#me:...aaaand thats what i would say to them

[aceyanaheim]

listening to epic as a bpd baddie man what an experience

[devotedsweetheart]

・❥ SAY IT AGAIN

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ rundown :: you find out caleb had been logging into your phone at random times of the day to keep track of who you were texting. frustrated, you call him to yell at him only to question what exactly he was doing on the other end.

WARNINGS :: NSFW! 18+ , phone sex , sub!caleb (per usual) , masturbation , cnc , use of y/n

a/n :: highkey got this idea from that one scene in twk when cardans kissing jude & telling her to say she hates him..🌝🌝

he had absolutely no right to be invading your personal space. absolutely none.

you were so fucking angry.

caleb was away on a trip with gran. usually, he would simply ask to check your phone, and you'd happily give it to him- knowing he means well. but with the shit he has been pulling, you're starting to question whether or not he really does trust you like he says he does.

you had found out that he was hacking into your phone because the device started acting awfully odd. opening apps you didnt click on, siri turning on without any context, letters on the keyboard being pressed when you never tapped on them in the first place. confused (and frankly a little scared), you took it to a professional to get it checked out. when he asked if anyone else had the password to your socials, thats when the realization dawned on you.

you felt so stupid. utterly dumb. but how were you supposed to know? you had told caleb about the issue multiple times and each occasion you mentioned it he would always say the same thing: "thats so weird, pips.. maybe you should go get it checked out or something." feigning complete innocence.

you had enough.

driving home as fast as you could, you barely reach the front door before you're calling him nonstop until he answers.

"hey pips! i missed yo-"

"you fucking liar."

there's a beat of silence at that. your breathing is heavy, going right into the mic- giving caleb an idea of what he's in for.

"um.. excuse me?" caleb manages, swallowing thickly. he knows exactly what you're going to yell at him for and he's praying to jesus christ himself that he can manipulate his way out of it.

"you know exactly what i'm talking about, don't try to play dumb. you've been going into my phone and looking through my shit. i thought you said you trusted me? what happened to that? i mean, seriously, caleb, i thought we had gotten over this." you say, voice pinched a bit higher than usual. you're pacing around the room in order to keep yourself calm, heart beating at a distressing rate as you don't like to argue with him.

"pips, i really don't know what you're talking about," he utters, licking his lips. "i know whats been going on with your phone has been messing you up, but you don't necessarily have to blame me for it. look, once i get back i'll help you figure out what's wrong with it just to prove that it's not me. deal?"

you can tell that he's trying his best to soften his tone to make his lie more believable, but you aren't gonna buy into it.

"no. no, caleb, just quit the act already. i'm so tired of this. i'll give you two choices," you say, sitting down on the couch; elbows on your knees. "either you stop with the whole hacking thing and we stay together, or i cut things off with you and we never talk again."

for a moment, there's nothing being said. pure silence. he's absolutely speechless on his end of the phone, mouth agape and eyes wide. every few seconds, he'd attempt to say something but nothing would come out- resulting in something that resembled a stutter.

"well? what's it gonna be?" you asked, becoming to grow impatient.

"y/n.." he whispered. "you.. you can't do that to me. i-.. i'm sorry for doing all that crap. i didn't do it because i don't trust you... it's other people that i don't trust. please believe me, baby. i can't stop doing it, it's just my way of keeping you safe."

aaaand now it's your turn to be shocked.

"are you fucking serious?" you yell, and you swear you can see the look on his face regardless if he's visible or not. eyebrows raised up, cheeks as red as roses, eyes backed up with tears. you know how much he hates being yelled at by you... but he deserves it. "you can't be serious. please tell me you're pulling some joke."

" baby, please. i-"

"enough. just quit it. i fucking hate you, caleb."

he swallows. no, practically gulps. he shouldnt be turned on by the sound of that. he really shouldnt. he knows he should be terrified by the threat of you leaving him... but the tent growing in his pants is getting undeniably uncomfortable that he just can't seem to care.

unzipping his jeans, he gently lays his back on his bed, being carefully quiet to ensure you don't hear.

"you're fucking insane and no matter how much i try to talk to you about it you never change. it is draining, caleb. you have absolutely no idea how fucked up you are."

he's nodding against his phone, murmuring small 'yeah's here and there to let you know that he's listening. what you aren't aware of is the fact that instead of really listening, he's actually moving his hand at an insane speed on his dick. it gets to the point that he can't even respond, the pleasure taking over. all he needs is for you to tell him how bad he is and how much you despise him for him to be able to go over the edge.

the fact that you don't even know whats going on keeps him going for even longer.

"...-is so frustrating, caleb! you don't even care for me and... wait, are you even listening? hellooo?" you shout, expecting an answer.

he picks up his phone from where it was sitting on his pillow and takes it off speaker phone to reply. "y-yes, baby? 'm sorry.. i'm, um, listening. keep talking." he responds, stuttering over his words.

you roll your eyes, thinking he simply just doesn't care. "my god, you're so fucking annoying. i hate you so much, y'know that?"

he nods hastily, even though you can't see it. "y-yes. say it again. please." the last word comes out broken as he was embarrassingly close to cumming.

you stop in your tracks, both eyebrows furrowed. "um..." you utter, confused at what he was playing at. "i... hate.. you..?"

"f-fuck!" he whisper-shouts, hips thrusting into his hand as he drops the device back onto where it was initially. he brings his previously free hand down to his cock to stroke the tip, twisting his wrists. biting his lip, hard enough to draw blood, he makes his best effort to keep little whimpers inside of his mouth. it works for the most part... but you already knew what was happening. he does it too many times for you to not know.

"caleb." you warn.

he doesn't answer, he can't answer, mind is too hazy from the force of his orgasm. he's practically like putty on his bed, half asleep and half awake.

"text me in the morning." you say before hanging up and throwing your phone on the bed.

he will not ever learn.

[evilminji]

You know? I kinda wonder...

In a Self Insert type scenario, in Star Wars?

They would be MUCH more open to listening to "buddy, a storm's comin'" type warnings. Their Cannon knowledge, even if spotty, would probably echo with the Force and draw its attention to them somewhat. Because they KNOW.

KNOW what is going to happen. Not guess. Not assume. KNOW. Like the Force does. And that? Coupled with their inherent strangeness? Would make them the oddly colored duck of the flock, as it were. Not Super Important... buuuut? Easy to spot.

One of the Force's Blorbos.

Just cause, really. Cause they look funny. The Force doesn't even have a plan for um! But they turned up, ate the Force's food, and look at their wittle faaaace~☆! So it's keeping them. You know... assuming they survive.

Which?

Brings me to my point?

Since they LISTEN? The Force probably chatters like a mofo. Since a Self Insert would be anxious and constantly ASKING for wisdom. For help. A friend. Guidance of any kind. The Force would be draped around them like a particularly pleased with itself shoulder cat. A hovering backseat driver.

Because you DO keep asking, after all.

It's like muscle memory. Building strength. Not... not GREAT, in all actuality? Because Self Insert is avoiding making their OWN choices, probably out of fear? But on the OTHER hand? Both of them KNOW that there is literally a Sith Master like... less then 5 minutes away from where they live. Constantly.

And they are a Youngling.

So???

At What Point?? Does the Force? Engage "Fuck it, we take our baby and run" protocols?

Just? FULL ON "you stop midway through making your dinner, turn off the soup, pick up your kids, leave the house, and NEVER LOOK BACK". Because? Yes. The Jedi KNIGHTS and MASTERS may have vows to try and protect the people of the Republic?

BUT THE YOUNGLINGS DO NOT.

They, in fact, need to be PROTECTED.

And if the Force itself? Says "if you stay here, they WILL die."? You gotta go. Hopefully? You have enough warning to like... pack a ship. But, ya might NOT. Might just be "aaaand, everybody put down your pads! Suprise field trip to Anywhere Else! IMMEDIATELY. Single file, younglings. No running!" Like?

What would you do?

I kinda wanna see it.

Just this somber, vaguely haunted, crechling walking up to import figures like Madam Nu and Yoda going "if I tell you The Force told me we have to take the younglings, ALL OF THEM, and any history we think is worth preserving, and LEAVE... would you listen? Or would you let us die here?" With their tiny lil face and to serious expression.

Like a prophet of Doom.

And WHERE? Exactly? Are they supposed to go? Oh, simple. They are to Trust In The Force. And let it guide them. Out IN THE UNKNOWN REGIONS of wild space! Because THATS fine! Is this a joke?

No.

No the youngling is dead serious. Terrifyingly serious. Has been studying how to pilot a shop like they will have to do so THEMSELF. Asking questions that paint a concerning portrait of a child that fully intends to take their peers on this journey, with or without them.

And the Force? The Force says they MUST. That it is impossibly important they DO.

WELL THEN....

Do they... TELL anybody?

No. Not a single soul. Specifically, not a single soul In The Senate. Ah. Concerning! Guess we're? "Losing" a ship in the war? Oh dear. Such casualties. All those lives. Oh noooooo, and such and so forth. UNRELATED note! It's been FAR too long since this temple was cleaned! Unacceptable. You, random clones definitely not assigned to that ship we definitely just lost! Help us... clean!

Just?

The power of "fuck it, we took our ball and went home/left"? Should be USED more in fics. The Force TOTALLY knows where some sweet, sweet habitable planets are. You'll NEVER fuckin find them if they don't want you too! An entire temple of Jedi asking for the SAME thing? Versus a crusty lil shit?

They asked first. And nicely!

With THIS, balance is maintained. Not through FORCE. But through walking away for a bit. Allowing OTHERS to decide if this is what THEY want for themselves. Order 66 may or may not still happen? But? At most? All you would kill is the current fighting adults. Not the teachers. Not the elders. And CERTAINLY not the young.

They? Are far away. Where the Force is still clear and the light is strong. Growing up. Reflecting on what went wrong. Farming. Building a new temple with the Clones. You know, the ones who didn't have their comms. Never GOT that dreaded order. Get to live free men on a peaceful planet.

Cause historically? You send your kids AWAY from active wars zones. Places that are priority targets for your enemies. And if the Force itself is saying "move the babies"? Welp! Guess you gotta move um, don't ya? It's scary. Uncertain.

But it is an act of faith.

And I just? Wanna see Sith's plans just COMPLETELY fuckin implode? Because they could not plan for Faith. For Trust and Community and Hope. All the things they believe so trite. So worthless. The very things that would lead grown adults, POWERFUL PEOPLE, to actually? LISTEN to a mere youngling. Then follow their lead.

It would be?

Inconceivable to them.

@legitimatesatanspawn @babbling-babull @hypewinter @babbling-babull @hdgnj @starwarsblr @starwars

[haveihitanerve]

This brilliant little backstage scene deserves to be shared with the world and because i am who i am i also have to add my thoughts- once again, ignore them and just watch the vid if you so please :)

Tim casually sprinting away, what a delightful man :) 

The way they have like… feet on either side of the stage, lots of space, but Tom and Sam are sitting right next to each other, absolutely not even an inch between them, legs and arms touching, talking about best first dates??? My heart😭

“Mainly… balance.” Both Tom and Sam’s shoulders moving in the same way when they laugh- 

The way Tom is looking at Sam while listening-

“That would be amazing!” “that sounds awful.” the dichotomy lmaooo

“One of us? There's four of us?” Sam i love you so much- he automatically thinks of the other two not present they are like so close i'm gonna cry-

“I always think of the collective.” 😭💗💗

“How do you not understand how basic conversation works?” ribbing each other, the way true friends do, beautiful

Sam: *makes unidentifiable noises back to mock him*

“Tom!” The way Tom’s head snaps over to look at AJ, and Sam peters out to look over too. So responsive 😭

“I'm so glad we’re committing to that.” Tom i love you-

AJ just being the Tech King while Sam casually helps. Idk its domestic and cute ok leave me alone..

Tom’s “oooooh.” as AJ changes the lights- while casually not helping and being on his phone as Sam and AJ figure out the lights (jk hes probably doing admin stuff but its funny)

Joe: *slams into a chair* ow. Sam: *snickers* its a bit dark in the room AJ: *scoff laughs back*

The way they debrief is just amazing idk why but its so cute to see, they're supportive but still critical, but like constructively critical, and still supportive of each other. Plus the metaphors are great, and the laughing at each other

“Each of their… utterances.” The way AJ is smiling at Tom i cant-

“JAMES was a good man before we lost him.” “killed him.” XD

Gotta be honest maybe they were just showing the best clip, but the A-Z game is pretty fucking good. I think its the audience’s fault tbh, they're not hype enough

The explanation of how games come to be and how they figure it out is sooo good, im always nerdy and want to learn the thoughts/plans/processes behind it all so thank you!!!

“He says softly. Lets go get you onto a mechanical bull.” Sam contemplating what on earth to do with that. “NI HAO!” aaaand there comes AJ out of left field, perfect. Sam now utterly baffled, glorious

“That was joyous! That was good!” Sam coming in saying it was good when AJ and Tom were just complaining- but the way he immediately catches that they didn't feel exactly as confident about it as he did and going “no?” to just check and make sure, looking between both and not just one- brb crying they're such good friends he picks up on that-

Aj’s look at the camera lol “👀do you see this man?”

“Did that go alright?” the immediate reassurance they gave him-

“It feels like you have to start fucking-” “rowing.” finishing each others sentences and a good metaphor- i'm fine

AJ and Sam arguing as DaVinci and Michelangelo gives me life-

“It turns out i just made up a word.” idk who cameraman joe is, but i love him. Real

“Thats the straight white guy philosophy. Say it with confidence and keep walking.” I love how they address it and yet can joke about it, really refreshing 💗

“Stay safe, stay sexy.” thank you Sam, thats my life moto from now on

“And AJ anything from you?”... “I had a really fun time!” Yay!!!

“I’m pissed off. My clues.. were fucking genius. And the audience.. didn't get ‘em” Yes Aj, you tell ‘em!

“And the guys.. *voice crack/half sob* didn't even bother to try and like- *near tears* fucking- make a thing like-” *laughs* oh AJ, poor baby XD

“They just looked at me and then went: “i have a different clue!” Great!” sadness AJ, its ok, they still love you lol

Tom and Sam both in the same position watching AJ’s “genius clues” -Sam’s face of utter confusion and Tom just watching in interest trying to understand it at all

“You know, I also have a clue-” AJ’s slight smile. “I’m very glad because I have no idea what the fuck that was-” AJ having to laugh slightly at that

“Fucking shit im out of here!” *tries to do the cool storm out, but is also checking to see if he left anything behind, kinda ruining it XD*

“I have to know about the Nazi chinchilla-” firstly its wonderful explanation??? I guess, kinda makes sense- but let me just point out to you lovely people that Aj, in the background, downs his beer, steps up right behind Sam, and then takes his beer and also drinks his, and Sam just watches and nods- they’re too fucking cute what the heck-

Also AJ’s face mocking Sam in the background as he starts to explain- idk what prompted it, but it was hilarious

“What was the rant about?” “My clues were fucking great-” Sam: *starts cackling like ‘sure buddy, sure’*

“I got that one! I said that!” defending that he understands his friend- 😭

“I got it. I appreciated that one.” Calms AJ down slightly, so cute

Sam: *slips in advertisement as AJ casually blames the audience*

Aj and Sam’s hug at the end😭 cuties

Anyway thats it :) they're cute and yeah. 

also! where was luke??????

[local-twat]

ive been lurking on this damn app for too long but im gonna say it (also ignore the fact that i type like i have no idea how to use this app cuz i dont, this is my first post in the 5 years i had this account qwq)

WHERES THE SYLUS VS RAFAYEL, X READER FICS

like the potential for rivalry on who wins MC's heart is there. its always xavier and raf & sylus and zayne. NO I WANT THOSE TWO FIGHTING

heck its literally in canon (or implied idc i need some more lore disjehd) that Rafayel and Sylus may or may not have beef (tho if they dont fine but i still want them fighting). not to mention that one dialogue of Sylus mentioning something about fishing.

UGH GOD I WANNA SEE THESE TWO FIGHT SO BAD

anyway where was i... THE ABSOLUTE CONTRASTS THESE TWO HAVE. ive been thinking about it for a while so here's a list of what i thought of so far:

• red vs blue (yes wow how observant)

•being straightforward (sylus) vs putting on a metaphorical mask (rafayel)

•sylus wanting to challenge gods while rafayel is a LITERAL GOD OF THE SEA (the fantasy au fics of this would be fire)

•a ruler who has everything vs a ruler who lost everything

•fREAKIN FIRE AND WATER (referring to that one flashback of sylus and rafayel’s lemuria life)

aaaand the one other thing they got in common aside from being loaded, they desperately want her to remember (again im sticking with how they acted in the story)

yeah thats all i could think of BUT DO YOU SEE THE VISION

tho if i made any mistakes or misinterpretated anything wrong do correct me thx

[lucy---lou]

Part 3 Lucys-hdg-story

Heyi, so update time. So I met up with Miss Duralis at her hab. Imagine my shock as I nervously walk into the hab and get tackle hugged by a floret I don't know about. They were saying something to me but I was just out of it at that moment.

After a while a manage to stutter:" H-He-Hey, I-I didn't knowyouhadafloret."

"I thought you wouldn't come if you knew I had a floret. Btw I tould her not to tackle you but she didn't listen. - Petal introduce yourself."

"Hiiiiiiiii I'm Elena Duralis first floret she/her. You can also call me Ellie. I'm really sorry that I tackled you, but not really you were so cute afterwards. "

"Sure Heyi Elena. Anyways what's for dinner", trying to steer the conversation somewhere into safety.

"We're making pasta from scratch. It will be fun trust me. If you two would follow me into the kitchen please"

"Ok", I answer noticing a certain Ellie basically bouncing alongside me.

As we arrive Ellie blurts out:" Soo we're gone take some flourandeggsandsaltandthen we slowlymicfudjabdbffh"

I just stare at her

"I'm sorry she gets really excited when she's with someone she finds hot. Anyways I don't think Lucy understood anything, Ellie could you please repeat I again but slooowly"

I continue to just stare and now also blushing HARD.

"Ellie to Lucy anybody there? Luuucy answer me did you get it?"

"Hmm? I-I'm sorry", I stammer.

"Oh don't worry. I'll just show you step by step and try not to fry your brain. Come here and slowly mix in the eggs with the flour "

I nod doing what she said.

***********

The rest of the meal prep went fine. Now it's time to eat. I turn to the really tall table and bench and:"aaheeeeeep" Well that solves the issue i think to me self, apparently blushing again.

"Sorry should've thought better than to just pick a kitten up", Duralis said with a grin.

Ellie is deposited next to me, smiling widely. "You didn't tell me I could call you kittennnn that's soso-SO cute"

"I-I ehm em do-", trying to defend my self before being interrupted.

"Well she makes those cute noises and wiggles like one, so I called her one and I think she likes it"

My cheeks are red and I stare a hole into the table. I whisper:"fo-food?"

"Aww kitten is hungry lets eat", Miss Duralis graciously saves me. Thats what I think.

I should have know, but was still surprised as she started feeding Ellie.

"If you keep staring with your mouth open like that. You're going to be feed aswell"

"NO, sorry no need I'll manage myself", answering a alot more aggressive than I wanted to.

"Alright, but you just have to ask"

I nod.

The rest of the meal went by peacefully, without them teasing me.

"Anything else you have planned this evening, would you like me to leave?", I ask as I feel my social battery is basically empty. An attempt to leave, but I know they would never want me to leave. As soon as I finished my sentence Ellie nearly shouts:

"No we haven't cuddled yet, let's watch a movie"

Aaaand this story telling has already gotten way longer than planned. See you in the next blog.

-Lucy

[kinki-cami]

Marsh, remember, we're asleep, dont make any sounds... (not that you can because youre not a plush with a voice box but still.) The worst part about trying to pretend to be asleep is that your eyes want to be open so they keep trying to open but your also trying to keep them shut without squeezing them so they Involuntary flutter while being closed. And the worst part is that i can hear that affini approaching this room. Do affini use the bathroom? I hope thats where theyre going and arent- aaaand it is this room. Fuck. Ok hopefully they dont try to kill mee🎶

"Well, isnt my sweet petal so cute when asleep~" H-how did that plant know i was trans? AAAHHHH and they called me cute. "I was sure she was much more of a stone sleeper. Perhaps her blood sugar is just low, her files did say she had diabetes." Oh shit. Ok, they know i have diabetes, as long as they dont try to do anything I'll be fine. "I ought to wake her, however, just to be certain." Ok this plant is definitely just mocking me at this point.

"Petal. Petal." The affini said in a quiet voice, gently shaking her shoulder. "Well, i know you sleep like a rock, but i also know you dont sleep THIS much like a rock. I had to put your stuffed animal on the other side of you so you wouldnt accidently throw it off again." She opened her eyes in fear, before promptly closing them and hugged her plush tight.

She whispered something quiet enough that it was completely inunderstandable.

"What was that petal?"

"they're not an animal" she whispered barely understandable in a grumpy voice, a twinge of fear underlying the grumpiness.

"Oh well do you mind telling me what it is while i take you blood sugar then?"

"Why should i when youre probably just going to kill me soon anyway..." She could feel the clouds of depression flooding her mind. The sheer fear and anxiety making her want to give up but she wanted to hold out for just a little bit longer.

"And why would I want to kill you, cutie?"

Being called that shut her mind down momentarily. "I dont know... its all just stupid rumors, im sorry" her voice started to shake as she finished the sentence.

"It's alright petal, no need to be sorry, here why dont we give you something to calm you down."

"No!" She screamed, terrified something bad was going to happen to her. "Please... can you just... let me come to terms with my fate please?"

"And what fate would that be?" The affini was keeping a calm voice and let her just talk. According to what the affini read about her she wasnt too talkative and seemingly kept to herself, she couldnt help but notice just how much this little sophont was talking compared to others who were quiet and kept to themselves.

"Uh-Umm enslavement or something-i dont know-i want to at least say goodbye to myself and everything before anythingharsh or strict comes to me" at this point she was uncontrollably crying, her mind rushing with every possible negative thing that could happen to her.

"Well, if you're so worried about what you think might happen, do you want me to tell you what we do to cuties such as yourself?"

She thought for a moment before coming to the conclusion of 'well if i know whatll happen i cojld better mentally prepare for it' "uh-um, sure" she said between sobs

"Well, petal, what we do is we take everyone who is sad or sick or fussy or destructive and we bring them into our homes and make them feel better, sure they become our pets, but how you used to live it was either suffer or suffer more, but here you have every need taken care of without any need for debts. But the more you resist the more drastic we take things, nothing too bad really, some just need to have all of their stresses taken away, even if they wont admit it. So whatll happen with you is first we'll fix you right up making your body work how its supposed to, so you wont be reliant on taking artificial insulin. Then what we'll do is give you some drugs to take away aaany of your stresses and then we'll find just the right affini for you, or at least whoever wants to take care of you whichever comes first!"

After what she felt was a bunch of rambling coming from the affini, she calmed down a little, as why would someone who sounds like theyre both really happy to explain this and a bit like theyre daydreaming about what theyre talking about, especially, based on what she could hear through her thoughts, sounded like someone who didnt purposely deal any harm to people.

She was able to calm down just wnough to stop crying and after a bit of adjustment and drying her eyes she looked up at an affini for what felt like the first, in context time. It was a little unsettling, vines forming what look like they should be lips, and wood surrounding majority of the face making an uncanny humanoid face. Her mind didnt react too too due to the adrenaline of fear coursing through her veins at the time, a rather large cloud of depression clouding her judgement as well.

"So is there anything else you would like to know?" The affini cheerfully exclaimed.

"Umm... will i be stuck here forever?"

"If by here you mean with an affini, then yes, if you mean with me, probably not, i dont normally take pets, just sorta..." she helicoptered her arms around, "rehabilitate them is all, well not even that, but its close to what i do, think of me as your live-in therapist. And if you mean on this ship, then definitely not, unless you want to of course, that CAN be arranged. Thats up to you, however."

"Gods please no, i dont want to be stuck again!"

"Of course! I mean you'll have to be here for a few days first before ANYTHING else can happen, just so we know for sure you wont... try anything. Anyway if you dont mind I'll be taking your blood sugar now."

"O-ok umm do you need to-" she froze as the affini stuck one of its needles into her arm.

"Im sorry petal, do you not like needles?"

"no" she said quietly, still trying her best not to move.

"I'm sorry would you like to do it another way next time?" The affini asked, removing their needle from her arm.

"Yes please." She responded quietly. She felt herself calming down, finding it dofficult to remember anything since she tried feigning sleep.

"Good, now petal, would you like to introduce yourself or would you like me to introduce myself first?"

[mcl39]

i mean people are just really mad that lando's race got ruined after what looked like his best weekend since australia so theyre just crashing out at everyone and everything, i cant lie it has been so frustrating to see him having to come back from p7 with pace that makes me believe he would have won that by 30 seconds, and that + the jeddah crash + everything about bahrain.... at the end i guess people are just irritated to see him struggle with something he had dominated last season because they made that car for his slower teamamate (and im not even saying that was on purpose but it is the truth)

i mean 'they' didn't make the car for his slower teammate, his teammate just isn't slower anymore

the dynamic we've seen with them two ever since late 2023 was that lando at his best is unbeatable, but oscar is more consistent. this is why he always does well on sprint weekends, and why whenever lando mucks up quali he's always there to pick up the pieces. it looks like he's less daring with his lines / decisions over one lap (but he IS more daring in wheel-to-wheels. which is where lando tends to be more calculated and choose the 'safe' option more)

so lando this year has been complaining abt not clicking with the car as much as oscar, but i don't think that's bc oscar 'prefers' this more unstable configuration, but bc lando is an absolute beast over 1 lap and his all-out approach (while extremely sexy) fucks him over sometimes with this more difficult car. and like half the time hes been talking abt struggling in the car, he was first in like every quali session except q3 - so it's clearly not an issue of speed, it's an issue of risk / reward, which is a problem we've seen lando manage and conquer before

and that's like... what, four races? he's clearly back on pace now, and has never actually ceded the lead in terms of race pace (imo oscar no longer has that obvious deficit, he now just drives really well, but lando still has the measure on him purely because his race pace has always been exceptional). it was obvs frustrating yesterday to watch lando lose out & give oscar his third victory in a row, but we all saw what happened, right? max verstappen wheel-to-wheel extraordinaire once again pushed a fellow driver almost into the wall, then lando did as much as could be expected of him to salvage the race yet again and overtake everyone except the other mclaren

u mention bahrain and jeddah and yes it's been really frustrating to watch like 3 recovery races in a row from lando. and ig u can choose to be frustrated at the car that's giving him quali woes but at the end of the day its on lando to fix it and he IS fixing it. i trust him as a driver, i trust him as a qualifier, and i trust him as an athlete who learns from his mistakes. and none of that has anything to do with oscar

i think all in all my frustrations with lando's situation just kind of... stay put where they are, instead of extending into a conspiracy that mclaren hates lando bc they posted a photo where oscar's big forehead (beloved) blocks him out. or bc the mclaren merch store has put out oscar win merch. that's specifically what i was talking about, not that lando fans aren't allowed to be annoyed in general

aaaand there's also another phenomenon where ppl assume the mclaren strategy team is evil bc thats the tumblr Narrative nowadays so i'll see screenshots of completely normal mclaren app radio messages interpreted in the most bizarre bad-faith way with captions like 'i hate that evil papaya team'. but that's neither here nor there bc i only see those posts on my fyp which is just populated with stupid takes from the #lando norris tag, so that's on me for venturing out into the wilderness

[lemon-natalia]

Gideon the Ninth Reaction - Chapter 27

‘pure humbuggery’ sound the alarm bells, palamedes is using british-isms, in this book thats a sure sign someone’s gonna die

ooohh it literally only just occurred to me as Harrow was talking about ‘lyctoral power’ that its very likely all of the facility stuff, the key challenges themselves etc. were probaly all set up by previous Lyctors 🤦

i mean given the one clue they were given was about locked doors, Harrow’s whole ‘secret door’ theory actually makes a lot of sense

i won’t lie, i still don’t really understand all of the thanergy stuff, so the beginning of this chapter was a little hard to parse. i don't think its because of bad writing or anything, i'm just not really into magic systems or understanding how they work honestly

i mean the five deadlocks on the door make some sense, but given Jeannemary got killed in a sealed room unfortunately i doubt they’re gonna do the Sixth much good now

ok someone, possibly the same someone involved with the constructs is actively trying to stop them from accessing another door. the question is whether it’s another member of the Houses wanting to prevent competition, or something that only just occurred to me is that some outside/other force is trying to stop all of them. which given the fact that the big amalgamate monster things were made by someone apparently very necromantically powerful … are the lyctors somehow involved in all of the deaths? maybe they don’t want to give up their positions, we only have the emperor’s word for it that they do after all

listen i don't think this is actually the case, its against the singular rule and there's probably some kind of magic stopping it, but it would be funny if someone just like, picked the lock on any of these doors. just speed-run the entire thing without any necromancy

wow Palamedes isn’t wrong the both of them are getting wayyy too comfortable using the whole energy transfer thing 

i’m not so sure coronabeth is the one to really watch out for - she seems more confident/outgoing than ianthe, but ianthe is clearly comfortable keeping things from her 

aaaand things are really kicking off between Harrow and Gideon. there’s unresolved issues for days here, it was only really a matter of time before their tentative alliance started disintegrating honestly

there’s a Lot to unpack here about their fight… on one hand, Harrow is clearly a lot more jealous than she wants to admit and making a real dick move to keep Gideon away from Dulcinea, no matter how far they’ve come Harrow still seems to be in that mindset of being in control of/feeling superior to Gideon as she was back on the Ninth. 

but on the other hand, Gideon is very clearly projecting her own feelings of guilt about Jeannemary and everything else onto Harrow. plus Dulcinea has proven herself to be more clever and shady than she initally appears already, i don’t think Harrow’s wrong to still be wary of her. there’s just, y'know, an infinite number of ways she could have handled it better

‘Jeannemary the Fourth was ten times the cavalier I am’ i’m SOBBING

ohhhh and now they’re back at where they were at the start … Gideon saying she hates Harrow, Harrow saying she doesn’t think about Gideon. except now after everything they’ve been through, and how much they clearly do care, it hurts so much worse. Tamsyn Muir you’re driving me crazy

‘Gideon decided there and then her betrayal’ what an absolute banger of a line to end the chapter with

[fourambitions]

69, 63, 60, 39, 30, 14, 16, 11, 7, aaaand 5 for every single one of your guys. have fun <3

Oh good lord ok here we go.

5: What is your relationship status?

The Lieutenant practically lights up- a feat, for someone who is currently bereft of vaer soul. Whatever emotions vae felt were strong enough to bypass around the lack of it, teetering rather dangerously into feral glee. "I am no longer single. Officially. I have my beloved Scoundrel, and my precious kitten, and my- my- whatever the Silverer and I have, I think. All mine. And theirs. And mine!"

Vae was... going to carry on like this for a while.

-

"... I have a sword?" The Duellist shrugged.

-

The Charmer's smile faded, and she looked at the direction of the docks. "I... had had an agreement with someone from the city, years ago, when I left home. She... decided the zee was a better choice for her."

She's silent, but shakes her head, smile returning. "All of that is to say that I am perfectly single, of course. For however long that lasts- the city holds many wonders and many people. I'm... open to new possibilities."

She turns her back on the docks, and doesn't look at them again.

-

The Hunter's ears flick. "I'm... more or less safely partnered. My partner is an angel, you know- her partner is kind of an angel too, if more pathetic. My kitten too, I guess."

They snicker lightly. "My kid is a horrid little abomination of me and her mom. Thats why her name is Mina. Oh, she's such a good little hunter though, and hopefully she'll STAY a good hunter, if Serosha remembers to let her practice. I fully expect her skills to have improved when I return. Hopefully."

---

7: What did you last eat?

"Um- coffee, I think." The Lieutenant confesses. "Wait, wait, no, it was coffee AND some toast. With some sort of spread on it. I cannot remember I just know I did eat. Oh, and some cake, with the Silverer."

-

"Lunch? It was soup. The mushrooms are nice but I think I'm getting tired of mushrooms all the time." The Duellist made a face. "Is there... any normal food down here? No? Well shit."

-

"It was this wonderful biscuit," the Charmer sighs yearningly. "Oh it was so good, the best thing I'd ever eaten, which... isn't a very high bar since I was... you know..."

She gestures lightly and says nothing more.

-

"The Scoundrel," The Hunter grinned.

---

11: Do you like someone?

Once again the Lieutenant lights up in a way that should not be normal. "Yes, of course! My beloved Scoundrel, my beloved Scientist, my darling Silverer, even the cute little Lordling I've taken under my wing. Oh they're all so wonderful, I adore them..."

-

"... I? Have a sword?" The Duellist shrugged again, brow furrowed. "I mean... theres the boy back home, I guess. I'm not here to like anyone. I don't think I will like anyone here."

-

The Charmer's smile turns a bit playful. "I'm simply... keeping my options open for now. I have some business to attend to first, a contract I need to pay off, but hey... if something happens, something happens, right?"

-

"Serosha, back home. The kitten I chase around. My king- though I have not told him, and probably never will because that would be awkward, in my opinion. I'm just a marquis! Besides, I have Serosha and Mina," the Hunter shrugs, ears flicking again. "And again, I do chase around Rigel ever so often. He makes it so *easy*-"

---

14: Do you miss someone?

The Lieutenant grimaces in the direction of some rustling in vaer house, some... unwanted guest that vae is trying so hard to tolerate. "I do.

"But my aim is getting better."

-

The Duellist's face darkened. "I do."

-

The Charmer fiddled with a ring on a necklace. "Too many to count. You know, on Arbor, I was one of the most devoted followers. My priestess was... she was the only one who had cared about what I had gone through, the only person who was trying to put an end to it. She was like a mother to me. I miss her the most, I think."

-

"I miss my court." The Hunter didn't hesitate. "I miss my partner, my daughter. I miss hunting for the court, bringing back the food to feed them, going home to teach my daughter to do the same. I miss my partner's singing- gods I miss the singing. Theres not a single damned thing down here that can match it. I even miss my partner's dumb partner! Its stupid!"

Their tail lashed, and they... not so subtly turned away to wipe their eyes. "Its fine. I'll be home soon."

---

16: How exactly are you feeling in this moment?

The Lieutenant blinks. "I feel... fine, I suppose. Cold. Just cold."

Hm. Vae should get that contract framed, maybe. Keep it safe. Just in case.

-

"Tired, I guess," the Duellist shrugs. "I came here for a job, and I don't like waiting. The darkness gets to you here. No wonder everyone is batshit."

-

"Free."

-

"I feel like I always do. Distant. Hungry. Unbearibly bored," the Hunter sighed. They wouldn't say it, but one could see it when they looked up at the false stars. They felt lonely, too.

---

30: What's irritating you right now?

The Lieutenant's mouth twists as a crash sounds in the other room.

"Absolutely nothing," vae said primly. Or, as primly one could through gritten teeth. "Its always delightful having my ex leeching off of my hospitality. Very fine."

-

"The lack of decent food-" the Duellist groaned. "I haven't had a decent meal since I landed myself in New Newgate. Now *that* is criminal, I say."

-

"The mirrors," the Charmer frowned, brow furrowed. "It's all... fine. I just don't like mirrors. Its a personal thing."

-

"I agree with that Duellist guy. Nobody even dies here and still I am not allowed to hunt my own food," the Hunter huffed, nose scrunching up. "It really is criminal."

---

39: How old were you when you had your first kiss?

The Lieutenant giggles, looking fond. "Oh, sixteen... goodness I was so young back then. My friend and I had snuck out to the gardens to avoid some dreadful lesson or something of the sort, and, well. We were both silly and curious."

The Lieutenant shrugged. "The Fall was a few years later. I never saw her again."

-

The Duellist went pink, floundering fir a bit before he asked, "What kind if question is that? Who even remembers something like that?"

-

The Charmer started, then had to pause and thing really hard for a moment. "... do kisses in dreams count? No? Oh... then... I've never had a first kiss. Or... any kiss, I suppose."

-

"Oh, I was very young, maybe 93, I think? Fully grown, sure, but still *young*, you know?" The Hunter shrugged. "Doesn't matter the kiss was only done as a prank anyway."

---

60: Do you want to get married?

The Lieutenant sighed wistfully. "I do, I want to get married so badly. The wedding, and my partner... or partners, I am willing to share in this case I suppose. I want it to be perfect. I want it to be happy and joyous and forever and ever and ever and ever and-"

Vae were, once again, going to go on for a while.

-

The Duellist shrugged. "I haven't really thought about it honestly. Maybe one day, if I meed the right guy. Or girl. Or... neither or both? I don't know."

-

"I wanted to one day, but now..." the Charmer trailed off, biting her lip. "I've... never done something for myself before. I'd like to try that first."

-

"..." the Hunter squinted for a moment, deep in thought. "Does marriage usually come before or after having a kid? Because if its before, then, I guess I'm already married I guess. I dunno, we have a kid together what more do you WANT-"

---

63: Would you change your name?

The Lieutenant snorted lightly. "I already have. Do you like it?"

-

"Maybe, if I had to. Kieran's a nice name, my mum picked it out for me. Named after my da," The Duellist gave a small smile. "Allegedly, at least. He died before I was born, and ma picked out all my other siblings' named from a catalogue, so its fifty-fifty, I think."

-

The Charmer starts, then pauses, then starts again. "I... guess I have? I picked Alice. My... the person I had an arrangement with had picked Ronnie, for me."

She shrugs weakly. "I don't know if I had a name before that, sorry."

-

"Nah," The Hunter shrugged. "Thats dumb, why would I do that?"

---

69: Do you believe in soulmates?

"Yes-" the Lieutenant got the feverishly obsessed look in vaer eyes again. "Yes, I do, and I have found mine and I am never gonna let them go, never ever ever ever ever-"

Vae're going to be awhile. Again.

-

"Well, it is nice to think about, someone else being out there," the Duellist sighed. "I know its probably not true. But hey, if there is some red string binding me to someine else? I hope I can find out where that leads, when all this is over."

-

"I used to," the Charmer gave a weak smile. "Not... not anymore. Not romantically, at least, and thats... thats okay, I think."

-

"Ha!" The Hunter was already laughing, taking a moment to calm down. "I mean I love my partner, but I don't think she's my soulmate. I'm just lucky she didn't kill me when we met, and if I hadn't been alone at the time I honestly would have tried to kill her. Its a miracle that things worked out the way they did... but I am glad they did."

[hissingjay]

Jay. My joyous gayus Jay. I have a hypothetical yuri gay question.

So i asked before how a traumatized Kasuar react to being reinserted to a new Geier squad after loosing their last one. Or just in general a whole new facility.

And i have been. Trying to work on a smol fic text about Geier/Kasuar admitedly. But im playing with idea of either new Geiers completely orrr having Kasuar join the Metal Geiers squad (Null , Kobalt Silver etc) and if it were the later (cause im leaning towards it cause of a funky spooky plotline )

How would a Kasuar gal react to these specific Geiers? Who gets plus points who less , or in general i just. Am thinking of them all interacting and trying to make Kass feel bit more included . Lemme know ur thoughts

(Also ofc if u dont want me to write anything i wont)

YESSSSS OKAY THAT SOUNDS SO AWESOME GOD WHAT

hmmmmrrrr okay my short gae friend im loving this already hell yeah AAAAND turns out you got me yapping you sly dog so this is long

I think they’d get along well just like. In general since Kasuars are really social and get along well with pretty much everyone? Smth smth not-great nueral template stuff makes them extremely amicable towards others. Geiers are not as loud as Kasuars for certain but since they’re really calm all the time that’s Like the perfect environment for a budding Kassie.

I went on about imprinting a bit ago so you know how that works ish

For the geiers in particular I’m thinking there mayyyy be lots of variation in the Kasuar since like. the imprinting that they do really is just they learn extremely fast and incorporate the first stuff the learn really well so personality wise Kasuars have lots of free space? This is me saying have fun with whatever Kass you use’s personality go ham with it. But assuming we go with just default Kasuar cause I think it’d be reallly fun dynamic especially null methinks nyehehe

okay COPPER COPPER MY GIRL

copper is like the peacekeeper here so I think she’d do a good job keeping Kassie in line ish

Like just making sure Kass doesn’t use up a whole tank of gas on one creature and stopping her from scuffling with others and the like. I think ehrrr this would be kinda tough since Kasuars do not do extremely well with too much authority smth smth past memories and all but I think copper would be fine. Mutual bonding over issues too since Kasuars are aware of bad stuff the nation does but are still loyal so uh that’s fun. Maybe not get along toooo well at first cause “hey Kass you gotta follow them rules” but then sloooowly start growing on her as they get to know each other fhhfh

AHHH SILVER NOW OUR PERSONAL FLIRT EH

I think her being so chill is great and then of course how blunt she is is cool too methinks. Kasuars can appreciate transparency I would say

only thing that would catch her off guard maybe is the flirting. Kasuars are . definitely not used to being flirted with (or loved/appreciated in any way at all really) so it would be kinda shocking as she processes not only is someone complementing them but it’s flirty? And that’s enough without the fact that silver is like. So gottdang hot with hair down and lounging with her scars for the world to see oh my god. The slight masochism would definitely rub off a fair bit if silver lets it out? Like going to aggressive too long and that can get outta hand real fast if unchecked. I can see her and kassie ogling the eules and aras and starlings and pretty much everybody watching replikas do their thing around the facility and stuff fhffhh I think that'd be fun.

ALLOYYYY MY GIRL ALLOY

Softiiiiiie she is. I can see her bringing out the softier side in kassie? I know like kasuars are violent gremlins who defy death just so they can kill more before they do die but deep down they're sweetie pies so thats something she and alloy would have in common anyhow. ALSO her hair! she wears it a tad lower if i remember correctly? maybe not as low as kassie wears hers but its pretty similar I can see the softies doing hair together and helping aras and the others move boxes and the like. Just as lil things they do together. Alloy doesnt speak up much as shes so reserved and everything and Kasuars hate pushing boundaries so it’d take a loooooooong while for alloy to open up to her past a couple life ‘n’ death situations. But other than that all good!

AAAAND KOBALT

okay I think ultimately they’d have the roughest relationship. Like all in all it could work quite well but alas Kobalts tendency to kind of lash out? Like yanking Aras from the vents and barking out but only with Kassie, especially when she’s new. I mentioned too many times the not doing well smth smth past memories and all and being growled at wouldn’t help. Of Kobalt were already established as a safe friend or ally it’d “oh okay it’d be something she does oh well” but with Kassie especially with Kasuars being so extremely paranoid it’d be. Not fun. It could work really nice since Kass could do well with someone as aggressive as Kobalt but under just as possible circumstances Kass would be extremely nervous or even scared around her. So either which way but definitely starting out with some nervousness

AAAAND lastly NULL. If you are wondering if I left null for last on purpose the answer is yes! I think she’d be the most interesting.

Sooo generally I think they’d get along well? Nulls pretty cool and calm methinks in the form of a certain apathy and that’s okay! She’s also much more experienced I can see her teaching kass the ropes and ruffling her hair and calling her kid fhhhfhhf stuff like that. Maaaaybe kass’d take after null and wear a mask more? Like Kasuars just wear masks for comfort reasons it makes them feel like they’re not being perceived and therefore safer.

The thing that really strikes me would be Falke. Kasuars are fine with Falkes and how they act and at consciously all good with them! Falkes are cool tall and speary and overall seem to be great leaders. Only their voice is. Extremely and intensely terrifying. (I got into this a whiiile ago but all that last trauma I keep talking about is abuse from the gestalts mother. Beatings and horrid things. Falke sounds too similar to said mother. Which is why they don’t do well with yelling ie Kobalt and especially not from Falkes)

so the voice of Falke units are really agitating to Kasuars. And therefore so are Falkes and their touch. Kasuars can get scared but it’s Falke voices that actually genuinely instill authentic fear in them. So null being chummy with Falke would be rough. I mean Kassie could just avoid her but that’d be hard especially if null just likes to talk to Falke like in hallways and stuff in a way that Kassie can hear. It does not help that all the geiers can spar with her and not just null. Worse still if Kassie is expected to spar with Falke too. But that’s the interesting part kassie just attempting to navigate Falke who she is authentically terrified of and I think she’d feel terrible about it since it’s irrational, especially if Falke makes some sort of effort to be kind. She coouuuuld grow out of it possibly but starting out would be tough.

Nulls proximity with Falke would kinda force Kass to deal with her and her fears. Fun!

oh and something else bout null is I think she’d be the first to meet Kass. More likely than not if Kass is introduced to the geiers officially Itll be null first cause if Nulls the one saying “hey I found this gremlin in the woods æon wants us to take care of her.” Then the others would listen more than if someone else said it

uhhh last thing is have fun with Kass! I do the imprinting thing and basically there’s SO much wiggle room personality-wise. They learn and act like Those around em so there’s only a few core bits that stick.

[lover-rotting]

10, 13, 14, 17, 22, 23, 26, 34, 37, 38 for the ask game

what’s your favourite piece of clothing you own?

hrmrmrmr ,, i’d have to say the crop top i own. it’s got thick straps and it’s kind of like a compression? it’s really nice.

if you had to choose one POSITIVE word to describe yourself, what would it be?

probably that i’m kind?

do you collect anything?

i do! i collect seashells, beach sand and beach water, candles, used to collect cds, books, crystals, stuffed animals, aaaand i think thats it?

what’s one thing you want to buy, but don’t have the money or resources to get?

i want a pc setup so bad. but one of those ones that have like the liquid in them so i can make it shark themed.

who was your childhood favourite music artist?

i was big into lady gaga and katy perry for a long time, and then when i switched over to rock, it was three days grace, slipknot, and five finger death punch.

CDs or record players?

cds :3

favourite kid’s show character?

does naruto count as a kids show? i watched it when i was a kid… if so, probably gaara, sasori, kakashi, sakura, ino, shikamaru, rock lee, itachi, and jiraiya.

if that doesn’t count… how about moe doodle :3 (hear me out)

what’s your book/movie/tv guilty pleasure?

a court of thorns and roses series… or ough. tokyo revengers? naruto is a favorite. haikyu is a comfort show.

what’s an uncommon/specific /obscure topic you’re interested in?

forensic pathology, psychology, and death in general. also, i find torture methods to be interesting. and, viking history as of recent.

what’s the name of your first pet/what would you name your first pet if you had one?

i haven’t really owned a pet myself, but i would love to have a snake! the name would depend on what color he or she is.

[sevi007]

Tales of the Abyss, part 16

I made good progress today so you get a third part ^^

Oomph. It's nothing new for Luke to be direct, but at least he was somewhat civil til now towards Guy. That's gone now, too. It looks like with Van influencing him with "do not trust Kimlasca / anyone but me" his attitude is getting worse. Maybe it's also the hero thing. Or both

Aaaaand next kidnapping. Kids stop getting kidnapped, please and thank you

(A friend on discord pointed out that saying "I'm at the part where I have to save Ion" does NOT narrow down where I currently am in the story AT ALL in this game, which - true that. It could be anywhere. I think I just passed the fourth kidnapping or so.)

I must say, Natalia does not make the best first impression here, haughty and short tempered and ready to use blackmail to get her way - BUT I will go ahead and say that it is probably not unlike to Luke's situation and thats where this is coming from. While she might not be on house arrest like he was, you can't tell me she is not on a shoet leash either. Luke was already reminded that he is not to interact with the servants too friendly, because he is the Duke's son. I will say that for a princess thats even worse. And with Luke already having been kidnapped, and the kingdom on the brink of war, I would say security had been really tight, and Natalia did not get to go outside a lot, especially alone.

Add to that that as the princess, she is used to getting her way, and you get - this. Probably. I think a big part of it might be a facade, a strong mask she puts up, but it certainly does not endear her to the party.

I think she is trying, what with her wanting to be treated as Natalia rather than a princess, like she says to Guy. But she is also very used to her commands being followed, which you can tell from the way she behaves.

Also, her demands of Luke have a childish air to them, which for me means she is basing them on past interactions with Luke when they were kids, adding another layer to why she believes her demand will be met without question.

And last but not least, she is going out of her way to help Akzeriuth. That shows she is kind

Aaaand it’s getting to his head. Somebody should teach him what an ambassador really is, and that in this situation it might even be an empty word

I am no professional at all in this, but given Luke's lack of knowledge and seeing how even Fon Master Ion is just overlooked when making decisions, I don't think Ambassador Luke holds much sway over ANYONE really.

The factory was interesting to do. I like the oil combined with Mieu‘s fire puzzles. That is creative, and it is kept simple enough that I do not have to worry about my head smoking, which is nice XD There was not a lot to cover story wise so I won't spend much time typing it out.

So, boss fight outta the way:

Awwww, see, Natalia is learning already

... Now we need Luke to learn, too.

I fear his new high-and-mighty attitude will only come to a stop when the truth about Van (which I still firmly believe is a bad one) comes to light.

@magicmetslogic

@ahsokaisawesome

[thequietkid-moonie]

Surprising reader with a birthday gift

[ SCENARIO ] [ Alvis ]

[ Xenoblade Chronicles ]

I love Alvis character, he is cool and has a really interesting lore! I mean, I only know more about him thanks to xc2, I know I'll probably will get to know more about him in xc3 aaaand that just makes me feel more excited to get in xc3!!!

Its not easy to tell whats going on inside Alvis' mind, no matter how close you two are to each other he never stops being rather misterious, still he always tries to leave clear how sincere he is whenever he expressed care for you

As well, Alvis is not much of talking about himself, no matter for how long you two know each other there is always some mistery about him, even when you end up asking something he doesn't really want to talk about himself he simply gives a rather vague answer, while in the other side he is always paying close attention about you, whenever you talk about yourself he is always paying attention (even if he sometimes may look like he is not or you think you are talking about trivial things)

Alvis shows his care in more indirect ways and remembering important things about you is one of them, he likes to remember the small details because it makes him feel closer to you, even when he doesn't say it out loud, so of course he will remember things like your birthday, is part of who you are as a person and he find it fascinating to some extent

Then again, since he doesn't normally express it directly and he keep himself rather misterious it wouldn't be too rare to think that he won't really think on something like a birthday, even if you bring up the topic of you birthday getting closer he simply says that he knows with his usual smile, he doesn't want to come across as rude but he doesn't want to mess up his surprise gift (specially if he knows your birthday is important for you), still if you put enough attention you can notice that he is happy for it too (probably not as happy as you could be but the excitment is there)

Once the day of your birthday finally arrives Alvis doesn't waste too much time before giving you the gift, unless you are too busy or with a lot of other people but if thats not the case he wishes you a happy birthday with the gift just after greeting you, nor really wanting to wait nor make you wait

The gift he gaves you is actually really meaningful, is either something you wanted or something either homemade or collected on the wild, something he knows you will like and actually has a important meaning for you

He can tell that you are surprised for his present even if you don't say it out loud, and he is not offended that you thought he would forget or even don't care, he finds it rather funny and, at the end, if it have managed to make you happy then he is happy too

[coldslaws]

What are your favourite Pokemon games besides BW/BW2?

oh man that is a TOUGH call. i love a lot of them for different reasons. im thinking diamond and sun, probably.. ik everyone says platinum is the definitive version of sinnoh but ive never played it myself and diamond was my first pokemon game. meanwhile sun i think just has a great story, characters, and my favorite pokedex overall. i also have to give an honorable mention to pla, because i really loved the gameplay and story and it's what actually changed pkm from "this is a thing i like passively" to "THIS IS A SPECIAL INTEREST" in my brain

aaaand another honorable mention to scvi, because arven's story had me honestly stunned to my core and the main cast is so much fun. but i can't put it as a favorite because of the bland overworld/technical issues, even if it also has a great pokedex imo

if i could have it my way id probably break it down like this (again not including bw here but you can probably imagine how this list would look otherwise anyways):

fave story: sumo

fave dex: sumo

fave characters: dppt and sumo but scvi is also fighting tooth and nail for the spot

fave region: dppt

sorry to swsh i love you piers with all my heart and some of the pkm are great but thats about all it has going for it imo. and don't even get me started on xy

[sutimetravelau]

Every time someone asks me how I got into ROTTMNT or how I started out making comics.... I'm shoving a finger at your blog/pos

Anyways, ahem. Flynn! New question because I'm indecisive: which AU are you the most obsessed about? The Diamond Boys or OG? Aaaand if so the Diamond Boys, how would you say the other Diamonds (ie White, Blue, and Yellow) react to them? Also how does Hero see 420 and how does 420 see Hero?

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OG for sure! Since it's what the blogs mainly about now and what I'm working on currently. However I still love the designs for the Diamond boys... maybe could redesign ET and Twoie tho..., hm,...

As for how the other Diamonds would react to them... hmmmMMM. If they learned that there were other diamonds it would certaintly shake their worldview. I don't think any of them would like that their position of power could be challenged. (I'm thinking post SU) Probably a lot of passive aggressiveness from White. Yellow would be kind of huffy and ignore at first but eventualyl come around to a few of them, probably Golden/Hero. Blue would chill with a couple of them probably after a while. But at first she's very... protective of her subjects etc. Like she's friendly but not trusting. But maybe she'd come around to a few and chill out. As long as they leave her and her subjects alone.

420 and Hero!!! Hmmm... This is a complex one, because their relationship develops over the series. But I'll try my best. I think Forest (420) is a little... disdainful of Hero? And also pitying? hard to explain. But he sees that Hero is always puffing himself up and being like 'ahaaa im so cool i know whats right etc etc' and Forest thinks thats kind of rude. But when Hero is cool!!! Forest likes him! When they can just hang out, they're all good. But when Hero once again let's his ego take over then Forest sort of steers clear for a while. Eventually Forest could recognize why Hero is doing what he's doing and sympathize. Hero sees Forest... as himself, but he's not using his full potential. Like Forest!!! Why are you not giving it your all? Come on! And it's not in like a mean way, more of just him trying to be encouraging but it's coming from the wrong place. But other than that he sees Forest as a funny dude and likes hanging with him occasionally.

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