#ngl i am liking viper more this time around

[stormwifewrites]

all of me and my fanfic friends' DMs in a nutshell

[fangbangerghoul]

WIP Wednesday

Tagged by @thatsgoodsquishy0

Tagging @silurisanguine @spookyspecterino @eridanidreams and whoever sees this and wants to join post your WIP!

MINORS DNI, 18+, TW: Violence and stuff

The past Snippet Sunday's and WIP Wednesday have been a sneak peek into chapter 6 of Fleeting Pleasures

This chapter is a big boi ngl so while you are on the edge of your seat waiting, I highly suggest reading:

Neon City Delights (our very first story with Ghoul)

and/or

Settling with the Stars (lovely cool down in between NCD and FP)

These stories give you more background information you might not have previously had and can help contextualize some of the conflicts that are bound to happen in this current fic! I am honored when people read my stories and I hope you all enjoy this WIP!

Chapter 6 WIP Wednesday:

“Who are you, Rook?” He asked this time in a dialect she understood and her brows raised in confusion. What kind of trick question was he asking her? She was still silently weary of giving any kind of answer that may give her away. The silence went on for too long and in response there was a quick and sharp pain in the meat of her thigh. She felt his blade sink into her leg like a viper’s venom and the pain traveled in waves throughout her body. Ghoul clenched her teeth and winced from the sensation. She refused to give him the satisfaction of crying out in pain. It would take more than that to make her surrender.

“Don’t make me lose patience.” He warned as his hand gripped the hilt of the blade and slowly twisted the blade. The knife began to tear into her clean wound and the jolts of pain were quickening in succession.

“What do you even want to know? My favorite fucking color, fuck.” She hissed and her body involuntarily leaned forward from the pain. Delgado laughed at her and yanked the blade out of her thigh before crouching in front of her.

“It’s all fun and games till I have to throw you into the airlock.” He growled at her as he grabbed Ghoul’s chin with a tight and bloody grip. His hand moved quickly to wrap his fingers around her throat and squeezed with a deathly grip. Ghoul felt her windpipe crushing underneath his hand and the blood began to rush to her face in response to the lack of oxygen. “Do not make me ask again, or you will regret it.”

[mousehole5000]

tgcf chapters 107 - 120 this is one where i give some Opinions. i do overall like hualian a lot but i have some quibbles

wait why am i still taking screenshots? i can copy/paste again afskldfjasad

It really was hard to tell whether people would feel happy after watching such performances. However, in truth, slaughter and the sight of blood did create excitement in people. Whether or not there was fear, after the initial shock was over, a rush of adrenaline would be produced in the heart- me watching horror movies

“Shi Qingxuan said. “Then, Your Highness, Crimson Rain Sought Flower! I order you to—to immediately strip each other’s clothing!” - djslkadjlsd WHY DID HE SPECIFICALLY SAY THEY HAD TO STRIP EACH OTHER THISALSKDJ is this a normal thing is it a wingman attempt what is happening

“I’ll tell you what it is,” he said softly. “To watch with your own eyes your beloved be trampled and ridiculed, yet be unable to do anything. That’s the worst suffering in the world.” ... “Ming Yi asked, “What’s the biggest regret of your life?”- when truth or dare gets a bit too real

On the side, Hua Cheng was still only observing, and was already bored to the point where he’d changed back into his red robes. Then he changed to black robes again. Then to white robes. Almost every time Xie Lian looked back, he would be donning a different appearance, and with every new look there were different hairstyles, and different accessories, and different boots, and so on; sometimes playful, sometimes elegant, sometimes deadly, sometimes glamourous. Xie Lian was growing dizzy from all the colours and kept looking back, unable to look away. - THIS ISNT THE TIME HUA CHENG. YOURE PRIMPING. THE WINDMASTER HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED AND YOURE PRIMPING

obsessed with xie lian not being able to figure out to use the windmaster’s fan and just. using it to SMACK

also windmaster??? whats going on??? :( i know some things from spoilers like who is not to be trusted but i really have no clue whats happening rn

anyways back to puqi shrine lets check on those kids also can we PLEASE get some funds for this restoration smh. hua cheng and xie lian doing mundane hard labor together to fulfill prayers.... :pleading:

jailbreak in the heavens 2: dig a tunnel

Sure enough, the moment Ming Yi put pressure on his shovel, a hole opened up before them. With the shovel raised, he burrowed crazily ahead while Shi Qingxuan, in the middle, cheered him on crazily. As the only non-crazy person, Xie Lian brought up the rear. That treasured shovel of the Earth Master was indeed magical, and with only a few strokes, a new tunnel of over ten meters was dug. - anybody remember mulch diggums from the artemis fowl series? this is much more dignified than that but i think this is only the second time ive read a character just starting digging a tunnel as a plot point

okay so much is going on i wish i hadnt spoiled who certain characters actually are for myself but i have no one to blame but me for a) not blacklisting spoilers at all and b) just having a little freefall through the tags. oh well. anyway heavenly college admissions scandal except way worse. the corruption extends to the heavens and the windmaster is having a very bad day

i guess we’re having a high seas adventure now?

im gonna keep it real im getting tired of how often we get told how handsome hua cheng is. i know its all xie lian’s pov and while im not terribly familiar with it i know what genre we’re working with and im assuming thats pretty typical. its something i dont much care for in general and idk maybe it sounds better in the original but ngl its starting to make me roll my eyes. love you goth king but god okay we get it.

i guess what i will say about hualian so far is that overall i like them and i like how they interact in general they have a lot of nice moments and they just genuinely seem to like each other which is really nice to see EXCEPT for when it actually comes to things that could be romantic or sexual which is a shame bc i dont think it has to be like this. again disclaimer that im only reading a translation and dont know everything might not have all the knowledge necessary to accurately criticize etc etc and im assuming a lot of this is expected from the genre (disclaimer to this disclaimer that i cant say that for sure its just based on things ive picked up about the bl genre over the years) but idk like xie lian was so distressed after their underwater kiss scene. it was kind of uncomfortable to read and maybe im being unfair i know his cultivation is based around abstinence or whatever but idk i dont care for it. and that scene alone doesnt have to be a bad thing like idk i guess its his first kiss ever (?) and it would make sense if he feels weird about it but i just have my doubts thats going to be addressed or resolved in a satisfying way. also im like. dude everyone is like centuries old. xie lian’s been on earth for 800 years. has he really never met or heard of a gay person during all this time? maybe he hasnt idk what he got up to yet maybe that’s actually a thing. also same thing with the reactions from the immortals to xie lian in a dress and characters like the windmaster like again you’re all centuries old and its not uncommon to be able to just completely change gender presentation. why are you all weird about a man wearing a woman’s dress? i just feel like that shouldnt be a big deal to these characters idk

also again not going to lie part of this that im not really a big fan of reading romance in general. yes i am reading this book. yes i do read and write a lot of fanfic that includes or centers romance. im multifaceted. but really what im talking about is the like physical side of it and descriptions im extremely picky about it. ill give an example. early on in the torture pit (or whatever it was called i cant remember lol) when xie lian kind of accidentally felt up hua cheng in the dark when he was being carried. i dont think thats a bad thing to have happen between the two romantic leads i think thats fine and good to include that early but i just did not enjoy reading it when it happened idk maybe it was the wording and i do think that moments like these work better in a visual medium. ive definitely read het romance that reads like this and i wasnt a fan of that either lol same with fanfic i get tired when writers go on and on about how hot one characters finds another character. this isnt a huge criticism of it like i said im picky but again like with the way that hua cheng is described it just makes me roll my eyes sorry kings

okay back to the reading. this whole saving the fishermen thing feels like a big set up for something narrative-wise. hua cheng specifically insisted on coming and i know one of the characters involved ends up dying im wondering if thats now it would be a good time tbh if things get just a bit too unfortunate during this heavenly calamity... and the brothers are notably not having a harmonious time... also tho it feels very likely we’ll just have another Hualian Moment (tm)

In such a situation, Pei Ming still acted the same. In the evening, when they rescued a few fishermen girls, so scared their eyes were blurry from tears, he held them in his embrace and soothed them with a gentle voice; a true show of honeyed romance, affectionate and charming. - pei ming please get pickled again.

also its funny that hua cheng is just kinda hanging out and everyone else just has to deal with it

Looking down from above, the entire area was painted in a terrifying black. It was easy to see the collision between the two different-coloured currents. Their fierce battle was what formed this enormous whirlpool. As the eye swallowed the ship whole, the two currents of water separated. However, the battle was far from over. Like two venomous vipers, they continued to snap at each other. Each collision was followed by a mountain of angry waves. - this pretty dope ngl. also love our wind and earth masters just chilling on a shovel i dig it. hehe

Yet, other than discovering Hua Cheng had a fine body, there were no other finds. Xie Lian was at his wit’s end and started to worry. - okay see this one’s funny im just also irritated bc im like WE KNOW!!! WE GET IT HE’S HOT AND XIE LIAN THINKS HE’S HOT OKAY GOT IT

okay kiss #2 again its not the kisses themselves its xie lian’s reaction it just bothers me idk im not saying i need him to be super into it and completely unconflicted about it rn but he’s just so freaked out about it and idk i just dont really like it just feels weird i dont care for that aspect of it. also dude hua cheng is a ghost and he did this exact same thing for you before just chill. i wish instead of xie lian literally running away while screaming that hes sorry he was just like “oh haha youre fine thats cool im gonna go look around the woods i dont feel weird about this at all haha” like idk its kind of funny but when its literally our two romantic leads i just feel like its confusing like it kind of makes me feel like they shouldnt be together if one of them freaks out this much again considering the fact that they are both CENTURIES old. i know i know xie lian is an 800 year old virgin but. he hasn’t been like this about anything else so yeah idk like it still could have been awkward and funny i just dont think it needed to be so :/ that being said it was funny that xie lian was then internally like “oh i did it wrong? perhaps i should ask him for more.. instructions....” if that actually happens i might like it bc it would complete this little watery theme

Before he finished, he immediately remembered. Coffin wood. There were trees here everywhere; and a deceased? There was one right before his eyes. Sure enough, Hua Cheng smiled. “Won’t it be fine once I lie inside? - love that hua cheng just sat on the fact that he can turn anything into a coffin. that would have been really useful information earlier but no he just waited until everyone but xie lian was gone afjaklsdjf

also i do think that oblivious xie lian thinking “wow whoever it is that hua cheng fancies is an idiot for not liking him back theyre totally taking him for granted :/” is kind of funny and sweet. actually the whole conversation they have at the campfire is good and im bookmarking it to think about later

“...You on top and me on the bottom,” Xie Lian replied. “Isn’t top and bottom the same?” Hua Cheng asked. - okay im sorry but. mood whenever theres discourse about top/bottom dynamics for a ship im just like jesus christ i dont care. tbh i rarely read fanfiction if its just sexual and ngl if i see a fic specifically tag characters as top or bottom i wont read it lmfao. especially when people have really strong opinions about this stuff when theres nothing canonical to back it up like headcanon all you want but whenever i see people argue about it im just like no offense but go work out your own sexual issues and dynamics instead of arguing with strangers on the internet about who’s a top and who’s a bottom. sorry to be mean but just thats how i feel lol

this was mostly a ramble with a few excerpts but im getting sleepy im going to TRY to take a break from this for like a day but we’ll see how that goes i do very much want to know what happens. anyway if you read this whole thing hiiiiii sorry for subjecting you to my opinions on top/bottom discourse

[starryrock]

Remember, I only just started watching Chapter 5. Everything after are just my assumptions based on content I’ve seen around the fandom and translations.

[Prologue] - After

Warning: Bit more heavy on potential spoilers!!

Ace: I still love you, but now I know how much of an ass you are. You remind me of kids I would most likely hate irl but for some reason you’re still a serotonin boost for me.

Deuce: I love you so much. He cares about his mom so much like, sweetie. I want to give you hugs and cookies. You deserve it. Please learn how to count.

Grim: I WAS RIGHT. GREMLIN CHILD. I’m glad he’s liked more than other mascot-esque characters in games. His character development,,,,, but lord STOP EATING ROCKS.

[Chapter 1]

Riddle: Baby boy, baby. Sparks joy. And SWEETIE!!! I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!! I’m gonna learn how to make a tart just for you. I’m gonna adopt him.

Trey: Still not much of an opinion. I like he was still kinda jokey (tbh I would fall for the oyster sauce too), but I feel like he still kinda pales in comparison to everyone else in the dorm. Reminds me of that dentist elf in Rudolph.

Cater: [heart emoji spam] SIR??? SIR!!!! ILYSM!! I am a SUCKER for cheery, cutesy but also STRONK af with a dash of hidden true feelings. Just, Ugh. Vil Simp #2.

[Chapter 2]

Jack Howl: “It’s not like I care about you or anything” That’s the most cliché “Tsundere” line I’ve ever heard I’m Here For It. You like us, admit it. Also Deuce + Jack Stronk solidarity, why are we sleeping on this????

Ruggie: The amount of RESPECT I have for you. I literally made a meme of “‘Friendship’ ended with Leona. Ruggie is my best friend now.” You are literally carrying the dorm and dorm leader. Bless you, have some lunch money.

Leona: My disappointment is immeasurable. I can tell what they were going for, but.... sigh.. Despite this, he made me consider kinning just for the hell of it. graduate already.

[Chapter 3]

Azul Ashengrotto: You have a lot of braincells but they all say Capitalism. “You should’ve come to Shiratorizawa.” Simp + Uses You For Personal Gain at the same time.

Floyd: Even more feral than I imagined. His laugh sound like what I look like when I’m excited and typing. Verbal keyboard smash.

Jade: I’m convinced he probably killed someone before. “Mushroom dance, mushroom dance, whatever could it mean?” It means you lived a life of sin. Lelouch Kinnie.

[Chapter 4]

Kalim: Oh My Lord. Baby???!! Tiny. You are literally too good for this school What Are You Doing Here? I don’t think it’s physically possible for him to be legitimately, full on pissed. Just really disappointed and a bit mad.

Jamil Viper: Somehow, throughout everything you did, I could not bring myself to hate you. I just felt really disappointed the entire time. I’m so glad you’re finally going off though.

[Chapter 5]

Epel: “Y’know what? I AM tired of being nice! I DO wanna go apes**t!” GO OFF!! I’m so glad you can swear.

Rook: #1 Vil Simp and simp in general. Still a little ehhhh, but I’m warming up to him. A little weird, but he’s got a charm. :) +20 points for French~

Vil: OOOHH?? We love men saying “F**k you” to gender roles and beauty standards. I’m glad we moved on from the common trope of Beauty Guru Person With ngl Shallow Views On Beauty. That being said, LET EPEL SWEAR. PLEASE. Somehow progressive (imo) and strict mom at the same time.

[Chapter 6]

Ortho: You literally have not showed up yet and I’m sad. I want to see my little boy.

Idia: NEEEEERRRRRDDDD!!! Literally inside unironically calling people “normies” like he’s from Monster High. 100% the meme lord of the school. He knows every meme.

[Chapter 7]

Malleus: Okay nvm he’s a lovable little loser. This man is such a dork. Giving out random facts as an act of comfort/love language. Your smile is cute.

Lilia: I cannot tell if he’s more cursed than Idia. This man adopts children for fun. I feel like you’d rob my house and leave me a rotisserie chicken if I met you.

Sebek: If he doesn’t join the 1 Braincell Freshman Squad I do Not want Chapter 7. Let him join us, please.

Silver: HE LITERALLY CARRIES A FULL ON SWORD??! TO SCHOOL? Sir, you’re honestly a big mood but I feel like your should do something about that undiagnosed narcolepsy. Quite literally a Disney Princess.

My thoughts on all TWST characters before and after going through the chapters (currently started Chapter 5, I have not played the game. I just watch English translations on YouTube by Shella_BB.). Tbh, this is just me making fun of them all.

I will try to be vague to avoid spoilers, but just to be safe, here’s a disclaimer. !!Potential spoilers for Prologue-Chapter 4!!

[Prologue] - Before

Ace: I loved him before I really knew the story. He just screamed “I’m stupid and you’re stuck with me” and I think that’s sweet.

Deuce: Not much of an opinion on him. Prolly the voice of reason, heard parts of his backstory. Might’ve gotten stuck with us because he got stuck sitting with us at lunch.

Grim: Gremlin. Tiny gremlin that the fandom would probably hate, like most small, mascot things are. Not much of an opinion.

[Chapter 1]

Riddle: *Hall Of The Mountain King intensifying* “Um, actually. According to the encyclopedia of pslshdbsls-”

Trey: Seems calm but is actually feral or somethin. Idk, not much of a personality??

Cater: Tbh, I didn’t really know if he existed (along with Trey). Cutesy sparkly “I’m gonna call all of you ‘-chan’” guy that actually knows way more than he lets on. Previous dorm leader??

Chēn’ya: I wonder what he’s inspired by. You showed up once but I like your energy, funny magic man.

[Chapter 2]

Jack Howl: Doggo. Sir you’re way too tall to be a freshman. Cryptic existence. Where are you????

Ruggie: “Shishishishi” oh So he’s evil. He broke?

Leona: s,, sir your shirt,, Oh wait you there’s representation? Yoooo Pog. I like his fashion sense.

[Chapter 3]

Azul Ashengrotto: Mob boss. He literally looks so much like a mafioso. 100% would sell you out for $20. Probably weird obsession with Riddle or his Unique Magic. “Your UnMa is so strong... I want it... Lol jk. Just kidding,,, unless?”

Floyd: Feral twin. So completely unhinged. Looks like BSD Atsushi’s hair. Would Hotwire a go kart and attach some magic crystal to it so it goes 80 mph, all while singing Under The Sea and laughing.

Jade: I do not trust this man. Has to be equally unhinged. I do NOT trust that smile. One driving the cop car to catch Floyd. Not because it’s illegal, but he didn’t put on his seatbelt.

[Chapter 4]

Kalim: Sunshine child. Ily you so much. Babey. Wow he’s short. Is it the Sultan or Aladdin?

Jamil Viper: Lol Nice name. You seem oddly calm for someone inspired by Jafar. I like your hair-

[Chapter 5]

Epel: Soft boy? Please don’t be another uwu im a soft boy character that doesn’t speak much at all. I wanna see you swear.

Rook: I do not like you. For some reason, I just do not like your vibes. Is it the hair? I think it’s the hair. Hhhhggg,,, you’re just so off putting. Your expression puts me off for some reason, I swear it’s the hair-

Vil: Holy crap he’s pretty. His dorm outfit design??? I’m love. Designers went definitely tried to make one of the most attractive characters, not surprised.

[Chapter 6]

Ortho: Baby. Tiny child man. Ily but your existence also hurts. I want to protect you.

Idia: I was introduced to him with his backstory with Ortho. BRUH THAT HURTS. You good? Definitely depressed.

[Chapter 7]

Malleus: Does he curse someone??? He never gets invited to anything, he’s gonna snap. I bet you. Tiny bit salty because it still reminds me a bit of Descendants, just Maleficent being the strongest.

Lilia: Tiny man. I like how you wear your outfits + your hair. Still someone not much opinion, but my friend who introduced me simps for you soooo....

Sebek: Loud. Loud. Loud. You just seem so angry all the time. Somehow reminds me of the Madame Trunchbull from Matilda. Just the expressions and kinda the energy.

Silver: Who are you????? Where are you??? What do you do? Uh, nice, hair????