#mixed-state moment 🤩

[starmist]

If anyone is waiting for my AOS analyses pls know I was in mania when I started and will need to be back in mania to finish them

[sonysakura]

21, 30, 33 for gaming asks? 👀

Thanks, ray 👀👀

21. A game you thought you wouldn’t like, but ended up loving?

Easy! Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) (1991, Sega Game Gear). Well, technically the first time I played it, it was on PC as part of SADX Mini Game Collection, and I never could move past Bridge Zone... So when I injected that .gg file into my 3DS, I was worried I wouldn't like playing the game – even with save states. But it was SO FUN! 🤩 Like, you know that I'm even writing a novellisation of that, I loved it that much...

I absolutely recommend this game to other Sonic fans, and if you played the og Sonic 1 already, 8-bit version is different – different zones, bosses, music, etc. and my favourite aspect – finding Chaos Emeralds in the stages themselves 🌳💎🏞

30. Favorite aspect of a game (e.g. exploration, combat, fashion/customization, environments, graphics, bosses, roleplaying, etc.)

Oh yeah, exploration 💯💯💯 I especially love easter eggs, references and when the bits of worldbuilding and lore are hidden around the levels/stages =3

Graphics is a bit of a special case as in I love all sorts of 3D graphics and they don't have to be beautiful? Hyperrealistic? Awesome! Lowpoly with realistic textures? Perfect! The simplest mono-coloured lowpoly? Yes. Cell-shading? Please. I take so many screenshots just of random stuff around me because it looks pretty to my eye... (But then I guess I'm like this with things I see IRL as well hh)

Now, an important aspect for me is also music. No wonder I'm a Sonic fan XDD

I start feeling like the ones that mention "a game" expect a game to be named?? They're such weird questions to me... But maybe that's because I personally care about specific games, not about game things in general Okay, scratch this actually, ray, what did you mean when you asked this question hh

33. Most embarrassing gaming moment.

I've been puzzling over this one for 2 days now, and I couldn't come up with anything specific 😩 Maybe because embarrassment is a highly negative feeling for me, so it's usually mixed with/inseparable from upset and/or confusion? I kinda have trouble figuring out if something was embarrassing or just plain negative!

I think multiple moments fit because it is more like a situation: when I say I'm good at something (a game, a level/stage, a trick, etc.) and proceed to completely fail at it immediately afterwards 😅

Video Game Related Asks for Gaymers! Inbox is open for some late gayming asks! 🟣💨

[theoutlawfaleena]

Zombie Anon back ig 🤩

I appreciate the compliments and will thus share more about my apocalypse <3 (but not yet if I'll make a novel out of if, sorry 😫 But I have a few ideas I might be able to develop 👀)

Like I said in the previous ask, the Zombie Virus is a mix of fungi > mould > the flu, thus you can be infected by either not wearing a (gas / filtered) mask or getting into any kind of contact with areas which are infected with the fungus / mould. 🤪

Being infected with a Zombie bite is also possible but rare as the Infected (another name for the Zombies) are cannibals and will most likely finish the job before letting their victim go and let the consequences happen. 😵‍💫

The apocalypse outfits are also realistic for your information. 😒 If I hate one thing then it's apocalypse outfits with shorts and crop tops. Like yours legs are just gonna be scrapped if you have to slide on the street or bleed so so easily. 😖

A cool design I've thought about was the organs of the Zombies being tightened by 'vines' from the fungus but that is only a wip at the moment as I'm not even sure if that's possible. 🫤 The reasons for that happening (with no research though) would be the fungus (being an organism since some fungi are mushrooms) trying to make an organism out of the Zombie but due to its deadly nature (reducing the efficiency of the brain 🧠 and lungs 🫁 the most) it kills them before succeeding. I'm also not sure if all Zombies would suffer from the tightened organs or if it's only special ones but eh 🤷🏻🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♂️ I'm too lazy rn to do the research. 💅🏻

And to finish this ask off I'll explain the state of the zombies and whether they can be considered alive or not. 😊

The zombies are not dead, they have to be alive to be infected with the virus. Their mental state however is... blank? They're in a sort of loop, sleep deprived and numb, auto pilot, something along those lines. Once the virus has infected the sick individuals to a certain degree, they'll start to lack self-awareness and get the urge to act out cannibals. Once these symptoms are showing then it's too late late for the individual. 😌

The other not so dangerous symptoms (because there's a low chance of not turning into a zombie so like, 90% ig?): are severe depression, suicidal tendencies, extreme aggression, migraines (cus of the vines) and coughing fits that can last up to ten seconds multiple times a day (I got inspired by a certain cowboy for that, the Red Dead fans will get it). 😊 That's also why those that were infected with the virus but didn't turn feel as if they're in the last stage of Tuberculosis. 🤠���

Other fun facts are that a vaccine seems to be imposible due to the virus being a fungus (I looked at one article and thus could be wrong), how long someone has before they turn into a zombie is not determined (could be hours, could be days, could be months), they're pretty much cannibals with the flu and thus do not have any enhanced senses. 👍

And that's all I have for today!

Zombie Anon going off 😎 🧟‍♀️🧟🧟‍♂️

🧟ANON THIS IS SO IN DEPTH OMG !! i love it when people make whole pages of lore for their aus bc it just shows how passionate they are about it <3 i'm one of those people and i'm so glad to see that i'm not the only one omg, this is so impressive !!

PLEASE KEEP ME UPDATED ON THINGS U ADD !!

[generalstarkov]

Today Disney released the official posters of its upcoming movie “Encanto”

“Encanto” tells the story of the Madrigals, an extraordinary family that lives hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wonderful place known as Encanto.

The magic of Encanto has blessed all the boys and girls in the family with a unique gift, from super strength to the power to heal. Everyone except Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only Madrigal without magical powers, could be the last hope of her exceptional family.

To say that I’ve waited my whole life for this moment would be a lie, I never thought- I never let myself believe that a studio as renowned as Disney would ever look at my country and find it worth it of one of their big movies, and yet here we are. I remember the day Disney posted the first and only teaser, how i cried when “Colombia tierra querida” started playing, when I saw the same mountains that I see every day, and the flowers and butterflies that I know by heart.

My country is in the north of South America, but most people wouldn’t even be able to point it in a map, some think that it is named Columbia after the U.S. state, they don’t seem to understand, as many times as you correct them, it’s just a letter they say, it doesn’t matter, and the worst people make disgusting jokes about c*caine or about the 70 something years of war this country has known, they think their jokes are harmless, they aren't.

I grew up thinking that the only kind of representation I’d get in movies and series were productions such a Netflix’s Narcos, bc sure, exploiting the story of the men who brought so much misery and pain to our people is great 🤩, I’m getting too spiteful, but I hope you understand, I know many of you do.

My country has a far too long list of devastating events considering that it didn’t exist as a country 200 years ago, most days it’s hard to find reasons to feel proud, most days in “the happiest country in the world” there are no reasons to smile, but this?  this movie, what I hope you see in this movie makes me cry tears of joy, this does make me proud and gives me millions of reasons to smile.

My country is one of the most biodiverse places in the world, and 20% of all the butterflies are found here.

My people grow and exports the best coffee in the world.

Cumbia, with roots in indigenous and black culture, the only genre of music capable of uniting our continent, from the Caribbean coast till Tierra del Fuego, was born in Colombia

This country overflows in cultural diversity, as José Vasconsuelos said, we are the cosmic race, this constellation of people from every corner of the planet lives in all of us, we are a strange and wonderful mix of all their stories, their struggles, their traditions and their will to built something here.

All of this and more, all the things that I love and make me proud of my country I hope you can see them in Encanto, I hope this movie make people see what so many others have failed to see before, and I hope that at least part of this movie gets to live in your hearts, as it already does in mine

And to my fellow Colombians reading this, we know our struggles, we know how hard this year has been, but here's to all of us, this is our best, this is our pride, this who we truly are ♥️

[admirableadmiranda]

Thank you so much for your wonderful answers....🤩

First of all, sorry if I'm bothering you with my ask, please ignore it if you don't want to answer it.....It's just that you are the second person from all of the people that I ask (and from other people's asks, that I found) that loved SVSSS more than TGCF....And it's very interesting....

If you don't mind me asking (again), can I ask, who are your top 5 (or top 3) favorite characters from SVSSS? And why? And what are your top 5 fav moments from the novel? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....Thanks.....

That is very interesting. I'm sure there's a few others like me, SVSSS definitely has its fans and it and TGCF are very tonally different.

Oooh now I get to remember everyone! That'll be fun!

1.) Shen Qingqiu/Shen Yuan/Shizun. Hands down my favorite. He's so sassy and witty and I feel like he'd be a blast to talk to after he got the ranting about PIDW out of his system. He's charming and funny and I don't get why people aren't charmed by him too and would prefer his original body's host over him. He's just such a sweetie once you get past the tsun-tsun.

2.) Zhuzhi-lang. Snakey-boy! I enjoyed him and his loyalty every time he popped up. I always feel sad when many characters that are loyal to the first person that was kind to them show up because usually it's used to show them how that trust was misled and abused. But with him it isn't really so much. Both Shizun and Tianlang-jun are kind to him and don't abuse him (much). I hope he has a happily ever after with more kind people in his life.

3.) Luo Binghe. Our little white lotus who manages to avoid blackening by falling for his teacher. I love his struggles, I love the person he grows up to be, I love that he has his eyes fixed forwards and does not look away or give up on what he wants. I am also kind of a sucker for characters who would rather die with their lover than live on alone. Yes, it's very tragic, but sometimes you just want a good tragedy and he would be the hero of the best tragedy. Thank god for the system, amiright?

4.) Ning Yingying. I don't know why she's so high up, but I love this sweet girl with a spunky core that comes out as the story changes a hell of a lot. She doesn't have a lot of screentime or heavy character, but she makes me smile and laugh and I like her development into being a cool shijie in her sect and growing up to be helpful and wiser than she would have been in the original story. She's just fun.

5.) Liu Qingge. I didn't adore him at first, but I'm warming up to him a lot on my reread. There's just something about beautiful man who can and will fuck up your day because you insulted someone they care about that's very appealing. As well as he's easily one of the most determined characters in the book, which is saying something! I'm looking forwards to seeing him more as I reread.

As for my top favorite moments...even though it's shorter than MDZS and especially TGCF, I bet I can find five moments I really love pretty easily.

1.) Shizun's first time mixing his energies with Binghe to stop him from losing control and the fallout from that. It's a very dramatic turning point. It shows how far he would actually go when pushed, gives Binghe a very dramatic understanding of his Shizun that he did not have (even if it's very painful) and fundamentally alters the story in a way that cannot be understated. Literally everyone in the story is fundamentally changed by that action. His students grow up, his martial siblings are united, his white lotus is never the same after that moment and even the enemies are caught off guard by such an act. It is literally world turning and I cannot overstate how much I love moments like that. No one is unaffected.

2.) The whole mausoleum chase. At this point we know how much Binghe cares for and what he would do to protect Shizun, but here we see it the other way around. Binghe is in no state to fight his way through, they are vastly outmatched by an enemy they cannot hope to win against but the absolute last thing he would do is leave Binghe behind. It is Shizun's second act of ardent devotion, by the end of it, he is battered and bruised and wounded and at the end of his rope, but he will not let Binghe be hurt or left behind. And of course we have a coffin scene, which is just lovely.

3.) Papapa to save the world. I'm sure by now you've noticed a trend in my favorite moments...A third great act of love and this one unlike the others is not guided by desperation in the same way. Binghe is in a bad state, but they are alone, they are not being chased or hunted by anyone else in the moment. He just wants to help the man he can admit to himself that he's fallen in love with in the only way that he can think of, stop him from being controlled by this sword any longer. It isn't a pleasant scene for them, but I don't get the feeling that he regrets what he's doing at all, only that the inner romantic in him didn't think this is how everything would go down. If this is what will help him save Binghe, he will do it. And it works, after a fashion anyway.

4.) The deep dream record extra. It's sad, wistful, a little funny and full of Shizun just adoring Binghe and being sad for what he missed and what he went through, and then ends with him initiating intimacy of his own accord. A shorter moment than the rest of them, but I like how it shows that they are continuing to build a relationship that makes them happy.

5.) Bing-mei and Bing-ge's climactic showdown! The price, one Shizun- who will win this fight of evenly matched jealous men? It's just tons of fun and I enjoy Binghe getting to let loose and beat up someone for daring to try and hurt his Shizun for once with no consequences.

Thank you so much for the asks! I hope you've enjoyed my ramblings. Feel free to drop more if you wish. My inbox is always open.

[wincore]

Ooh okay ai sounds cool. I'm into stem too !! I've chosen math, phy, chem and computer science but I only have a vague idea (?!) ab what I want in college and it's kinda freaking me out bc most of my friends are so clear ab what they want to do later on in life 😭 😭 For now I'm rewatching high school musical for the 7830487474th time just to de-stress myself from the whole 'think about the future thing' bc I'll be starting senior year after in 2 weeks (smth ab coming of age Disney movies are calming) OML MOON YOU LIKE OCHEM ?!?! JDKDN  I've been learning it for over a year now and still haven't gotten a hang of it 😩 I'd choose calc over ochem in a heartbeat bc calc doesn't suck the few braincells I have like a vacuum cleaner. So I'm gonna use the 2 week break I have from school to understand ochem once in for all 😤 Gintama sounds interesting <3 animes with comedy are literally the best thing ever. As for one piece I've always wanted to see it but I freak out when I see the number of episodes it has 🥴 to quote lana's i suddenly realize my archnemesis is hot (during a battle to the death) one piece is like the grey's anatomy of anime and YES I'VE READ THAT FIC ENOUGH NUMBER OF TIMES TO QUOTE IT AND HDJSKDK SHRUBCHENG READING ONE PIECE FOR YOU, MISS MOON, HAS GOT TO BE THE CUTEST THING EVER but !! I don't blame him for being whipped this is miss moon we're talking about 💞 nct finally did smth for ppl who can't keep up with them lol nct news is a v v v smart idea + the little spoiler news anchor!jeno gave for the dream comeback in March made the vid even better ksjdj. Also, we're getting a rv comeback this march so it's gonna be one crazy month <33 AND I FINALLY FINISHED READING CORDUROY ANDBFKKDNDMD OKAY I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE FIC 🤩 bff2l is one of my fav tropes <33 the fic made my yangyang brainrot phase even more intense. I'm in the process of binging all of your yangyang works <3 beginning from troublemaker bc it's such a classic (okay your whole 00line 'bad boy' series is a classic) to the wayv + Sci fi au. Now my brainrot has escalated to the alien!yangang state jdndi the tags made me cackle so loud XD 

p.s. header for corduroy is so cute why is it so yang2x of him to not figure out what playing ts' you belong with me means 😭 talk about hopelessly oblivious cutie idt even cupid can help him - 👻

honeypie, i am so so so sorry for the late response 😭 my life has been swamped and i've been feeling overwhelmed for a while now </3 

it’s alright to figure it out along the way!! that’s kind of what i’m doing too?? it’s a mix of ‘yeah, this is fun, this is what i want’ vs ‘life allows me only these few paths at the moment’. don’t stress too much and make decisions as best as you can 💕

honestly i binge disney to destress too hsdskh but sometimes i end up crying as the cherry on top 🤩 (cough cough encanto and turning red) but they are such a comfort spot for me !! i hope you’re doing better now though, sweetheart, and taking enough breaks like this!

SDDJDSJGJ it’s been a while since i’ve done ochem ngl but it was fun when i did it bc i actually used my brain back then 😩 the only thing i remember rn is grignard’s reagent ?? i got fun, sexy vibes from the reaction idk <3 and i absolutely ADORE calculus !!!!! it’s kind of the reason i love ai, because neural nets use a bunch of calc, even tho it drives me insane sometimes LOL and yes, on the occasion, i solve problems on differential equations just to feel something 😔 (like just 1 bc it drains me)

god, if a man reads one piece for me i will get on one knee so fast. lana knows my type too well 😩 and right???? i’ve read that fic so many times i could write my graduate thesis on it miss lana’s talent is unmatched 😤 pls do give gintama a try tho bc it’s so funny, it cheers me up every time ❣️ it’s more so for one piece, but it def looks a little daunting to newcomers 😭 1.5x is your friend if you ever wanna watch.

i can’t keep up with nct once again 💔 but omg the rv comeback!!!!! my queens never disappoint and my gf standards have once again been raised to miss kang seulgi and miss kim yerim 🥰

AAAA THANK YOU SO MUCH, LOVE !!! it’s been so long since i’ve written anything and this put back the will to write in me piece by piece ugh 💖 yangyang is lovable in a rat kind of way idk it’s so much fun to write him hshdk omg the scifi au brings back memories it was so FUN to write!!!!! god, i’m gonna do something like that again if i ever have the time hhh thank you so much for compliments on the header!!! i think i gave up when i was making it but i’m glad it gave off cute vibes 🥰

hope you’re doing well this week, love!!! have a good time and stay safe 🌙

[thelonelybrilliance]

Amber, mustard, saffron?

amber- talk about one of your fondest memories Oh man. Something that's just been on my heart ever since it happened is Maria's visit. Every part of it was just so magical and vivid and comfortable and fun. Whenever I'm having a bad day I think about it. It was chockful of moments that haven't faded yet and I don't think ever will. One of the things that made it so good was that we communicated really well about what we actually felt up to with no pressure or weirdness and that meant we were very adventurous for some of it and then: stayed inside and watched Friday Night Lights for a whole day which, as all Tumblr knows, promptly took over our lives.

mustard- if you were a condiment, what would you be? Maria's answer to this was hilarious and true. Just have to note that up front. I think I probably would be mustard. A nice stone-ground one with sweet undertones. It's not for everyone. The cheap knockoffs are swiftly exposed. It mixes well with a number of flavors but you have to know what you're doing.

saffron- what is something that you’re very meticulous about? I'm a pretty meticulous person by nature but a couple areas where it really comes out are in my writing and in my general approach to cleanliness. I hate things to be dirty and I have very particular standards for, say, the hygienics of food prep. Sometimes life and work get the better of me and things pile up but I try to thoroughly clean my apartment every weekend and keep things in a state of order. With writing, I hear everything spoken aloud in my head so how things flow matters a lot to me. My fanfic needs to be in-character and my original writing needs to be as resonant and fluid as I can make it. That said, I do write quickly so there are often typos that my kind friends catch. Lol. There's probably a typo in this answer.

Thanks Maria 🤩

[natethenomadallen]

Spur of the moment week long RV getaway 🛵💨🔥🌌🎉 My good buddy Jamesy called me up one night and asked if I wanted to go hit some trails. Y'all know of course my answer was yes.... Fast forward 3 hours later we had the bikes loaded, the RV fueled, and started heading east towards some beautiful mountains 🌄🚛💨🗺️📍🧭 I brought the noble Husaberg FE570 and my boy James was on his trusty husky 701 for this week of pure unadulterated adventure shenanigans. Some might say they are the perfect adventure machines for a Herculean task such as this 💪 We did a three day long loop around Eastern Oklahoma called the G.O.A.T. which actually proved to be a bunch of fantastic winding dirt roads with a few gnarly trails mixed in 🛵💨🎉 After that section was conquered we continued farther east in the RV and hit up Mulberry Mountain Arkansas. Never been here on the dirt but this place was just absolutely fantastic with trails in every direction and even some genuinely enjoyable paved 2 lane back roads carving through these lovely mountains. Definitely my favorite was exploring these backcountry trails 🤩 My number one recommendation to international friends asking me about coming to the United States to travel for a few months is ALWAYS to buy an RV and see our national parks as well as get out on an adventure! Here in the states we have huge roads as well as fairly cheap gas (maybe not at the moment) buuuut still insanely cheap compared to Europe or Latin America generally speaking 🛣️⛽💸 The RV life is pretty fun and you normally meet some awesome people along the way traveling here stateside. Case in point on the way to Mulberry mountain we saw a plethora of Geo Metros parked in a guy's front yard aaaand we had to pull over so I can talk with a guy. 2 hours later we got the full downlow on how he has driven these tiny cars all over the country and is a fellow Geo Metro enthusiast.... Quite possibly even a fanatic 🤣😂🚗💨🌌🔥💜 I liiiike his style y'all 🤜💥🤛 (at Mulberry Mountain State Park - Arkansas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkRMIAzOoFa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[neohzone]

ah, this was the one i voted for in your poll, and my expectations are always high for you because your writing is absolutely amazing, and you never fail to surprise me because you have exceeded beyond my expectations with this masterpiece, lana!!!! 💘 i’ll say it again: camp half-blood needs to build a cabin for you asap because you are the actual goddess of writing!!!! 🤩💗

ok i have so many favorite moments, but i’m just going to list a few or else, i’ll be sitting here, quoting back your entire fic to you 😅

Grateful, you complimented his painting—a mix of pink, yellow, blue, and purple watercolors that meshed together to resemble a galaxy. In return, he gave it to you.

omg is this that one digital drawing he showed the fans in that one art video he did on nct daily??? IT’S A MASTERPIECE, RENJUN IS THE NEXT RUBENS / RENOIR / VAN GOGH / MONET / MICHELANGELO / RAPHAEL / DONATELLO / LEONARDO / TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE (also when will renjun release another art video pls i’m starving over here, i’ve watched that one way too many times and i think i still have his art saved on my phone LMAO)

Before you begin to eat, you notice that your curry has chunks of potatoes and slices of carrots on it—you abhor carrots more than anything in this world. Noticing your disgusted expression, Renjun slides his plate over without even batting an eyelash, so you can pick out the carrot slices and give them to him. It’s a routine thing for the two of you, since you’re an extremely picky eater and he’s not.

okay first off, relatable af. i take out all my carrots, too, and either also give them to my friend or i force myself to eat them all first, and then enjoy my curry afterwards. BUT THIS IS SUCH A SOFT MOMENT, LIKE IT’S JUST A PART OF THEIR FRIENDSHIP NOW, BUT LIKE AKJSDHFLAJKSDFAS I CANNOT, IT’S SO CUTE I LOVE IT, LIKE RENJUN ALREADY KNOWS THAT Y/N IS GONNA PICK OUT THE CARROTS AND HE DOESN’T EVEN COMPLAIN ABOUT IT 🤧🤧

“I don’t really want to though. There’s no point in getting her hopes up if I don’t like her back,” Renjun states matter-of-factly.

well, this is a valid reason, but also.... did he fall off a pegasus or get knocked in the head during capture the flag??? like hello?????? our lord and savior hwang yeji has a crush on him, he’s so blessed and this is his response what tf

“Yes,” you say dreamily, “You two start off absolutely despising each other, but neither of you can fight the tension building and eventually just get entangled in the throes of your passion!”

“Okay, Fifty Shades of Grey, calm down,” Renjun says, scrunching up his features in disgust. “Stop writing fanfiction in your head and come back to the real world.”

LAKSJDHFLAKJSHDF WHY’D HE HAVE TO CALL ME OUT LIKE THAT 😭😭

“No way,” you argue, when his words finally register. “How is it gonna work out if both of you are dense as hell?”

“Who knows? Maybe our denseness will cancel each other out, and we’ll fall in love instantly,” he shrugs.

“Of course. PEMDAS and shit,” you jokingly agree.

THIS IS THE FUNNIEST LINE EVER OMG I LAUGHED OUT LOUD HERE, PEAK COMEDY!!!! WOW LANA, THE OSCAR FOR HUMOR GOES TO YOU 💖💖

“Don’t most people enter relationships with the intention of spending the rest of their lives with each other?” he asks, skillfully dodging your question. “I won’t date someone if I think we’re just going to breakup down the road.”

alkjsdhflasukdj this lowkey made me reflect on myself lmaoooo i see dating as something to do for fun when you’re bored and i avoid the whole commitment thing rip BUT WOW RENJUN 🥺🥺 he really is a hopeless romantic, a softie underneath all those snarky comments and pessimistic sarcasm 💓💓💓

He gives you a look. It’s the same look that a twelve-year-old kid gives his mother when she makes him take a picture in front of a national monument that he doesn’t know anything about, nor does he care to. However, she insists, so he reluctantly trudges over to it and takes the picture—hands firmly balled up by his sides and his lips pressed into a hard line, no matter how much his mom tells him to smile.

So, in other words, Renjun looks like he wants to crawl into a hole and die.

I JUST LOVE THIS WHOLE ANALOGY SOSOSO SOOSOO MUCH, LIKE YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW-- PLS HAVE THIS ENGRAVED ON MY TOMBSTONE 

“Have you experienced any blackouts recently, like woken up without memory of the past twenty-four hours? Have you checked your body for any chip implants under your skin?” You eye him suspiciously. “Been beamed up by any UFOs? Gone somewhere haunted?”

Renjun gives you a pointed look, sighing. “While it is touching to know that you do, in fact, listen to me whenever I talk about topics I’m interested in, this is not how I wanted you to apply your knowledge.”

WAIT NO, THIS IS MY FAVORITE LINES OF ALL TIME IN THE ENTIRE FIC!!! I LITERALLY SAT THERE AND REREAD IT OVER TEN TIMES BECAUSE IT’S JUST. SO. SO. SOOOO GOOD!!!!! 🤩🤩 IT JUST ENCAPSULATES THEIR WHOLE RELATIONSHIP SO PERFECTLY FOR ME, AND I’M IN LOVE-- THIS ONE SHOULD BE ENGRAVED ON MY TOMBSTONE AND READ ALOUD AS MY EULOGY OK THANK YOU BYE

Speaking of sick, even though Renjun smells so good, you proceed to lean forward and vomit all over him and yourself.

Once again, you don’t feel that embarrassed because you black out soon after.

oh my god. lana, you really did that to y/n and renjun huh. legit though, this is the true test of friendship and love. see if he still loves you after this and even takes care of you.

“Well, he does. He came to check up on you like a billion times. I had to ban him from coming back until tomorrow,” Mijoo snorts. “He’s a really good guy, you know.”

ah, vomit picasso has passed the test. he’s worthy 💝

“You also said you were going to make me fall in love so hard that I’d forget my own name,” he points out. “And I didn’t, so that’s false advertising. Unprofessional and unethical? I could sue you.”

“You are so petty,” you squint. “And come on! That kiss didn’t make your forget? It made me forget!”

“I don’t like you that much.” He deadpans.

ASKDJHFALS THE BANTER RIGHT HERE!!!! I LOVE IT SO MUCH! I LOVE LOVE LOVE DIALOGUE LIKE THIS, IT’S SO WITTY AND WONDERFUL AND I ACTUALLY CAN SEE RENJUN SAYING THIS OMG also though, renjun really thinks he can say he doesn’t like y/n that much when he literally confessed to loving her the day before. ok, renjun, i see you. all men do is lie 😤

“I’m…”

You’re looking at him, waiting expectantly.

“I’m…”

You’re still smiling, but he can see the slight confusion in your eyes. He’s never felt like more of a moron in his life.

“Ren…jun,” he finally says after an extreme amount of concentration.

i think i laughed way harder than i should’ve at this. i absolutely loved this flashback; it’s my favorite part of the fic overall and ties everything together so nicely ✨

Fuck, he thinks, I’m in trouble.

yeah, me too, renjun, because i’m in love with this fic and i know the other parts of this series are gonna wreck me too 😭💗

overall, the dialogue is A++++++, the characterization is so spot on, i loved all the side characters, especially sooyoung kahsdklfas and i was so immersed in the story the entire time. it feels like it actually happened, like idk how to explain it, but it felt so real!!!! i was literally transported to camp half blood!!! i adore this so much, like i don’t have enough words to state how much i actually love this fic with my whole heart 💞 like if you have good taste, then you already know that you should stan talent, stan beauty aka stan renjun and lana 💗💗💗

ANYWAY MISS LANA, ILYSM YOUR WRITING NEVER DISAPPOINTS, I LOVE THIS FIC SO SO SOOO MUCH, LIKE IT’S IN MY TOP 3 NCT FICS, AND PERHAPS IT MIGHT EVEN BE NUMBER ONE 💛 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR GODLY TALENTS WITH US MERE MORTALS 🌷🌷

my best friend wants to be abducted by aliens.

pairing: son of athena!renjun x daughter of aphrodite!reader

genre: fluff, angst

word count: 14.6k (this was supposed to be 5k 😌)

author’s note: hi so here is renjun’s chapter to my 00 line x camp half-blood series (i’m sorry, i know it took forever)! thank you so much for all of the support, and i hope you enjoy 💞

warning: one (1) makeout session

You are currently crouched behind a cluster of bushes, trying to get a glimpse of your targets through binoculars. 

Does that sound stalkerish? Perhaps. 

Are you actually a stalker? Debatable. 

However, no matter how suspicious it looks, your motive is pure—for the most part. 

You’re spying on Kang Daniel (son of Hermes) and Park Jihyo (daughter of Apollo), both of whom are at the Archery Range. Jihyo is showing Daniel how to shoot, encasing him with her arms as she nocks the arrow for him. The tips of his ears are so red that they could practically be a flare; you can see how flamboyant they are all the way from your hiding spot. 

You start grinning like a maniac, excited that your plan is finally unfolding. 

You had noticed how awful Daniel was at archery during a training session a couple weeks ago, and you casually suggested to him that he should ask Jihyo for some lessons. You’ve always known that Daniel has been hopelessly in love with Jihyo since the moment he saw her (it’s a child of Aphrodite thing—you can just sense it), but she’s been oblivious to it this entire time. 

Well, until now. 

Just as you guessed, sparks flew immediately. You could cut the sexual tension between them with a knife. You give them a couple more passionately-charged archery lessons before they inevitably surrender to their emotions and begin to date—and your predictions are never wrong. 

“Another job well done, Y/N,” you mumble proudly to yourself, “Mom would be so proud.”

“Excuse me, ma’am. I’m going to have to ask you to stop loitering by these bushes and stalking those two campers over there, or else I’ll have to report you to the camp director,” a sudden voice from behind you says. 

Letting out a loud yelp, you drop your binoculars in surprise and whip your head around to see who it is. You turn so fast that you almost fall backwards into said bushes, quickly using your palms to balance yourself. 

“Renjun, you asshole!” 

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