#maybe i shouldnt tag it with the usuals i dont know

[fallhound]

Hi! I'm Fall! And I'm screwed!

Got ghosted on some contract work I was banking on, and now I only have 14 days to make rent.

I'm an immigrant disabled trans woman in between visas, making finding work fucking hard here. Gov getting more conservative and pushing anti-migrant shit doesn't help. Got my benefits cut, and I can't partake of any gov aid or my visa application will get denied 🙃

It's my bday on Halloween, you wanna help a bday gal, don't you? Between 9 prescriptions, bills, rent, and food I'm looking at:

(oct 25) 861/850$ !!!!!!

ko fi | pp <3

[wastelandhell]

imagine fo4 without bt3 and ocbp. literally unplayable.

[zoppzoop]

GAAHAHHHHH

[cloud-based-and-rainpilled]

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing wlw wanting to dirtyfuck a lady is wrong

[hakahakaiprincess]

this is probably due to having comparatively more information and being slightly less stigmatized than other mental illnesses but its upsetting to see depression and anxiety treated like basically Level 1 mental illnesses when both are just as if not more debilitating if left without treatment

[discountsoysauce]

Thanks! I'll check it out

@discountsoysauce

Another screenshot of my Daemon AU:

[trekkele]

You mentioned in one of your tags that you'd like to write a fic where the batkids find out Alfred wasn't so awesome a parent to Bruce and I wanted to ask if you'd like to share some ideas and directions where you could imagine it going?

Would it change the way the kids think and act around Alfred? Or Bruce? And what are some Major Mistakes Alfred made that in retrospect make a lot of sense regarding Bruce's parenting? And what sent the boulder of realisation going in the first place?

I know it sounds like I'm asking for spoilers or the actual, complete plotline which you probably haven't thought out yet, but I'm just curious about various versions of situations and realisations you think could happen. Or things that you'd like to work into your fic but it just wouldn't fit.

Basically, I love your writing and I love this kind of DramaTM within the Batfam and I'd cherish any crumb of information you would like to share.

Thank you and have a wonderful day! <3

Ok so this premise does rely on good dad Bruce, not because shitty parents cant come from shitty parents (they do, usually) but because i think seeing Bruce not do the things Alfred does would be how the kids (specifically Dick) realize what kind of parent Alfred is.

And this is really a reaction to the “Alfred is a saint for putting up with Bruce” fandom attitude because if you, as a parent or a guardian, are incapable of parenting a kid, no matter how difficult that kid is, it is your responsibility to either find a way to become what your kid needs or find someone who can. I know a lot of us had shitty parents but a traumatized nine year old shouldnt be “put up with” or “handled” they should be parented. At the very least they should be loved, and they should know they are loved. (Gets off parenting soapbox, climbs onto fandom soapbox)

Also every time i think about this fic i start thinking “maybe Alfred deserves some more grace” because he was put in a pretty impossible situation immediately after losing two people he deeply respected, if not loved, and lets be reasonable the 80-90s were uh, not an ideal time for difficult parenting, and the therapy available for children back then would have probably made things worse if not outright given Bruce ptsd (if he didnt already have that), so theres that. On the other hand, Alfred is also fairly consistently shown as being deeply unkind about idiosyncrasies, and unwilling to admit when he’s wrong.

And theres only so many times you can call your adult child an idiot, and imply that you believe every one of their choices to be invalid or wrong, before it turns out that you are Part of The Problem, or at the very least, A Bitch.

Anyways.

The thing is, i dont think it would change much. I think they might stop taking Alfreds word as gospel, especially in regards to Bruce, and i think they might be more forgiving towards Bruce when he messes up in the long term, but the truth is that whats it going to change? How do you apologize to someone for that? What are you apologizing for?

Because ultimately i dont think Bruce is ready to admit that Alfred is, or was, wrong. Bruce knows he was a bad kid, a difficult kid. His teachers and his family and the newspapers, and even Alfred, have admitted that Bruce was a hard kid to raise. Probably harder to love. He’s never surprised when people leave him, after all.

He does know his own kids don’t deserve that style of parenting though. But thats because they’re better than him. He has to do better because they deserve better, because he chose to be there for them. Alfred never really got that choice, did he? Bruce’s parents trusted Alfred, and Alfred stayed out of his respect for them. Not the bratty kid who cried for a year and refused to speak and would hide under the bed instead of sleep.

And thats another thing - if Bruce admits that Alfred wasnt a good parent, if he admits that Alfred made some terrible mistakes, does that mean he’s betraying the trust his parents placed in him? Is he casting blame onto two people he can only idolize, because to do otherwise is to admit he doesn’t remember much of them anymore?

As for how the kids find out, i think Dick realized in his own. I think Jason realizes because Dick stops him from walking in and interrupting a conversation between the two and before he can ask whats going on he hears Alfred slap Bruce. Im not sure about the rest.

*i started answering this, got distracted, finished writing it in my head, and then forgot i never answered it in reality. But i think thats most of what i wanted to say.

[okthatsgreat]

new opddmh updates..... like. three of them. crazy. haven't been keeping up as well as usual (acting stuff and work tag teaming my free time and absolutely destroying it) but i have finally started to binge and i truly truly love what u r doing w makoto and miu. so different but still connecting on an in-depth level and balancing eachother out ....... sometimes a relationship is an ex-reality show killing game figurehead and the world's worst teenager fresh out of the hospital against the world. do u have any insights on the way u write relationships and connections or just them in specific that come to mind bc oh my god. please do tell

HELLO AGAIN :]!!! AND HAHAHAH THATS ALL GOOD ive been so busy also FINGERS CROSSED IM ABLE TO GET MY UPDATE SCHEDULE ON TRACK LOL

TALKING ABOUT THIS FIC!!! :] big ole ramble down below lol

(i use the word "partner" a lot here but just know i am not referring to strictly romantic relationships lol)

OHHH GOD. relationship writing advice HMM HMMMMM. it really is very complex bc there are SO many different types of relationships that can be written about ghfdgjh so advice definitely varies!!! i think something helpful that i've learned is that unless you are purposefully examining power dynamics it always helps to view both sides as fully realised characters. very very rarely do you want to have a character who is solely there to agree with their second half and have no personality or history outside of this. i see this happen a LOT with romantic pairings but it's also an important note for platonic pairings as well!! ESPECIALLY if the main focus of the story is on this specific pairing-- it shouldnt feel like one person is a human being while the other is a cardboard cutout whose only purpose is to be there for their partner. again there ARE a few exceptions to this and how it is portrayed but its the main rule i like to stick to!! :]

if i feel like ive written a character who is solely there for their partner something immediate i go to is giving both characters something that separates them!! most of the time this includes fleshing out a backstory thats different from their partner, that might influence the way they see things within the narrative. give them a different hobby, maybe a different friend group! give them a different perspective on the events that are unfolding, a different way of coping that might not be beneficial to their partner!! and remember that it is OKAY for them to not agree on everything!!!! do not be frightened into thinking you need every single relationship in your story to be perfect and unproblematic and completely agreeable, especially for longer narratives that call for conflict

OH AND IN REGARDS TO FANFICTION... piece of advice i try to follow is donttttt try to mold characters into entirely different people just so they can stay happy and agreeable with their partner lol. if theres tension theres tension!! if theyre petty then theyre petty!!!!! even if there isnt conflict and youre writing fluff, you dont have to erase their personalities just to fit them together as a happy couple! sometimes the challenge in writing comes from finding what happiness means for that specific character/pairing, and that may be very different from the typical idea of romance/happiness!!

AND NOW ON TO MAKOTO AND MIU first of all. i am so sorry for making you read paragraphs upon paragraphs of me just rambling nonsense at you GHFDKGSH BUT I APPRECIATE IT!!! and second of all this technicallllyyyy is advice i guess but its WAY more specific now!!! lol

anyways when it comes to writing their relationship most of their dynamic is based off of their differences! opddmh miu is brash and loud, and even though she is trying more and more to filter what she says she still speaks before she thinks and grows restless very easily. opddmh makoto on the other hand cant afford to be brash and loud and thinks quite a lot before he says anything, and is lot visibly calmer. so its fun examining how their differences are able to influence the other throughout the fic!!!! miu NEEDED that calming influence considering the state she was in when makoto found her, i quite frankly have no idea where the hell she would be now if makoto hadnt been so patient and understanding ghfdksghkf. makoto on the other hand is a man chained down by responsibility, so much so that his life has become extremely dull in his eyes just because of how repetitive it has started to become. miu is a serious change to this and offers him some kind of purpose while also reminding him of not only how SCARED he was as a teenager first exiting the simulator but also how unrestrained he had been before the years went by. theres a balance there!!!

but at the same time, there ARE some similarities. theyre both a bit paranoid, and even if miu is more willing to be vocal about her distaste theyre both scared of danganronpa as a company. they also both strive for some kind of peace, even if they have different versions of it-- makoto wishes to be unburdened by the weight of responsibility and his Ultimate Hope persona while miu wishes for stability in her relationships with others, even if she just isnt the best at it. its why i like writing small moments such as the two of them just sitting in the car and chatting or the most recent moment where theyre not talking at all but are still comfortable in each others company-- they dont explicitly tell the other that theyre super happy and at peace but they both subconsciously understand :)

OKAY CUTTING MYSELF OFF!!!! GFHDGFDJ THANK YOU SO SO MUCH <33

[lollitree]

Your tags under the pokemon poll are SO TRUEE and it hurts how many people dont understand that

I grew up in the change from pixel art to 3D and have nostalgia for bw, xy AND sm. So i think because of that, I can see the good and bad in all the games but don't feel like any of them 'peaked''. They're all different games, so they are really hard to compare.

On a related note tho, its so sad to see so many fans praise one of my childhood games and not the others. And like, I get it because gen 5 is more similar to what they grew up with.....but every time I say I love xy, sm and even swsh i get told they are terrible and usually imply that I shouldnt like them :/

That only happens online, though......irl all the fans ive met, no matter their ages, just say something like 'i didnt like it, but i'm glad you did!'. Growing up in irl fan spaces and having to move online during corona was AN EXPERIENCE omg

Yeah! It's super interesting how much we are affected by nostaglia.

There's usually a pattern you can notice with this stuff too. There are two lines that go up as time goes on. The one everyone talks about as being great and the newer one people hate on, usually to do with nostalgia of the now older original audience of the game.

My full reply got long so putting it under a read more skfjsh

My first Pokemon game was Colosseum, so gen 2/3 pokemon and gen 3 sound effects are pretty nostalgic to me.

Then I grew up mostly playing Diamond/Platinum/PMD2/Ranger2. I LOVED Team Galactic. I restarted the games so many times just so I could play through the story again with Cyrus and the Galactic Grunt theme. (I have also played through pmd2 many many times). I remember in my early teens seeing people on the internet hating on DPPt a lot and it making me sad. I recall someone saying that the gen 4 Pokemon sucked and I remember thinking "aw I guess they're right, some of these pokemon are really boring or annoying" and then I learned later that the pokemon I was thinking of were all gen 1 pokemon sdfkjsh

Gen 5 was hated when it first came out because it wasn't very fun for new players. I bet it also didn't help that the advertising for B2W2 was pretty poor and also came out after the 3DS did. I didn't even know it was a sequel until years later. That's why they went in the complete opposite direction for gen 6, and added gimmicks!

I have heard multiple people call the designs from gen 5 horrible over the years (And they're all wrong). Those comments are nowhere NEAR as frequent now, but they almost always come from people with nostalgia for the ones they grew up with.

I was 13 when BW first came out. I think I've only beaten it once, MAYBE twice. I'm not entirely sure why, because I was still replaying DPPt a lot. I would guess it's because the game is super linear in terms of gameplay and every playthrough will start exactly the same. You don't really get to make decisions on your team and how you play until later. Kid me loved the beginning of the main pokemon games the most because they were the most fun bits to play usually. So I suppose when you've already played it once, the beginning becomes quite boring.

And to compare. I did not like XY when it first came out. I was 16 and very against change and also my fav types at the time were dark and dragon so fairy type was the worst thing ever. I said previously that I really liked Team Galactic, so Team Flare was just a bootleg version of them to me. BUT I did immediately replay the game when I finished it. The character customisation plus the huge dex gives the game a lot of replayability. Because while I didn't like a lot about the game it was still fun to play, and it was the first time online was really accessible to me. I went back to 2013/2014 on my blog and there's SO much positivity about the game it's amazing! Over time people only remembered the bad parts and started hating it. I bet there'll be an influx of nostalgia for it before long. We can even see it in the hope people have for SV having Kalos DLC.

I need to replay sun/moon or play USUM because in my brain currently it sucks. But I'm very aware that that's because I only played it once, it's been years, and I played it when I started to grow out of Pokemon. So I'm excited to play it again now that I can appreciate it better. (Also the Sun/Moon anime is my fav so I have a lot of love for the characters now)

And finally, I loved SWSH! I didn't finish it the first time I tried to play it. Mostly because I spent HOURS trying to get a shiny hatenna before doing the fire gym skdfjhs. But then I SPED through the game with a bug type only run before Legends came out and I really enjoyed the story! One of those things that's more enjoyable if you're only focused on enjoying the story (and playing the game through with a joltik as the lead and trying to make sure they stay strong enough to beat the game with pfft) Also Leon was the first ever Champion I actually thought was cool and enjoyed seeing while playing the game (as ridiculous as his outfit is)

If I were to logically plot out the best for me based on how nostalgia works and taking into consideration that public opinion ABSOLUTELY influences me. I would have said BW was the best and XY(or SM) was the downfall, even though I had way more fun playing XY than BW as a kid

[possumteeths]

2022 Writing Wrap Up

Tagged by: @screwyouflightlieutenant (thanks for thinking of me! 💖)

Total words published: 308,920 (christ???)

Additional words written:

Im gonna ballpark and say maybe 150 k other words with additional projects that arent fanfic lol (as well as fanfic wip)

Grand Total of Words: 458k ish?

Fandoms:

Various horror movies, Dragon age, Fallout, Mass effect, RDR, the boys

Highest Everything (raw kudos, hits, comments):

Unsurprisingly, its my the Boy chaptered fic Love Me Cancerously, This blew tf up and I really didn't expect it to. It is SO cool that other people like this not great movie and are so down for this rollercoaster i've been writing.

Highest Kudos to Hits Ratio:

It's still my Brahms fic, and the runner up is ANOTHER Brahms fic but that one's a oneshot.

New Things I Tried:

x readers! I never really liked reading or writing x readers ever until recently. I really like second person as a device and I just refuse to acknowledge things that use like blanks or the Y/N device lol. Realizing this totally changed the way I like to write. I think second person is excellent for storytelling. Leaving the reader insert extremely vague and writing from the perspective of the character is SO fun.

Fic I Spent The Most Time On:

Love Me Cancerously AGAIN lol. Usually I just kinda write things in one go, but for this fic I put it through multiple stages of editing.

Favorite Thing I Wrote:

This completely nonsensical fallout raider gangbang. I rarely enjoy reading or writing OC x OC works, but I really unlocked something in my brain with this fic. I am so in love with the characters, they still live in my head. I wanted it to be SILLY DUMB and it was just so much fun to write. This is the most "me" I think of anything I've ever written, and I fully just went balls to the wall ridiculously porny and it was so much fun.

Favorite Thing I Read:

dude ANYTHING by my buddy @ventiswampwater (here's her ao3) every single one of her fics make me INSANE. We have such similar ideas of characterization for this DUMB movie that for some reason we're obsessed with. I love cerebral poetic weirdo porn I just consume everything she's done over and over again. Seriously some of the best x readers i've ever come across.

@some27-url 's Deacon X SS series, I cant get ENOUGH of this fucked up dynamic. I gush on and on about this and I dont want to be annoying but I cannot shut up about how much I love this series

OH! This Yautja harem x OC work I found, literally I've never had the patience for LONG LONG fics before but I honestly wish there was MORE of this. I loved!! the characters and everyone involved, the story was so smutty and good. You dont need to know shit about predator lore this fic may as well be its own story. This fanfic is better than any smutty xenophilia/monsterfuckery romance book that i've ever read.

@brimbrimbrimbrim 's Vigilante x reader fic was so much fun, characterized SO well. It was silly fun and I loved it hahaha like I love this author but this fic really stuck out to me hahaha.

Writing goals for 2023:

I'd like to just bite the bullet and submit to publications as well as random magazine challenges or whatever else. I often debate whether I should or shouldnt for so long that I then miss the deadline for the actual challenge lmao! I submitted to a few horror magazines as well as some poems to indie publications asking for submissions this year but I'd like to just submit as much as I possibly can because fuck it y'know. This year, I got ONE poem selected to be in a book and then it was actually removed from the eventual publication coming out in 2023 so like... lmao?

New Works:

I've actually been editing my short story horror anthology off and on, cleaning it up and formatting it and all the boring shit. I'm looking to trad pub or at least submit certain stories to challenges. I'm also hoping to saddle up and adapt my raider gangbang fanfic into a more developed story that I'll eventually KDP publish. As for fanfics, I've got SO many fkn horror baddies x readers in the works rn, and like 21u314398240 90% done fanfics that I just need to edit and publish to ao3 lol.

tagging: @some27-url @gaeadene (girl I gotta know how many words u uploaded this year LOL) @ventiswampwater @korblez @wolfbirbisme @flaggermuser @butterbabyflapjack

Happy new year yall! Lets go full nuts and write WHATEVER ur silly lil heart desires. I declare this year the year of balls to the wall FUCK IT on ao3 lmfao

[rainbowgod666]

...i mean you forgot my tags but if you want yapping then whatever its almost midnight where i am.

Ok so

"Every romance book is called The Cootie Paradox" i mean. Not exactly, its usually some My Immortal tier bullshit that makes you wonder just how HARD society failed women, but also it adesso how most of these books (which i never actually READ btw 🤔) are basically just "what if twilight but with no superwholock supernatural shit and with r/womenwritingmen guys. Also none of the girls is described in a way that makes ANY eventual actor older than 17". Which just. Ew.

"Every horror movie is called Saunter" look. 90% of my posts are made under the presumption that one day pm seymour *will* be like "and what the fuck would YOU be, huh? :3". Of course every movie tries to be the new Thing/Saw/Friday the 13th/Gremlins/Tremors/Etc., because sure, art is beautiful regardless, but the monke brain wants golden statues, so why not try doing exactly what another film did? (And then you realize that not only there was no vision other than "fuck them they dont deserve to be better than me"¹, but also CINEMASINS watched that damn thing, and everyone in the comments agreed its the first time he had a correct opinion). Then the fucking FNAF movie came around and said "shut the fuck up and stick to the source material. Take some liberties if you want either a sequel or just want the movie to be Itself rather than Just Another Thing" and that was so cool.

"Every middling adult fiction book is called The Thousand Mile Road To Kelly Larson": m8 im already Autism Blasting onto you your OWN DAMN POST. last thing ya need is another post about the #society (which is so many dead memes i cant even-)

"Every influencer lead dieting brand deal is called Frümpi" dude. There are way too many posts about the "fitness regime" of society, all of them done by people that, unlike me, actually KNOW wtf they are talking about. Best i can tell you is what i KNOW (which is that excess in fiber or proteins kinda deletes your fucking intestine's internal CPU) and not what i FEEL (which i would do, but i dont want to sound like an... *audible disgust* a m e r i c a n c o n s e r v a t i v e 🤢). Also lets be honest, Frümpi is White People Code for "food that tastes good but funds the fucking idk gaza genocide? Congo genocide? The one in Sudan? Do americans think the world is a sandbox for them to kill as many people as they can? And they say videogames cause violence the fucking cunts". And also the name sounds like a granola bar you eat because a box of the things is 1.10€ and its the cheapest in the store and you go back home and you eat one of them and then you realize that damn bar is an offbrand of an offbrand of an OFFBRAND. How. The fujkck.

"Every resale app is called Bootd" the only thing i can say here is: Making Ebay 2 is idiotic, but at least the names sound somewhat funny² so there is an argument for that (also tech illiteracy is KINDA rampant so something that isnt older than me is probably easier to navigate or whatever)

"Every video essay made by someone who just picked a piece of media at random and thinks reading off the Wikipedia page for 80% of the vid is "good enough" is called The Capitalist Horror of Peppa Pig": ok. What fucking HBomberguyClone did you snort this off. Usually video essays are.done correctly. There are sources in the description nobody reads but they still put them because they care dude are you ok do you need somebody to talk to nobody gets this sort of visceral reactions unless they are particularly mad at the topic³ DO YOU NEED A HUG-

"And every place we experience all these things and more is called earth 💕": ...ok no thats actually kinda wholesome cause it implies humanity is Kinda Cringe-desu Innit Bruv and yet thats... what makes us human. Huh. Maybe i shouldnt set the bar on the ground for someone that can jump like a grasshopper.

So yeah this is all the content and the confusion i could squeeze from your post OP. In any case, my ask box is open (and so are my DMs really) and there are helpful footnotes in the post in case something needs higher clarification or is. You know. A Funny.

Also i proofread this damn thing. Something i didnt do for my ACTUAL IRL CLASS TESTS. SO.

every romance book is called the cootie paradox every horror movie is called Saunter every middling adult fiction book is called the thousand mile road to kelly larson every influencer lead dieting brand deal is called frümpi every resale app is called bootd every video essay made by someone who just picked a piece of media at random and thinks reading off the Wikipedia page for 80% of the vid is "good enough" is called The Capitalist Horror of Peppa Pig. and every place we experience all these things and more is called earth 💕

[germaniumring]

sooo my very first,,. processing post? i think this will be a general ramble for me to establish how im going to go about things with this blog. maybe i’ll start with why im doing this.

ive spent most of my life bottling things up. i dont think its been particularly fantastic for me and the way i deal with emotions and stressful situations. i think this behaviour of mine stems from my growing up years. as a child, when i showed any negative emotion it was punished which led to me now, trying to hide my feelings and keep it in if i was upset or angry. and when i did show my feelings, it was often an outburst that was ? dramatic? im not sure how to describe it but it definitely was too much for the situation i was in.

ive definitely thought for a long time that i shouldnt bottle up my feelings, especially since when my friends were upset id tell them not to either and that its best to let it out. but i didnt know how to go about it. ive considered talking to my friends about it, but i find that too embarrassing to be honest. its quite difficult for me to show emotional vulnerability in front of people i know, hence why im here! Using an internet persona. Talking to the air. sending brainwaves through the tags looking for people who could maybe? give me advice? im not sure

another reason why i made this blog was to talk about situations i went through and really process what happened and think about how i feel about it. ive developed a very indifferent and maybe even apathetic attitude towards things that happen to me. which means that when something bad happens to me i usually am not affected by it, and dont think about it too deeply. while i find this helps me brush off negative emotions easily, a lot of the times i do this i might also disregard the feelings of others involved that are affected by it , and i dont think this is good for me to do. it makes them feel like theyre maybe too sensitive because if i dont care, maybe they shouldnt care as much. im trying to fix this problem by thinking more deeply about. life??? in general? im not sure how to word it.

this post is getting a little long, so i’ll end it soon. if youre reading this, thank you so so much for being here. it feels really weird to say all of my thoughts out loud. i really hope this can help me become a better person and im sorry if my posts arent coherent because i might have lost my original train of thought halfway through and started rambling 😵‍💫😵‍💫

[thewickerking]

OK SO. EPIC WIN! SOUND HAS CEASED!! its on and off and idk if ill hear it again tonight (please i hope not) but it is GONE i am COMFY in BED. my phone DIED but thats ok shes at 3$ now and plugged in so shes going up :)

[eggceereal]

sometimes ur brain feels like this and you just have to

[meili-sheep]

Another comedy of errors! Aka can you tell misunderstandings is one of my favorite Ao3 tags??

(This is just og trio of the bullies i couldnt figure out how to add in shenhe LOL)

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Jean: you know what Lisa, Amber? Diluc’s been really happy recently and im just so happy for him! Hes on relatively good terms with Kaeya again, ive heard his recent foray into the rest of the alcohol market is going swimmingly though i still prefer his wines, and hes found a special someone of his own! Im just really happy that hes got a hold of his life now :))

Amber: yeah, yeah! A cold apple beer after a hot day is such a perfect way to cool down! I still remember being handed an ice cold bottle of beer by Master Diluc’s boyfriend after he cooled it down with his hydro vision. It was so cool, literally and figuratively!

Lisa: boyfriend? No, no that cant be right-- i saw him with a girl from Liyue. Its a bit of an insult to call her a girl actually just from the aura she exhumes! When i saw the two walking around Mond, i couldnt tell whether or not it was Master Diluc or that lady who was showing the other around!

Jean: yes, i... did see her with a Liyuean woman who was chatting him up at the bar. Usually he just politely ignores or tells them off but he was actually bantering with her! Even if some of her comments were a little more... suggestive

Amber: b-but then-- who's that Inazuman guy I saw him with?! I know that they're definitely not just friends or some business associates-- they were holding hands! With INTERTWINED FINGERS--

Jean: w-well, maybe Diluc isn't too well versed in more casual social etiquette? But... archons, i heard that lady say something about thread and webs and ropes and Diluc just turned as red as his hair--

Lisa: my, my... aren't these some... interesting developments. Hrm, i suppose i can keep an eye on that Inazuman man you just mentioned earlier Amber, I did see a new pretty face in the library recently. Pale blue hair, bright eyes, a beauty mark below their lip?

Amber: yeah, thats the guy! And i did see someone with some more Liyue styled clothes walking around the forests near Springvale, maybe that's Diluc’s... other... friend

Jean: i certainly dont want to pry into his love life like this but-- oh archons, these are concerning circumstances. I dont want to be a gossip either but...?

Lisa: we'll tell you everything dear, now what were you saying about Diluc turning his winery into more of a general brewery?

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Rosaria: hey-- hey Kaeya, your face is so long you're gonna look like your own cavalry

Venti: oh no, don't mind him Miss Rose! Its just that Master Diluc over there finally has a love life!

Kaeya: and i dONT WANNA HEAR ABOUT IT BUT I NEED TO HEAR ABOUT IT SO I CAN STOP WHOEVER IS TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIM--

Venti: oh come onnnnn Sir Kaeya! Not everyone wants Diluc for just his money and good looks!

Kaeya: not everyone implies that there are still a sELECT FEW PEOPLE WHO WANT MY BROTHER FOR HIS MONEY AND GOOD LOOKS--

Rosaria: oh get that stick out your ass Kaeya-- honestly im happy that Diluc’s finally getting a stick up his ass if you know what im saying. He looked like he needed it and from the looks of it... id say he really did need it. I don't think I've ever seen his lips quirked up like that for more than 5 minutes.

Kaeya: oh my god please don't talk about the romantic sex life Diluc shouldnt have

Venti: ooooo and here walks in the lucky guy!

Rosaria: (whistles) no wonder Master Diluc’s a little less of a grouch than he usually is-- this guy is packin in all the right places! You think theyre into threesomes?

Kaeya: oh my gOD PLEASE DONT TALK ABOUT DOING THE DO WITH MY BROTHER AND HIS BOYFRIEND--

Venti: oh, it looks like hes just here to pick up an order of... Inazuman dango milk? Now I understand why Master Diluc likes this guy. And off he goes, to not drink wine... oh, I don't think I'll ever understand the kind of people who don't appreciate the beauties of wine

Rosaria: i take everything back, this man is disgusting--

Kaeya: ...okay, maybe im a little more okay with Diluc dating him but i still dont want them together-- oh hey its Amber and some lady, yo Amber over here!

Amber: (chokes on her drink at Ayato about to leave and Yelan about to order) oh uh, e-excuse me Miss Yelan, I didn't realize my work colleagues were also here! Im just gonna go say hi ahahaaaaaa

Amber: oh my god oh my god oh my god-- you guys--

Kaeya: yes Diluc is dating i HATE IT I KNOW--

Amber: no, worse. I think... i think Diluc is cHEATING--

Kaeya: (spits out his drink) wait wHAT--

Rosaria: oH THIS IS SPICYYYYYY

Venti: oh my god, i-- i-- hOW--

Kaeya: all this time i thought my brother would be taken advantage of... bUT HES THE ONE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEM-- I DONT KNOW WHETHER TO BE PROUD OR DISAPPOINTED--

Amber: oh my gosh let me tell you everything that me, jean, and lisa found out--

Rosaria: oh my god we thought he was dating that Ayato guy--

Amber: yeah right?! But apparently Jean and Lisa saw Miss Yelan and Master Diluc together multiple times (whispering) she was even making those jokes and DILUC DIDNT PUSH HER AWAY--

Kaeya: wh-what-- i-- i dont approve of him dating and i dont approve whatever tHIS IS-- we need to stage an intervention.

Venti: agreed. Though i may not agree with Mr Ayatos drink of choice, noone deserves this kind of treatment!

Amber: (sighing) and Miss Yelan is such a nice lady too, even if she is a little strange... i cant let Diluc hurt her feelings anymore...

---

Diluc: guys, everyone thinks that im dating both of you and that im also cheating on both of you... with both of you.

Yelan, choking a fatui: i know its fUCKING HILARIOUS AHAHAHA

Diluc, punching a fatui in the face: yeah but (sighs) theyre planning an "intervention" and i-- im gonna need you guy's help if were even gonna tRY to explain what the fuck our entire deal is

Ayato, chilling atop a pile of dead(?) Fatui bodies: (snaps fingers) i have an idea-- polycule.

Yelan, stabbing a man with an arrow: polycule?

Ayato, kicking one of the writhing bodies in the pile: polycule.

Yelan, tying up the most important officers: (shrugging) aight, polycule.

Diluc, setting the camp on fire: welp, polycule it is i guess. You guys want barbeque? They got Snezhnayan sausages and cheese

Ayato: i brought the bbq sticks and sauces!

Yelan: hELL YEAH-- you gotta give it to them, even if they want world domination, they make some really good food

Everyone, while the kidnapped fatui cry: agreed.

---

Kaeya, with everyone who "knows": Diluc, I love you, I love you so much but can you please explain to me why you are-- whaaaaaat are you doing.

Diluc in the bully cuddle pile: uhhhh, spending time with my fri-- partners? Is... is something wrong? Wait no-- why am i asking, all of the knights are here-- is stormterror acting up? Crap, let me get my claymore--

Jean, thinking that this is definitely not a cuddle pile: oh, no no Master Diluc-- we'll just leave you three to your uh-- business

Diluc, getting up from the cuddle pile: no, no it must be highly urgent if everyones here-- i can afford time away from my-- loves if it means Mondstat is safe

Jean: no no its no worry at all i just--

Amber: wE THOUGHT YOU WERE CHEATING ON YOUR PARTNER SO WE STAGED AN INTERVENTION--

Ayato, absolutely reveling in this chaos: now why would our dearest Lucs ever do that? Whatever brought you all to this conclusion??

Yelan, fake betrayed: (gasp) Amber! Is that why you toured and followed me around Mondstat?! I was merely looking for some scenic views to show Ayato and Diluc later!

Amber: mISS YELAN WE WERE JUST CONCERNED ABOUT YOU--

Ayato, internally cackling: then-- does that mean that you, Miss Lisa, only entertained my desires to learn about my loves homeland because you pitied the love that Lucs and I shared?! Miss Lisa how could you?!

Lisa: i sincerely apologize, we merely misunderstood at the time

Diluc, conflicted on whether or not hes amused or exasperated: i am extremely disappointed that you would all think that i am that kind of man. Rumors are just baseless things, why would you ever believe them-- i expected better from you all. Especially you Kaeya, youre my brother-- i would never do that kind of thing

Kaeya, guilt and shame incarnate: im so sorry Diluc, i just got worried and i couldnt think straight-- will you ever forgive us?

Diluc: of course, now if you'd excuse me i have a cuddle pile to get into

Venti: i only wish you happiness in the rest of your days, Miss Yelan, Sir Ayato. Love is a strange and wonderful thing and i hope you cherish it for years to come

Rosaria: tbh i was just here for drama, did not disappoint

Kaeya, under his breath: no kaeya, you cant commit a double murder right now-- theres too many witnesses and complications but aRCHONS diluc looks so happy with them but dAMMIT NO HE CANT DATE--

Diluc, when the three of them are finally alone: i hate that i decided to go with your plan. And that it worked.

Yelan: hey at least it gives us more excuses to cuddle pile

Diluc: true. And what do you have to say for yourself Ayato?

Ayato: i cant wait to fuck with everyones brains with our new relationship status!! :DD

Diluc: nO--

Honestly, this works out so well. And not only do the knights learn to keep out of Diluc's business, but Diluc's marriage proposals have slowed way way down, and so despite Ayato's new hobby, it works out super duper well for him. And now he can get the affection for Yelan and Ayato and doesn't have to worry about it looking weird.

[pr0dbeomgyu]

EPISODE 8.5: WEAK STOMACHS

y/n's on her way to her seat from the restroom as she froze on her track.

ally: "stop staring at me like that, tyunnie"

taehyun: "why? you're pretty"

ally: "i know."

taehyun: "you know i really like you, right?"

ally: "yes, you've told me so many times, and i already told you so many times that i like you too"

taehyun: "let me kiss u then"

ally: "u didnt have to ask, baby"

y/n saw taehyun leaned in when a hand blocked her view. she didnt have to turn around to know it's beomgyu's. not wanting the others to notice, he pulled her into a spot hidden from everyone.

"are you fucking dumb? why do u keep looking at them if you know you're gonna end up hurting?" beomgyu's voice was a bit harsh.

"i dont know, i just-"

she could feel tears pooling in the corner of her eyes.

"and why do i always have to comfort you when clearly they're the ones hurting you. when you're the one who's too much of a coward to tell ally what you really feel?" his finger pointed towards y/n. he knew what he's saying was too harsh of a truth, but he's tired too.

"fuck you beomgyu, you know i cant do that to her and it's not like i asked for any of this, okay? you can always leave me alone if you feel like im such a burden to you"

the tears she had been trying to hold in escaped.

beomgyu's heart wrenched at the sight and without thinking, his hands found their way to cup y/n's face, thumbs wiping away her tears.

"shit y/n, no i dont wanna leave you okay, i shouldnt have said that. im sorry"

when he didnt see any signs of y/n stopping him, he took her into his arms, his right hand stroking the back of her head softly. he sighed out of relief when he felt y/n leaned in to his touch.

after a few minutes in that same position, y/n stopped crying and finally pulled away.

"we both know what you said was right, beomgyu. im sorry for dragging you in with my emotional mess. can we do the assignment somewhere else, maybe the library? i think failing my lovelife is enough, i dont want to fail this subject too"

she smiled a little, but beomgyu could see the smile didnt really reach her eyes.

"just wait outside, i'll fetch our things"

she just nodded.

*･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･'･*:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･*

"did they see my puffy eyes?"

"yep"

"what did they say?"

"it's ok, they wont ask u anything,"

"whoa not bad, beomgyu. what did u say"

"u know, the usual"

"what?"

"i just said you're on your period..."

"WHAT!?!? you're lucky you helped me today, beomgyu. or else.."

"please dont finish that sentence, im getting goosebumps already"

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summary: your first encounter with beomgyu was at the library, stumbling onto him and you mistakenly taking him as a library step stool. ever since that embarrassing occurrence, you seem to always bump into beomgyu, in the most unfortunate events.

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