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20dollarlolita · 3 years ago

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Pattern Review: CUT/SEW 016 Lolita Victorian One Piece Sewing Pattern

CUT/SEW is a very small patternmaking company that released a few lolita patterns. I bought one, and here's my review. I've rewritten this review several times because I keep having issues staying neutral, so we're going to start out with the questions that patternreview.com asks, and then I'll add my main personal issues with this at the end.

Pattern Description:

A lolita fashion staple, this one piece dress (OP) is meant to be customized with fabric choice and trim to fit your favorite style or subculture. It includes a pleated yoke, no closures, and an extremely gathered skirt for a full babydoll silhouette. Mix and match fabrics like chiffons and charmeuse on the sleeves and bodice for an extra elegant look. For maximum fullness, we recommend a petticoat with this dress.

From the CUT/SEW website.

So, there's two descriptors of this garment, and "lolita" and "victorian" are both things that don't describe this garment. CUT/SEW has more than once said that they're an American company making J-Fashion inspired patterns, but slapping a couple of "inspired" into this descriptor could really go a long way. Someone buying your product should have that information available to them on the item page, not deep in the brand's official instagram stories from 18 months ago.

Pattern Sizing:

The sizing of this pattern confuses me. The instructions do not provide any finished garment measurements. The envelope itself does not provide any sizing guidelines; that has to be downloaded off their site. Once you go through the "size calculator" on their site, which isn't a calculator as much as a list of sizing options, you'll see that there's no vertical measurements listed at all. Maybe I'm just too tall for this pattern? We won't know, because no one has posted that information.

In addition, this pattern calculator includes a waist and hip measurement, but the waist and hip measurements of the actual garment are about as free-size as you can get. It doesn't matter if my waist measurement is larger than my hip or bust measurement, because it doesn't matter on the garment at all. Why are they listed there, when the only measure that matters in this list of measurements is the bust? That just serves to confuse new sewers and help them make bad decisions.

Does it look like the photo/drawing on the envelope once you were done sewing it?

Yeah, here's my beef: based on the CUT/SEW website, there is no way to tell what this pattern is actually supposed to look like. Their model is obscuring the details of the dress with the pose. Someone decided that only one picture of the sample garment was needed, instead of posting a front and back image in addition to their model pose. The fashion illustration shows the yoke to be going down below the bustline, but the actual pattern has it fall above the bustline (which is in line with the site description calling it a yoke). Their technical illustration is nice-looking, but it's not a proper fashion flat. I really cannot fault a company for not making a technically correct fashion flat when they're this size, but the fact is that this flat does not communicate the proper proportioning of the finished garment. This would be completely acceptable if there were three more pictures of the test garment.

I've measured the pattern and I've measured my garment, and it's the length that the pattern dictates that it should be. My garment does not look like the pattern.

We're not going to complain that the model isn't styled in a lolita way. They're just there to show the garment, not to enter a coordinate contest. However, we are going to complain that the only image they have of this garment does not actually show you the garment.

Were the instructions easy to follow?

The instructions were an ABSOLUTE DREAM to follow. I'm not joking. They are the best newbie-friendly instructions that I've read from any pattern in my life. Everything is worded clearly. The diagrams are useful. It has helpful advice for new sewers. They were, undeniably, fantastic. No only is a new sewer going to be able to follow these instructions, but they will finish the project with more information about how to sew than they had when they started the project.

There is one part where the instructions say to press the tucks towards the center of the yoke, and the pattern is made for them to be pointed away from the center (the proper way, btw). Since the instructions are DLC and don't actually ship with the pattern, this would be an easy fix on CUT/SEW's part if they would like to correct that.

Also, one of the pattern pieces has completely incorrect instructions on it. You can tell, both by the fact that the place on fold symbol is lined up with the resizing lines (which is a patterning no no) and by the fact that it's upside-down relative to the rest of the pieces, that this was a change that was made after the pattern was already completed. It's also also incorrect instructions. If you cut the collar like this, you will not be able to complete the collar. You will be two front pieces short and have a collar 8" too long for the neck hole. All that is required is to label this "cut 4" instead of "cut 2 on fold" and the whole thing would be perfect. Also, since the instructions are an additional download, again, it would be easy for them to modify the PDF to warn people that a piece might be misprinted. When your goal is to make something for new sewers, you owe it to them to make sure your pattern will not stop them from making the garment. That needs to be part of your dedication to helping your client base, especially when your client base is paying money for your product.

Also, there are NO NOTCHES at all, except to mark the yoke. There are no sleeve notches. There is no center back notch. There are NO SLEEVE NOTCHES. Notches don't make a pattern more complex; they're guidelines that make things a lot easier. Please slap on like 1 per seam. It makes things better for everyone.

Also, there are many steps where a very simplified instruction is given. There's a lot of better ways to construct this garment, but there were a lot of times where ease of assembly was chosen over a fully professional finish. I completely support this decision, as their customer base is largely new sewers who don't want to be overwhelmed by complex steps.

Fabric used:

I used some heavy matte satin from the Joann Fabrics Casa Collection for the bodice, and some thin halloween satin from Joann Fabrics for the skirt. The white lace was from Dharma Trading and the black lace was stash that I think I bought at Joann back when I had 30% off the 20% off the clearance price on trims. My original goal was to also add a chiffon overskirt, but I scrapped that when I realized that the bustline/waistline on this doesn't actually go below the bust.

I want to describe my dress as "I can't believe I used the good satin for this".

Pattern alterations or any design changes you made:

I did some alterations on the front yoke because I wanted to put in some lace. I did ensure that the piece was the proper size and shape after the alterations. I also changed the neck bow and the waist ties into a wide ribbon, because I ran out of fabric to do them of the main body.

Would you sew it again?

No, I would not. First of all, this pattern has 1/4" seam allowance included, which is just frustratingly small. I don't know how any kind of company that makes garments can find that it's enough seam allowance for this.

Second, while this was pretty easy to complete, once I figured out the misprinted collar bit, it just doesn't make a garment that I would ever want to wear. It's not a bad garment, but it's not lolita.

Because this has no closures, the neck has to be big enough to fit over my head, and that ruins the lolita silhouette. If I was going to make this again, I'd pattern in a back keyhole and make it out of a fabric with a slight stretch, and then go down a size or two.

Would you recommend it to other?

This is a case where I really can't tell if I recommend these. The pattern literally only needs to expand their seam allowance to 5/8" and they'd have some of the easiest patterns out there. That's a really big deal. However, the fact that you have to go into this pattern completely blind is something that's ruined it for me. I'd recommend this company again if they have very clear photos of what the garment actually looks like. If you know what you're making, and you think that is what you want to be making, and they fix any misprints in their pattern, then it's a really good company.

But, as it currently stands, there's just a couple of things that are so confusing to me (1/4" seam allowance?? really?? on a garment???) that I'm hesitant to recommend them as a blanket term.

I definitely do not recommend this garment for lolita, but if I had a nickle for every pattern sold as lolita that isn't remotely lolita, I'd have an original release of Honey Cake in my closet. As a handmade lolita community, we have to know that checking to see if the pattern is actually lolita is our responsibility. However, to be able to check that, we need to actually know what the garment the pattern makes will look like.

Conclusion:

I have said it before: I really, REALLY want to like CUT/SEW as a company. They're a small number of people who work really hard and have a company mindset that really sits well with my own mindset.

A lot of work went into patterning and then making instructions for a beginner-friendly garment. I want to recognize that.

However, there's just a ton of very small things about these patterns that confuse me so much. Why the tiny seam allowance? Why no notches? Why no vertical measurements? Why no physical instructions? Why no good picture of the sample garment?

Why are there size differences on the skirt between sizes when the skirt is so large? The 1" between sizes doesn't really matter on a piece that is 180" wide. That's less than a 1% difference between sizes. Why are the sides of the skirt cut at an angle when the skirt is 180" wide?

I think it's possible that this pattern, which was one of CUT/SEW's first patterns, doesn't reflect recent changes that they've made as to how they make their finished patterns. However, since this was like $26 with shipping, I'm not going to review another of their patterns unless someone sends it to me for review.

BTW, if anyone from CUT/SEW wants to use pictures of this dress as promotional images, contact me (pink @t pinkandthekeytarcat dot com). I worked hard on this dress and someone might as well benefit from that work. I'm happy to help a small company be better able to communicate to their customer what item they're buying. If y'all want more than just those pictures up there, though, contact me pretty soon, because I'm going to disassemble the dress pretty soon to reclaim that cool skull fabric.

Pattern: 7/10. The lack of notches, the absurd seam allowance, and the one part with the bad instructions are the negatives. The very clear instructions and simple construction are the positives. Overall Experience: 4/10. The instructions and sizing being not included (seriously just print them out and shove them in the envelope; it's an easy fix), and the really poor representation of the pattern on the website are the negatives.

I do want to point out that there were two other negative things, but they're side-effects of CUT/SEW being a very small business, and I can't hold it against them. First, I hate patterns printed on bond paper. It requires you to cut out the pattern out first, and then cut the fabric, or else it requires you to wreck your sewing scissors. However, they're a small company and probably don't have access to have their patterns printed onto tissue paper on an as needed basis. The second is that this pattern was about $26 with shipping. Again, they're a small company printing patterns on an as-needed basis, and they're probably barely breaking even on a lot of these designs. They operate with a smaller profit-margin than the big 4 patternhouses and it's not reasonable to ask a company that small to put out patterns of this quality for $5. These are things that negatively impacted my experience, but the fact that I was supporting a small indie business that I really like the concept of made it so that I won't hold it against them, so they're not part of this review. They can easily change the pattern misprint, the 1/4" seam allowances, the bad pictures of the sample garments. I don't think they can easily change their prices.

Anyway, that's my experience with this pattern. The company has a ton of potential and I'd love to see them improve on a few small things.

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otometearoom · 4 years ago

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I Finished Tsumugu Logic!! Overview/Rant

It took me a month, but I finished the last chapter of the game and got the true ending. I will keep playing to get all of the other bad ends, etc.

I have so so many feels about this game, y’all. I will be highlighting a few chapters in the game, so if you haven’t finished it. Beware of spoilers!!

[MANY SPOILERS/ENDINGS BELOW]

To recount my feelings throughout the game for each character:

1. Tsumugu is a cutie pie. I actually really related to him, because I’m also at that point in my life where I have to decide what exactly I want to do for the rest of my life. I just finished university, but I’m still unsure about my career ahahah. So, seeing Tsumugu struggle to figure his life out was refreshing.

2. “Sosei” is so hot. I laid eyes on him and thought, uh-oh, he’s my new addiction ahahah. I would buy his merchandise if there was any. The dude loves sweets (how cute is that) and he has such a good head for mysteries (my dream man). Plus, he’s a tsundere but really cares about Tsumugu, often giving hints and advice to him. He’s a very trustworthy older brother/senpai. I could gush over how much I love Sosei for ages. His drunken habits -> those are to die for. He becomes so lewd and straightforward. I love it.

“Koyo”, on the other hand, I didn’t like him as much as Sosei. Which is weird, cause I love ikemen. Maybe I’m just drawn more into the withdrawn, mysterious guys?? I do like the concept of twin brothers though. I have a bit of a dirty mind so when the twins said they shared everything, even their gf, I was like ohohoho, 3p?

I absolutely enjoyed the twins together though. I love seeing them pretend to be the other. I wish they had more of an appearance lol. I could even say that Sosei and Koyo are a scale higher than Tsumugu for me. I wish the twins were the main protagonists ahahah. No offense Tsumugu.��

I’ll just summarize my first impressions for others real quick:

3. Kotoko - I thought she was cute, but I never really liked her and couldn’t quite pinpoint exactly why. This feeling will come into play later on. So at first, I was like meh, she’s okay, I guess. But, as I learned more about her, I really didn’t like her character that much. I mean, I wouldn’t say I hated her but I didn’t find her as a good fit for Tsumugu.

- When she told Tsumugu to be a salesman or whatever. I was like, do you even know Tsumugu? Lmao. I didn’t know if it was just me empathizing with Tsumugu cuz I’ve often been told of what I should be, but no one asks what I want to be.

- When she didn’t want to help Mirei, I thought how odd, for someone who tries to befriend everyone, she’s not doing so well as a heroine. I mean, it was realistic, at least. But, I think the chapter where she admits that she tries really hard to fit in so others will like her was starting to draw some red flags for me. It made me wonder how much of her was ‘real’. Idk if I’m making any sense though.

- When she swung the knife at Tsumugu, I didn’t hate her as much as I did when she swung the knife at Sosei (who protected Tsumugu) and killed him. I was furious then.

4. Sally - I admit I was really turned off by the girly lolita style. Mainly because I’m more tomboyish irl. But, she had a good sense of justice so I actually liked her. It did come as a shock to me though that she was the “gorilla” girl that was forced to kiss Nozaki. Tbh, I was kinda sad she died at the end. Like, I know she killed Hikone, but I could understand her motive better than I could understand Kotoko’s motive. Maybe cuz I have an older brother and can’t see myself being a brocon? ahahah.

5. Toma - In terms of hotness, he comes 2nd right after Sosei. He’s a really good friend. And I absolutely adore how he scares ppl with his glare lol. i love yankees ahaha. He’s not afraid to speak his mind. He’s a very solid character.

6. Daimon - My girl crush. High key curious who she’s arranged to marry because her fiance seems boring. Who takes an hour to choose a handkerchief? Anyways, Im sad that Daimon and Sosei never got to meet because I’m low key shipping them. Idk if they’d click well romantically because they’re so similar, but I would’ve loved for some sort of interaction. They’d make for an epic couple, solving mysteries. I really wanna write a fic for them.

7. Tsukasa Tsukasa - I didn’t like him because of the cheating and blaming on my poor Toma, but after that, he was okay. Plus, he helped write the Tsumugu’s love letter to Kotoko. Which I find is funny, because Kotoko copied Tsukasa’s writing, thinking it was Tsumugu’s. Ahahah. The lesson here, folks, is that don’t use your own handwriting in love letters, you never know if you’re crush will copy said handwriting into your own suicide letter.

8. Mirei - that girl can sing. I kinda cried after hearing it cuz I was going through something at the time and it really encouraged me.

9. Landlady & Hikkimori - Both names that I can’t remember off the top of my head. I think both people are fun. The landlady is super supportive. And the hikkimori refusing to talk with Sosei made for a fun dynamic. I genuinely enjoyed seeing Sosei offended. Nice way to see emotions on my fave character.

10. Other characters (Rindo, Happy, Travel Club Members) - I genuinely did not care enough about ahahah. I think I even enjoyed seeing some of them murdered, tbh. They were really horrible people in different ways.

The Black club members headed under Fumi. Like what? How do you control victims to be assailants and live with yourself to be a future kindergarten teacher? Like what? I couldn’t live with myself if I was her. Plus, her disproportionately large boobs were really weirding me out. I can’t believe Yu died all because Fumi wanted to f*ck him. It’s like one day you’re living your best life and someone thinks, ah, I wanna ruin this person.

Don’t even get me started with Nozaki. That dude is a piece of trash. Human garbage. He knows how it feels to be a victim and yet thinks it’s his right to assault women. I wanted to slap that guy so hard. So many times. He was like the boy who cried wolf. He kept pretending to be dead and eventually died in the hands of Kotoko. XD I wonder what his last thoughts were. To have died in the hands of someone he trusted.

Hikone was another nutcase. From what I understood, he just saw everyone else as characters in his book. Sure, he didn’t physically harm anyone, but doing nothing and observing is just as much of a crime as committing it.

Shun. I never really like cutesy guys. But when he turned out to be an ex-pimp plus lover of Fumi, he fell off the likeable scale.

Yoshimoto being an uncontrollable drunk murderer was the only thing needed to complete the psycho Travel Club members. Tbh, I thought he was the one behind the killings at first ahaha.

Suguha. I thought she was a tough chick. It was cool to know that she had another motive to get closer to Fumi. Because I thought it was weird how she took her cellphone at the BBQ restaurant. It’s nice to know that SEEC still foreshadows like that.

#tsumugu logic #seec #spoilers

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nostalgic-pancakes · 4 years ago

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Watching the starlings as autumn draws in

Summary: Tommy and his friends try on some skirts, and he reflects a bit on how they all got here. (It's a happy story) Title from September by Sparky Deathcap

Pairings: None! Platonic everyone (esp in irl fics_)

Read on AO3 (preferred place to read)

Word count: 2570

Warnings: None, except for surface-level references to the exile/prison arcs, but not much.

Other notes: I wrote this in a fit of madness last night in like three hours at 2 am, so i’ll probably edit it honestly but for now, enjoy! (If the CC’s ever display discomfort with this type of fic I will take it down)

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"WELCOME BACK TO THE STREAM, BOYS!" Tommy exclaims, rubbing his hands together as he starts rapid-fire answering questions about the stream, and the stream title from chat. It's funny, how over time, Tommy's come to see Chat as this one entity- an old friend. The nervousness of answering questions as a fifteen year old with nothing but a big personality, a twitch account and a copy of Minecraft is all but gone now, nineteen years old and happier than he's ever been.

Dreadfulzombie19: what are u doin this stream

"THANK YOU FOR ASKING, Dreadfulzombie19, today is gonna be a bit different, innit Tubbo?" Tommy raises his voice a bit at the end of his sentence, just loud enough for one of his flatmates to hear him. When Tubbo yells back an affirmative, Tommy turns back to his setup. Chat's gone a bit wild again, even though he, Tubbo and Ranboo have been living together for over a year now.

"Okay, okay, calm down chat- so recently I was at university, as usual right? And I had an eight AM class again, and… yeah I can see you all can relate."

"BUT! BUT! On my way back to the flat, I saw something really cool." Tommy hesitates in his speech to take a sip of coke again- his blood pressure's been acting up lately and watches Chat to wild again, asking him what he saw.

"Okay, so there was a shop- new place, which doesn't happen often this is fucking Brighton- and they sold skirts and dresses and stuff with adjustments for AMAB sizes!" Chat goes a bit bonkers, but Tommy's mod team- a little smaller than it used to be, now that he isn't the centre of YouTube or Twitch attention anymore, none of them are- are handling it, and pretty well.

"So I had to go, right? As many of you probably know, last year, I made the astounding discovery that gender-based stereotypes and expectations are, in fact, fake and I should not give a SHIT. And so I go in and look through the stuff- it's a really poggers shop by the way, and I find the perfect thing- it was the most poggers skirts and shit, okay? So, today's stream is going to have me wearing this pogchamp shit and wearing it right, with the help of…" Tommy ends his monologue by picking up the joke shaker-things that Phil had gotten him as a housewarming gift last year and indicates for his first two helpers to enter the office.

In walks his mother, face obscured from view as always, waving to the camera, and Wilbur, also wearing one of his only skirts for this occasion. Eret had taught him, on a phonecall in the skirt shop that week about the different types of skirts with a handy diagram. Wilbur's was a pleated circle skirt, brown to offset the bright yellow of his sweater and beanie, the same colour as his hair. It's very swoosh-y, so he's wearing black leggings with his regular shoes too. Motherinnit's also wearing her favourite skirt, a baby blue prairie skirt, Tommy thinks, and it's one he's seen fairly often.

Wilbur ducks down in order to show his face to Chat, and ruffles Tommy's hair while he's at it. Tommy's taller, but not by much, so Wilbur still fucking makes short jokes, That fucker.

Chat is now going so fast that he simply cannot read anything but some of the all caps messages and can barely make out some of the emotes.

"Okay, OKAY, CALM DOWN CHAT! WE HAVE TO GET TO FUCKING BUSINESS!" Tommy yells into the mix, like he did when he was sixteen and used the 'many people find me annoying at first' intro. Nowadays he just lets the content speak for itself. Anyone who wants to be here already is, by now.

Wilbur laughs a bit, and that hasn't changed at all. "Tommy, how is chat supposed to calm down if you're not calm?"

"I am their god!! They will obey via sheer digital willpower!" Tommy replies back, pretty zealously (What? An English Literature class is mandatory for his film degree, and The Great Gatsby by Zelda Fitzgerald is a good book, as are most of the other assigned ones. He's had entire conversations with Techno with just lit quotes and it drives everyone insane. Tommy loves it.) Chat seemingly has listened to his godlike abilities, with a few OG's spotting his half-quotation of one of Dream's last lines in the Dream SMP. The rest are spamming 'MOTHERINNIT'.

"If having a shitty magic trick book from a washed-up politician makes you a god, then what does that make me?" Wilbur replies, with one of Foolish's lines and swatting his hand at Tommy. Tommy swats back.

"Bitch" "Arsehole" "Shithead" "Fuckface" Wilbur finishes cheerily, as if this happens all the time. It does. Chat's used their antics now, four years of consistently making content together will do that for you.

Eventually Motherinnit reminds them both to get back on Topic, and Tommy goes back to facing the camera, addressing Chat directly.

"Today, my beloved mother, and my idiot brother-" "hey!" "And maybe my flatmates will be joining me to show off some cool as SHIT skirts! And a dress or two. We all have our selections, right?" Everyone nods in affirmative, even Tubbo and Ranboo. Though the camera can't see them. Ranboo's just come home from his final class, then. He should probably take the first hour back off, and judging by how Tubbo is forcefully judging Ranboo to the shower, he probably gets it. Tommy signs an affirmative to both of them, and gets back to the camera, where Wilbur's showing off all of his (very poggers) very stupid brown or yellow skirts. Tommy's are in cool colours, for fuck's sake.

"Oh yeah, Puffy just confirmed she'll be on stream! She'll be here in about twenty minutes, accounting for fucking traffic, and Niki' going to get onto VC after her own stream, what game is it this time?"

"GRIS." Wilbur answers.

"Poggers- she is the SHIT and will join us soon! So expect some QUALITY QUALITY content this stream!! Remember to not spam her chat to finish faster." Exclaims Tommy, even if it ends up as a light warning, as he picks up his own very poggers skirts from the extra armchair in his office to show the camera.

One is the classic red and white, mostly white but with bright red on the waist (elastic) and the bottom, and it reached to about Tommy's knee, if worn at the hip. It had no pleats, but the red bits were a very nice velvet texture, and while the skirt was heavy, it still had very much swoosh value, and pockets!! Big ones!! He slips the skirt on top of his jeans before entering camera view, the skirt visible in all its classic Tommyinnit glory, as he takes his place right next to Wilbur, who just took. a quick spin at the behest of several dono's., Skirt spying out from his lower shins all the way to his knee, making visible one of his (many) petticoats. ("What? It's cold all the fucking time here, Toms.") Tommy also makes a quick little spin, skirt flying outward, not upward, so it looks like he's hula hooping for a moment there. Lastly, Motherinnit spins around too, and while her skirts do not swoosh, she looks opulent, like she was about to go to waltz with the enemy, for whom she has a dagger in the back of her dress for. (He finished Anna Karenina and the Six of Crows duology within the same week and has not yet recovered. Jack Edwards is laughing at him as he thinks in his English Lit Graduate glory.)

It's fun, trying on different skirts- he and Wilbur accidentally bought the same dress at one point, which they paired up to wear, darting off into their respective changing rooms while giggling like idiots with their checkered blouses and the grindl skirts that Niki had sent over when she heard of this stream idea, laughing the whole time. Tubbo enters as dramatically as possible with Puffy, and while Tubbo looks really fucking good in his handkerchief skirt with embroidered bees and plain white shirt, it's Puffy who steals the show with an exact, real life version of her red banquet dress.

Fans from way back in the SMP, before Tommy had started branching out start going insane and are bringing back emotes Tommy wasn't sure were still available, but she is fucking stunning- deep shades of red and crimson, with slits on either side of her waist and all the detailing. She'd gotten the contact for her dressmaker through Bernadette Banner, Tommy recalls- she was so fucking cool when she streamed with him once, and gotten him to swear less and supplant those world's with bigger ones to intimidate instead. While he still curses like a sailor as part of his persona, it's less so and he does way less in real life these days, unless the situation calls for it. It's also just rude, especially in uni libraries, where he spends too much time these days wondering why he didn't read more as a kid.

Puffy's stolen his audience for a WHILE, and Niki coming on hasn't helped any, so Tommy exits camera view for a while to hug Ranboo really quickly- he's had midterms and has basically been dying all month.

Everyone on this stream- Tommy, Wilbur, Motherinnit, Tubbo, Puffy, Niki and Ranboo enter the camera frame after entering their dressing rooms for the last time on this particular stream, Puffy with full in-character wigs and makeup, Tommy in an Edwardian-Gothic reminiscent black and red dress, Ranboo in something he bought when he gap-yeared in Japan, punk lolita or something, Niki flaunting her pink in a Marie Antoinette style show of finery, Tubbo dressing in all green this time, something like a very deranged biology teacher who hasn't slept in days (Tubbo hasn't-Tommy has to get into that), Wilbur like a forest-nymph, all earthy tones and swishy fabrics and nature highlights, and finally Motherinnit, who hasn't changed but is here to take pictures as they all lean in together to fit into frame, as drastic as their height difference is. Niki is going to be edited in later, and everyone on the 'Dream SMP but nobody does Dream SMP and we're all fucking nerds' discord server is going to get a copy.

The stream wraps up there, after about two hours, and it's only about six in the evening- a far cry from the late nights and long hours from the beginning of Tommy's career, so everyone runs to their changing areas for the last time, into pajamas now, and packs away all of the clothes they wore, properly, as to not incense Karolina Zebrowska, and Jemma, Dan's wife, who would look at them disappointedly and nobody wants a sad Jemma because that means no cooing at their son. Also it just feels shitty.

Everyone huddles in Tommy, Tubbo and Ranboo's living room, and they out on UP for like, the millionth fucking time (they still cry when Ellie dies), and Tommy is leaning into Wilbur's side and feeling his mum play with the hair in his very small, stubby ponytail he's developed by being in Uni as he and Tubbo intertwine their legs together and Ranboo rests his head in the tangle of limbs, playing with his fidget cube. Puffy stays on Wilbur's side, intently texting someone and smiling the whole while, and Tommy takes a moment to reflect (something he's been getting better at doing) on how the actual hell they all got here.

The Dream SMP was always going to end- everyone knew it, if course, they were the fucking writers. But by the time they did, not only were their respective brands too closely intertwined to just… sever that quickly, but they'd become too close to even want to. So the SMP discord never shut, even though Dream and George had planned it months ago, and they continued supporting each other with their interests. Wilbur made a lot more music solo, with his band and even just random ass streams where he practiced guitar for an hour. He kept playing Minecraft, but it wasn't his main focus. A bunch of people left. More stayed. YouTube left him alone.

Dream, George and Sapnap are still Minecraft streamers, but their YouTube channels are mostly blogs of them being poor excuses of adults with other former SMP members joining in sometimes. Tommy and the Dream Team were closer than ever, even though the seeds of their friendship had been sowed when they used to linger after heavy streams together, reassuring each other that none of that was true and that nothing like… that would happen in real life, because Dream had used real abuse tactics, and those still hurt unless immediately taken care of. So they were. It was a running joke that Dream was stuck at 99 million subscribers since nobody really wanted the face reveal anymore. The other Dream team members were doing peachy.

Phil and Techno were also still primarily Minecraft streamers, but they also released things like advice videos and mental health stuff, especially for relationships. They had a new scripted series where Tommy was a minor character. The dadza jokes were still as real, and yes, outside of streaming, both of them were lovely people and responsible adults (mostly). They collaborated with DanTDM and co a lot more now.

Puffy and Niki kept doing games, but did lots of different ones, testing point and clickers to triple A titles, and making it all fucking hilarious while they were at it.

So where had that left Tommy?

After the Dream SMP, he'd kind of had no idea what to do, and he was going to University for the first time, so he just… did whatever he thought would be fun. He learned about vintage fashion from the queens themselves- Mina Le, Bernadette Banner and Karolina Zebrowska and had fun learning how to sew for the first time, fixing and making his own clothes for the first time, clunky as they were, Wilbur had cried, genuinely, when he saw the Lovejoy shirts that Tommy had made for the band. He'd found a genuine love for literature in university, so Tommy started talking to booktubers and studytubers like Jack Edwards and Noelle Stevenson. Tubbo and Ranboo had joined him, fucking around in any YouTube niche they found even remotely interesting. Eventually, they all found a happy medium- a bit of everything.

Some people obviously weren't happy with that but Tommy was happy as he was, making what he liked with his best friend's, living together close enough to most of their friends (family) to have fun and drop in on one another at ass-o-clock in the morning to comfort, to laugh. His sub count hasn't gone up in a while- most of his audience is static, with about 80-90k online on a stream at any time.p

It was a nice feeling, to have carved out a space for himself and the people he loves, and be is so, so glad that he got this chance.

Looking at his mostly asleep family, Tommy thinks 'yeah. Life is good.' as the last thought before he sleeps.

#dream smp #mcyt #irl fic #tommyinnit #wilbur soot #tubbo #nihachu #ranboo #vee's writing #2021

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erismerald · 5 years ago

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𝕝𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕒(Sam Drake x young adult reader)

Hello everybody, this time this story is going to be a little different from the ones I write!! This new story will be inspired by the 1997 film "Lolita" and the story of "First Touch". But I think you'll love it. I'm thinking about writing about 10 chapters, but only later will I know for sure.

This first chapter will be a little shorter, but i hope u like it!

I hope you like it, and remember that English is not my main language, so I apologize for any mistakes!

GOOD READING!!!!

𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤: none for now ;)

𝕥𝕒𝕘𝕤: @missdictatorme , @sirkekselord @smdnixcole

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It was two hours before I left school, I was too excited to get home! And what is all the excitement about? a good friend of my parents would stay with us for some time and I was very eager to meet him and to be honest by the pictures my parents showed me of when he was younger he was actually quite handsome. he looked very smart and funny, since then i think about his arrival...well i can't deny that i was nervous about meeting him, but my parents always told me about their adventures with him, and that he was chloe and nadine's friend so that made me calm down about it.

While I was in class looking at the clock I got a message from my mum telling me or rather asking me to go to the supermarket to buy some things that were missing, and that if I wanted I could invite bella and will to come to dinner with us.

I looked discreetly at bella and tried to get her attention, and when she finally looked at me I said quietly

"Can you come to my house for dinner? Please!! I explain later... Ah and let Will know"

"okay, and of course I can" she spoke a little confused, looking at the will that was drawing again

"willlll" we call ourselves quiet so we don't get caught "let's go to Y/n's for dinner, okay?" she said throwing a little paper ball at him. she looked at me and nodded, "I'll tell you why later."

time passed and without noticing it was time to go home, my tummy was hurting a lot because of nerves, I wanted so much to look good in front of my parents' friend that I did not eat all day and was very tired but excited for dinner.~

"You're weird, you didn't even eat French fries today, you're sick?" said Will putting a packet of potatoes in front of me. "Today a friend of my parents is coming to have dinner with us, well he came to spend some months with us and I'm a little nervous about what's going to happen...he's handsome and seems to be intelligent, and my mother let him bring you to dinner, because that's why I called you" I explained on the way to the supermarket.

"So let me see if I understand you're nervous because a friend of your parents is gonna stay with you? How old is he?" Bella asked a little confused, taking two potatoes out of the package

"I don't know, I'm confused and he seems to be 48 years old, so what my parents had told me was, he disappeared for 15 years and about 3 years ago he came back here and was in contact with his brother and kept in touch with my parents, but now is working on something hereand needed some place to live so my parents made themselves available to receive him" I spoke with a mouth full of potatoes, and feeling the nerves going away, maybe all those nerves were from being hungry all day long.

We kept talking and while we were shopping we speculated how this mysterious friend would look, and we ended up laughing when one of us came up with something funny to say. Without realizing it, time went by and I suddenly feel my phone buzzing in my pocket and when I look at the clock it was already 7 pm and dinner was going to be at 8 pm, and I saw that the reason my phone was buzzing was my mother calling me:

"Y/n WHERE ARE YOU?!?" my mother screamed, but in the background I could hear laughter... I wonder... "Sam is here and you haven't even brought what was missing for dinner yet, the rest of the guests will be here soon and you'll be nothing" she paused and took a deep breath "I'll give you 10 minutes to be here if you don't, you gonna eat the dog's food" and hung up

"I could hear your mother here" will laugh at the situation, and I just gave him an angry look "he's already there... and his name is Sam."

"Humm sam seems to be a sexy, attractive name, don't you think I will?" bella spoke naughtily staring at will. Oh I forgot to mention, will was bi, so he was like a relationship guro for both of us. "I also think, it may be that the name matches the way he is, so..." he put himself behind us and surprised us "let's walk fast that I want to see the creature, and for more I'm starving" we laughed and started to walk fast,

and who opened it was Sully, who was basically like an uncle to me, and I hadn't seen him for a few months, because of work issues, and because whenever the bastard came I had gone out or was on a field trip to my house.

when we got home I rang the bell hoping my mother would open the door for me but:

"SULLY" I yelled at him, and he spun me in the air.

"Y/N!! oh my god you are so taller, how are you dear? let me help you with things" he offered to pick up some groceries and took us to the kitchen "you are so grown up that soon you will be able to go with me and sam on our trips? and beautiful my darling you are so grown up, and will you my boy already you are taller than me, as time flies." my mother enters the kitchen:

"she only will do that when she starts to try harder at school and get home on time," my mother said, taking up shopping and laughing a little

"Mum!!! I'm almost 19" I complained a bit and looked out the window and saw my dad coming up with sam, he was really attractive and tall, telling me it wasn't too hard to be taller than me being 6 feet tall, but he left me intimidated in a good way.He was wearing a brown shirt with a v-neck, my heavenly vision god... I have to stop flirting with men older than me.

when his glances crossed, sam thought straight away how hard it would be to live under the same roof as such an attractive girl, he took a deep breath and just smiled. he knew his charm would call the youngest's attention.I looked at him and saw him approaching along with my father:

"daughter this is my best childhood friend, Samuel Drake, and sam this is my girl Y/N" my father introduced us and the moment sam raised his hand and pehou in mine to greet me I almost fainted... he looked at me with a smirk and I traveled in his hazel eyes.

"great pleasure to meet you my dear, I've heard a lot about you" sam said gently, in his head he was having fun if he saw my cheeks change colour

"N-nice to meet you, I hope it was good things at least" I laughed a little and tried not to get lost in his eyes.

he let go of my hand and went out to the yard to help my father while sully talked to me

"Y/N? sweetie are you listening?" sully called out for me and I was even more embarrassed when I heard my best friends laughing at me

"yes I am,ahm we have to finish some things before we go to dinner so, we've already come"

I went in pulling the will and bella with me, we went to my room (which was in the atic) and saw that everyone was in the yard waiting for us, but I still had to put on another outfit because the one I was wearing was very sweaty.

“okay what was that? you seemed hypnotized, what went on in your head?" will ask as soon as we got to my room

"I don't know it was just... arghh he's so attractive, how lucky I was!" I replied by throwing myself into bed, seeing will and bella sit by my side laughing a little.

"ahaha, you're really weird Y/N ahaha" bella laughed and picked up her phone looking at the time, which in itself only reminded me that I had to take a shower.

"okay we still have some time till dinner and since you are here u can help my mom" I said running to the closet "I'm gonna take a shower, meet you in half an hour"

"okay, but only if you promise me we'll see a horror movie" the will said putting down the backpack, and looking for something inside the backpack

"okay, that may be, but Y/N?" bella asked if lying in bed

"Yeah?" I said, going into the bathroom

“try not to take too long, I'm starving and I bet you are too" she said maliciously referring to the event that happened in the kitchen

I went into the bathroom and turned on the water, and I could hear the two of them coming out of the room, I grabbed my cell phone and saw that I still had some time so I could enjoy the bath a little bit.

I took off my clothes and quickly got under the hot water coming out of the shower, I started to think what sam would be like, even knowing that he's already in our house... Will he and I get along? I closed my eyes and tried not to worry about it and tried to be as quick as possible.

While enjoying the bath, sam’s mind could not calm down, he felt guilty for having felt attracted to a little girl, well even if she was almost an young adult he felt guilty for it but still in his mind he thanked God for coming to work for this city.

Should he have fun with her?

He was taken out of his thoughts when he saw her friends coming without her, his eyes profited in but she had stayed in his room, he remembered having heard her say that she would have to take a bath, what the fe imagine her body would look upon his.

I got out of the bath and rolled up in the towel and got out of the bathtub, I opened the bathroom door and saw the steam spreading through the bedroom. I went to bed and sat on it for a while, touching the mobile phone.

my thoughts were still on sam, and on second thought it would be ridiculous for him to get involved with a girl her age, especially a shy and a little fat girl.

I always had a low self-esteem but still never doubted my body, I just felt bad sometimes for not being like the standard girls in society.

I let my wet brown hair out of the towel and out of nowhere I heard some laughter coming from the yard and as the window was literally next to my bed I sit on the little built-in stool and open my curtain a bit to try to peek.

My room was dark, just some feathery decorative lights illuminating its interior. I looked carefully at the yard and analyzed who was there: elena, nathan, victor, my parents, chloe, nadine and finally the person who hadn't met Sam yet.

I stared at him and saw that he was really a handsome man, and that he had a body that looked very attractive. And even with the glass window close I could hear his voice...a strange sensation occupied my chest and my beard, as if they were butterflies...I don't know how long I watched him but after some time I felt his gaze stick in mine.

sam felt himself being watched and looked up and saw her peeping out the bedroom window, in that position she was completely adorable and sexy, with her hair falling into wet curls, and her hand holding the towel around her body, that vision delighted the thought of sam who soon tried to tease her a little.

He barely knew her but that wouldn't be a problem for him as he'd be living with her for a while, meeting her would be the best part of his stay, and you can bet he'll want to know every part of her.

he just smiled a little and saw what her reaction would be.

The sensation of his gaze in mine gave me goose bumps all over my body, and I quickly closed the curtain and scanned myself on the wall.

I was panting, nervous, as if I had committed a crime, my heart beat uncontrollably, and sometimes I missed a beat. I closed my eyes and got the courage to look again, I opened the curtain slightly and noticed that he was no longer looking here.

Suddenly I heard a knock on the door "Y/N we're back, can we come in?" was interrupted by bella "Are you dressed?"

I almost ran out of that place and picked up my clothes and went into the bathroom with my heart beating a thousand times, why was I so nervous?

"I'm almost but you can come in" I said and started dressing fast.

I heard the bedroom door open and I opened the bathroom door again, showing off my new outfit

"these beautiful, we can finally get something to eat" bella said coming out of the room

I followed them and we went downstairs towards the backyard, and when we got there I couldn't see him, so we were just chatting with the other guests. My dad was having a barbecue and nathan and sully were helping, while the 3 of us were talking to sully and my mom about what we would both follow when we finished high school.

Before long, the drink that filled our glass was over, so I as a good host, I offered to go get mias, even though if I didn't I'm sure my mother would kill me ahahaha.

I left their side and walked on the grass to the dark kitchen, with only one or the other lit, I went to the fridge and took some drinks, but when I turned back I ran into faces with a shadow almost twice my size

"Y/N right?" I looked nervous and saw the sweet look that sam threw at me along with the attractive appearance that he had.

"y-yes it's me" I answered a little nervous, which in my head just seemed ridiculous, why was I so nervous after all? why did I feel like I was burning inside "sam?"

"yeah thats me, so do u need help?" he replied, with a charming smile, I was so bewitched by his smile that I almost dropped the bottles

"Let me help you" he said with a rough voice, his voice made me nervous but at the same time calm. He came closer to me almost trapping me against the fridge, and grabbed the bottles, when he put more light on, I could see the tattoo on his neck...and his muscular arms...and that smile...Y/n!!! for that he is much older than you don't even think anything. Fucking hormones!

for sam to see her act like that just by being around him drove him crazy, at that moment he just ignored that feeling of guilt and will only provoke her as much as he can.

he gave me space to pass in front of him and i was nervous. when we got back to the table everyone was already sitting and bella and will were almost stunned, and soon i realized that the only place left was next to sam, of course i was nervous. i was in a pile of nervous at that time but i took a deep breath and looked at mine signaling me to go to the phone.

I sat down next to sam and heard my father talking to sam:

"thanks for helpping her" my father said laughing if a little when he saw my red face of shame.

"You don't have to thank me I'm a gentleman, she needed help to bring the bottles and I offered" he explained taking a small leather box and taking out a cigarette and putting it in his mouth...oh mummy what a sexy man, I was hypnotized by him, I couldn't even say anything just stared at him and didn't realise that my father was calling me:

"Yeah?" I said embarrassed, trying to forget the shit I just did. I glanced at sam and he was with a smirk, did he realize I was looking at him?

"why don't you tell sam what you're gonna follow in college" he said and got up from the table to go to the kitchen.

I turned around a bit and sam was already facing me waiting for my answer, his hazel eyes were analyzing every part of me, and that was just making me more nervous. The smell of the cigarette left me with a strange sense of security, until the vibe from my phone woke me up and d "quickly looked at bella and will make signs for me to talk to sam.

"Ahm... I want to follow archaeology, I have always been very passionate about history and I would like to connect with it premanently." I said with a shy look, responding to sam, who raised his cigarette to his mouth, and only after releasing the smoke through his lips did he speak.

"That's pretty good, I've always loved history together with my brother, whom you already know," he said with a hoarse and attractive voice, I swear by everything I was getting excited about just talking to him, my heart was racing but I wanted to keep talking to him:

"Yeah i heard about him, and i really love history, and sully has my biggest inspiration" I said shy.

"if u want i can help you studying" he stopped and looked at me deeply

"yes please?" i was so nervous that my hands were sweating.

sam looked at her and saw that she looked a little uncomfortable, that made him a little uncomfortable too, he wonder if he was scaring her. he couldn't help but think how smart and sweet she was.

"I hope you're ready for this feast!" my father dissecolating on the table the last tray of food

"Bon appetit, everyone!"

Dinner went super well, I talked a lot with Sam and he's a fantastic person and quite intelligent, meeting him gave a feeling of immense joy, something that even I can't explain.

At that moment I was so distracted that I didn't even notice that on the other side of the room Sam was watching every movement of my body. When I looked into his eyes he turned them away I blushed a little, I don't know why this happiness made me feel strange inside.

I looked forward and continued to do what I was doing: "and I finished... Shall we go to my room?" I said, keeping the last glass in the cupboard.

"good actually we have to leave tomorrow I have to help my mother tidy up" bella said

"and I have to go take care of my younger sister, my parents are going to the movies now, but we can watch the movie tomorrow that they think?" he asked and we both accepted, I took them to the front door and depended on them a little sad that I couldn't be with them at that moment.

I closed the door and I felt a spike in the bottom of my tummy and I felt something dripping, so I ran to the bathroom as fast as I could.I opened the door and sat down on the toilet, and can confirm my suspicions, came my period. I put on a patch and walked towards my room and sat down on the bench embedded in the window, the day was beautiful but now it had started to rain a lot, and I just stood there looking at the rain hitting the window, that calmed me down a lot, and today I spent the day on a roller coaster of emotions, good emotions, but still emotions.

I put on my headphones and stood there listening to music and watching the rain falling, reading a good book.

"sam?" Y/M/N called me with a smile, she was wearing a different outfit, where would she go? "Yes?" I answered quickly, getting up from the armchair

"Y/F/N and I are going on a small date just the two of us, could you take care of Y/N, for a few hours please?" she asked me in a sweet voice, that proposal made me dream loudly, since Y/N and I are going to be alone I can try to make conversation with her and get to know her better.

"Of course, don't worry, she's in good hands" I answered calmly

"thank you very much" Y/F/N replied and so they both left.

I took a deep breath and got the courage to go to her, I don't know what is going on but I am a little nervous and this is not common for me. I went up the stairs to her qrato and when I entered she was reading and listening to music, I looked around her room and could her personality reflected in him.

I was so entertained in what I was doing that I didn't even realize Sam was in my room, and when I looked at him, I was leaning against the door frame watching my room.

"Sorry if I startled you, I just wanted to ask if you were interested in watching a movie with me" he asked with his hand behind his head, which made him very cute. "Your parents went out for a bit, you know... and left me to take care of you" he spoke a little apprehensive

"Well at the moment I'm not in the mood, I've got a bit of a colic" I answered by putting down the book I was reading "but you can come in and keep me company if you want of course"

"Of course, what book are you reading?" he asked me sitting in front of me.

"nothing much, it's just a romance" I answered with a little dry, not because I didn't want to talk to him but because I was dying of pain. I saw his gaze anailing my answer, I couldn't look directly at him without blushing a bit

"Is something wrong?" he asked me by getting a little closer to me, putting his hand between my feet.

"nothing bad, just menstrual pain, that's normal," I said with shame, why did I say that? now he'll think I'm stupid

"That's natural... do you want me to make you a tea? I can make you a tea that relieves that kind of pain" your voice became hoarse and calm again.

"He interrupted me by leaving the room and going to the kitchen. In a few minutes Sam returned with a mug in her hand, approached me again and gave it to me with a smile.

He sat in front of me and looked outside and I could see his tattoo.

"How did you know how to do this tea?" I asked staring at him, and this my attitude surprised him a lot

"Well I've had some ex-girlfriends who taught me how to make this kind of cha and many others," he said with his eyes lit by the moonlight and the lampstand outside. That phrase let me think what it would be like to date a man like Sam.

"You know you look pretty when you think?" he said bluntly, which made me choke on the tea a little.

"thank you I think..." I said super embarrassed, and tried to avoid looking at him. he laughed a little, what a wonderful laugh, I felt calm but at the same time nervous.

"Can I ask you something?" I asked by looking at the cup I had in my hand,

"of course, what?" he said looking at me with an instant look

"What is the meaning of your tattoo?" I asked, looking directly at it, and waiting for his answer, his gaze analyzed my body and that left me hypnotized, for more I love boys or men with tattoos I find super attractive.

He sat down closer and smiled at me as if he was thinking of something he shouldn't have.

"Well I got this tattoo in prison, I was unjustly imprisoned for 15 years and this tattoo means my freedom" he said calmly.

"Have you been arrested?" I asked of course i already knew the awnser but...he got up and took off his coat and put it on my bed, and without warning he lifted up his shirt, I paralyzed...his body was wonderful, he didn't look as old as he was, but something called my attention, some scars that were on his belly

"When I was running away with nathan and rafe I was shot, I ended up staying behind," he said by lowering his shirt and sitting down again. I was flushed and tried to avoid looking at him but he seemed hypnotized with me. He approached her a little closer and I couldn't help but stare at him.

He put his hand on my face, and lowered his thumb down to my lips, his gaze was penetrated into mine, I didn't know how to react, I was just paralyzed there... his touch made me warm, I closed my eyes, and felt him slowly withdraw his hand, I opened my eyes and saw his body move away.

"You'd better rest hon, good night" he said in a husky, seductive voice. He turned and closed the door behind him.

I knew if I stayed locked in there any longer I wouldn't control myself... but seeing her look embarrassed in mine, made me crazy, made me nervous, what's wrong with me? This is not correct, I walked to the livingroom again and I sat there in the dark thinking about what I had done, the interest I had aroused in her.

Is it so bad? I felt an attraction to someone without even knowing her... she was still so young... fuck... ignore this thought, sam. I waited a little longer until I fell asleep sitting there lost in my thoughts.

I stood there not knowing how to react, my heart was beating so fast, I got up and took off my clothes and put on my pajamas.

I walked to the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror, and touched my lips slightly, I could see my chest going up and down quickly, I smiled and went to bed.

I looked at the window and smiled, closed my eyes and thought of him...did I fall in love?

#sam drake x reader #sam drake headcanon #sam-drake-x-reader #sam drake x plus size reader #nathan drake x reader #uncharted #Uncharted 2 #Uncharted 3 #Uncharted 4 #uncharted lost legacy #sam drake #Nathan Drake #Elena Fisher #victor sullivan #chloe frazer #Nadine Ross #rafe adler #lolita

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artificialqueens · 7 years ago

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Older (Biadore) 3/? - nellie

A/N: In which Adore acts her age and Bianca still doesn’t notice.

Adore barely pays attention to Bianca’s set. She tries, she really does, but she can’t do that and replay what happened in the dressing room over and over again in her mind and, well, priorities. Every time she thinks about it she feels like she’s about to throw up, equal parts excitement and sheer terror. People always assume Adore is experienced. Maybe because she’s confident, or maybe because she’s a messy slut (she’s not sure, but she’d probably put money on the messy slut part). And it’s not like she’s some shy, innocent virgin, it’s just that she’s always wound up fucking boys who don’t really ask for much – and don’t offer much, either. It’s fine on the nights when she wants to disappear, or when she just wants to feel anything, but sex up against the wall of a filthy alley with a guy twice her age hasn’t prepared her for Bianca. Could anything have prepared her for Bianca?

There’s applause and Adore realizes she’s zoned out and missed the rest of Bianca’s set entirely. Then she realizes that means Bianca will be ready to go home soon. With her.

Well, shit.

Oblivious to her emotional turmoil, Courtney passes her a shot with a wink and a whispered, “don’t tell my manager.”

Adore downs it immediately and holds the glass out, looking imploringly at Courtney. Maybe if she gets a little drunk she can take the edge off. Alcohol always makes her feel invincible and she could use some of that right now. Courtney obliges and Adore knocks it back before holding her glass up again. “One more. Pretty please?” She knows she can do cute when it suits her and sure enough Courtney seems charmed, or at least charmed enough to give her more alcohol, this time in an actual glass. It’s at least a double but Adore doesn’t blink before pouring the contents down her throat and setting the glass back down on the bar. Now she feels ready.

Courtney raises an eyebrow before turning her attention to an actual paying customer and Adore’s slightly relieved she won’t have to answer any questions. She’s comfortably buzzed, enough that the sight of Bianca walking towards the bar only makes her grin instead of running away in terror.

“Hey,” Bianca says, her voice low and intimate. “You want to stay, or…?”

Adore figures she only has a limited window before the alcohol in her system wears off, so she shakes her head. “No, I’m good.”

“Good.” There’s something predatory in Bianca’s smile and Adore wonders far too late what she’s actually getting herself into. She feels Bianca join their hands together and only has time to register Courtney’s surprise before she’s pulled out of the club.

Obviously Bianca doesn’t mess around when she wants something and Adore wishes the thought was just a little less of a turn on. She stands a little awkwardly as Bianca hails a cab and then they’re sitting in the back seat together, silent with a palpable tension thick between them. Adore bites her lip as she stares resolutely out the window. Her head is starting to swim and it has nothing to do with the alcohol in her system. Bianca is just so there. She’s magnetic and Adore guesses she’s not the first person to get swept up in her orbit.

She wonders if the thought should make her jealous, but mostly she just wonders how long it’ll take them to get to Bianca’s apartment.

Bianca’s hand is resting next to Adore’s thigh, close enough that every time the car turns a corner she feels a shock of warm shooting through her system. It’s torture and she’s never been more relieved in her life when the cab pulls over and she can get out. She wonders if she should offer to pay, but Bianca’s already taken care of it and anyway, Adore is having enough trouble just staying vertical. Far, far, far too late it occurs to her that just maybe having that many shots that quickly on an empty stomach wasn’t the smartest decision she’s ever made. Her head is beginning to spin and not in a good way.

She follows Bianca up a flight of stairs and does her best impersonation of a sober person, making “mmm” noises at whatever Bianca says and willing everything to just calm the fuck down. She has to keep fighting the urge to giggle, forcing herself to stay straight-faced and serious instead.

By the time they get to Bianca’s apartment Adore actually feels sick, all the nerves and alcohol and excitement mixing together uncomfortably in her stomach. She manages to force out, “bathroom?” and follows where Bianca points, barely making it before she vomits.

Well. That’s a great first impression.

Adore groans, resting her head on the rim of the toilet bowl and closing her eyes, giving herself a moment to figure out if she’s going to be sick again. When nothing happens she reaches up to flush the toilet and risks standing up, wrinkling her nose. Bianca’s standing in the doorway watching her and Adore cringes, avoiding eye contact.

“Sorry about that.”

Bianca fills a glass with water and hands it to Adore. “Drink.” She sounds pissed off and Adore obeys without thinking about it. She might not respect authority, but Bianca is terrifying.

Adore finishes the glass and stands awkwardly, glancing at Bianca quickly before lowering her gaze to the ground. This is nothing like she expected and she’s a little lost. Does she just go home? That would probably be best, she figures. She can just run down the stairs and hail a cab and never see Bianca again and then they can both pretend that this whole embarrassing night never happened.

Obviously that would be too simple and Bianca has other ideas. “Come on.” She turns and walks out of the bathroom, clearly expecting Adore to just follow her like some kid. Which… well, okay, so that’s exactly what she does, but it’s because she’s choosing to, okay. She’s a grown (almost) adult person and totally capable of making her own decisions. Which is why she’s standing in Bianca’s bedroom waiting as Bianca rifles through a drawer.

A t-shirt hits her in the face and she blinks.

“You can sleep on the couch, I’ll get you some blankets.”

Right. Adore is most definitely not imagining things. Bianca is pissed and it’s enough to shake Adore out of her moment of self-pity and make her angry right back. “Fuck you. I’m sorry I ruined your fucking night okay, but I can get myself home. I don’t need a mom.” She tosses the shirt onto the bed and glares at Bianca who glares right back.

“Really. I ask if you want to hook up and you decide to get wasted. Obviously you’re not smart enough to take care of yourself.”

Adore bites her lip, all the fight suddenly leaving her as quickly as it came. It’s not like Bianca’s wrong, after all. Her legs feel shaky and she drops to sit on the floor where she is, fighting back the urge to cry. She just wants this whole fucking night to be over. She can feel Bianca’s eyes on her, but she doesn’t look up. “I’ll be fine in a second,” she mumbles, drawing her legs up to rest her head on her knees. “I’m sorry.”

She hears, rather than sees, Bianca sit down on the bed. “You could have just said no.” Her voice is softer, without the irritated edge to it. “If you didn’t want to come home with me, you didn’t have to.”

“That’s not – “ Adore bites her lip again. She’s too embarrassed to have this conversation, but it’s not like the alternative is any better so she sighs heavily, willing it to all end as quickly as possible. “I was nervous.” She doesn’t want to have to explain in any more detail so she just sits silently, waiting for Bianca to say something.

“So you overcompensated?” Bianca laughs suddenly; the sound is unexpected but it’s enough to make Adore open her eyes and turn to look at the older woman. “I’m almost flattered.”

Adore groans, stretching to lie flat on her back on the floor, staring up at the ceiling. “I really did want to go home with you.”

There’s a beat and then the t-shirt lands on her head. “Come on,” Bianca says, “crash with me tonight and tomorrow morning I’ll make you see stars.”

It’s not what she expects to hear and Adore is glad the t-shirt is hiding the blush on her cheeks. She takes a few deep breaths and then sits up. She can do this. She bites her lip again, but this time it’s deliberate as she makes eye contact with Bianca and slowly pulls her dress off over her head. If Bianca likes young then Adore’s going to do her best Lolita impression, all innocent glances and wide eyes. She’s wearing a bra that hooks at the front and she unclasps it slowly, feeling gratified by the way Bianca’s eyes rake unashamedly over her body when she pulls it off. Maybe she doesn’t know what she’s doing when it comes to the actual sex part, but the seduction? Well, that’s another thing entirely. Her boots are next and she makes quick work of them before standing up to face Bianca, clad only in a pair of tights and panties. She slides both off, taking the opportunity to grab the fallen t-shirt from the floor, looking at it speculatively as she straightens up and stares Bianca straight in the eyes.

“I sleep naked,” she says sweetly as she lets the t-shirt slip from her fingers and fall back onto the ground.

Bianca lets out a strangled sound before shaking her head with something like a grin. “Get in the fucking bed.”

Adore does as she’s told, waiting patiently and curling herself against Bianca (who, it turns out, does not sleep naked) as soon as she’s settled. The alcohol is wearing off, but she’s exhausted. She’ll be late for school tomorrow, if she even bothers to go, but right now that doesn’t seem like such a big problem. Sex with Bianca or math class; it’s a tough decision to make but she can probably just about manage it.

Bianca brushes a soft kiss against her lips; Adore closes her eyes and lets herself drift off to sleep.

#biadore #nellie #adore delano #bianca del rio #lesbian au #rpdr fanfiction #submission #older #high school au

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jotun-appologist · 7 years ago

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Personal update thingy

So I've been having problems at home for a while, right? Mom supporting everyone with her crappy minimum wage job but refusing better because she likes getting all her little discounts on the craft supplies she almost never uses and wastes all her money on (subsequently blaming me and my younger sister when she can't pay rent.. for needing food.) She made me buy groceries for everyone with my financial aid money for college, acting like it was her right or something. She never did anything around the house, always laying down playing on her phone and ignoring us. If I ever got upset or showed any emotions around her, she'd tell me I was "retarded" and everyday reminded me of what a "freak" and a "whore" she thought I was.i wasn't allowed to dress myself till I was fourteen and she had strict rules about what I had to wear. She used to force me to wear pink despite me hating the color, force me into dresses even though I hated them. She always threatened to home school me because she didn't like my friends (best friend in highschool was gay, other friends were "annoying" and bad influences even though they were the ones who scolded me gently and were concerned about me when I used to come to school with scarred wrists and when she found out she'd just .... Hit me and ask if I was some divine punishment sent by god as revenge for something she'd done) she is a devout mormon most of the time, except the rules she's doesn't like. Hard core, super far right Republican. You now the type. Thinks Obama did 9/11 somehow. Thinks me being bisexual isn't real because it has to be that my friends corrupted me because no child of hers is allowed to be a "fag" and oh she called me that a lot too. But of course, she's always hated my boyfriend almost as much as thay fact. My boyfriend whose abusive ex left him a mess, who I protected so desperately those first two years while he healed who now protects me from anything he can, who will stay on the phone with me for seven hours in a day if I'm feeling a little upset because he wants to make sure I'm okay.

Well, last night it escalated to a point it hasn't reached in a while. She hit me repeatedly over the head and threw me on the floor. She told me how horrible of a daughter I am and how I'd had this coming. How I "deserved" every hit and probably more. When I ran to my room with my phone, she chased me down to make sure I didn't call the police on her. I should've, but I was panicking and all I could think was of how my boyfriend said even if he's sleeping if I'm in danger I should call him. We'd gotten off getting phone and hour before hand to go to bed but... We stayed up till maybe 3 am with him comforting me and planning ways to get me away from there. He had me text my dad and so, even though my dad's out of town right now, he had my oldest brother come get me. And my brother took the day off of work to make sure I'm okay and... I found old things of mine my dad kept since highschool because my mom had convinced me to leave his house forever. That I should hate him. He kept them I case I came back and I started crying cause I just....mom convinced me as s kid that he didn't care and he's always been bad at showing his feelings (same as me) so I believed her for a while but I.... Understand now.

I'm a little worried she might burn the things I couldn't get in my mad dash out. Lots of important things. Old birthday and Valentine's and anniversary gifts from my boyfriend. Our old prom photos. Drawings friends gave me. Years worth of my own art.... I'm worried it'll all be lost forever. The Lolita stuff I'd saved up for for so long. My cloud costume that was almost finished. They're all still there....

But after this morning I'm scared to go back for them. After she threatened to destroy my things, implied that my own brother would rape me? And told me that I was somehow the abusive one..... I don't know what to do

I'm kinda worried about my phone being taken off their plan too.

#personal #i don't normally do this #but #i guess #my struggling #my ....story #might help someone else #im nervous talking about ths #its really personal and even most of my friends don't know

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tdrcycle09 · 8 years ago

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Mini Challenge #1 - The Shading, The Shading Of It All!

For this mini challenge, our amazing ladies got out their sketchbooks and started throwing down the colours with their own extravagant concepts and designs! Let’s see how they did!

Analyse Thropic

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Hisssssss, bitchesssss! You don’t need to speak Parseltongue to slither into this ssssstunning gown. Whether you’re going out to dance the mamba mambo or staying in and watching Monty Python, you’re sure to be the kingqueensnake. Unhinge your jaw to give some (copper)head, cuz girl, every anaconda do want some. You could accessorize with some snakeskin heels or a feather boa, and the design of the dress allows you to wear it with or without a (co)bra. A snake may have convinced Eve to commit the original sin, but it would be an even bigger sin to not wear this ssssickening look.

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Lila: Well hello! Congratulations again for winning Charm School Cycle 3! Now, I am in awe of this look, really. I can see this being a statement piece at the Met Gala or something, and your communication is spot on with all of your labels being clear with what material is best suited to get your desired effects. It’s very interesting and your inspiration is really coming through. I’m gonna nit pick (because its tough to find a critique, really) and say your inspiration is coming through too strong maybe? Nevertheless, what a great start to this cycle! Great Job!

Gluttoni:

Letha: Well, Missssssss Thropic, that’s quite a dress you have there! Throughout Charm School you showed a strength for concepts and having a fully fleshed out idea, and it served you well then, and it has continued to serve you well with this design. The colors (you know I’m a sucker for green) and shapes make sense for the look, and the theme of it all is very strong. The amount of detail you included, in both the sketch as well as your notes, help make the look seem all more real, even if you haven’t sewn it yet. My one nitpick would be that the combination of the headpiece AND the ruff/collar might not play so well together in real life, as they might get in each other’s way. But other than that, a VERY strong first effort for your first mini challenge!

Toni: This isn’t Charm School any more and you came to show us that! Congrats on your win dear. I’m honestly in love with this concept. It has clear inspiration, and from what I can tell was very thought out. I love the idea of this King(Queen) Cobra inspired look because it’s such a striking idea.I do worry that the colors may not all be the same tonne of green or gold and may be a stark clash for the others (the bottom of the skirt) But over all this is an amazing and Super strong concept that I am madly in love with. Keep up the good work going into this main!

Avana Noir

Hello Everyone! My name is Avana Noir and this is my design. I call this Pretty in Pink Anime Lolita Girl. My design for this challenge was based around cute Japanese/Anime Fashion. I got Inspiration from for top half of the dress from the Anime Modaka Magicka (watch it if you haven’t) as well as basic Lolita Fashion, hence the bows and the arm sleeves. The wings also come from the Anime because in the anime they are superheroes. The lower bottom(me) of the dress is inspired by the 1950’s pencil skirts but as well as a look by Alexander Mcqueen. Where he uses tool to make a dress look structured. I wanted to either make it look like if it was made by tool or cotton. So this is my design , Thank you very much!

Lila: Oh my god, I think it’s adorable you sign your concept when you finish it! Okay, I’m getting your inspiration, very Victoria’s Secret in the Harajuku District in Shibuya! I’m also getting a little bit of Diancie from Pokemon too. Shoes are such a tough thing to draw, but I wish you included them just so we could see how you communicated your design - if you draw like a flap and add a U shape into it, it looks a little bit like a court shoe! Good communication too, and I applaud you for using unconventional materials! Great Job!

Gluttoni:

Letha: This is such a cute look, Avana! I enjoy how much thought you put into all of the “extras”, because while the outfit itself isn’t a gown or showpiece, all of the elements make for a complete picture and “lewk” when they’re all together. I enjoy your notes on the materials, some of which are very unconventional. I do wish the wings made more of a statement, as they’re kind of meh in their current size/shape. I also wish for a bit more color? I know the Lolita style incorporates a lot of pastels, but I feel as if those more muted colors could be grounded with some accents in a bolder hue (making the bows a darker pink, for instance). Overall, strong work!

Toni: Ms. Noir! Okay I see you coming to play! I love this its very Japanese street fashion meets that one pink diamond pokemon. It’s something that I would never think to see youu in and that excites me because great things always come from stepping out side of your comfort zone. I do wish everything was a bit BIGGER, cause in drag sweetheart you’ve gotta be big and loud to be noticed. if you made the sleeve bigger, made the wings and the bow bigger so that you have this crazy mega lolita shape it would be everything. Good luck this week dear!

Daddie Dearest

My design is inspired by my favorite graphic artist, Hense (https://goo.gl/images/gV4R6b). Most of his work is in urban areas, so I decided design streetwear. The pants are made of pattern sublimated vinyl to keep their shape. It is high waisted with the ruffles at the top giving the model some shape. The pants are drop crotch, and they taper at the ankle to mimic joggers. The top is an asymmetrical poncho of sorts also made of vinyl. It is just short enough to show some under boob. The headpiece is representative of some of the extraneous lines in Hense's work. And finally, the back lines extending from the model's neck are made out of rusted metal rods to further drive home the urban feel of the look. Overall, I could see this being presented on Project Runway, and I'm happy that's the direction my design took.

Lila: I’m so intrigued by this look because it’s very much like the style of the art itself! I’m living for the streetwear-cross-avant garde and I’m really slain over how intriguing this design is! You can see the inspiration clearly and I love it! I hate to nitpick here, but I wish there was a little bit more labelling going on and potentially you could’ve had a seperate drawing to depict the back piece’s overall construction, but overall, Great job!

Gluttoni:

Letha: This is such a bold and graphic look, Daddie, I live. The shapes and the lines are intricate and structured and I love the colors. Pants can be hard to pull off in drag but I can see this really working as a high fashion, modern look. I will say I enjoy the outfit more than the headpiece/s themselves, but it’s still all very cool. This is a very strong first step forward in this competition and you should be proud of yourself!

Toni: Daddie! Again this is another one that shook me because I didn’t expect this from you but its everything. I see the inspiration and I like it, giving me a little bit of street fashion which is what I think of when I think of you. I think this looks like a fashionable beetle! I don’t totally understand the addition of purple and red and it feels that those were just thrown in there because you didn’t want this to be super duocromoatic, so either change those colors or find a way to work them in better. Over all good work this week!

Dotte Com

Deep within the recesses of space, there’s a nebulous force of hope that’s delivered to you in the form of a bodacious badass blonde. You see, people think of stars and these delicate little twinkly lights. But they’re also large, fiery beings who you can’t even touch at all. Inspiration for this outfit was derived from the truth about these galactic beings and the subconscious dream to burn brilliantly in the midst of the darkest environments.

The voluminous hair and waist cape mimic the enormous mass found in stars, while the metallic golden shoulder piece and tiara emulate their absolute brilliance. The white and black elements contradictory and complimentary, a reminder that there will always be light amongst the darkness.

Lila: I am in awe of this look! The restrictive colour palette, the design and the motifs are really beautiful and I’m honestly super impressed with this overall design! I HATE to nitpick (only because its hard to nitpick) but I do wish the legs ended with some sort of heel, but it’s like what I expect from a fashion drawing, so great job here, miss Dotte!

Gluttoni:

Letha: This look really really captures what I think Dotte represents. It’s got attitude, volume, and color. I can see you performing in this and absolutely tearing up the stage. I do wish that the hair and the skirt fabric were a bit more different in tone, because they read very similar on paper (though most likely wouldn’t in real life), but your concept is still very clear and very strong. The thigh highs are also a nice touch, as they are still very you. Great job!

Toni: There is nothing I do not love about this!! not only did you give us a STUNNING look you also gave us character and reasoning for it which I love. I love that this shape is powerful and strong while at the same time playful and fun, giving a superhero vibe to it.I do wish there were a few more indications such as it the skirt flowing or does it have the shape that you gave us in the picture on its own, but those are very small things that can be over looked and left up to artists intent. Overall I am amazed by this, keep it up!

Ebony Boss

My look is based around paint. I really wanted to have a clear concept that still stayed true to my design aesthetic. I drew a plunging neckline, off the shoulders leotard. It is paired with a clear vinyl skirt with paint blobs painted on. The shoes would complement the blue blobs. Also she would have a paint palette as a fascinator with a paint brush on top and matching paint brush earrings. I hope you enjoyed my design! MWAH!

Lila: I love this look, it’s really interesting and really fun! I like that there’s a seperate to this look, there’s an opportunity for a reveal with the skirt. You can tell you were really in your element here as clothing designing goes, however I have a few nitpicks. If you used a stilleto rather than a boot, it wouldn’t cut off the leg so sharp since we can see through the vinyl, and I can see the skirt having a very chiffon-mesh like fabric with appliques with small boning in the skirt to offer some sort of flair to the mermaid skirt. However, great job with this concept! I’m looking forward to seeing your work!

Gluttoni:

Letha: Hello, Ebony! This is a very cool look, and your design background is definitely showing! The silhouette itself is very interesting, and separates make a lot of sense for drag/performance. I’m not so sure on your choice of proposed materials, as vinyl might be quite difficult to have flow like this (not impossible, but easier with other fabrics). I would agree with Lila about the shoe, the skirt serves to emphasize the legs, so cutting them off in a boot like that would be a disservice. I enjoy the concept of the paint splatters and whole “artist” theme, but would personally enjoy to see more color used, if that’s what you’re going for. I really enjoy the ombré hair, but with so much green/blue on the look itself, I almost get a “paintball camo” kind of vibe instead of “artist”. Still, this is a very strong look, and you have certainly made a strong first impression with this mini challenge!

Toni: Hey babe! I love this! I think its fun and feminine as well as creative. I love the color scheme although I think one more color thrown in there to shake up the greens and blue would have added a lot. I like that you thought about a head piece and tied it in with the look. I worry about having paint splatter on vinyl because it may not look/drape how you like. It would have been better fitted on maybe a chiffon with satin appliques so that it has the flow that you’re looking for with this look. I am excited to see what you come up with next!

Giraffez Doris Buckel

I decided to look at some old drawings I had drawn during highschool for inspiration and went straight for the Very first dress I saw. Which was also the first picture, a dress I drew for prom. I updated it a bit to fit my new style from a poofy ball gown to an elegant sleek mermaid style with a simple tiara, and two bracelets one white and one pink because this bitch likes pink. I then colored the dress in normal rainbow fashion with pink at the end and chose to keep the bosom and last stripe white to emulate clouds.

Materials used: body is muslin the top and bottom remain white, the rest being dyed red, orange yellow, green, blue, purple and pink. The bottom being made of tulle in the same colors and the same order.

Lila: I love the inspiration behind your concept, really cute and a nice update to the one we saw from your highschool days! The spiralling technique was a better technique to go for so I’m really glad you went for that! Now, that being said, this is a tad basic for what we asked, and there’s a lack of clarity in your notes, as in we can’t really make out what you’ve wrote down. However, good job!

Gluttoni:

Letha: Hey, Giraffez! This is a cute design, and the story of where it came from is also very sweet. I like the design of the color-blocked rainbow, but I feel as if the colors are a bit muted (the white does help to set off the colors that are there, though). Some more accessories might also help the look (I feel like based on this neck line there should be some sort of necklace?). The silhouette, while basic, does say prom to me so it makes sense. Some more detail/notes on the design might have been helpful, but overall, good job!

Toni:Hello dear! Welcome to the cycle! I want to start by saying i love the idea of bright colors and how you reused your old coming out dress idea to make it into something new and exciting. I do feel that this is lacking and that you had free range to draw anything you wanted, you could have easily added more flair and shape to this and had fun with it. Good luck on the main challenge my love!

Klinker

Inspired by Fashion singers like Gaga, Bjork and Karol Conka. Made out of broken CDs

Lila: Hi Klinker! Welcome to TDR! Now, for starters, I am enjoying the entirety of this outfit, 100%. I’m getting your influences so strongly, and I enjoy that you’ve used a material like CDs alongside your purple colours. I can see this becoming a concept in itself, since there are a lot of fabrics out there that have that amazing shimmer that CDs have, I wish there were an addition of shoes and arms so that you could expand on what accessories there could be with this amazing piece. Overall, I enjoy your concept and this is a good job! Well done!

Gluttoni:

Letha: I love this look, Klinker! The shapes you made give me that pop star type of vibe, as well as the colors and textures. I’m left wanting for some shoes/accessories, as seeing what those would be could also really help the look along. Your choice of unconventional materials in the broken CD’s is awesome and I’m glad you picked them, as the holographic-ness really goes with the futuristic feel that this look embodies. I’m really feeling this look, great job!

Toni: Yas queen, giving me early lady gaga realness. I love that you used the cd’s esp cause thats a very popular style right now, the chrome/holographic style.I think the shape reads very interesting as well as the structure to it is very eye catching and is a real stand out. I adore that you included accessories that fit into your drawing and just were not thrown there because you felt it needed to be there. It all works really well together. Good luck babe and Good work!

Judah Kiss

Hi there judges! For my first mini challenge, I started off with a million ideas, but they all kind of just burned out. Eventually the idea struck me that even though I don’t have natural drawing ability, I could get my shapes and silhouette down by having nature do it for me. I decided to burn my paper, and design a dress out of the shapes that formed. Fire is savage, but gives life: and I wanted my design to be savage, while still giving life henny! I took a lighter to the top and bottom of my paper, burning into what would later become the hair and bottom of the dress. Then, I went in and drew an outline of the rest of the dress, including the arms, collar, and hair. For the collar, I used an OCC pressed shadow for some minor shimmer, and used colored pencils for the rest of the colors you see. I then glittered over the white area of the dress to give dimension and represent sequins. Finally, I took the charred pieces of burnt off paper and glued them onto the drawing as fringe for the dress along the sleeves and to separate the white and black areas of the dress. I didn’t draw hands because my hands suck, but the fringe there is for the sleeve; not some sort of scary claw hands. All in all though, I’m super happy with how it turned out!

Lila: Kudos for using a more so negative space unconventional material to make the piece have that beautiful trim of black to work with thanks to the lighter! Its really fun to see conventionally weird ways of designing and it paid off really well! Using the makeup as well gives the design the sort of intrigue we’re looking for! I do wish you drew like some hand flaps just so you could’ve added nails or gloves, but I love this design! Great Job!

Gluttoni:

Letha: This is a very interesting design for sure! The use of the paper itself to aid in your design is clever, and I quite enjoy the shapes created with both the hem/hair, but it does leave me wondering if the dress goes down to the floor, or is some sort of high/low asymmetric hemline situation. The use of texture is great throughout, as well as the colors, except for the main body of the dress. I really like the glitter as an additional texture, but I think the white is a bit too stark compared to the rest. If it were even a black glitter that would be incredible as the whole dress would be these different textures with the bold flame accents. But overall this is a great design and you should be proud of it!

Toni: okay c’mon thinking outside the box. This is such an amazing improvement to your first design that you showed me and I really love this. the idea of burning the paper and using the space is so smart and really shows that you put thought into this. I love the coloring and shape of it all it just does leaving me wondering about the base. Is it a hi/low or does it go all the way down and there are holes burnt into a dress. While it is visually stunning it does lack a bit of technical design. I am so proud of this, good luck in the main!

Marcella Fox

My inspiration for this design was Katya’s latex runway from AS2. In particular, the colours, the texture and the small flower embellishments. As much as I love the original, Marcella could never wear it, so I kind of adapted it to suit my own style. Whereas Katya’s is more of a costume, my version is a more wearable cocktail outfit, with a more girly-girl kind of look. I view myself as quite minimalist and fresh and simple in my style, so rather than building upon the original, I decided to refine it. I made it into a short dress, with a ruffled/gathered skirt, and added some cool sleeve thingies to balance out the simple silhouette. I kept the flowers in all the same places as Katya’s look, but changed the swimming cap into a hairband type thing, that I could wear in my signature red hair. Latex/PVC would be the main material, but anything shiny in the right colours would do the trick I think. And I added some flowers to the shoes to finish it off. I kept it free of necklaces/rings etc because I think it’d look more finessed without.

Lila: I am honestly gagged by how well you’ve created this concept and I love your little Marcella-Model-Mini-Me you have going on here, really impressive! Again, it’s such a cohesive little piece to go with your theme and I enjoy that you’ve also utilized the colours of your fashion in your communication, which is spot on too! The only critique (and this is a nitpick, because its difficult to find something to improve on) is just selection of fabrics, I would’ve loved to have seen the sleeves be more of a detachable capelet or cloak? But honestly, I love this concept! Great job!

Gluttoni:

Letha: I love the inspiration (as do we all) and it made the juxtaposition of the flowers with the latex even stronger. If the materials allowed it, I think this would be so adorable to see. Your detailed notes also help to sell the vision as something that could be really made. I’m also a sucker for a flower crown, so you know you got me there. Overall, while this is a concept we’ve seen before, you took it and tailored it to Marcella, and I applaud you for your creativity, great job!

Toni: This hit it out of the park for me, you could take this to any company, show them just this design, and they would be able to make the whole look just based off of this, and thats the sign of a good design!! Not only is it a strong look, and well designed but it also comes of ass VERY Marcella which tells me you know who you are as a queen and you know what you like, which is super important. Honestly I love this and have nothing to critique. It’s stunning! good job!

Lexi Lamour

For the first time, Hello Judges! This is the concept I came up with. I used pencil, color pencil, and black paperclips as my mediums to show the different parts of the design. I thought the paperclips would be inventive, unique, and could be used to show the volume that I had hoped to convey with my design.

I took inspirations from different cycles of ANTM, specifically Cycle 9: Episode 5 and Cycle 16: Episode 8. Both of which focused on showing high fashion looks using recycled materials, garbage, and fabric made out of recycled fabrics/materials and all natural products. These looks also all had unconventional aspects. My garment would have all 3 aspects: recyclable products, “recycled” fabrics, and unconventional materials. I also included 3 different head concepts using different hair and incorporated a headpiece in one.

Lila: OOH bitch, I am shocked at this! This is definitely the most intriguing design and It’d be interesting to see how this is made, I’m visualising like stuffed tubing to try and get that motif of the paper clips, or large wiring too! I’m glad you used a lot of high fashion looks and especially since I watch ANTM and PR for a lot of inspiration, the sources are a great way to try and get inspired by the couture nature of it all! My one critique would be that the hair and headpieces fall short against the billowing gown garment, like your girl is gonna look like the cakes Rupaul asked the Season 3 queens to decorate, you know? Nevertheless, Great job with this concept!

Gluttoni:

Letha: Lexi, this makes for an INCREDIBLE sketch, and to see how you would realize the shapes/textures of those clips would be amazing to see. I like how you kept it black/white/gray and let the textures and materials speak for themselves (except for that poppin’ red lip, thats cute). I do think the look calls for some very special hair or headpiece, and the fact that you included multiple options shows you had that in mind. I also appreciate your choice of materials, with everything being recycled or unconventional- it wasn’t part of the assignment, but bonus points for creativity! Strong work!

Toni:Classic, stunning, glamour! I love this, something about this is so classically beautiful to me and I can’t get over it. The colors are right, the shape is right and I love that you gave options. Now my biggest concern is how it would translate from paper, which worries me because the beauty may get lost, something to think about next time. Great job love!

Paprika

so i cant draw and i was rlly rlly afraid we would have to eventually make this so i thought i would do something basic but like, not?? last night i drew some basic lil skirt and shirt but it was ugly and i threw it away, and i did this today in class because im a bad student smh. its inspired by untitled and emilie autumn and weddings and shit like that, its like a wedding dress but more minimal and deconstructed and i feel like it definitely fits my style. think white wedding meets heroin chic, like some bride had a really low budget and then her husband ditched on her day of.

Lila: Hey Paprika! First things first, I love the idea of a wedding dress, and I’m glad your influences are coming through! Your communication (while hilarious) is sound and I do wish you werent as afraid of this mini because I knew you could’ve taken this all the way! While it’s imperative you should be speculating what the designs are gonna be used for, you should bring your all to each challenge we give you, because it’s really unfortunate that this feels a little basic. I wish you weren’t as worried for this challenge because I know you have some stellar ideas, trust! Good job, nonetheless! (and don’t be too afraid!! remember to messages us if you’re ever worried or stuck!)

Gluttoni:

Letha: This look is cute, but I have to admit that it’s not my favorite. I just wish there was more to it? We’ve all seen a wedding dress, so your challenge should have been to make YOUR wedding dress special and unique to you. More detail added to the drawing itself (or as least more notes on what you wanted), what shoes there would be, all that. Your description gives some insight, I just wish we had more visuals on this outfit. But the concept is still there, so good job!

Toni: Hey girl! Now I have to be honest, I know who you are as a queen and performer so when I saw this I was majorly let down when I saw this. You have so much creativity and spark in you and I would have loved to see this come alive on paper. This is a cute design, basic wedding dress really, with not much detail on what is going on with it. I do really wish you had reached out to the judges so they could have worked with you to build you up. I know you’re gonna work hard in this next main so good luck babe!

Phoebe St. Jefferson

For my mini I was first inspired by Alexis Michelle’s promo look, but I wanted to add a twist to it, so I made it an asymmetrical glow in the dark club look. The hair is going to be big and wild with structured shoulders.

For the colors I chose a simple grey for the daytime look, and then when in the dark/under a blacklight, the dress transforms into a wild glow in the dark design. It looks very aquatic deep sea realness and I am living for it.

Lila: Hello Phoebs! First off, I am enamored that you’ve chosen to do such a unique twist to your design such as doing blacklighting. Really creative and exciting! It’s great to see you communicating with the judges to get a piece like this, especially having it digitally done as well. I wish there were a little bit more to this in the bottom half of this dress though, like a pair of shoes, and potentially a little bit of a fascinator or accessory, and perhaps more UV-oriented colours, like I love my neons, so it lacked a little in that area! BUT I applaud that you’ve gave your model a lot more than just a dress form with a pair of arms, and I can visualise this being a concept in real life. Good Job!

Gluttoni:

Letha: This is a really cool look, Phoebe! I love the innovation of the glow in the dark changing the look (though I would be careful with the design itself, as the squiggles look a bit like something else that’s black light reactive, lol). The silhouette is very modern and strong, and I can get behind that! I would like to see more details on this design, such as accessories or shoes because they could help complete the look. The hair is cute, an having it back away from the face/shoulders is a smart decision. Well done!

Toni:Oh okay miss Phoebe you giving us a two in one day to night fantasy right here! I love the shoulder pads, right off the bat. I think it was smart to do this black light, 2in1 concept so that you have more creativity to work with if that makes sense. I do worry that its an odd length, and its lacking a few accessories imo. also I wish you had ran with the under the sea fantasy and taken it as far as it would go because I love that part of this. Over all good work!

Sugar Monroe

Hellooooooo judges and TDR! It’s Sugar Monroe, back to give a bitch a cavity. ;) first off, I cannot tell you how excited, happy and thankful I am to be back for another cycle and to prove I have what it takes to be tumblr’s next drag super star. 😘 Now onto this mini: I wanted to give you a kind of fairy queen-esque look and I was inspired by flowers (obvi) and how you can take them from where they were originally planted, and they’ll take root and blossom to an even bigger and better bloom. And that’s like me this cycle. Taken from last cycle, and now I’m taking roots here and ready to blossom into the amazing queen I know I can be! ☺️

Lila: Welcome back mama! I can’t wait to see what you do this cycle! Okay, first things first, I am absolutely living for where your concept is being inspired by, very Angela Clayton meets White Queen from Narnia. The communication level on the design is really high standard, what I’m expecting to see from you when you guys send your thoughts for feedback etc. so I’m really impressed. I can see this being turned into a concept clearly, which is great. My main problem would be that you could have sketched your concept a little larger and maybe even added your capelet onto the concept, just so that would’ve been a bit more clearer in terms of how you presented the idea. Nevertheless, this is a great start to this cycle! Good job!

Gluttoni:

Letha: I’m so glad that you’re back, Sugar, I can’t wait to see what else you have to offer, starting with this design! Overall, it’s cute, and I’m more in favor of a dress vs. separates in this case. I have an obvious bias as a total flower bitch, but I really enjoy the color scheme, it’s very muted/pastel, and with the white it gives a very ethereal effect. I like how you didn’t put the flowers EVERYWHERE, and enjoy the gradient effect on the cape, but I do get a lot of negative/bare space in the middle of the dress. I see the belt there, maybe jazzing that up a bit could help? I would also have loved to see more development in the hair/accessories, as they could really further the look (yes, I’m talking about maybe adding a fucking flower crown THERE I SAID IT OKAY!). But other than that, good job this week, and I hope to see you continue to keep the momentum going!

Toni:Shes back back back again! Sweet as sugar but still a massive bitch <3. I love this boots the house down, it’s giving me queen of the faeries, its giving me letha but as a good witch. I love the idea of you in this motherly and natural state, with beautiful thin fabric covering your body and being graced by flowers. Its something I don’t think ive ever seen from you and I think it would be amazing to see on you. I do wish the sleeves were dramatic and long but thats just a person choice. Good luck this week!

#tdr #tdrc9 #mini challenge

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furinjuru · 7 years ago

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Our Sea Of Today - Chapter 6 - The School Idol Club

ENDGAME pairings I’ve decided for the story are: ChikaDiaYoshi, YouRiko, KanaMari, RubyMaru

“The School Idol Club has been officially approved!”

Only minutes before lunch break ends, You is surprised when Dia slams a sheet of paper onto their table. Chika and Yoshiko seem just as surprised as her, but when Chika realizes what Dia had said, she immediately turns ecstatic.

“What? No way!” She looks over at the paper, and You follows suit. The paper has an ‘Approved’ stamp on it, as well as Kanan’s signature, which is more than enough to confirm its legitimacy.

“Oh, it wasn’t that hard,” Dia says, “I made an agreement with Kanan, and she allowed us to start the club with only three members as long as we can get two more in three months.”

“So, just before midterms,” Chika mutters, nodding her head. “That’s more than enough time. You really are amazing, Dia-chan!”

“O-of course! This is only the bare minimum of what I can do.” Dia seems far too smug about something that, in her own words, wasn’t that hard, but You isn’t here to nitpick. Instead, she focuses back on the paper, scanning its contents.

Founders: Takami Chika, Kurosawa Dia.

Members: Tsushima Yoshiko.

“Eh?” Chika suddenly speaks up, grabbing the paper in an uncharacteristically gentle manner, as if worried about accidentally tearing it. “You didn’t write You-chan’s name here.”

“That’s right. You never gave us a concrete answer, and you seemed somewhat reluctant. You also have the swimming club, so I didn’t want to write down your name without permission.” Dia then smiles, pulling out a pen from her pocket and waving it around. “But if you’ve made up your mind, feel free to join us at any time.”

“Ah…let me think about it for a bit more then.” You is glad that she’ll have more time to think about it. She didn’t want to join on a whim, but she also wanted to help Chika form the club as fast as possible. At least now she’ll have more time to mull it over.

As Yoshiko looks at the paper held by Chika and sees her name listed as one of the members, she turns to Dia. “Why is my name there?” She asks, which makes Dia look at her with a deadpan expression.

“Is there an issue with that? We needed at least three people, so I wrote down our names. But I only wrote you down as a member, so you shouldn’t end up being too burdened with managing the club. Oh, and should we do something for club day? We don’t have anything prepared yet, but it would be such a good way to attract more people….” Dia frowns, her gaze going between the club application form and the other two members.

“…perhaps we can perform a cover?” Dia says tentatively. “If we’re going to showcase our singing and dancing skills, using a song and choreography that already works means there’s less risk involved. Don’t you agree?”

“No way!” Chika loudly exclaims, drawing the attention of everyone at the table and all other adjacent ones. “That’s not the point! School idols are about doing your best and trying to shine! If you just want to sing, then you might as well just join the school choir!”

You considers that a good moment to cut in. “That’s kinda true. Plus, if we focus more on everything we do by ourselves, it’ll give us a unique edge over the others. So we won’t be competing for applicants.”

Dia seems satisfied at their answer. Out of nowhere, she pulls out a few sheets of paper and two pens, dividing them between Yoshiko and Chika. “Alright, it’s settled then. You two, get to work.” Dia grins, looking as smug as ever. “Since I’ll be handling the choreography, that means you two can work on the costumes and lyrics. I expect them to be done by Thursday morning, so we’ll have the rest of the day, as well as Friday morning to practice for our performance.”

“Should’ve just done the stupid cover….” Yoshiko grumbles as Chika gives her an apologetic glance. Then, Chika realizes that something is missing.

“What about the composition?”

“I’ll handle that too,” Dia says off-handedly, “Don’t worry. Just focus on your work. I recommend splitting it up. It’s easier to set your mind to doing one thing rather than doing half of two things. But first of all….” Dia pulls out another paper and pen. “…we need to decide on a theme for the song.”

The bell rings, and Dia’s smirk disappears. “…it appears we’ll have to decide on the theme of the song later.”

“See you later, You-chan!” “Farewell, little demon!” No sooner than that, Chika and Yoshiko both leave the cafeteria, running to their class. Dia sighs.

“Take care, You-san. I have to return the form to Kanan…and make sure those two don’t do anything stupid.” Getting up to leave, she gives You a small, genuine smile. “Please consider our offer. I would be overjoyed to have you in the club. I’m sure those two share the same sentiment as I do.”

“I will.” You stands up, heading towards her own class while Dia goes to the student council room. During the way, she can’t help but wonder about the nature of Dia’s friendship with Kanan. According to Kanan, they’re childhood friends, but she doesn’t remember Kanan ever talking about her. And considering Chika’s surprise yesterday, she wasn’t aware of it either. What good would there be for Kanan to hide some of her friends from her other ones? It’s not like You or Chika would try to scare her away (alright, maybe they would), and they’re able to get along well, so Kanan’s own excuse no longer fits.

Maybe Kanan’s just uncomfortable sharing it with us, You muses to herself. She’ll be the first to admit that she also has things she wouldn’t want to share with her two friends.

…but it still didn’t make sense. Why would she get uncomfortable just talking about someone? Then she remembers, Kanan is crushing on Dia. That makes more sense now. She was probably trying to avoid getting teased.

Satisfied with her thoughts, You walks into class. The others are already in their seats, getting their books ready for the next subject. Of course, as she passes Ruby and Hanamaru’s desk, she can’t help but eavesdrop on their conversation.

“-school idols, right here in Uranohoshi! Isn’t that amazing Hanamaru-chan”

“It got approved, zura?”

“Mhm! I heard they’re holding their first live this week. I can’t wait.”

News really does spread fast. It’s only been a few minutes since Dia told them that the application was accepted. Chika was definitely drawing too much attention to herself. Things were only going to get harder for them, but she’s sure that they can pull it off.

…right?

“Yoshiko-chan, that wouldn’t work.”

“Really? It seems like a pretty good idea to me.”

“Please don’t encourage her…,” Dia says, staring at the paper in front of her with disdain, “There is absolutely no way we’re using this as the theme of our live show.”

“What’s wrong with fallen angels?” Yoshiko asks, “I mean, I think it can work.”

“We’re trying to attract people to our club, not push them away. And no matter how you do it, I can’t see fallen angels being a very attractive idea.”

Yoshiko looks sadly at her early design. A gothic lolita dress based on the outfit she uses for her live streams, with minor adjustments to make it somewhat unique. Even if it wasn’t the most original idea, it hurts to have it completely rejected.

“Well, I still think it’s a great idea.” Chika shrugs. Yoshiko silently thanks her. “That’s two in favor and one against, so that means we’re using that as the theme of our live show.”

“Are you two even listening to me?” Dia clenches her fist, resisting the urge to pound the desk and attract everyone’s attention. “We’re trying to make our club accessible to everyone. Believe it or not, high schoolers won’t be interested in this.”

“Dia-chan!” Yoshiko puts up her hand, stopping Chika from talking.

“Chika, stop. Dia is right.” She says, giving a small smile. “It’s fine, I wasn’t really trying too hard with these costumes anyway. I can make new ones as long as we can figure out the theme today.”

“Yoshiko-chan….” Chika stares for a while, before sighing. “Fine. If we can’t do fallen angels, what ideas do you have?”

“Well, since our main goal is to show the full appeal of school idols, we should go for a normal concert. Going for a specific theme would divide people too much.” Dia explains.

“That’s not an idea, Dia-chan….”

“But she does have a point,” Yoshiko says, “Idols are inspiring in their own right. Using a specific gimmick might take away the charm. So I think we should do that too. That’s two in favor.”

“Huh?” Chika seems confused by Yoshiko’s sudden decision. “Then…I’m in favor as well.”

“Perfect!” Dia answers, “Well then, let’s do our best. We have to finish these quickly after all.” Dia faces the clock hanging on the classroom wall and immediately stands up.”Speaking of quickly, I need to do something. If the teacher comes in, tell her I’m with the student council president.”

“You’re meeting up with Kanan-chan again?” Chika asks, and Dia nods her head.

“Yes. I’ll see you two later.”

“See you later,” Yoshiko mumbles as Dia walks out of the classroom. Turning her head, she sees Chika staring at her scrutinizingly. “What?”

Chika pouts, continuing to stare at Yoshiko. “You shouldn’t agree with everything Dia says.”

Yoshiko looks down, back at her rejected design. “It’s…not that. My idea wasn’t even fleshed out, so I let Dia take the lead. It’s for the club, so it’s not like it matters.”

“But….” Chika trails off, searching Yoshiko’s expression for any kind of clue to her true feelings. “…you should be more honest. If you want something, you should tell me or Dia.”

Chika stands up from her seat and walks to the front of Yoshiko’s table. Once Yoshiko makes eye contact, Chika grins. “So, just tell me now. Is there anything you want?”

Yoshiko doesn’t even have to think of the answer. She wants a lot of things. She wants to be taller, smarter, cooler, cuter, more respected, more athletic, and that’s only the start. She wants to have more friends. Actual friends, not acquaintances or classmates. She wants to get closer to Chika and Dia.

But as she stares at Chika’s face, her eyes begin to hurt. Yoshiko isn’t sure if it’s because of how bright Chika is, or if it’s because of tears forming in her eyes. She lowers her gaze back to the paper.

If she’s truly honest, she can tell Chika what she truly feels. But saying it now would be a waste, so she forces a laugh.

“I just want the club to be successful. I don’t know as much about idols, but I’ll do my best!”

Chika stares, silently, as if waiting for Yoshiko to continue and confess everything. But after a while, she nods and smiles. “That’s great! If you need any help with the designs, just ask me for help! I know a lot thanks to You-chan, so I’m sure I can give you some pointers.”

“Of course.” She lowers her voice by an octave, putting on her false confidence. “A fallen angel is always ready to help her little demons, so don’t be afraid of asking for help as well. Your mistress will be waiting.”

“Of course, Yohane-sama.” Chika giggles, and as brief as it is, Yoshiko genuinely feels blessed. She looks back at her paper, and her mood drops as fast as it rose. She flips the paper to its clean side, then begins sketching again.

When You heads home for the day and boards the bus, she’s surprised to find Yoshiko already sitting at the back, staring blankly at something. You takes a seat, and peeks over the second year’s shoulder to look at the object. When her eyes land on a drawing of Chika in a frilly, black and white dress, she can’t help but show her appreciation.

“Uwaah! Yoshiko-chan, that’s so good!” You gushes with enthusiasm, shocking Yoshiko out of her stupor. “What is it?”

“It’s nothing,” Yoshiko answers in a somber tone, folding the paper in half before placing it in her bag. “Well, it was my idea for our costume, but that’s not what we’re going for.”

“Oh, that’s a shame.” You still smiles, although a lot of her early enthusiasm has faded. “Do you need some help? I got a ton of costumes in my closet that you can check out if you want inspiration.”

“…I wonder if that’s the only thing still in your closet.” Yoshiko replies, an amount of friendly snark replacing the previous somberness. “But sure. Perhaps I can grace you with my presence. Tomorrow?”

“Yeah, that’s good,” You says. When Yoshiko returns to staring at nothing with a blank expression, You decided to bring up the serious questions. “Is something the matter?”

“…yes. Everything’s fine.”

“Are you sure?” You pushes. “You’ve been a bit off ever since I saw you at lunch. You’re usually livelier than this.”

“We’ve known each other for less than a day.” Yoshiko turns to face You, and for the first time, You sees a mixture of sadness and fear.

“Please, you can trust me.” You begs. “You might think of me as a complete stranger, but I really do care about you as a friend.”

Yoshiko turns away from You’s pleading look. “…what kind of person would I be to burden my underclassmen like that?”

“Aren’t you stubborn?” You lets out a sigh. “Fine. Take off your ribbon.”

“Why?”

“Please, just do it.” Utterly confused, Yoshiko can only nod as she pulls on her ribbon, undoing it before passing it to You. The younger girl follows, before placing both ribbons in her backpack. “There. Now we’re just ordinary Uranohoshi students. We’re exactly the same, so you can tell me what’s going on.”

“…that’s not how it works,” Yoshiko says, although she now has a small smile plastered on her face. “Where did you get that ridiculous idea from?”

“Chika-chan, obviously.” You returns the smile with more energy. “She did this when Kanan was feeling down, and it worked out pretty well, so I wanted to cheer you up this way too.”

“She always comes up with the craziest ideas.” Yoshiko laughs a bit, some cheer finally returning to her voice.

“So, can you tell me what’s wrong now?”

Yoshiko mulls the idea over, seeming deep in thought for a good minute. “You’re so stubborn.” Yoshiko looks at You, smiling. “I guess it wouldn’t hurt. As long as you don’t tell anyone.”

“You have my word!” Leaning down, she gets closer to Yoshiko so they can lower their voice, making them more conspicuous but also less likely for anyone to eavesdrop.

Yoshiko takes a deep breath, and You waits with bated breath for the big reveal. “It’s Dia.” Yoshiko starts. “I don’t think she likes me very much. Or at all, to be honest.”

“Well, first of all, we only started talking to each other after I became friends with Chika. So I guess we’re more like…two connected duos, rather than one trio, if that makes any sense.” You nods, urging Yoshiko to continue.

“And…when she talks with Chika, she has so much fun. She’s never like that with me. It’s like she doesn’t even care. It’s what you saw yesterday. She never asks ‘Yoshiko-chan, are you okay?’ It’s always ‘Yoshiko-chan, you weren’t late, were you?’” Yoshiko mimics Dia’s voice with an insane level of accuracy. “She tells me to come early, to be more responsible, to focus more on my studies every single night. It feels like I’m her project to make the teachers love her even more. Whipping the ‘problem girl’ into shape, wouldn’t that look good on her fucking diploma.” Yoshiko curses, hurt seeping back into her voice

“I don’t think she approves of my fallen angel thing either. It’s why I’ve been kinda toning it back a bit. I dunno, it’s just…frustrating.” You feels bad for Yoshiko. It sounds like her relationship with Dia had been strained for a while, only held together by the strand that is Takami Chika.

“And that’s not the worst part. The thing is…I-I may have a crush on her.”

You must’ve missed a very critical part of their conversation. That’s the only excuse she has for a statement so far out of left field like that. She almost falls over by how surprised she was by the girl’s confession. “Sorry, can you say that again?”

“Like…you’ve seen her happy before, right?” Yoshiko asks, a smile threatening to break out from her sad expression. “It’s cute. It might sound a bit cheesy…but I want to make her smile more often.”

You remains silent as she watches Yoshiko baring her heart, discarding all of her facades right in front of her. It’s so unexpected to see her like this, that You can’t think of doing anything but just listening.

“It’s not like I stand a chance, though.” Yoshiko does a short, bitter laugh. “I mean, have you seen my competition? I’m competing with Kanan of all people. God, I’m completely shit. I guess this is what you call losing a race before it starts.”

“There’s no such thing as that.” You tries encouraging the depressed girl. “Sure, they look close. But I’ve never seen them hanging out outside of school.”

“Dia rejected going home with me because she’s already walking home with Kanan.”

“Then…chin up.” You hates sounding like a downer, but looking at one positive is at least better than looking at none. “There’s plenty of fish in the sea. And you’re pretty cute too, so I’m sure a lot of people would want to date you.”

Yoshiko flinches, and You figures out that she said something wrong. “That’s my…second problem. I’m also in love with….” The last part was muttered, no audible sound reaching You’s ears. She leans in just a bit closer.

“Can you say that again?” You prods Yoshiko, and the other girl repeats her statement. This time, however, You hears it.

“I’m also in love with Chika.”

“Chika-chan!?” Taken off-guard by the second confession, You’s voice rises.

“Can you be a bit louder, please? It’s not like I still have some pride left.”

Understanding the sarcastic request, You lowers her voice again after shooing away other passenger’s curious stares. “Then, what’s the problem with Chika-chan?”

“You mean other than me having a crush on her?”

“Doesn’t sound like too big of a problem.”

“I wish it wasn’t.” Yoshiko scoffs. “But you’ve seen her with Dia. They have a lot in common, and they’ve been friends for longer than me.”

“But Dia likes Kanan, right?”

“Chika’s also close with Kanan. They’re childhood friends, right? I’m sure they can work it out together….”

The awkward atmosphere finally returns. You is silenced as she stares at Yoshiko. It’s like the girl is a magnet of bad luck, with every worst-case scenario befalling her. The silence is only broken by a small sob coming from her.

“H-hey, don’t cry.” You says, carefully pulling Yoshiko into a hug. It takes little to no resistance as the girl decides to bury her face into You’s shoulders, muffling her cries.

“What am I going to do?” Yoshiko chokes out. “If they start dating, I don’t think I can take it.”

“There, there. Everything’s going to be fine….” You whispers, patting the girl’s back while shooting evil glares at other passengers. She resists the urge to scream at them; it would only startle Yoshiko even more.

“…I’m tired. I’m so tired, You.” Yoshiko responds softly. “I’m tired of being alone for so long. I’ve been alone for nine years. I haven’t had a real friend since kindergarten. A-and I had so much fun last year, what if Dia and Chika ditch me? I don’t want to go back to being alone….”

“You won’t.” Hugging Yoshiko a bit closer, You hears a small chuckle coming from her.

“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t be bothering an underclassman like this….”

To that, You shakes her head. “Right now, we’re just ordinary Uranohoshi students. We’re exactly the same.”

The trip to Numazu is the most silent one she’s experienced since meeting Yoshiko. When she gets off the bus, she has a wet patch on her sleeve and a lot to think about.

“…Dia, are you seeing what I’m seeing?”

As the duo of Kanan and Dia walk out of the school, they stop in front the entrance.

Dia hums thoughtfully. “We’re both staring at the sky, Kanan. Unless you are referring to the sun, I believe we’re looking at the same thing.”

“I could be looking at those birds.” Kanan attempts a joke, but the situation at hand is so shocking that neither has it in them to laugh.

Soaring above the skies of Uchiura, attracting the attention of passersby and fellow students, is a bright pink and white helicopter.

“…there’s no way it’s anyone else, huh?” Kanan finally says as the helicopter flies out of view a good few minutes later.

“There’s only one possible candidate.” They continue walking. Excitement bubbles in their hearts as they imagine what it’d be like if it was true.

“…is she really back?” Kanan asks. Her last bit of uncertainty is blown away as Dia smiles at her.

“Of course. She promised after all. Besides, she owes me a birthday present.” Dia laughs, and Kanan smiles as well.

“She owes me two.” The rest of the walk is spent telling jokes and stories. Something is amiss for now, but neither of them mind.

Deep in their hearts, they can already feel a third presence.

This isn’t a YouHane story, but if it was, I would totally want You to confess in the bus scene. Ahh, it’s so cute that I almost want it to happen, but I have big plans for Yoshiko!

#love live #love live sunshine #you watanabe #chika takami #riko sakurauchi #yoshiko tsushima #hanamaru kunikida #ruby kurosawa #dia kurosawa #kanan matsuura #the YouHane is killing me #the pain of a multishipper #our sea of today

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jixiani · 5 years ago

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In defense of fanfiction

I’ve been thinking about fanfiction lately, (really I’ve been thinking that I should really be taking some of this time to write more, but that’s another post) AO3 just had their yearly fundraiser so of course the old discourse over the site and its history was dragged up again and then Sarah had brought it up this morning and well, I have a lot of strong feelings on the subject. Let’s start with a little personal background: I have been reading and writing fanfic since the late 90’s. It started out as something silly my best friend introduced me to and we would sit in her mother’s computer room and giggle over ‘speculative fan fictions’ and participate on months-long roleplay scenarios on chat boards and take turns passing notebooks full of handwritten stories back and forth which were every bit as terrible as you’d think two 14-year-old girls could come up with. Unfortunately, we were in the Vampire Chronicles fandom so we had a front-row seat for the Anne Rice and her lawyer's debacle that will from here on out be referred to as “The Dark Times”. We watched our friends’ work get pulled, our RP sites close down, we feared that we’d get a cease and desist letter, we hid our notebooks and dreamed up our stories exclusively verbally. I was deeply ashamed of my secret love of fanfic for years. I kept writing, but I kept it secret, I kept reading it but would never admit to it. Fanfiction was something shameful, taboo, some terrible sin akin to watching porn, and not the good socially acceptable kind of porn. But time moved on and fandom moved on and fanfiction started to be more acceptable. I joined Fanfiction.net, I wrote some stuff on Livejournal (although I still kept it set to private). I read A LOT of fanfiction, jumping fandoms, and leaving reviews. People I admired came out as liking and writing fanfiction. Of course, then the purges hit. Strikethrough and the like. I’m not going to get into that here, because that’s a rant all its own. Anyway, those were also some dark days as fandom searched for somewhere to land. I stumbled over Archive of our own a few years ago and I aggressively support them whenever I can because they fight for the fandom. Now I speak out in defense of fanfiction whenever possible. I’ve attended panels at conventions about fanfiction, I support and share posts about it from my favorite authors, I let everyone know that I’m proud of my fanfic (although I still don’t post it, that’s because I tend not to finish things and I don't’ want to get someone excited for something I know I’m going to abandon in a month, not because I’m ashamed.). So let’s talk over some points because Sarah brought up a good point today. Why is fanfiction such a shameful thing in the fandom community, and in the writing community? One of the people on my friends list who I admire and is a professional, published author once rolled their eyes and scoffed when I said that I wanted to go to the fanfiction panel at a convention. Yet, no other facet of fandom is treated this way. I brought this up on Sarah’s post and I’m going to reiterate it here. Fan artists are not scoffed at, people flock to their tables in artist’s alley. Fan-made comics and doujinshi have led to careers writing and drawing comics and scripts for the same series their fanwork was based on. No professional costumer or prop maker sneers at cosplayers, in fact, there are now professional cosplayers. Fans wait in line for hours to watch masquerade skits at conventions. Fan-dubs like Dragonball Z Abridged and Nescaflowne are hugely popular and have led to professional voice acting gigs and production studios. But if an author dares to mention that they got their start in fanfiction? The horror, the outrage, the hate mail. Yet so much of our media could arguably be called fanfiction. Dante’s Inferno? John Milton’s Paradise Lost? The Aeneid? Classics? Yes. Fanfiction? Also yes. Joyce’s Ulysses is just an AU of the Odyssey. Anything written about or based on myths? Anything involving King Arthur? Sherlock Holmes? Shakespear...Oh you can cry adaptation all you want. Let’s face it if it’s written by some old white guy it’s literature and a classic and an innovative reimagining but really it’s just fanfic and it’s everywhere. West Side Story is a fanfic of a fanfic since Shakespeare based Romeo and Juliet off a poem by a similar name. My Fair Lady? Pygmalion AU. Hamilton? Real Person Song Fic! 50 Shades series, Mortal Instruments, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea, hell there are literally hundreds of published Jane Austen fanfictions. John Gardner’s Grendel is a retelling of Beowolf. The Wiz, Wicked and the rest of Gregory Maguire’s books? The Wizard of Oz doesn’t enter public domain until 2035. The Magnificent Seven? Kurosawa called and he wants his seven samurai back, he’d also like to reclaim Yojimbo from A Fist Full of Dollars. Speaking of tv, how about Black Sails? It’s a fanfiction prequel to Treasure Island. Any comic book not written by the original creator. Any book series based on Star Wars, Star Trek, Dungeons and Dragons, World of Warcraft, etc. I could go on all day. So why is it, when so much of our popular culture consists of what basically boils down to fanfiction, that fanfiction is seen as a shameful indulgence, as “cheating”, as trash?Part of it boils down to sex. Read any article that brings up fanfiction and there will invariably be a line where the author distances themself by saying something along the lines of they don’t personally read it, or how slash fic isn’t their thing but to each their own. (Both quotes from some of the sites I pulled the above list from) A lot of people seem to think that fanfiction is just porn, and while yes there is some fanfiction that is porn and some of it is very good, the same can be said for regular fiction as well. People don’t blush and giggle over Lord of the Rings, yet when I say that I’ve read fanfic that’s longer than Tolkien’s trilogy I may as well be talking about how I read Aragorn/Boromir slash fic regardless of what the actual subject matter was. Yes, there’s sex in fanfiction. A lot of it is gay sex. You can read Lolita in school but Harry Potter fanfic? Gasp, think of the children! Even if that fanfic happens to be about what if Petunia loved Harry like a son instead of pushing him away and neglecting him. There is some really fantastic fan fiction out there. Some of it has sex, some of it doesn't. Some of it deals with queer characters and experiences, some of it doesn’t. There’s nothing inherently wrong with erotica and it’s an entirely separate issue. Not every fanfiction is a 50 Shades-eque erotic rewrite of Twilight, and even if they were, so what? A lot of fanfiction has to do with wish fulfillment. You want to know what happens next, or what would happen if this had happened instead, or if there was this character. You want to see someone like you in your favorite fandom. I had wanted to adventure with Bilbo when I was a kid. I wanted to go on adventures and fight and ride dinosaurs. These desires don’t go away just because we grow up. I got into roleplay and larp and gaming because I still enjoy make-believe. I write for a lot of the same reasons. Everyone wants to be the main character. Fanfiction gives you that chance. You can write yourself into a story, you can write someone that’s like you, you can write someone that’s nothing like you but what you want to be. So, let’s discuss our old friend Mary Sue. She gets trotted out as an example every time someone brings up fanfiction (or any uppity female character ever). Mary Sue was born in the 60’s. She is an actual character from a Star Trek Original Series fanfiction. Yes, fanfiction existed in the 60’s. Mary Sue was the brightest and prettiest girl to come out of Starfleet, she managed to be in all the right places at the right times to save the ship and capture the heart of Spock. Self insert fics and Mary Sues are at the heart of why we should be terribly ashamed of our fanfiction habit. Except, what was Luke Skywalker if not George Lucas’ self insert Marty Stu? There are countless male characters that are as bad or worse than your typical Mary sue and they are never called out for it. Seanan brought this up in a post once about her character October Daye, her editor had said that the character was too competent, too cool, and that it was unrealistic and she should tone it down. She had him replace the character’s name with “Harry Dresden” and reread the story and suddenly it was fine. There are a great many articles and essays about our friend Mary Sue and I implore you to read some of them. She is not the enemy we make her out to be. Fanfiction, on the rare occasion that it is accepted, is seen as some sort of training wheels, or baby’s first writing. It’s amateurish, it’s juvenile, it’s just not very good. If we are not ashamed of it, then it’s expected that we are only using it as a starting point to hone our writing and move on to professional published works. It’s either that or something terribly self-indulgent that should be kept to ourselves. Some fanfic writers do go on to become “real” writers. Seanan McGuire has always been very open about how her agent first approached her after reading some of her Buffy/Faith fanfiction. Some “real” writers also write fanfiction. Neil Gaiman won a Hugo for his Chronicles of Narnia Fanfic. Ursula Vernon and Mercedes Lackey write fanfiction in their spare time. Some fanfiction writers never become published authors, not everyone wants to. Some are happy to have a dozen 150k fics about their favorite fandom, or maybe just one 500k epic, some, myself included, may only have one short fic posted somewhere. There is nothing that says that you have to use your hobby to turn a profit. (By the way, for reference, War and Peace is 561,304 words, Dune is 187,240 words, you cannot make the argument that fanfic writers don’t put time into their craft when they have more words than Tolstoy under their belt.)Some of the ‘training wheels’ analogy is true. Fanfic is a terrific gateway to writing. It teaches pacing, plot, character development, how to take criticism. If I ever do write something professionally I will not be nearly as afraid of the red pen as I am of bad reviews. Anonymous readers are the most ruthless critics. May the literary gods preserve you from ever having your fanfic read aloud as an example of how terrible and ‘cringy’ fanfiction can be. There is a lot of fanfiction out there that is written by teenage girls, and it reads like it was written by a teenage girl, but the only way to get better at something is to practice. Fanfiction allows budding writers to do that. There are no rules, no one standing at the gates to bar entry, and entire communities of people willing to give advice and commentary. Sometimes it’s less helpful than harmful, but there is something about posting a new fic and waiting for that first ‘like’ or ‘kudos’ or a review. There’s something to be said for instant gratification. I have read a lot of really terrible fanfic. I have slogged through stuff that would make Mary Sue herself cringe. I have read about the ½ vampire, ½ werewolf, ½ fairy long lost princess. I have read grammar that would make your eyes bleed. Not all of it has been confined to fan works. I have read fanwork that has had me convulsing with silent laughter to the point that I wondered if I would die. Dialog that was ten times better than anything I had read in a professional novel. Fanfiction should not be judged by its worst offenders. We don’t hold Dune to the same standard as Twilight. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is not terrible and cringy because 50 Shades of Grey overuses the phrase “Oh my.” There is some absolutely terrible fanfic out there and there is some pretty terrible published fic as well, but we don’t hold that against most novelists, so why do we hold it against fanfiction writers?I guess that brings us to the elephant in the fandom. Sexism. Fanfiction has historically been something written by and for young women and there is nothing more shameful than something liked by a young woman. Boybands? The color pink? Horse Girl books and Sparkly Vampires? Society hates them. We mock them. It is not acceptable to enjoy them. Sound familiar? How many times is something considered cool until a woman decides that she likes it? We as a society hate women and hate the things they enjoy and we hate teenage girls the most. Think of how much people hated selfies and duckface and instagram. How much hate was directed at Britney Spears, One Direction, Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber? Whether it has a basis in something or not, we hate them, we make jokes, we share the memes. We write them off as having no substance, as being stupid, not worth our time. Belittling of teenage girls for their interests and fandoms isn't a new phenomenon. Remember Mary Sue? Not only that, but a lot of fanfiction is gay. Women and gays are still the punchline to a lot of jokes and we can’t ignore that that plays a big part in people’s hatred of fanfiction, even if it’s not on purpose. Fanfiction has always been a bastion for people that couldn’t find stories about them in popular fiction. A lot of mainstream main characters are straight guys. A lot of fanfiction main characters are young women or gay men. Now, I admit that I’m oversimplifying this, and especially in recent years as it is becoming safer for people to come out as other genders and queer and as having mental illness or not being neurotypical, you are seeing more of that reflected in the fanfiction community. I don’t want anyone to think that I am purposefully leaving anyone out of this. The fanfiction community has not always been so great at being inclusive of people of color or transgender, it’s getting better, but I’m not going to stand here and pretend we’ve always been perfect. In the last several years I’ve seen a lot more inclusion. As I said, fanfiction has always been a home to the “Other”, as that expands to include more individuals so too does the community. Fanfics provide us with a place to work through issues and present perspectives that we don’t get to see anywhere else, without having to create an entire world from scratch. It’s accessible to everyone. I’ve spent the better part of an afternoon researching and writing this. I hope that I was at least partially coherent and I got you to at least take a look at why you feel the way you feel about fanfiction. I’m not sure if I exactly got across the points I was trying for, there’s a lot more eloquent, well thought out arguments out there from more knowledgeable people. Check out Seanan McGuire, she’s got a lot to say on the subject.

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I’m curious what you think about the Japanese because men buy legally mangas of children having sex with teachers etc. that’s a genre there and okay. Would you say that all of the men are pedophiles for buying those mangas legally? I just wanna hear your opinion about this.

I'm on mobile so excuse any grammar issues. I'm also using a microphone because it's easier than typing so if there's any word issues it's because of that. So I'm a huge anime fan I won't lie, and I do know about the rampant problem with fanservice and child pronography in the anime community and the manga community. And I know about Japan and their problems, because I've been looking into stuff like that and I do want to go to Japan one day because the place is fucking beautiful and its history is really interesting. That's actually why I'm studying Japanese right now. But on your question of my opinion on the men who buy those Manga and Anime I have to say I do think quite a lot of them are fucking creepy perverts. And that's with knowing the legal age for a girl to consent over there's like 16 maybe even 14 I don't remember which one exactly it's in that age range though. So I do consider them having some kind of pedophilic nature to them. And if you pay attention to statistics for public trains and stuff there are huge issues with men groping women or young girls in their school uniforms. This isn't saying all Japanese men are like this because this, because if you look over at Japan as widespread as the Kawaii culture and the anime community may seem, it's actually frowned upon to be like a huge o t a k u or anything close to that. The Western world is more positive about that word but in Japan it's a huge no no. But tying into the problem of these like 15 and under characters that they have so much porn of over there you have to blame the Artist as well you have to blame the storytellers for sexualizing children in a way that isn't showing that this is completely wrong and it's not okay. Like take Lolita for instance, in that book you are reading from a pedophile's perspective and while it is a good book it is mind-boggling because it some point for some readers they start to think that this guy's thinking okay but he's not he is a pedofile no matter how you put it. Then you have to look more on the Idol culture as well because they tie in with the cute girls thing that all these weird older Japanese men are into. Those girls are about high school age or maybe a little younger or older depending on the person but they all have to fit this criteria of a dream girl. The famous ones aren't even allowed to date because they have to be a dream girl for these lonely men or just very desperate and creepy men. And again it's not all of the Japanese men but it is a few of them and there is quite a lot of them. There's also a huge problem in Japan with high school girls some even about Middle School age getting caught up in selling services on the street in the open to people mostly men which leads into them being sex trafficked. It starts to something simple most of the time like handing out flyers and then it becomes something worse and they can't escape it easily. It isn't much different from America we have the same issues sex trafficking exist everywhere, but Japan is feeling this by creating this content of characters that look like they're 5 years old being fucked in the ass and enjoying it. You can argue that some of these characters are just chibi versions but at the same time it fuels pedophiles. Basically that shit is what would be on FBI watch list if it were real people and he'll probably should be on FBI watch list or Japan's equivalent to FBI watch list because it could lead to something darker. It's not just fiction when someone's mind besides fiction and reality are blurring together. I Used to Know woman whose son could not differentiate fiction and reality so she had to be very careful about what games he played and while I'm sure this kid had some kind of mental disorder like a learning disability there are people out there whose mines just start blurring the lines and who will go after what they want if they see a kid that looks like a character they like and they want to fuck that character and their reality and their fiction is starting to blur who knows what they will do to that kid. There's a lot of people you have to blame in this kind of situation there's a lot of scenarios you need to keep in mind there is a lot of real life situations going on that you have to consider when thinking about these kinds of people buying this kind of content. And again I love Japan I want to go to Japan and I've even considered going over there to live for a few years and teach English but their problem with child pronography in Manga and Anime is a huge issue that needs to be dealt with. I don't want to attack anime and manga as a whole because I love anime and manga they have incredible stories incredible art and characters and I really love Anime America but there is a fine line between just showing a kid innocently naked and being pedophilic with it. The anime man on YouTube actually touched that topic about a month ago using made in Abyss as an example of just kids being innocently naked and then some parts of it that were kind of creepy like having the main girl strong up naked. and don't get me wrong I love that show that was a beautiful show but I have to agree that her being strung up naked was just fanservice and creepy because she's like 9 years old and her just standing there without a shirt with her hair covering her tits that was an innocent image there is a blurred line between innocence and creepy pedophilia like I've said and well the strung up naked thing was for humor it was still creepy because it mirrored BDSM. But if you're straight out buying content of children in any way being fucked and enjoying it not even just that but children being fucked by adults and enjoying it you're a pedophile in your head. You can think that oh I never do this to a real kid this is just fiction but for some people that fiction becomes reality and you have to consider that when seeing this kind of content. Boku no pico is gross and pedophiliac it even though it's children fucking each other and let's be honest and anyone who knows that show or has seen any of it can confirm it's gross and creepy. And that's why it's become such a huge joke in the anime Community. And I know I'm rambling I know I'm repeating myself but I want to make this very clear any kind of content with children fucking or being fucked is created by people with sick Minds. Now I know in the past I had a thread with one of my Loki role players where are twin low keys were abused as children verbally physically mentally and sexually but I made sure that while role playing that I made it very clear that it was wrong I made it very clear that these characters didn't enjoy what happened to them I made it very clear that it was illegal even and that these boys or scarred for life because of what their father did to them. You can take one a few routes when covering the topic of something like sexual abuse you can make it seem okay you can make it very clear that it's not okay and you can make it a fetish 4 pedophiles when you're using children as your characters. I always make sure that if I'm writing something and any kind of sexual abuse or sex with children involved is shown as being not okay and that it's going to scar these characters for their entire life. But if you look at most of these Manga and Anime that portrayed as something that these children are enjoying or that is beautiful between this fictional character that's underage and this random fat fuck that's fucking on the in their manga doujinshi whatever it's being portrayed as pure fetish. And that's not okay you should not fetishize you should not sexualize children in any way. Some people can argue about Freud and his theories but he was also a crackpot and no actual psychologists will tell you to follow anything that fucker said. So while I think Japan is great and all it does have its problems and I think that the child pronography in manga especially, because you don't see it much in the anime, it's a huge issue that needs to be resolved as soon as possible and I can't remember correctly but I think the Japanese government actually wanted to do something about that but there was an issue because of this well it's fiction well it doesn't meet reality it's not real people thing. So it's really a difficult topic but in the end it's wrong and it's pedophilic. The same thing for fanart on the loud house tag here on Tumblr anyone drawing the loud house kids being fucked or fucking each other are fucking pedophiles because they had to sit there and think about these children in these situations before drawing the shit. They had to finish size they have to fantasize children fucking each other. and I know Stephen King has that orgy scene in it I haven't read the book but I'm aware of this orgy scene and I think even he might be a little fucked up in the head for writing that unless he wrote it in a way that makes it not okay and it's showing that he is not okay with it through his writing of the scene. That's not to say you should censor yourself and what you're writing but at the same time you have to be very very very careful about how you're portraying things about your mindset about how other people are going to portray what you are writing or drawing.

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