shoved his phone into his friends face, “do you recognize that name?”

Yann narrowed his eyes at the screen, “the ‘srodulv’ one?” Lucas gaped at him, how did he pronounce that so well? Yann continued, “nah, but you can click on the profile.”

Lucas was about to protest but Yann beat him to it, already tapping on the phone screen to pull up the account. Yann shoved Lucas’s phone back into his face before going back to continue mindlessly scrolling through Instagram. Lucas went immediately to the profile picture and ho- holy shit this guy was hot. His eyes trailed down to the bio where it read “elite model/actor 🇮🇹” Ah well that explains the hotness level.

Lucas continued scrolling to look through the photos. It was obvious the guy was an Alpha, from his air of confidence to his rather dominant features, like how tall he was or his sharp jawline. I bet that jawline could cut glass... Lucas shook himself out of his thoughts and decided to start from the bottom. It started off with some odd posts that didn’t seem to really fit together, some drawing and some videos of old animations. But slowly it turned into more headshots and posts of that sort, probably as he became more into his modeling career. Lucas clicked on one post which caught his eye. Lucas wasn’t sure if he was drooling as he looked into the steely gray eyes. Jesus, is he even real?

Lucas meant to click on the exit button, once, twice. You liked the picture! Lucas felt his heart stop. Nooooo. He looked down to see the date. Lucas wanted to chuck his phone at the wall. Three years ago. Fuck. No getting out of this one.

Lucas began panicking and hitting Yann on the shoulder “bro, mec, ow abuse!” Yann yelled. Lucas ignored his friends remark and shoved his phone back into his friends hands. Yann took a few moments to catch up through evaluating the phone. There was no way Lucas could voice what he had just done. He was too busy trying to fold in on himself. He heard Yann laugh and mumble a “duuude...”

“No, no!” Lucas said frantically and grabbed the phone from his friend, “don’t ‘duuude’ me! HELP me!”

Yann shrugged, “I mean, he’s a model right? He probably gets thousands of likes a day. He probably didn’t even notice.”

That helped calm Lucas a little. Yeah, maybe he didn’t notice. His hopes were crushed, however, when we got another notification. @srodulv sent you a message!

Lucas hovered over the message for a few minutes, really it felt like centuries, before deciding to open it. He first saw the photo @srodulv had sent him. It was a drawing of a small hedgehog sitting at a set of drums, spikes going everywhere. And another small sketch of the same hedgehog with a guitar in hand. Lucas smiled at the photo despite his efforts to repress his smile. He then looked down to see the next message

@srodulv: like what you see?

Lucas wanted to go run...somewhere. No, what he really wanted to do was to just crater in on himself until he was nonexistent.

“Shit, he just messaged me again.” Lucas finally mentioned to his friend.

Yann huffed and sat up from his position on the couch to look over at the phone.

“So? Message him back?”

“Are you crazy?” Lucas squeaked.

Yann laughed, “uh, no. I mean, he’s a model right? Maybe being his friend could help boost your career!” Lucas eyes his friend, “also not that I’d date him, but man those eyes...”

“Okay, okay, get off me.” Lucas said grumpily and shoved his friend off his shoulders.

Lucas hadn’t really been into anyone ever since his crush on Yann. He still wasn’t out to his friends, or the internet. (Though he will say the internet is onto him. They are much smarter than his friends. The internet has speculated that he’s actually an omega despite the fact that he uses suppressants. They help him appear more beta like, especially in person.) He’s come to terms with his sexuality and secondary gender himself, but taking the step into the public eye is a large step. Well, more like a large jump. Especially with how much his life is on display to the world.

When he first presented as an Omega at 15, he was scared. He saw what happened to his mom, who was also an Omega. He loves his mom, he really really does. But he just doesn’t want to end up like her. So, he started taking suppressants. Luckily, his dad wasn’t against getting the prescription, because he was ashamed of having a male Omega as a son. So they agreed to keep that secret between them. That is, until Lucas moved in with Mika. He had to tell him about his secondary gender mainly because of his heats. That would have been a rude awakening for Mika if he were to walk in on Lucas. Lucas usually forces himself into heat, which means he stops taking his suppressants every couple months and sets aside a week for it to happen. He hates his heats. He hates how he becomes so needy, but at the same time he wishes he had an Alpha who could actually satisfy that neediness. Braving heats alone is not an easy task. Every time, it feels like his inner Omega is trying to rip itself from his skin, clawing at it, whining constantly. But it’s better than having an Alpha to control his every move.

Lucas pulls himself out of his thoughts and glances at his friend who is back on his phone, watching...is that a compilation video of dogs catching frisbees?

Lucas takes a deep breath, opening up Instagram.

@lucallemant: well I like the drawing. I suppose the artist isn’t bad to look at either.

He sets his phone to the side, heart pounding. Suddenly, his phone bings. He wasn’t expecting a response so quickly.

@srodulv: I would hope not.

Lucas felt like punching himself in the face he was so anxious.

@lucallemant: so...why a hedgehog?

@srodulv: maybe because someone always has such unruly hair. And maybe because someones nose just looks so boop-able.

Lucas is glad @srodulv let’s the change of subject slip by. But did he just say his nose was...boop-able?

@lucallemant: excuse me, what did you just say?

@srodulv: I think you heard what I said.

@lucallemant: heard? I didn’t hear anything?

@srodulv: you know what I meant! You’re mean... :(

@lucallemant: haha I’m sorry I’m sorry.

@srodulv: so do you accept my compliment on your nose?

Lucas smiled to himself, pretending to rub at his lips to make it seem discreet.

@lucallemant: I suppose I have to. And may I have the honor of knowing the name of the person who gave me such a nice compliment?

@srodulv: where are my manners?! I’m Eliott

@lucallemant: Lucas. Though I suppose you already knew that.

@srodulv: at least I know now for sure that your name is really Lucas. Not just “French Cutie Who Can Do Anything.”

@lucallemant: oh god that is going to haunt me forever, isn’t it?

@srodulv: haha I’m afraid so.

Lucas pauses before saying: so you’re a model then? What’s a model doing drawing ME of all people in fan art.

@srodulv: cmon if anyone deserves fan art it’s you!

Lucas blushes and tries to swipe it away before Yann sees.

@srodulv: I suppose I draw because it’s an outlet of some kind.

@lucallemant: that’s awesome. Well, since my fursona is apparently a hedgehog, do I get to know yours?

@srodulv: haha you know I would like to think of them more as soul animals, but thanks for that thought. My “fursona” is a raccoon.

@lucallemant: a raccoon?

@srodulv: yeah! They wear masks. 🦝

“Dude, quit smiling at your phone like that. You’re freaking me out.” Yann mumbles from beside Lucas, pulling him out of his little Eliott and Instagram bubble.

“Sorry...” Lucas said before letting his gaze trail back on his phone. He saw Yann roll his eyes, but Lucas just brushed it off.

@lucallemant: so how did a model such as yourself stumble upon me?

@srodulv: I couldn’t let a pretty face like yours slip away, could I?

@lucallemant: try again, this time without flirting.

@srodulv: ouch getting called out lol. But I suppose I was in a rough patch and your video sort of helped pull me out.

@lucallemant: which video?

@srodulv: that’s a surprise ;)

Lucas lets a smile take up his lips. His eyes drifted up to the time. Holy- it’s already 1:30 am? He’s gotta go to bed. Classes tomorrow. Thanks college.

@lucallemant: I have to go :( classes early tomorrow.

@srodulv: aw man, you’re still in high school?

@lucallemant: college actually

@srodulv: oh! What are you studying? (Last question for the night and then I’ll have to come to terms with our conversation ending D: )

Lucas snorted a laugh: I’m a bio major. (And I’m sorryyy! I wish I could keep talking too)

@srodulv: then show me how sorry you are. Meet me in Paris when I get back from Japan?

Lucas chewed at his bottom lip. Should he trust this guy? He is an Alpha...

But what’s the worst that could happen...right? Eliott seems like a nice enough guy. Lucas lets his inner Omega instincts take over on deciding what to do.

@lucallemant: sounds like a plan. When do you get back?

@srodulv: it’s a date! I get back in a month!

@lucallemant: looking forward to it. Goodnight, E.

@srodulv: goodnight, Lulu.

Lucas hugs his phone to his chest.

It’s a date!