#my friend group is splitting irl

[solunstell]

As an extrovert with an anxiety disorder that also assumes the worst of people's opinions of me, I find it very entertaining when I realize my friends care about me. It feels so yellow.

[charmedreincarnation]

hey i finally entered void after 4.5 months!! i can’t believe my life is so so fun now!!!

what i used :

• tumblr for resources; i learnt a lot from bloggers post which introduced me to void.

• subliminals on youtube: i just listened to it twice daily but i think u can skip this step

it was such a struggle at first but i let all the tension go away for me to embody it…

what i manifested✨

height and face; i was 5’11 before but i wanted to be shorter cause i didn’t like being tallest amongst all girls and even guys. i changed it to 5’3. now i think i look like cute. for face - foxy or siren eyes, positive canthral tilt, fuller lips, no eye bags, sharper nose. i think i might play around my facial features a bit more until i am satisfied with it haha.

avatar editor irl: i used to play sims 4 a lot a lot !! since 5 years i’ve been playing it. if you play it too you know there’s a CREATE A SIM page. it’s somewhat like that but for me in my phone as an app. i can choose clothes or facial features and it changes my face or clothes or accessories irl!! if ur a shifter its like a “LIFA APP” as you’ve heard.

gaming; i am a gamer and i can enter any gaming world at anytime instead of playing it on screen and let me tell u girl!! life has been so fun since!! but dw i don’t “die” in it i just respawn and also pain setting is 0 i dont feel pain when i enter games. sorry but i also play shooter games haha, dw they’re NPC AS THEYRE IN GAME THEY DONT FEEL HURT.

be a good student; i didn’t cancel school cause i just love the drama that’s going on loll, and i love outshining people. so i just manifested that i become a good student. whatever i read once i can remember without any revision required. also be more logical to solve math. cause girl i used to FLUNKKK!!

Boyfriend!!: holy i should have put it in number one!! THIS ONE OF THE BESTEST!! he’s literally in the kitchen making me dumplings cause yk- i made him a chef!! btw i made him from scratch from CREATE A SIM lol!! i revised that he has always been going to my school and one year older than me. he’s so handsome istg!! kind of a combination of jacob elordi and jungkook? i can’t explain!! u get it tho!;) and he’s also so respectful to women ! oml! almost opposite of those red pilled men (yuck!!!)

friend group: theyre so kind and diverse!! it’s vast !! (17 people incl me) and everyone is so amazing kind talented and everyone’s from a diff countries!!

language : i can speak korean now, fluently!

there is so many other minor things but these r my faveee!!! ty ty ty for reading and all the bloggers who have helped us.

and if u haven’t entered, what r u even thinking! u have and you’ll change ur life in a split second like me!! don’t worry about taking too much time luvzzz!!

seee u!!!!

So happy for you love 💕 congrats, and thank you for the tips. Also you’re real for making your bf from scratch 😭😭

[lettuceonthecourt]

Yandere bully who sees you in a dingy bar on a random Thursday night, sitting all alone and downing your sorrows away. His friends had invited him out, what with the term ending and exams having been wrapped up.

It's the only time he sees you not cowering in fear when you find him entering the same room as you, discreetly glancing at him at the corner of your eyes, internally praying that he doesn't approach you and make your life even more miserable (ps. It didn't work)

After taking a few more drinks, you shakily stand up to leave, and halfway across the bar, one of his friends spots you and whistles,

"Hey, aren't you the girl that our dear friend here keeps obsessing over? Come on, sit with us, I'll treat you to a few!"

The rest of his group chuckles, clearly seeing how you can bearly walk 3 steps ahead of you without bumping into a nearby chair, but still asked to drink even more. You don't react, not wanting to be taken advantage of by his scheming friends, but when their taunts get more forceful, you try to make your hasty escape, as fast as you can walk without falling over and without breaking into a run.

Yandere bully whose heart clenches in his chest, eyes growing darker by the second as his friends tell him to "invite his girl over for some fun" and slamming his hand on the table, effectively silencing the entire table, he strolls towards you, looping an arm around your neck and muttering "walk with me".

He takes you outside the bar, and in a split second, he pushes your back to the nearest wall. if you were more sober, you would have protested and flailed helplessly in his arms, but today, you don't find yourself caring, intend on letting everything out.

"Why didn't you push them away, huh? You always seem to rebel against me but now you don't care?" His voiced laced with a hint of desperation, and eyes borderline pleading, comes out quietly. You find yourself amused, what did he expect?

"YOU were the one who decided to ruin my life by seeking me out to relieve your stress, and now you're blaming me for not fighting back?!"

Your fist easily finds his chest with as much power as you can draw while being drunk, and you lower your head, not wanting him to see the tears slide down your cheeks. You subtly brace yourself for impact, knowing he would usually hit back whenever you lashed out, so when a hand gently smears your tears over your cheeks, you flinch and look up at him in shock.

His eyes dilate over the sight of you, and he wants to sear this image of you in his eyelids so that he would be able to look at it all the time. He feels his pants grow tighter and a mix of arousal and amusement rush through him as he vows to never let anyone else see this side of you that only he should be able to bring out

Secretly, he thanks his past self for threatening all your friends at the start of his bullying, chasing them away, and leaving him as the only thing on your mind, taking up all your attention.

Seeing your drunken state, he gleefully smiles as he secures a tight grip on your wrist. He could leave his friends for now, and lay his claim, his mark, and his touch on you, for you to think about when you wake up next to him tomorrow morning

"Come on doll, let me bring you somewhere. You won't disagree, would you?"

A/n: pls don't romanticize these relationships irl and pls don't steal my work

[w2soneshots]

Brother’s best mate -W2S

words: 0.8k+

warnings: smut, swearing, alcohol consumption.

summary: you and harry meet through your brother ethan. After a night spent with the side girls you crawl into bed with your favourite guernsey boy.

notes: I haven’t written anything like this in ages!🤭 hope you enjoy🔥🫶🏼

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y/username: spending time with my favourite people💞 (even if it's on a golf course😒😂)

Tagged: @faithloisak @behzingagram @wroetoshaw

-comments-

faithloisak: aw I love you

-> y/username: ❤️🫶

y/nfanpage21: she's so 🌼🧺☕️🧘‍♀️🥐 coded

user19470245: omg they went to golf together😭

user83271430: the pic of ethan and faith is adorable

Last year I moved to London to be closer to Ethan when Faith fell pregnant, to help her and to spend more time with the both of them. I also bought an apartment so I'm just a 20 minute drive from them. I finally met the sidemen at the gender reveal. I'd never actually been introduced to them before, which was weird because they are basically the reason Ethan has a career and they helped him so much a few years ago when he was in a really dark place. Me and Harry didn't immediately hit it off, don't get me wrong I thought he was attractive but he's also very awkward and was wary that I'm his best mates sister.

After almost five months of being friends with the group, going to little parties or just hanging out with them me and Harry kissed. I knew it was bound to happen since we had both quickly developed a large crush on each other but after it had happened we'd decided not to tell anyone (especially Ethan) before we knew we were actually good together. It took just one month before we were officially dating and decided it was the time to tell everyone. Of course we told Ethan first, he was shocked but (to our surprise) happy that his best mate and sister were dating. Everyone else was so excited.

We've now been together for 6 months and only told the fans recently. Today I'm going to dinner with: Talia, Faith and Freya for Talia's birthday. Harry had a more sidemen shoot today so wouldn't get home until six. I had a shower, dried and styled my hair, applied some makeup then chose an outfit. I was on my way out just as Harry arrived back. "Wow," He glanced down at my outfit before returning his attention to my face "you look beautiful." I smiled "thank you Haz, I'll be home by ten." "You better be, I can't wait to rip those clothes off."

I arrived outside of the restaurant, thanked the uber driver then spotted Talia getting out of another car. I quickly walked towards her "happy birthday!" We excitedly hugged each other. "Thank you! Freya's already inside." She beamed. "Ok. I think Faith's running a little bit late, let's just go inside." I replied. We headed into the fancy restaurant and were taken to our table where Freya already sat. When she spotted us she immediately leapt from her seat. She said happy birthday to Talia then we all sat down. Faith arrived a few minutes later and we ordered our drinks.

After eating our starters, mains and desserts me Freya and Faith split the bill (not before trying to convince Talia to let us treat her for her birthday). Thankfully I had only had two drinks so I was just a little tipsy. We left then ordered a taxi. Freya was dropped off first then Talia and I was third. I said goodbye to Faith then hopped out.

y/username

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y/username: my girl @taliamar 's birthday dinner with @freyanightingale and @faithloisak 🤍💫

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taliamar: I had the best night ily😘

-> y/username: ily

freyanightingale: 💓💓

y/nfanpage21: omg you look stunning!!

user91037494: I love that the side girls are actually friends irl it's so cute

When I got up to mine and Harry's apartment I unlocked the door, opened it, kicked my shoes off and dropped my bag. "Haz?!" I shouted through the apartment. I walked through into the bedroom, Harry sat waiting patiently for me "Hey." My mouth curved into a smile "hi." I jumped onto the bed next to him. "Have fun?" He asked. "Mhm" I hummed.

I turned to him and pecked his lips. The kiss deepened, he grabbed the back of my thighs and pulled me onto his lap. I reached my hands down to the belt wrapped around my waist, I pulled it off and threw it to the floor. I moved Harry's hands from the back of my thighs to my ass. He groaned into the kiss then rushed to pull the zipper down on my dress, then he pulled it off and over my head, leaving me in just my matching black lace bra and underwear set. Harry broke the kiss to look down at me "you're so fucking beautiful." He rasped. I pulled his shirt over his head, followed by his pyjama pants. While Harry unclipped my bra, allowing the straps to fall from my shoulders.

Within just a few minutes we were both completely naked. Harry flipped me onto my back. I whimpered as I rubbed my thighs together, desperate for any sort of friction. "Harry, please." I cried out. "What do you want baby? Use your words." "I need you to fuck me."

[utilitycaster]

Well now im curious, what are your top 10 etiquette violations

I'm not actually sure there are 10 tbh in that these are relatively broad - you could split them up more finely if you wanted but they cover a wide range of behavior. Also this is...a bit stream of consciousness. I do stand by 1 as the absolute Golden Rule of D&D in that it's really just so Me Me Me (more so than main character syndrome) that it's inexcusable, but like...rules 2- 6 are kind of all in the same nebulous position in my mind as are rules 7-10. 2-6 are "really bad, have a talk and be prepared to kick this person out if they don't shape up and honestly I would probably not want to hang out with them irl much if they don't shape up" and 7-10 are "maybe don't invite them to game nights but they could be okay otherwise."

Deliberately going against the general vibe of the table. This is the broadest but also obviously worst trait. If everyone else is here to play a serious playthrough of Curse of Strahd and they're all vampire hunters and whatnot and you're playing a clown in a hawaiian shirt named Jeff you are not funny; you are an asshole. I think that person who made the post of like "I'm playing D&D with my dad's friends and they're all fighters with tragic backstory and I'm a neon firbolg who resurrects our enemies and runs therapy sessions" should be beaten with hammers. Like, be unique, but if everyone else is going for a lighthearted vibe it's not time to bust out your darkest PC and vice versa. (This also goes deeper, like, if your table has decided PC death in-game is okay, you can request a change, but if you've never spoken up about this and then your character dies and you pitch a fit, that's on you.)

"Um actually my rich family solves this" and similar circumventing of obstacles in a way that cuts off all story avenues. It's fine to offer your services to help - sometimes the party will want it! But the worst player I've played with (who still did not violate Item 1) did this and short-circuited like 75% of the plot by being like "well my wealthy merchant family can probably smooth this over" and I wanted to, well, beat them with hammers. Brian Murphy of Naddpod calls this "showing up and trying not to play D&D" and he's right.

Closely related to/overlapping with item 2 but Main Character Syndrome. If you're a wizard and there's a nonurgent trial of strength? that is for the barbarian. If they ask for help, go for it, but don't just do everything. Share the table. Self-explanatory but man do some people not get it. I'm also grouping this with "my character wouldn't help" behaviors. Like to be clear, forgoing your turn as a roleplay thing is fine, but another Naddpod D&D Court regular topic is like "the player for whatever reason would not join combat bc their character wouldn't, and we nearly had a tpk because the encounter assumed our fucking cleric would be there".

Actually violating player agency. Closely relating to 2-3. Conflict is great and good. I think it's fine to lie, cheat, and steal from your party members if your table agrees on that. There are spells or abilities that lead to possession which is also valid if your table has talked through that. But you do not get to otherwise like, force another player character to do your bidding (unless your table has, again, decided this is okay). You cannot persuasion check other PCs into going against their desires unless that's a very specific conversation you've had out of character as a table. Even in game, like, the DC on persuasion checks can be arbitrarily high - even impossible - if someone would simply never do it.

Noncombat/non-violent D&D. There are other TTRPGs that are not heavily based on war games with character classes that aren't like 90% battle abilities and you should check those out. Anyone who plays noncombat/nonviolent D&D and is proud of it is dumb as the bag of hammers I'm beating the people of items 1 and 2 for and I don't respect them. I guess this isn't so much an etiquette violation in that if your entire table wants this you can all be terrible together, but it is kind of a dick move, especially since I both love D&D and find the anti-D&D crowd to largely be the most sour grapes-ass losers of all time, but also believe passionately that there are many things D&D does not achieve well because it is in fact a specific game with specific objectives. You should, if you want to play a game that is all social encounters and skill checks and no fighting, play the many indie games that would love your patronage and suit you admirably, not the most neutered, milquetoast, unsalted margarine version of D&D. I genuinely believe that people playing murderhobos or hardcore metagamers are VASTLY preferable.

Not making a good faith effort to know the rules. You do not have to be good at D&D. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting for not knowing every rule of D&D. You only have to let the soft animal of your body have at least read the rules of your character's class, subclass, and race, and show up prepared, instead of being like "tee hee I listened to 5 episodes of TAZ Balance and am going to twirl my hair at the DM and hope they help little old me." The DM is BUSY and has SHIT TO DO. Read the fucking manual. It's okay to be wrong! It's not okay to be clueless on purpose.

Rules for Thee and Not For Me. Mostly a DM thing, and to be clear, the DM does have special rules bc they are the special one and this is obviously not about that. There are also rules that apply to NPCs/stat blocks and not PCs, and those are inherent to the balance of the game and are fine because NPCs have different abilities. But if, for example, you are requiring an athletics check of PCs to climb up on a ledge and don't permit acrobatics, your rogue NPC villain can't do acrobatics either unless they have some specific pre-written ability.

Metagaming pt 1: excessive metagaming: Part 2 will reveal the "excessive" but like. If you know trolls regenerate because you've been playing D&D for years but you are a level 4 INT 8 sorcerer in-game? you do not know trolls regenerate.

Metagaming pt 2: refusal to engage with the fact that this is a game: Sometimes you get the reverse, when people are like "well my character wouldn't realize that this magic item was important to your character" despite the other person RP-ing everything or "would I notice you were knocked out directly in front of me? It's a pitched battle!" Like. don't cheat but come on bro. This is, ultimately, a game. I will once again bring up Naddpod both because D&D Court exists AND they will do rule of funny shit (as Murph once pointed out, if you want to say you go to Ruby Tuesday's as a joke, great, if you try to use it mechanically, no, which is a healthy attitude towards immersion) AND Murph understands the concept of kayfabe.

Really extensive indecision that doesn't involve the whole party. This is mostly me but like. it's not fun, and I am impatient. If you're not an actual play livestream, you should take a break and in fact talk out of game and resume because god this drags. If everyone's on board obviously go for it but if it's one person's choice...babe the spotlight is on you, sing your solo or leave.

Basically: remember you are at a table with other people and you are telling a collaborative story in a system that is combat-heavy. I'm not bothered by (for example) someone stealing another character's item so long as they understand that this may lead to consequences for them! If you can dish it out but you're prepared to take it and your table trusts each other? Great! The problem is when people try to win against the other players, ask for special treatment they do not grant others, waste everyone's time unnecessarily, or skip to the end of the story; that's against the fundamental nature of the game. It's inconsiderate AND it misses the point.

[ineffectualdemon]

I had a dream the other night where I was at a fancy event and it turned out to be Taylor Swift which was surprising to me because I'm rather ambivalent about her irl and she walked over to my group to talk to my friend who was a big fan and it turned out Tay Tay was 8 feet tall and I realised slowly with horror she was some kind old demon thing and she needed blood and worship to survive and she looked at me and I knew she knew that I knew and I was terrified as she smiled too wide at me with too many perfect teeth in her pretty blonde head

It was maybe the only time I have ever been even slightly horny for Ms Swift

And I woke up and for a split second I felt I needed to warn people about her true nature before I remembered she was a adequate blond pop star and not an hungry old demon pretending to be an adequate blonde pop star

[basedkikuenjoyer]

Aftermath

This chapter, 1124...it really didn't feel that different than the last two. It starts here with our opener. Morgans here takes on a very similar role as Buggy did in 1122, and we're still unpacking the immediate worldwide reaction to the transmission. Importantly, Luffy's gonna end this chapter with a good reminder none of it was very important to him, but Morgans starts it with a good lesson in why it should to a degree.

It's cool seeing Vivi roast him over lying, but this right here is the essence of why shaping your story matters. Buggy could take the moment and make it work for him, Vegapunk was so disconnected he realized his message might stir panic but didn't do anything to ameliorate that. Morgans is setting up Luffy the same way Sabo was. This story should rattle worldwide faith in the government. As is though, it could just end up being a tale about Luffy massacring a beloved figure worldwide. This time I don't really think the opener casts as long a shadow over the rest of the chapter, but it's now something becoming a pattern with these past few chapters. But let's get to the real meat of this one:

Talking with IRL blorbo from my blog Fallensnowfan really helped with this one but it's so stark when you see it in the actual chapter. There's this very interesting juxtaposition in the fallout of Vegapunk's death. Lilith picks up on the conversation we saw with the VegaBoys last time, a theme we've explored throughout with them. What does death mean when you've split yourself into seven parts and have a giant brain floating in a vat?

Well, here we have some interesting answers to this question. Lilith pops up and makes this big show of trying to cheer up Luffy. Get him past these feelings of failure. It was a very sudden shift but it does feel earnest, even if it reminds me a little of Carrot in WCI's End Roll. As earnest as Sentomaru and of course Kizaru. For one, we've talked about how these spotlight moments remind us of Wano's bigger ones. "Have you ever had to kill your best friend?" Well, the Akazaya Nine know that feeling. Especially Kin'emon & Kiku who had to take on the dirty work with Kanjuro.

But man...what a moment. Even Akainu cracked a little and realized he stepped over the line. Seeing Kizaru actually shaken for once too. The little flashback helped cement it as does this amazing shot of him watching all that work go up in flames. Simply put though, Kizaru/Sentomaru clearly don't feel the same way as Lilith here. Which is why part of me has to wonder if Lilith's just putting up a brave front. It's interesting Usopp raises the question of what exactly makes her the "evil" one, which is an idea we never really answered.

And of course, we do end off on what certainly seems to be a final note for Egghead Arc as a part of this story. I do have to say, I'm not entirely sure how I feel about that. Lilith feels well primed to pick up that New World thread we've talked about going forward, I could certainly see this shaking out in a way where we maybe have a chapter or two away from the Straw Hats to finish off this story and give some people like Drake a moment in the intermission. Then head right into a perfectly straightforward Elbaf arc. We could even do that interspersed with clearing up some of Egghead's lingering mysteries...

But there's still enough weirdness to make me wonder. One thing I've thought for a while is that if the Giants are already here, they can tag along for a bit of island hopping. On some level it's kinda weird to keep them and Bonney and Kuma and Lilith floating around but we of course don't know what Elbaf's story is so it could easily have a place for all that. What it really comes down to for me is that, as it stands, Elbaf really has no apparent conflict set up. Which could work if it's a Zou-type arc where we reset our course or something. But if say...something happens and this group gets blown off course I could see that too. Use an intermediate arc to set up something to do on Elbaf.

Of course, this final panel gives us something to think about too. Who is the mystery silhouette? Sadly we'll have to wait for a break week to really know the next steps. Which means I have a decision to make too. I get the feeling enough people like these writeups for their own sake, but the original intent was to maybe do a little bit about the next arc reflecting on where it ties up Wano themes. Hence "Post-Wano Musings" and I could never keep that hyphen consistent in the tags. Didn't expect Egghead to keep giving me a lot to talk about there. I also just kinda thought it was funny to call an entire arc as long as Alabasta "Post-Wano."

We still have a lot of oddities and through lines though, and those could easily be left hanging as we get to Elbaf. I think my plan is to switch it up and just make normal chapter reviews when we reach a new island, Elbaf or otherwise, with a new tag. I'm leaning towards "Massive Musings" for now, but maybe something better will come up before we get there.

[slut4converse]

Things in Heartstopper s3 that made me cry in no particular order

Charlie struggling with his mental health

Nick struggling with Charlie struggling with his mental health

Specifically the talk with Aunt Diane (Nick in a Captain America costume, yet he never comments on the fact that his aunt looks just like Peggy Carter?)

EVERYTHING to do with Elle's radio show oh my fucking god I felt so bad for her

Elle struggling with her dysphoria in a sexual context, and then learning how to set boundaries with Tao

VICTORIA SPRING

Michael Holden being the most adorable person I've ever witnessed on television

He is just SO SOFT I want to put him in a MICROWAVE

He is my BLORBO now

THE HALLOWEEN PARTY?!?!?!? THAT HAD NO RIGHT TO BE SO DEVASTATING

Obviously we have Nick crying on Tao's shoulder (which, btw, I LOVE Tao and Nick friendship, we stan character development)

But THEN we have Imogen getting HAMMERED and immediately jumping on Sahar's mouth. LESBIAN BEHAVIOR

Imogens struggles with her sexuality and comphet

Sahar and Imogens relationship is soooooooooooo me-coded, except my queer-awakening situationship was even worse, it ended with our friend group split into not just half but THIRDS, and today we passive aggressively read Hate Poem by Julie Sheehan aloud in our AP Lit class. (Go read it, it's great) (Just the two of us cause we were the only volunteers) (if there could be cinematic symbolism irl that would have been it)

DARCY'S GRANDMOTHER IS THE SWEETEST LITTLE OLD LADY I WANT HER TO ADOPT ME TOO PLEASE

TAO AND HIS VIDEO CAMERA HE IS SO ME CODED

Nick not knowing who he is without Charlieeee

TORI SPRING

I cannot stress this enough. TORI!!

Isaac's third wheel struggles

The jellyfish metaphor

CHARLIE'S SELF HARM SCARS

I ACTUALLY HAD TO PAUSE THE SHOW AND TAKE A BREATHER

Tara's panic attack

All the uni stuff

If I were British I'd be in 6th form rn

So it's hitting a little too close to home right now

GEOFF

GEOFF IS MY BITCH

WE LOVE GEOFF IN THIS HOUSEHOLD

TORIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

Michael :D

That's all I've got off the top of my head but yk what we'll see where this goes

[irenespring]

Drag Race Simulator Week 6: Reading Challenge + Girl Groups

THE SIMULATOR SHIPS HILSON. I REPEAT: THE SIMULATOR SHIPS HILSON (on screenshot 15). Friendship ended with all my irl friends, Drag Race Simulator is my only friend now.

Sorry for not posting yesterday and also for requiring So Many Screenshots for this week. But the reading challenge is fun.

Additional commentary:

Foreman should not have won the reading challenge. I think House or Cuddy had the funnier, more accurate to the show reads (although obviously the simulator wouldn't know that). Cuddy telling House he's the reason God invented the middle finger is something she would say in the show. And House does make a lot of jokes about Wilson getting old.

Thirteen is probably the only one who would do well at girl groups. She would wear the same wig she wore for Snatch Game just to fuck with Wilson. I am surprised Foreman didn't do better since apparently the simulator thinks he can do the best splits.

Cuddy shouldn't have been in the bottom two! Foreman did worse!

However I do like the simulator putting House and Cuddy in the bottom two together. And well, he did make her leave the show. It fits.

HILSON KISSED. This simulator is a better showrunner than David Shore.

[ripplestitchskein]

Brace yourselves Stolitz fans, I think it’s gonna get bumpy. We kind of already knew that but I think it might go longer than we hoped?

So last night I shared my Stolitz pic with my DnD group, I’m doing art for their characters and we have an art space in our game discord and a few of them watch Hazbin and HB. An IRL friend who is also an HB fan asked about the OC in the pic and I shared it was based on the rumor that Stolas is getting a new boyfriend, they could be a parrot potentially voiced by Harvey Guillen but that this was not confirmed or anything. He said “HMMMM that jives with what her assistant told us.”

I’m like “What! Tell me. “

I guess while waiting in line for her to sign for the person in front of them at Mega they were chatting with an assistant and said they loved Look My Way and were interested in where the Stolas and Blitzø story was going. The assistant said they had seen the rest of Season 2 and “You may not love the way it goes if you like the coupling”.

I spiraled immediately, like full on upset. Bitch I cried. I’ve spent hours analyzing this cartoon and that broke me a bit. I’m not necessarily concerned with my ships being “endgame”, I’ve shipped lots of couples that rarely interact just for interesting dynamics. Or couples where one half is literally dead in canon, where they are mortal enemies and not in an enemies to lovers way etc. It just seemed so final and is contradictory to everything the show has setup so far and what I’ve been enjoying about the show and it really fucked me up if I’m honest. I also have a really bad brain though and I know this. I’m not equipped to rationally think about it.

I hesitated to even share what was said because I dislike bumming anyone out but as a speculation and spoiler goblin I’d also like people to share with me so I can prepare myself?

Ive had some time to sit and process and cope a bit “is that information really that different than what we have already?” And the short answer is no, not really. It’s also like their job to tease fans. It was also one sentence I didn’t even actually hear with my own ears lol. My brain just did what it does and took it to the worst place. I took it as “they are killing it completely” and are about to destroy the only reason I enjoy this show so much. Which maaaaay have been an over reaction but I can’t like, help that.

I just honestly cannot fathom how they could so sharply pivot at this point and have it make sense? I can’t fathom why they even would. I don’t even know what role Stolas could possibly have in that scenario. I think that was what upset me the most, Stolas is my favorite and his entire character within the world of the show is completely dependent on his ties to Blitzø to be part of the narrative because he has no ties to IMP outside of it. The idea of him being shelved, even temporarily, is upsetting to me. The show so far is not setup to view characters lives outside of Blitzø and IMP so I can’t see them having Stolas go off and do his own thing without removing him from the narrative completely.

I’m just sad about it and I think I’m putting too much thought into it. Maybe they just meant what we’ve thought all along and that we wouldn’t be happy because of the boyfriend character, and as I’ve said before the split up absolutely has to happen for them to reconcile and come back together. It is actually a good thing story wise for that to happen but the phrasing (though second hand) just depressed the fuck out of me so I wanted to vent a bit and maybe get some outside perspective from people who’s brains work better than mine. It’s possible this is a situation where i know a thing “Stolas is getting a new boyfriend” because I am terminally online and gobble up every like react and ambiguous emoji and assign meaning to it, and the assistant was just talking about that same information assuming my friend didn’t know that (he didn’t) but because I already knew it I’m assigning new meaning to it as if it’s additional different information. That’s a distinct possibility.

Even if it’s the worst case scenario, I’m not a hate watcher, if I don’t like the direction something is going I bitch a bit in mourning and then remove myself completely. So I’ll see how it plays out and see if it makes sense narratively. Maybe I’ll love the direction, who knows. If it what’s we originally speculated based on the narrative setup so far, the boyfriend character is a catalyst to help Blitzø reconcile his feelings and to let Stolas do his own healing and character development but it all that leads to the completion of the story they’ve been telling up to this point that’s perfect. If it leads to less Stolas and a completely different direction than what we’ve spent 1.5 seasons on so far, I don’t know how I would feel about that. I want it clear though I wouldn’t be mad at the creators, it’s their story they can do what they want, and I’m sure others will enjoy whatever they offer up but I personally would just quietly move on to something else.

I’m interested in how others view the response. Just a tease about the boyfriend, and thinking we’ll be unhappy because of that but ultimately it’s going how its been setup? Or should I break out my violin and start up “Nearer, my God, to thee”. I just really need some better brains to give me some perspective,

[herejusttosufferalong]

hmm i see lots of people seeming so sure about N dating Jake, and maybe this is my big ass bias against such huge age gaps in any relationships, but has anyone considered that he could also just be one of her aforementioned gay friends? she has repeatedly said she has a lot of gay friends (i too am in a queer friend group and totally see that for her) and she clearly has lots of personal ties to the queer community, from derry girls to her pop culture interests to her charitable work. i just think it’s a bit heteronormative to automatically assume jake and N are dating just bc he wore her tshirt (since yes, to most ppl that’s a questionable move for straight friends of the opposite sex, but not for the girls and the gays!).

like not to speculate about someone’s sexuality here, but there IS such a thing as gay culture, and i just personally do get queer vibes from jake’s IG, especially his IG stories and his tagged posts and his close friends who are queer (birds of a feather thing, in my own experience) and the fact he played a queer character on tv as well. ofc i’ll admit it’s a little reductive to be like “straight men simply can’t like beyonce, lana del rey, lorde, harry styles, refer to themselves as a twink, post a pic of them doing a splits on an escalator to ‘f*ck him all night’ by azaelia banks, etc” bc they ofc CAN, but, to me that just screams gay culture lol. but that is just my own reading of the vibes and my own personal opinion and i could obv be totally wrong bc at the end of the day we’re all on here speculating about people we don’t know IRL and u could just ignore me.

disclaimer that, like i said, i’m super biased against the idea of N dating a 24 year old bc to me it doesn’t align with the wholesome image i have of her in my head BUT she totally could and like all the power to her i guess (still weird to me tho). so take this with a grain of salt since this could totally just be wishful thinking haha i’m just saying it’s a possible explanation for the clothes sharing.

ngl this is something i have considered as well

and i agree... i don't like the age gap for L nor N

[allthishumanityforfree]

just curious about your thoughts because on this blog we went from them being a couple after their NYC selfie to them being open to now former situationship ...

Looking back what do you think about it all ?

I still have the feeling that Paul might be struggling in some kind ....

I think the timeline is so weird as the gucci show was not that long ago and the np screening was just recently... what happend at Glastonbury?

I still think that if they were ever more than platonic, they would be in an open/ less rigid relationship, which tends to have ups and downs, like all relationships. Andrew seems to have no interest in monogamy.

I do think it's likely Paul is down harder than Andrew is or maybe Andrew hides it better. I have never thought it was a traditional, monogamous relationship. I am not sure where they are now but that panel looked the same as always to me.

I personally don't think anything happened at Glastonbury that was that bad. Paul spent the Saturday and Sunday with his family and friends. Andrew is probably a little more low-key, didn't want to hang out with a big group of people in their 20s and their key usage, and likely has different music tastes. It looks like he left early anyway, he's a busy man. Glasto is so big, it's not unusual for friends to split up, I have been and not seen people for days on end.

Seeing him cropped out Nell's photo and the fact he was doing lifties to her friends is super cute. Also Paul exited Vanya really quickly when he was spotted.

I think they spent more time together than we know, which to me is such a big hint they are more than friends. Imagine being really into someone and not being allowed to be intimate with them, I'd also decide to stay away. Maybe this is just delusional. That selfie said all I need to know.

I always worry about Paul's mental health, some of the things he has said over the years makes me really sad. That is also nothing to do with that video. But let's not get into that on main, I know too much about some of this stuff.

I'll be honest, I have turned my asks off a few times this week because it can be overwhelming to open up the app and see 30+ messages that are super negative. It's not because of Gracie or Andrew not being with them at Glastonbury. My IRL is chaotic and anxiety-inducing at the moment; I mentally can't cope with it when hates comes in 10s and 20s.

[feytouched]

holly black's folk of the air card game & revisiting my own fae quizzes made me realise. i want to host my own irl faerie event....

it would go as follows: the concept is i am fae queen and have grown weary of ruling, and am assembling my closest circle to choose my heir. we are six (or seven) in total. the card game is made for 4 people at a time, so we split into two groups - one group plays the game while the others are off gossiping, drinking and eating, then they switch. once there is a winner from each camp, these two face off in a final round for the crown.

finally, the winner will be tested with a riddle or three by me, and once deemed worthy they will win the crown - an actual miniature crown ring. if by some chance i end up winning, the riddles will be instead presented to the entire group and the one who first guesses them wins. this could be made more fun by having to speak or write down the answers before an hourglass runs out. i'd definitely like to incorporate props like that to make the experience more fun.

and, of course, there would be fae looks for everyone. yes, even the guys can get golden scales or dried foliage stuck onto their faces, as a treat. plus tea and alcohol and baked treats, appropirate music, and other than the crown-ring, a small prize for the winner of each round! it could also be fun to give each person a title (i.e. 'the advisor', 'the spy', 'the stranger', 'the oracle', etc) if they want to get a little in character. this is my dnd friend group after all, i trust they would 'yes and' it. ideally i would mail out invitations, but that may be toeing the line of 'too extra'. or would it?

[occasionally-victor]

i feel like i need to start atleast sometimes talking about my au's, they can't keep cooking in my brain for years without output because for some reason i always need to visualise (draw) what im gonna talk about lmao. and when i day years - i mean it, my mer au was first conceptualised back in march 2021 (even though the most recent version of it was developed in 2023)

Anyways, mer au, huh? It isn't restricted to one specific smp (like all my au, ig), i just put anyone i want there.

I wanna talk some general things about it because i never really did (also, every time i say people - it means just everyone living in this dimension on this planet, who possesses the level of intelligence of a human irl. Sometimes i just need to specify which species of people we are talking about, like here about mers. and yes there are other dimensions im not talking about them tho.)

The world itself is pretty much just more or less normal fantasy world. I don't really go into world building more than necessary considering i mostly focusing on mers, but there are a lot of non-mer characters as well so. I basically kinda bullshit through there, but oh well. One thing i know for sure is that the planet they all are on is implied to be really fucking big. It's very common to often not be aware of existence of another species just because there never been one living close enough. Mers are very much one of the biggest "victims" of that (it's not bad nor good - it's just is). They are not hiding tho - it's just the ones who have contact with them are mostly people living by big bodies of water like sea or giant lake.

Talking about people living by big bodies of water, overall relationship between the ones on land and mers is pretty good - like, they trade between eachother; mers often seen around bays and beaches just hanging out with their land friends; it's very normal for food places that are right by the water to have an area for mers to access (and some are even ran by mers).

Mers usually live in underwater cities - each city is protected by Heart of the City (HotC) - a system of runes scattered in secret places (its one main rune and a bunch of smaller ones). Those runes also can be "found" in some other protected places outside of city. Making one rune is not hard (for mers, everyone else is fucked tho), but time consuming. How does it protect? By basically powering up mers in all ways. To not mess up with perception of their own might, mers tend to not "use" this power up until needed. Also, a lot of entrances in important places are made with much more heavy materials so without the rune active they would be hard to open. However, there's another thing about those runes - they also make non-waterbreathing creatures be able to breath under water when around. No one really understands why. But it does make tourism to underwater cities more accessible (tho, its pretty limited if going with a tourist group. however, if you have a mer friend - they totally can just get you there np)

Both qsmp and hermitcraft parts (they kinda separate, but also not really, it's just me splitting up lmao.) of au happen around the same sea. The two underwater cities would be pretty far away to really interact tho. (i also already kinda have the thing showing who's mer who isnt, but it isn't fully finished). Also, like i said, the au doesn't really have a plot lmao i just think mers are neat.

[lunawings]

Today was a big day for me.

After finally starting treatment earlier this month for the health problems I'd alluded to before, I've been feeling a lot better.

So much better in fact, that I submitted a very last minute somewhat spontaneous application to the Idol Showcase at Another Anime Con this weekend and... I was accepted!

The song I applied with was Analog Heart, my favorite Rina Tennoji song that I've been practicing on and off for a long time. (Pretty much ever since I decided I wanted to try IRL idol activities.) And I was really, really excited to finally perform it.

But, due to circumstances at my work impacting my schedule the week before, I had to go an entire week without practicing before the event and I found myself unusually nervous. Then, this was exacerbated by two other factors. First of all, I was scheduled to perform very late in the event for some reason (perhaps my bad for applying late) so I had to sit and watch so many wonderful, wonderful performers before my turn (including another Rina who did SO GOOODDDD). Meanwhile, this was all taking place outside in a tent.

In the POURING rain.

As I felt the occasional droplet on my head and watched the wall of the tent cave in and split open beside me I felt increasingly concerned that the entire roof would just burst open at some point to inundate us all. It did not, but one of the biggest leaks happened to be right on the stage, so when I got up there and saw that puddle it was like.... uurugughghg.

In the end I got through my performance just fine and everyone cheered for me! The crowd was so kind!

But

I felt my movements were a lot more jerky and rushed than they should have been.

Which sucks considering I was SO happy with my audition video. I felt like I'd finally captured the fluid, confident movement I'd been striving for, for so long and I was SO. PROUD........

I shouldn't be this disappointed in myself but unfortunately I am.

*sigh*

Thing is, this was supposed to be my last solo performance as a Love Live character. I was hoping that, after this performance, I would feel fulfilled enough to close that chapter and move on to the other things I have planned.

But I don't feel that way at all.

I don't think I'm ready to let go of Rina quite yet...

Well.

My next opportunity to perform probably won't be for quite some time, so I do have a lot of time to think about it. I can always learn new things and still keep Rina on the backburner if another opportunity comes up short notice. I mean who even knows when I'll feel confident enough to perform the next thing I've got planned anyway because it'll be even harder and more nerve-wracking.

So I guess that's where I currently stand as a soloist.

As for my group idol endeavors... we'll see :)

To end on a high note I guess I'll leave this photo. My friend was cosplaying Lanzhu. Lanzhu was killed by pirates. She died. I don't know if Rina has noticed yet.

[bunnrio]

ughhhh

there's a guy i used to be on an esports team with and a couple of years ago i introduced an irl to him since he seemed to like the game too

AND GOD I REGRET ITTT

not only did he become more popular than me, not only is the group split up cus he had a tantrum on someone, now like half of them are hanging out with him in his little exclusionary circle.

and yknow i'd be fine with joining them but he makes me so uncomfortable!!! his "jokes" are just making people uncomfortable, sexism, or racism!!! like that's not funny that's fucking idiocy!!!

plus they've still excluded me from their "main group" despite the fact i'm the one who knew them all individually the longest!!! i met him first and introduced him to everyone! i met S first and was in their main friendgroup before anyone else! i knew M since ELEMENTARY!

why THE FUCK am i being pushed aside in favour of a racist sexist whiny little shit who they all barely know?! why is that thing more loved than me by everyone, even though i've been there for them all way longer?! why the hell is only one of my friends acting like they like me, and why are they only doing it after everything went to shit?! after they ignored me for so long?!

i've never meant anything to anyone i've ever met! they all ignore me, they all exclude me, they all never reach out, they all forget about me. they all happily replace me over and over and treat me as an after-thought. i bet they're happy i moved away. it's not like they want me around when i visit the island anyways. fuck, one of them was visiting my city before and literally FORGOT I LIVED HERE.

i just want someone to actually like me! to actually treat me as a friend! to think about me! to care about me! to not treat me as an extra! FFS!