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[skell3]

Okay, so THIS post by @occudo got me reading a fic by @ml-nolan HERE (explicit)

And then I was listening to the Bad Omens cover of Come Undone (Youtube Link) and thought it was perfect. So I had to draw a thing.

Not really like. Super well-done or anything but it satisfied the itch, and now I'm gonna go listen to the song again and pretend like I didn't just start a re-read the day after I finished the initial read...

[chaosclimber]

Inspired by @ml-nolan 's Just an Animal Looking For a Home, the latest in their Love and Nonsense AU

[kikiwooo]

notes: gn reader

WOULD YOU RATHER...

Imagine being Layla's sibling, older or younger, I'll leave the decision to you.

Whether you're older or younger, you'll have so much responsibility. Constantly running after Layla to not get herself in trouble, oh by the way, this also consists giving Johnson driving lessons. Have fun. Hmm, Ixia looks quite suspicious don't you think? It's too bad that you're also assigned to be her babysitter guide/teacher. But don't you worry, you have protection within the shadows. From far away, Nolan's gaze watches you with pride, doing your assignments around the Eruditio, running around huffing and puffing when the things didn't go the way you wanted. While Layla took after your mother, you're just like your dad, Nolan, and he's proud of that.

OR...

Imagine being Gord's student, along with Valir and Vale.

Gord doesn't know how much sanity he has left but he's this(🤏) close to snap Valir into millions of pieces. Usually it's Vale who has the brains of the group but he sometimes can't help but to get into silly little arguments with the boy who controls the fire(s).. so it's ups to you who parts them away before Gord does. Hanging out with them never gets bored because Valir always has something to say even if it's random, and it's just you and Vale tagging along with him. Training sometimes gets a bit out of the hand, because you know..fire and wind. But in the end, they're both reliable friends, even if the three of you give Gord intense headaches, deep down he cares for all of you.

© @/kikiwooo

[missjesselsgh0st]

Special love to long form fic writers who respond to comments as if they genuinely do not know what is going to happen along with the rest of us.

Reader - “Oh my Gosh what is going to happen to Them???”

Author of fic - “Oh wow, I don’t know, EEEK guess we will have to wait and see? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”

Seriously, I do love this because it feels like they truly enjoy our ride, while operating it.  

Specifically calling out @patchpane @ml-nolan and @saintbleeding for this.

They are all wonderful at making their fics a shared experience. 

If it were me writing, I'd probably spoil everything in the comments because I'd be bursting to tell everyone what happens!!

[clementinecalls]

I defend Nolan the way ppl who don’t get Theo’s character defend Theo

[tryan-a-bex]

“Jesus, how are you so funny?”

“It’s mostly by accident,” Nico said.

Most relatable part of Love, Lies and Cryptids by @ml-nolan. Highly recommended! Available here: https://mybook.to/love-lies-cryptids

[callilouv]

on a good note tho, im so excited for cici shes ADORABLE

[aaaaaaccccckkkk]

nakuha rn 🥺

[nothingtherefornow]

The part about Gabriel being seen as a hero who helped defeat Monarch don't even shock me anymore because it unfortunatelly makes sense for plot reasons, if the ml writters and producers want to keep Tomoe Tsurugi as a villain and leave Adrien out of trouble with the medias and parisians for a while (he would have faced a very difficult situation if his father had been officially revealed as a supervillain)

We don't know for sure if Gabriel being seen as a hero is part of what he whished, or if it was just the doing of Tomoe her best to clean heself out of this mess. Because of the pivotal role the alliances rings she and Gabriel created played in Monarch's final ultimate plan, something that would have been noticed by people at some point.

As for making Adrien either forget or ignore how awfull his father was, it's obvious they made it so there would still be room for some Adrinette drama in the future.

Think about it, part of what kept us interrested in the show was the love square, but with Adrien and Marinette fully dating and committed to each others, what love drama is been left ?

The truth about Gabriel being hidden from Adrien may play a role in a future temporary break up between Marinette and Adrien, and no matter how dissapointed some of us could have been with the season 5, we'll want to see how things will turn out after how they've been build up.

And also, let's not forget that the show would want to make us of the secrets Lila stole from Gabriel during Revelation. Lila didn't have the occasion to use those secrets against him in the last episodes of season 5, but there's no doubts she's gonna use those in season 6 to cause a situation that will be prompt to cause a lot of akumas, and that could mess with Adrien's relationship with Marinette.

Lila will need that at least to go against the power of the Lucky charms that can now purify akumas, as long as they are fueled by positive emotions. So what kind of situation would make parisians feel so much more negative emotions than positives ? Facing the revelation that the person they hailed as a hero and admired has in fact being villain that tormenteed them for so long.

For those who watched the Dark Knight movie trilogy of Batman from Chritopher Nolan, remember what happened during the second movie ? The one when the Joker managed to corrupt Harvey Dent, loved by all Gotham and look up to as a heroic figure ?

After Dent turned crazy and tried to assassinate Commisser Gordon family and died from this attempt, Batman and the Commisser were afraid that the truth about the beloved White knight of Gotham turned evil would cause chaos and riot among the Gothamians. That it would sent to waste the proof of humanity that two cargos bombed by the joker, one of condemned gothamian prisonners and one of civilian gothamian, just demonstrated a few minutes ago in the movie.

So to avoid that they lied to Gotham and made it seem that Harvey Dent died as a hero instead as a criminal, and that Batman was the one responsible for the prosecutor

And so what happened when Bane revealed the whole truth about Harvey Dent's in the third movie thanks to a a secret confession letter of Gordon ? Even so Gotham's trust in Batman had been restaured, Chaos rised in the city, and the Gothamian become fractured.

I can easilly imagine Lila wanting to cause that kind of chaos in season 6 in order to do a scaret moth kind of attack.

This season 5 ending wasn't a conclusion at all, it was all a set up for season 6 and 7.

Also I have the feeling that we haven't seen the last of Gabriel after season 5. Remember the kwatagama thing ? or the fact that some Akuma can create living nightmares, or that Time travel is still a sthing ? There still so many possibilities, and so many occasion to make Adrien stand up against his father's villainy and abusive actions in another context.

Say what you want about Parisians celebrating Gabriel for killing Gabriel or whatever, but honestly whenever I think about the fact that Gabriel died with the last memory of his son being Adrien sobbing and crying and pleading “mom would hate what you’re doing” and desperately trying to get away from him, and his last memory with Nathalie was of her literally attempting to murder him with a crossbow, I feel soooooooo good.

He died knowing the only two living people he had a semblance of care for despised him.

[skell3]

Lyrics: When the Party's Over - Billie Eilish (Youtube)

Scene from @ml-nolan 's fic Hiding in Plain Sight (explicit)

...I, um. I have no excuse. I'm sorry ' ^'; I hadn't heard this song in a bit and then it fit and then I had to at least make an attempt. This one absolutely has a specific chapter in mind.

No lyrics version below cut.

[chaosclimber]

Last line tag game

post the last line you wrote or drew and tag other folks to do the same. Tagged by @ml-nolan

“Oh, it’s you.” Robyn didn’t bother hiding his disappointment. He had clearly been expecting his father, not Dream. “I c’n get to sleep without a story. Just turn the nightlight on, please?”  Dream did as he was asked, but instead of leaving after turning all the lights except the star projector night light, he took a breath then perched at the edge of the bed. “...Are you upset with me, Robyn?” “....No…” The answer was quiet and sullen, and Robyn turned over in bed to face the wall, burrowing under the covers.  “...I think you might be. Can we talk about it? I can’t fix it unless I know what’s wrong…”  “I don’t need you to fix anything! Dad and I were ok before you!” The anger seemed sudden and explosive, Robyn sitting up and glaring and Dream, hands balled into fists.  Dream was silent, letting the boy calm down from the outburst. He knew that while Robyn was quick to anger, he also tended to let it go quickly as well. This time, though, he didn’t seem to. Dream was about to speak when he broke the silence again.   “You’re not gonna replace my mom. I don’t care if dad kisses you, I don’t care that we moved in. You’re not her.” Robyn drew his knees up to his chest as he spoke, a protective gesture, and Dream’s heart broke a little. This boy had already lost so much–did he really think that moving forward meant having to lose the right to miss his mother? “No. I’m not your mother. I couldn’t replace her even if I wanted to try.” Dream sighed just a bit. He ached to pull the boy into his arms, but he wasn’t certain that would be welcome at the moment. “I know I can never fill that void–not for you, and not for your father. Eleanor was very special.”

tagging: @chaosheadspace, @beholdme, and anyone else who wants to share.

[missjesselsgh0st]

I'm in love with the artwork of a fic I'm in love with!

@occudo and @ml-nolan ❤️ Thank you for your wonderful creative brains

Guess who started re-reading @ml-nolan 's Hiding in Plain Sight (again)? Not me for sure... Quick sketches, because they get so many fun outfits there :D

[tryan-a-bex]

Love, Lies, and Cryptids

by @ml-nolan is officially online today for sale, and I wanted to send the link to the places where you can go buy it right now because you very should, I promise you will enjoy it! I just ordered the paperback for my shelf!

https://mybook.to/love-lies-cryptids

I received a free advanced copy of the book with the request for an honest review, so here is my honest review:

Omg omg omg I love this book so much!

I think the best part for me was Nico. As a nonbinary ace type person, you don’t really see yourself in romances (ever, I’ve never read a book like this before), and it was just so good and affirming! There are people out there who love people like me! It’s a possible thing! It might look like this! I don’t have to change who I am to find love and companionship! It was done so very well. It wasn’t all about the gender and sexuality, and it was never in spite of it. It was about the developing romance and how the characters fit together, like all good romances, and then it gave some lovely modelling for how to be sensitive and loving in various situations. The prose and plot were clear and flowed well, the secondary characters were amusing and often caricatured, and the humour was tender and vivid. I laughed out loud frequently! I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves romance, and particularly to ace or nonbinary people and their allies.

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In case you are still not sure, this is the same author as Music When You Speak (The _KickIt_Domain), so if you love that you will love this, and if you haven’t read it then go read it and if you love it, buy Love, Lies and Cryptids.

[callilouv]

once ir reached 3am im gna plsay ml

[radiantgardenprince]

No you're fine because this is my main! Ahahaha I was just literally about to ad this bit in the tags.

🌻 ⇢ tag someone you appreciate but don't talk to on a regular basis :3

@ml-nolan for sure because they light up my dashboard every day. Beloved mutual right there. :>

[chaosheadspace]

For valentines prompts, #11 (memorizing their coffee order and surprising them with it) for the Library Boys would be delightful ❤️

Thank you for sending in a prompt! This plays out some time in June, before they get together, because I thought it would be way more fun this way. Enjoy! (betaed by the amazing @ml-nolan!)

Hob groans. He'd hoped to escape work for a few moments by going to the small but nice student café down the street. He didn't sleep well last night, and so he wanted to shove the tiredness back with a nice coffee. Hob doesn't have coffee often, and likes to indulge when he does. Point is, he certainly didn't expect Dream I-own-a-two-litre-french-press-for-work Olympiou to be in the line two people in front of him. He watches Dream, his smart trousers and coat, his unruly hair, the perpetual displeased slant of his mouth.

Hob doesn't really know what to do, so he keeps quiet. They never really encounter each other outside of work, and Hob takes advantage of the fact that Dream hasn't noticed him yet (and will not, if things go Hob's way). Dream takes a look at his phone and his frown deepens.

The barista is clearly new, taking a lot of time to fill each order. Hob's small break will have to suffice as his lunch break, he supposes. Ten minutes later, it's Dream's turn. He orders, unsurprisingly, a large black coffee in his low, smooth voice.

And then he orders another coffee, and Hob realises that this must be the reason he's here at all, probably picking up a coffee for a friend of his.

“Latte, with foam and two pumps of vanilla, please.”

Huh.

Dream pays, proceeding to walk towards the exit, and Hob lets out a breath, tension leaving his body. Dream hasn't seen him.

Just as he is almost past Hob he stops and turns, the look in his eyes indecipherable. Hob wants to flick his stupidly cute, turned up nose so badly it pains him.

“You will be late for your shift if you keep waiting,” Dream states.

“Yeah, and you will be, too, if you don't move. I'll survive, Aamira’s got the shift before me.” Hob doesn't know if Dream knows about his little shift arrangement with her, and to be frank, he doesn't really care.

“So you would rather inconvenience your coworker?”

Hob scoffs. “Our coworker. And besides—” he trails off as he notices that Dream is holding out one of the cups towards him in clear invitation. Must have been doing so for some time, in fact. “Wait, what?”

Dream's expression assumes an air of patronising amusement. “Do you want your coffee or would you rather wait for a second one?”

Your coffee. Hob feels like someone pulled the rug out from under him, and for a moment, all he can feel is astonishment. “How on earth did you know?” he asks, snatching the cup away from Dream. Latte with two pumps of vanilla. Fucking hell.

“You're welcome,” Dream deadpans, striding—strutting, Hob thinks, almost shaking his head—towards the door.

“Hey, wait, what do I owe—” the door almost slams shut in Hob's face as he goes after him, avoiding a bruised nose just out of reflex. Hob contemplates running after him. Instead, he walks out and keeps a few paces behind Dream, taking sips from his coffee and enjoying the view. He almost doesn't notice the coffee burning his tongue.