#niki critical

[simplepotatofarmer]

you ever think how people swore up and down that the syndicate weren't actually friends and then the syndicate were the only ones to survive the nuke blast and they did it on the power of friendship.

[dykecubes]

something else I wanted to point out in my post abt misogyny behind the scenes on the dsmp is how, when Niki first came forward very shortly after the dsmp ended to say there was a lot of misogyny from major male ccs behind the scenes, dt fans quickly accepted this as true because she didn't mention any names so it was easy to point fingers at wilbur or other men on the server and pretend her allegation didn't also very much implicate the dt, now that Connor, Sophie, Andi, and others have backed up Niki's claims of misogyny and confirmed that the dt were very much perpetrators of it as well they've suddenly stopped believing her

like idk I feel like nobody has mentioned Niki being basically the first to come out about the misogyny behind the scenes at all and how much of what she said lines up with what Connor said at the beginning of his stream, I just feel like it highlights the hypocrisy and contradictions from dt fans trying to justify why their faves couldn't possibly be perpetrators of misogyny

[hopalongfairywren]

Why does nobody draw c!Hannah or Niki or Puffy or Tina with scars. Like these women lived through WARS. Niki was in multiple. Hannah was fucking blown up. Where are her burn scars anything besides maybe mildly ripped wings. Puffy was a pirate and has survived multiple assassination attempts. I know you guys can draw scars you draw them on your male faves alllll the time. The women don't need perfect unblemished skin guys. You can give them scars or acne or something.

[nikibogwater]

well. I did it. I finally bit the bullet and watched Disney's Wish. I told myself I needed to watch it in order to be fair to it. I'd heard some pretty awful things about it, but I needed to see for myself to make sure it wasn't just the internet exaggerating how bad a thing actually was.

If I was in this movie, that would be my wish. That the internet was exaggerating about this film. They were not. They were not exaggerating.

I loved exactly two (2) things about this movie. The color pallet (lots of soft greens, blues, and purples), and the design of Asha's house (which only shows up in a couple of shots). I liked all the voice performances. Liked most of the instrumentals.

The rest of it was what I can only describe as Twitter Vomit.

[sunlitmcgee]

gonna briefly break my No Hate Til Sunday thing to say the following:

Niki is an adult who is fully capable of saying no and turning down an invite to a concert of a known groomer and general asshat.

Niki needs to address this properly instead of deleting a brief tweet about it.

She, out of all the former dsmp creators, has the fewest reasons to want to associate with Dream. He did nothing to help her while she was being harassed by fans, especially when it was mainly d.Team fans that hurled abuse towards her and other female ccs.

Jumping to defend her simply Because of said harassment is not helpful or productive.

Benevolent sexism in the form of "women can't do anything wrong ever" is just as fucked up as holding women in contempt for every little thing.

Be critical of your favs when they do something bad. Do not let favoritism prevent you from seeing faults in the people you enjoy watching.

[snixx]

that feeling when a book is relatable in such a weirdly hyperspecific way with respect to something that's so disturbingly prudent to my life and I thought no one understood will always be my favourite thing about reading

[ladyddanger]

Let’s actually talk about how openly misogynistic people were to c!Niki. The amount of times I’ve seen her called an irrational bitch is insane.

[emonicothirteen]

So staring off wiht th main trio

(Tw for mentions of abuse and s/h)

Max:

•ten yo (canon age)

•this is definitely controversial but I headcanon him as trans and bisexual. (Not verbal about it, only Niki, Neil, david, snf Gwen know)

•has a friendship bracelet from Niki and Neil.

•very patched up hoddie (he wears it all the time and is constantly doing crazy shit. Theirs no fucken way it’s perfectly intact)

•was physically abused at one point, end up living with david once he finds out. (Him having crappy presents is canon, so yeah)

•s/h at one point. Got better after living with david.

Neil:

•eleven yo

•pan, ace, and trans (not very verbal about it but doesnt care if someone finds out)

•autistic tm.

•hates jewelry but has two small bracelets from max and Niki.

•probably use to sell homework answers

• can rewire a computer but can’t sleep small simple words.

•got social anxiety when his parents got divorced.

•knows a little Hebrew.

Niki:

•10 yo

•she had adhd and you can’t tell my otherwise.

• she/they (afab) lesbian demi-girl

•has has crushes on ered and nerris

•has a bracelet from each of her camp friends so it’s a big variety of styles

•has tons of scars form ‘totally safe childhood actives’ (same tho-)

•has a nut allergy, dosent not care though

•extremely puffy curly long hair that max will help her wrangle into pigtales

•has leaned bits of random languages, likes to cuss in Spanish

•has tons of pets, found outside of course, in her room at home.

•has dyed her hair bright red before and cut it short and uneven

•wears a lot of pins on her overalls including pride pins and small animals

•some sort of native or middle eastern

Combination:

•Niki and Neil or step siblings

•max is at Thier house a lot

•max and Neil dated at one point, (I will not take criticism on that)

(Alos redesigns will be up on my art blog- emonico13art)

[faerygardens]

While the dsmp still holds a place in my heart, I can’t help but hate when I see certain people on twitter fighting for volume 2 by saying “your faves wouldn’t be as popular as they are without the dsmp” which, yeah, that might be true, but my openly queer and female faves also wouldn’t have faced nearly as much homophobic and misogynistic harassment because of it

Honestly, I could live with my faves having 1 million subscribers as opposed to 5 million if it means I never have to see an openly gay man violently harassed on twitter because he had the audacity to put a woman on a minecraft team in a completely unserious competition again

[subaerial-dweller]

The power outage is still going on, and I've got nothing else to do, so while my laptop's still running, I might as well do this! So here's stuff I thought of while thinking of things I was thinking about while watching Episode 2 of Generation Loss.

Oh how this series of posts has changed.

PART SEVEN: MY TIMELINE

As I think about it and develop the idea more, I've got this timeline in my head about the old runs of The Social Experiments. Once I copy paste this from Notepad to Tumblr, I'll try to remember to link the other post where I talk about how I imagine things to work, with characters replacing characters.

https://www.tumblr.com/subaerial-dweller/736053558324117504/aaaaaa-im-on-a-roll-now-im-just-spitting?source=share

So, the timeline of events. Skip to the bottom for the actual timeline, the rest will be explanation.

Let's focus first on Episode 1, Spirit of the Cabin. Because of the blackout, I can't pull up any screenshots or double check my evidence, so apologies for any inconsistencies or mistakes. My version of events goes like this, for anyone who hasn't read my other posts on the subject:

Frank, while alive, is put in the protagonist's position, before, when there's no secondary character. He acts alone, the hero against the villain, one on one. Until a freak accident that Showfall didn't intend, and he dies. They cover it up by putting him in the basement, saying he "lost", and bring in Sneeg as their next main character.

GL!Sneeg is the protagonist this time, and he messes up in the cooking challenge part of things, so he's also put in the basement with Frank. Maybe his other episodes, because he didn't get past Episode 1, are hanging out with Frank and trying to figure out a way to escape. But because Frank is a very fresh corpse, the audience sees him as just a very quiet guy who likes to sit down a lot. Sneeg does most of the entertaining for him. The audience loves this, and Showfall realises the secondary character is a brilliant idea. So they keep Sneeg in the basement with Frank (because where else would this guy go, he's dead), and bring in Ranboo as the next protagonist.

GL!Ranboo does their own thing and makes it past the cooking challenge, working with Sneeg as the secondary character to complete the other challenges. Frank remains there, but he's a rotting body now, so the filter thing plays it off as a joke that GL!Sneeg is buddies with a skeleton. And Ranboo goes through the motions of Episode 1 as we see it play out, and that's the end.

Three main characters. The evolution of the show, the introduction of the sidekick. We're doing great.

Now Episode 2 is where we introduce a lot more characters, and it gets really tricky. The order of events, I mean. So there's a lot of improvisation here.

The people we know for certain (or for pretty certain) who have been here before are GL!Vinesauce and Slimecicle. Vinesauce because he says something like "I've done this before" when asking Ranboo and Sneeg to throw him. Slimecicle because he ate the piece of Mousetrap after he thought he was going to lose.

The others, I'm pretty sure have done this before, but I can't prove it.

SO. I'm going to start with Slimecicle.

(For clarification, I'm calling him Patient Slime for his character in Episode 2 most of the time. In Episode 1 he's the Slime Demon, and in Episode 3 he's Charlie. I do deviate sometimes but that's my code generally.)

I think he was once the protagonist, and he was going through the motions. Once he got to the Candy Room, his slimy little fingers and the other teammates lack of dexterity failed them, and of their timer, they had maybe two minutes to go. So Slimecicle, the protagonist, he eats one of the pieces in a panic. The Puzzler comes in and goes "why the hell did you do that", and fails them. Maybe this means killing them, but the First Way, where the character's dead but not the actor. I also did a thing on that, so I'll link it here when I have power.

Showfall doesn't want to buy another Mousetrap set, so they cut into Slimecicle and get it out of him. But as they do, they think, wait, this is good. We could do this for a challenge. So they add a challenge, right between the key puzzle and the merry-go-round room, they add one where the person has to cut into Patient Slime and retrieve the Mousetrap piece.

Someone else comes through as another protagonist and cuts into Patient Slime, and Showfall Media put they key in there too. But the key is hard to find, because there's too much stuff there, and the audience starts to get bored with the protagonist just constantly pulling irrelevant stuff out of a cheery surfer dude patient. So for the next round, they fake a script error, and they remake the Puzzler to, instead of being a scary, intimidating ringmaster, to be slightly incompetent, which makes him still scary, because his fuck-ups mean he's not in control, but he's more likely to read the script as "IN him" instead of "ON him". They run it again and it works well. Maybe this is when Ranboo comes in.

So that's Slimecicle's story, I think. What about the others? I might have to split this one up, it's getting really long.

I believe the protagonist who comes through and struggles to find the key is GL!Austin. He's one of the players in this game, one of the recycled actors. Obviously it could be anyone, I have literally no proof here, but I'm gonna say it's him because he's the one who looks the most horrified in the merry-go-round room. I think there's something wrong with his filter, the thing that makes everyone else see everything Normal and Fine and Happy, but he's seeing everything either as it truly is, or he's seeing disorted images, or constant flashing between reality and fiction. He's the one who looks disgusted sitting next to Frank, a rotting corpse, he's the one who reacts the most when GL!Ethan dies tragically, something is WRONG with him. Story-wise, I think it would make sense for GL!Austin to always be the one who things go wrong for. There's always something to be amended with Austin, so that's why they changed the Patient Slime challenge, that's how Showfall's going to figure out how to make the mind control things stronger, the filter. They've got to get this guy in control. Even when he's shouting stuff about how he's got a wife, his story keeps getting changed, the name of his kids, how many wives he's got. There's something going on up there, a lack of clarity in his plotline that everyone else possesses.

Our other person of interest was Vinesauce. He's the only other one I have evidence to believe has been through the show before. But he doesn't really fit in with this whole Episode-2 thing we've got going on, the evolution of the Surgery Room. Slimecicle to AustinShow to Ranboo. He doesn't fit in there. So I'll put him before all of this, before the Surgery Room was even added to Episode 2. Maybe (and of all the maybes here, this is a big maybe) he was the one who they made the key challenge for, because of his trinket-hoarding thing. I don't know how it lines up other than the fact that GL!Vinesauce probably has a bunch of keys as a part of his collection. Maybe he was the one they stole all those keys from, and he correctly identified which one would get him out of there because he knew everything he hoarded really well.

So Vinesauce completes the key challenge and goes straight onto the merry-go-round room (carousel, for the Americans and other non-"merry-go-round"-ers). He chooses who will live and who will die. Blah blah blah. He moves onto the Mousetrap thing, does well at it, whatever. Goes onto the laser room, where he's tossed by his teammates and somehow manages to steal the diamond. This is why he thinks it'll work this time, when he asks GL!Ranboo and Sneeg to throw him. I don't think he remembers everything, but he just knows he did it before. Or maybe he does remember, but Showfall's stopping him from saying EVERYTHING, so he just says what he can, like "trust me, I've done this before".

So Vinesauce was before Slimecicle was ever the main character.

I don't know where else everyone would place. Who else have we got? Ethan and Niki we haven't covered, and Sneeg, I suppose.

Keep in mind, I don't know how long Showfall's been doing their thing for. I don't really want to bring Chronicle 0 into this, because everything "confirmed" about that is speculation, and I have no idea how it's linked, and time could work really weirdly. But if we take the dates from Chronicle 0, I think that's set in the 1990s, or very late 1980s (but that's more unlikely, I think it's the 1990s). The Social Experiments could be set in 2023, but again, we don't know. So that's 20-30 years Showfall Media could have been operating for (if they're the antagonist in Chronicle 0 too, we don't know), which means there could be a bunch of gaps between my order of events.

GL!Ethan and Niki could fit anywhere, or maybe they haven't taken their turn as the protagonists yet, and they're still stuck in supporting roles. I had an idea in a previous post that GL!Niki was once stuck in GL!Austin's role, being a wife and mother, but the increase in feminist interest in the show meant Showfall moved her out of that role because they wanted to be popular with the new age of gender equality. So she could have always been stuck in the supporting character role, because she's already had her big graduation from Wife and Mother to Nonwife Nonmother, and Showfall will only make another shift when they feel it's safe, when they see intense pressure of another wave of "make women better characters".

OK OK I think we finally got to the end. I'm going to write down my timeline, but I'll put a little "|" down where I feel there could be space between the events.

EP2 Vinesauce is the protagonist. The key room is introduced for him.

EP2 Vinesauce completes the challenges up to the laser room. He is thrown by his teammates and successfully steals the diamond.

|

EP2 Slimecicle is the protagonist. He is going to lose in Mousetrap and eats the piece.

EP2 Slimecicle becomes Patient Slime. Creates the Surgery Room challenge.

|

EP2 AustinShow is the protagonist. Can't find the key in Patient Slime. Fails.

AustinShow becomes a side character in the Merry-Go-Round room.

| (this time skip, probably not very long)

Showfall Media changes Jerma's character to be more bumbling, making mistakes. Fakes a script error to ensure protagonists find the key.

|

Niki's character swaps roles with AustinShow. She is no longer just a wife and mother.

|

EP1 Frank is the protagonist. Dies accidentally and is moved to supporting role.

EP1 Sneeg is the protagonist. Has chemistry with Frank and is moved to supporting role.

|

EP1 Ranboo is the protagonist. Advances beyond Episode 1 and does the show we know today.

OK how does that sound? It's a bit all over the place, I know, but I think I've included everything I wrote down in the explanation. Let me know if you have any thoughts, I'd really love some other input on this, and I'd be so happy to do a revised version with a collaborator. Thanks for reading this far!

[babieken]

No. No it doesn't need either.

I get the feeling of wanting to show appreciation for a work you really like (i say this as both a reader and an author on the site) but that creates a whole new issue, which is -as someome in the replies said- artificially inflating fics with more chapters, which in my experience, already do enjoy that benefit because the fic would get on top of the search for people who sort by date every time the fic is updates so naturally they reach more people and receive more kudos, and as a result, makes sorting through kudos entirely useless (which, it already kind of is, in some fandoms more than the others (shade intended), in my personal opinion)

There is a very simple solution for wanting to show appreciation under every chapter the author posts and it much simpler than you'd think.

✨️🌈🌻 Leaving A Comment 🌻🌈✨️

What ao3 DOES need to fix with the Kodus is to let readers remove their kudos if they wished. So many times I've wanted to take my kudos back for like... the fic being abandoned, the author behaving badly/problematically, impropper tagging and tw, character assassination, or the work just not being good anymore. There are so many reason someone might not want their name under a work anymore and it's crazy that we still can't do anything about it to this day.

[jnece-maharlika]

Amity parkers are feral and insane

-Gothamites.

Somehow, someway, Casper high finds their selves in Gotham.

It could be a field trip or a ghost shoved them in a portal, doesn't matter, they're in Gotham.

As they arrive in Gotham, the Casper teachers decide to turn this into something educational and hire a tour guide from Gotham Academy (or was it Gotham university? I forgot) GA agrees and also Sends some of their students to partner up with the amity parkers as a sort "buddy" and to hopefully teacher em the ways of surviving in Gotham.

To the gothamites, the amity parkers look like children who have never been exposed to crime in their life, never been mugged, never been been kidnapped.

But the truth is, compared to the BS amity is used to, Gothams issues are like kindergarten.

First thing the tour guide hears when she greets Casper high Mr lancer telling them to, "Please don't walk into danger, please don't try and provoke the joker, I know he's a bitch but still. If you find yourself in a tricky situation, do not hesitate to punch yourself to freedom, but ABSOLUTELY NO CRITICAL HITs these are NORMAL people they're not like us or the ghosts, they will not survive. Please do not give phantom problems, He's already failing in class he doesn't need more problems"

Its important to keep in mind that:

amity parkers and ghosts are buddies now.

The Ambient ectoplasm gave them a form of super strength, also making it so that they are able to touch ghost.

They join the ghost brawls everyone in a while and has some wins.

Most, if not all are liminal in a way.

Everyone knows that Danny is phantom but have signed an NDA that says they aren't allowed to tell anyone who isn't a native amity parker who he is.

Things is, The gothamites don't know about this and take it as if Mr lancer and the students are underestimating Gotham. So as a from of pettiness, all the Gotham students decided to bring their amity partner to the most dangerous places they can think of.

Niky has lead sam into a park that poison ivy frequents. Of course, poison ivy is there but instead of running away in fear like niky expected, Sam runs up to ivy, complements her and joins the path of eco terrorism.

Tucker and his partner Vic finds himself in the middle of a riddler attack, locked in a room with no way out, a countdown timer with 20 secs remaining and a riddle in a computer.

Vic is panicking as he tries to figure it out, he looked to tucker for help. Tucker just shrugged and hacked the computer, not even bothering to solve the riddle. It worked and Vic is baffled and the riddler is frustrated.

Danny find himself in the hands of the joker, (his partner ran the moment joker was seen) hanging upside down on top of a large pool of acid, because, it's classic for joker. He is also being live streamed.

The teachers in GA are panicking, the bats are panicking.

Casper high teacher took one look at the stream and shrugged. "Eh, he'll be fine." They also called the number that joker has displayed on the screen, just to say, "Daniel Fenton, make sure your back before in GA 6 pm or else were leaving you to find the hotel on your own."

The time is 5:30 pm.

It takes 25 minutes to walk from Joker to GA.

Danny sighs, might as well start walking.

He uses intangibility to free himself and fall into the vat of acid.

The Gothamites are shocked and screaming, the bats are shocked. Amity parkes went "oh" and continued placing bets on how fast Danny will get back.

Danny then proceeds to swim out of the acid pool, punch the joker in the face, knocking him out in a single hit and then proceeds to casually squeeze out the acid from his Casper high "I am a proud amitian" shirt as if it's regular water.

All of this was done in 5 minutes.

All of this was caught on stream.

The Gothamites are passed out, the bats are questioning everything. Batman is searching up everything he can about acid side effects and about Danny but ends up with nothing.

The amity parkers just raised their bets even further.

Danny somehow makes it back 10 minutes late and Wes wins the bet.

[hopalongfairywren]

if You want my thoughts on c!Niki, in the Nicest and Kindest and Fairest way that I can manage(pushing aside all the Anger and the Bitterness, both related to the DSMP canon story and specific situations IRL): I think she really needed to be told off for trying to kill c!Tommy. I don't mean that in a cInniter way. I mean that fundamentally, the biggest issue with her writing was that she tried to kill an abuse victim and treated him as the source of all her trauma, got over hating him, but then went on to never talk about or acknowledge it even when in front of said victim's older sibling.

She tried to use another person as a punching back for her issues. That makes it fundamentally impossible for me to feel any kindness for her.

hope that makes sense/is clear as to Why i don't like her.

Oh yeah that makes sense! I share the same view, I think it would have been very interesting if she had at least gone full antagonist mode. I just wondered about how you changed it in HWHBH and How Niki's arc is there.

[hanlimz]

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[dksfml]

what would you do if I went to touch you now? - riki

pairing: younger!nishimura riki x older!reader genre: office romance, flirty niki, workplace tension, niki teaches you japanese. summary: despite your best efforts to maintain professionalism, the undeniable tension between you and riki makes it impossible to resist the connection growing between you. it doesn't help that he calls you "noona" at work. warnings: suggestive, kissing, implied smut word count: 2.7k

your professional relationship with riki had been straightforward when he first started. quiet and shy, he took careful notes during meetings, absorbing the work culture like a sponge. as his mentor, you were tasked with guiding him through the ropes, ensuring he understood the nuances of the company.

“make sure he knows what he’s doing,” your boss had instructed, handing you the responsibility like a personal mission. and you took it seriously. riki was younger by a few years, in need of your guidance. at first, he seemed timid, his questions asked in soft tones, his posture always slightly defensive, as if afraid of stepping out of line. you naturally fell into a nurturing role, steering him whenever he seemed unsure, offering advice when necessary. but as time passed, riki's confidence grew, along with a noticeable shift in your dynamic.

it started subtly—small changes in his attitude. his work improved dramatically, and soon he was strutting around with a smirk, leaning back in his chair like he owned the place. his newfound cockiness was relentless, even though you reminded him to stay focused.

“riki,” you sighed, standing by his desk, flipping through his presentation slides. “i told you to cross-reference these with last quarter’s data. this is incomplete.”

he leaned back, arms crossed over his chest, the corner of his mouth twitching into a grin. “i was going to fix it, but i thought i’d leave some for you to correct, noona. keeps me humble.”

you narrowed your eyes, unamused. “this isn’t a game. you can’t slack off just because you’re comfortable. these clients are important, and if we don’t get this right, it’s on both of us.”

his grin faltered, but just as quickly, he masked it with a wink. “got it. i’ll fix it. but only if you promise to let me take you out for dinner when we nail this project.”

you shook your head, suppressing a smile. “this is serious. you missed an email i asked you to forward last week. and calling me ‘noona’ here at work? we need to keep this professional.”

riki straightened, the playful glint in his eyes dimming. “right,” he said, his voice softer. “i’ll keep it professional. but you can’t blame me for trying.”

you couldn’t help but roll your eyes, but deep down, you felt a rush of excitement at his boldness. “i want those revisions by the end of the day, riki. and no more flirting until this is done.”

“yes, ma’am,” he replied, a mock salute on his part, and for the first time in weeks, there was no teasing in his tone.

now, the two of you were working on a critical project, preparing a proposal for a japanese client your company was eager to sign. it wasn’t just a regular pitch; this deal was huge—a make-or-break moment that could lead to long-term collaboration. you had thrown yourself into the task, familiarizing yourself with every detail of the project. but there was one problem: the language barrier. the client preferred to communicate in japanese, and while you had learned some phrases, you were nowhere near fluent.

that’s when it struck you—riki was fluent in japanese. you recalled him casually mentioning it one afternoon, and now that you needed the skill, you struck a deal with him: he’d tutor you in japanese after work, and in return, you’d ensure his involvement in the project didn’t go unnoticed by the higher-ups. a fair exchange, strictly professional, you told yourself.

later that night, during one of your lessons, the atmosphere crackled with unspoken tension. riki sat across from you, leaning forward as you practiced reading a passage. you stumbled over a phrase, and his sharp gaze caught your mistake.

“no,” he corrected, his voice low and firm, sending shivers down your spine. “it’s nihon, not nee-hon. you’re stressing the first syllable too much.”

his tone was both authoritative and teasing, igniting a spark of mischief that made your heart race. “let’s go over that phrase again,” he said, his voice soft yet commanding. you nodded, struggling to focus, but the heat radiating from his body made it impossible to think clearly.

“try it one more time, noona,” he urged, leaning in closer, his breath brushing against your ear. the closeness sent a jolt of electricity coursing through you, and you instinctively shifted, seeking a little more space.

“um, okay,” you stammered, trying to keep your composure, but the way he looked at you—a mix of amusement and something deeper—made your cheeks flush. “i’m trying.”

riki leaned in even closer, his shoulder pressing against yours. “you’re not trying hard enough,” he teased, a smirk playing on his lips. “what’s the matter? feeling a little shy?”

“shy? no,” you protested, your voice barely above a whisper. “i just—”

“just what?” he interrupted, his gaze piercing into yours, his confidence unwavering. “can’t handle a little pressure?”

your heart raced at the challenge in his voice. “at work, i’m your superior, riki. you need to respect that.”

“respect?” he echoed, leaning back just enough to gauge your reaction. “or maybe you need to realize that i’m not the junior anymore. you’re the one who seems to struggle with that.” his eyes danced with mischief, and you felt a thrill race through you.

“riki,” you warned, but your voice faltered, unable to hide the quiver of excitement that danced beneath your words.

“tell me you’re not interested,” he challenged, leaning closer, their faces mere inches apart. the air thickened with tension, and you could feel his warmth enveloping you. “because i know you feel it too.”

before you could respond, the sudden power cut plunged the office into darkness, leaving only the dim emergency lights flickering above. your heart pounded, and the adrenaline heightened every sensation.

“well, i guess that’s the end of tonight’s lesson,” you attempted to joke, but your voice trembled, revealing your unease.

riki’s eyes glinted in the low light, a devilish grin spreading across his face. “no, we’re not done.” he leaned closer again, his hand brushing against yours, sending a wave of heat up your arm.

you pulled back slightly, heart racing. “riki, this isn’t—”

“isn’t what?” he whispered, his voice a low murmur that sent a thrill down your spine. “we both know there’s something between us.”

you opened your mouth to protest, but the urgency in his gaze silenced you. your breath hitched at the finality in his tone. the professional barrier you had carefully constructed was crumbling.

“we should go,” you muttered, fumbling to gather your things. but riki reached out, his hand brushing against yours, halting your movements.

“we could go to your place,” he suggested, his voice dangerously low. “finish the lesson there.”

the implications hung heavily between you. you met his gaze, searching for any trace of the playful riki you’d trained, the one who’d always danced around the line but never crossed it. but there was nothing playful in his expression now—only a raw intensity that made your skin prickle.

you nodded, unable to trust your voice, and within moments, you were heading out of the office together. the ride to your apartment was silent, the weight of what was about to happen sitting thick between you.

the door to your apartment clicked shut behind you, and the familiar surroundings only heightened the surreal nature of what was happening. you barely had time to turn on a light before riki was in front of you, his presence magnetic. the silence between you was thick with everything left unsaid, but his gaze—intense, burning—spoke volumes.

for a moment, neither of you moved, both caught in the tension that had been building for weeks. his eyes swept over your face, lingering on your lips as if contemplating his next move. you stood your ground, refusing to back away even as your pulse raced in anticipation.

“you’re still thinking about work, aren’t you?” his voice was low, teasing. he stepped closer, just close enough that the warmth of his body radiated through the space between you. “always so professional, noona.”

you swallowed, feeling the flutter of nerves in your stomach. “someone has to keep things in check,” you replied, though your voice faltered just slightly, betraying the tug of desire that made your skin prickle with anticipation.

he chuckled, soft and deep. “maybe it’s time you stopped thinking for once.”

before you could react, his hand slid up your arm, fingers curling gently around the nape of your neck as he pulled you toward him. his lips met yours in a kiss that was far from the playful teasing you were used to. it was hungry, intense, like he had been waiting for this moment as long as you had. the taste of him was intoxicating, and before you realized it, you were kissing him back with just as much need.

your back hit the wall softly as his body pressed into yours, every inch of him enveloping you, filling the space around you. his hands trailed down your sides, fingers ghosting over the fabric of your blouse before dipping under the hem, finding bare skin.

“riki,” you whispered, breaking the kiss for a breath, but your voice was breathless, needy. his name left your lips like a confession.

his lips barely left yours as he responded, his voice a raspy whisper. “you keep acting like you’re in control, noona,” he murmured against your skin, his hands now slipping around your waist, pulling you even closer. “but i don’t think you are anymore.”

the challenge in his voice made something inside you snap. you wanted to respond, to assert yourself as you always had, but the heat between you was overwhelming, and before you could muster a reply, his lips were on your neck, pressing soft, hot kisses along your skin that left you trembling.

“i’m not the kid you used to boss around,” he murmured between kisses, his breath warm against your ear. “you can’t keep treating me like i don’t know what i’m doing.”

his hands slid lower, and you gasped as his touch became more insistent, his fingers deftly working to unbutton your blouse. his lips returned to yours, and this time, the kiss was slower, deeper, as if he wanted to savor every second. there was nothing hurried about the way his hands roamed your body, exploring with a confidence that made your head spin.

you tugged at his shirt, pulling it over his head in one swift motion, your fingertips brushing over the smooth lines of his chest. he was handsome, undeniably so, but up close like this—underneath the layers of work clothes and the carefully constructed professionalism—he was breathtaking. your hands trailed over his skin, feeling the tautness of his muscles, the way his breath hitched slightly as you touched him.

he grinned against your lips as you pressed your body into his, feeling the hardness of his form against you. “see?” he whispered, his voice rough with desire. “you can’t even resist me now, noona.”

you wanted to argue, to assert your authority as you always had, but the way he looked at you—like he knew exactly how to unravel you—left you powerless.

his hands made quick work of the rest of your clothes, every movement deliberate, controlled. he was no longer the shy, uncertain junior you had once guided. here, in the dim light of your apartment, riki was commanding, confident, and he knew exactly what he was doing.

he lifted you effortlessly, carrying you to the bedroom, laying you down with a gentleness that contrasted with the heat of the moment. and then he was over you, his hands exploring, his lips trailing over your skin in ways that made your breath hitch. you responded in kind, your fingers digging into his back, pulling him closer, needing him closer.

when his mouth found yours again, it was softer this time, but no less intense. his touch was slow, deliberate, as if he wanted to memorize every inch of your body, every gasp and shiver he elicited. you couldn’t help the sounds that escaped you, soft whimpers that only seemed to spur him on.

“don’t think just because i’m calling you ‘noona’ that i’ll let you keep this up,” he teased, his lips brushing against your ear, sending shivers down your spine. “you’re not the only one who can take charge.”

the air between you was charged with desire, thick with the tension that had been simmering for so long. every touch, every breath shared between you was electric, sending waves of pleasure rippling through your body. you had never imagined this—being here, with him, in this way—but now that you were, there was no going back.

and when he finally claimed you, when the last barriers between you fell away, it was like everything else disappeared. there was no work, no professionalism, no rules—just you and him, bodies moving together in perfect sync, lost in the heat of the moment.

the world outside faded into oblivion, and all that remained was the sound of your mingled breaths, the feeling of his skin against yours, the way he made you feel as though you were the only two people who mattered.

and in that moment, nothing else did.

“i still do want to take you on a dinner date though," riki said, breaking the silence with a light-hearted lilt that hung in the air like a sweet melody.

you pulled back slightly, your eyes searching his, as if seeking confirmation that this wasn’t just a fleeting fantasy. “really?” the question slipped out before you could hold it back, a mix of surprise and delight dancing in your voice.

“yeah, really,” he replied, his smile growing wider. “just you and me. somewhere nice. maybe italian? i hear they have the best pasta in town.”

his words wrapped around you like a warm embrace, grounding you in the moment. you could feel your heart quicken, the anticipation stirring something deep within you. “that sounds perfect. when do you want to go?”

“how about friday?” he suggested, his eyes sparkling with mischief. “i’ll even let you choose the place.”

a laugh escaped your lips, the sound light and airy. “i hope you’re ready for my pick then. i might take you to the best italian place in town, and you’ll be regretting it the next day.”

riki chuckled, the warmth of his laughter making your heart flutter. “i’ll take that risk. besides, i have a feeling it’ll be worth it.”

in that moment, as the soft glow of the streetlights seeped through the window, you felt the weight of the week lift, replaced by the promise of something beautiful on the horizon. but just as the excitement began to settle in, you were pulled back to reality by the sound of your phone vibrating against the table, a harsh reminder of the world outside this blissful bubble.

you glanced at the screen, and the moment slipped slightly, the glow of notifications flickering like an unwelcome reminder. it was a message from a friend, checking in about the weekend plans.

“sorry, i should probably—” you started, but riki gently took your hand, grounding you again.

“hey,” he said softly, his thumb brushing over your knuckles. “you can always reply later. right now, let’s focus on us.”

you looked back at him, the connection reigniting. the moment stretched out like an unbroken thread between you, the world beyond the walls of this room fading once more into insignificance. you nodded, your heart soaring as you settled back into the warmth of his gaze, the future bright and inviting.

“so, friday it is?” you confirmed, your voice steady and full of excitement.

“definitely,” riki replied, a grin breaking across his face, as if he had just won a victory.

and just like that, the evening unfolded around you, a delicate balance of playful teasing and soft confessions, a new chapter beginning to write itself in the quiet spaces between your laughter.

[peacheeeliz]

COMMUNITY

SYNOPSIS ⤏ mark, desperate to talk to the cute girl in his japanese class, forms a study group. who knew that other struggling college students might want to join a study group?

PARING ⤏ nonidol!mark x nonidol!fem reader

GENRE ⤏ smau, written, rom-com, fluff, college au, slowburn, mark is so down bad, but so is y/n eventually

FEATURING ⤏ mark, donghyuck, jaehyun, jungwoo, and johnny from nct 127, julie from kiof, kim jiwoong from zb1, minnie from idle, and allen from cravity (+ mentions of a TON of other idols)

FACECLAIM ⤏ faceclaim for y/n purely for picture purposes!! (@ 0ki0h on ig)

WARNINGS ⤏ swearing, sexual and kys/kms jokes, pls ignore timestamps 💔, mentions of jaehyun being a stoner, a bit of bullying, more to come

PLAYLIST ⤏ at least it was here, the 88 | 200, mark | red wine supernova, chappell roan | i wanna be yours, artic monkeys | dandelion, jaehyun | just for me, pinkpantheress | snap out of it, artic monkeys | urs, niki | right here, keshi | falling in love, cigarettes after sex

STARTED ⤏ 9/21/2024

STATUS ⤏ complete ♡

NOTE ⤏ community is literally my favorite sitcom, so when their tiktoks started popping up on my fyp, i couldn't resist making a smau inspired by it 🥴

PROFILES & CHAPTERS

STUDY GROUP | MEAN GORLS | BIBLE STUDY

prologue. try it bite it lick it spit it

episode 1. community

001. i could literally kiss u

002. i love ur brother too (469 wc)

003. they're not soundproof (1046 wc)

004. what the fuck am i chopped liver (653 wc)

episode 2. fundamentals of accounting

005. seize the day

006. DAY SEIZED (821 wc)

episode 3. psychology of personality

007. the apple of my eye

008. thanks soso much

009. alpha i need you......

episode 4. problems in history

010. WHY NTO

011. GYATT DAMN

012. u told me u kissed him

013. she's so crazzzzzzzy

episode 5. self defense & combatives

014. hyuck :((

015. old barbie movies??

016. friday. three o'clock. right here. (539 wc)

017. the what on friday?

018. beat his ass mark (1039 wc)

episode 6. heating laboratory

019. concrete jungle

020. love at frost sight

021. OHHHH WHAT THE FUCK

episode 7. survey of characteristics

022. FREAKISHLY YOUNG??

023. except ur both stupid

024. (not stupid ☝️)

episode 8. intro to media communication

025. uu feel lile home

026. i wish i waa qith u

027. why does my heart still feel heavy

episode 9. critical thinking

028. we need to talk

029. am i stupid (639 wc)

030. snap out of it

031. my favorite study buddy

episode 10. team sports

032. fuckass burger

033. i gotta piss (1107 wc)

034. zombie by the cranberries (1497 wc)

035. my jellies are tingling... (1073 wc)

036. these kids are so weird,,, (1474 wc)

episode 11. human relations

037. stupid ass friends

038. FYM SADLY??

039. i love you man (1925 wc)

040. meet me at the apateu, apateu

041. my favorite part of the year 🩷

☆©peacheeeliz, 2024

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