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Summary: KĂśnigâs new neighbor finds out how comfortable his bed is. KĂśnig falls quickly.
Pairing:Â KĂśnig/F!Reader (civilian)
Rated: T+
A/N: Just some fluff.Â
Word count: 2947
[Neighbor KĂśnig masterlist]
It was nice to have his own place. Having been in the military most of his life, KĂśnig was used to base life. The familiarity of it all was a comfort, but there were some, well, comforts that were always missing. Like his bed. The beds on base were little more than stiff uncomfortable cots, a little too small for him, causing his feet to hang off the edge of the bed. But his bed at home? Large and soft and yet firm enough to hold his weight, with ample room for his height. The pillows were like solid clouds. And the vanilla scented candle on his nightstand would fill his room with its delicious aroma and lull him into soft dreams.Â
Thatâs where he was headed now, ready to eat the take out he was carrying, take a nice hot shower and climb into his bed. But as he rounded the stairs to get to his flat, he was met with a slight block on the stairs. A woman was struggling with a box, bracing it against her knee and grunting with every step she tried to take.Â
âExcuse me,â he started in German.
You jumped, and let out an undignified squeak, when someone started talking behind you. The surprise made you drop your box, thankfully it was already low to the step and didnât drop on your foot or anything. Still you were sure you heard something break. âShit!âÂ
With a hand over your heart you turned and had to hold back another startled reaction. The man at the foot of the stairs was big, giant even, and was wearingâŚsome sort ofâŚhood? A mask? What the fuck? It took a second for you to realize he was carrying a take out bag, he must be trying to get past you. âS-sorry, you just startled me.âÂ
He raised his hands, a gesture to show that he meant no harm. âNo, I am sorry. I didnât mean to scare you.â He replied, this time in English. âDo you need some help?âÂ
You smiled politely at the man, âoh. No thank you! I got it!â You chuckled nervously, still a little out of breath from struggling with the box, while you braced your lower back with one hand.Â
He smiled, not that you could see it, and gestured to the stairs. âOk. After you.âÂ
Right. Shit, right. You were blocking him, the big guy probably didnât want to just push past you on the stairs.Â
You chuckled nervously again and picked up the box, trying to keep your grunts quiet, and heaved it up one more step. You could feel his eyes on you, another step, two more steps, then the landing. Whew! You gently dropped the box and straightened out your back to look up at the rest of the stairs.Â
You sighed, the little flight you just made it up was the easy part, now the long part of the stairs. The faint chuckling you heard from the foot of the stairs didnât help either.
âMiss, are you sure you donât need any help?âÂ
âI mean,â you started with a huff, not out of anger, just an attempt to calm your breathing. âI donât need help, I can carry it! But, help would be very much appreciated, yes. Thank you.âÂ
He nodded and smoothly moved up to the landing, keeping his movements deliberate. Something he learned to do long ago around civilians, especially around women that were smaller than him, so he didnât scare them. You showed signs of being wary of him âa good thing as far as he is concerned, as he is a strangerâand took a step back as he neared you. Since his face is covered, he canât offer a mollifying smile (though he feels himself doing so anyway), and instead simply nodded at you again before he picked up the box.
He chuckled, watching you struggle with the box had him expecting a heavy thing, but, âthis isnât heavy.â
âWhat!â You squeaked, hands on your hips, âitâs like, fifty pounds!âÂ
Even with his face covered (why?), you can tell just by the way his eyes darted over to you that he is smirking. âWhere to?â
âOh, not far. Iâm at 203.âÂ
âNeighbor,â he nodded as he started up the stairs. âI live in 205.âÂ
You turned to him with a kind smile and introduced yourself, ânice to meet you, neighbor!âÂ
âKĂśnig,â he replied, now at the top of the stairs, and shifted the box so he was holding it in one hand. He extended his right hand to you  Â
âNow youâre just showing off,â you say with an amused smile and shake his hand before leading him to your new flat.
He was surprised when you opened the door without unlocking it first.
âYou should lock your door,â he followed you in.Â
You rolled your eyes a little with a short laugh and spread your arms out in the literally empty flat. âWhat, you think someone is going to break in and steal my nothing?â
âNo. There are other things to take besides your stuff.â He half muttered as he set the box down by the wall.
âHuh?â
He looked at you, with your head tilted slightly as you questioned him, and understood. You were one of those civilians. Innocent. He canât bring himself to put a damper on this interaction, in the back of his mind he realizes that now heâll have to keep an eye and ear out for his new neighbor.Â
âDo you need help bringing anything else up?âÂ
You gave him a strained smile, nervous, if the sound of your voice was anything to go by, and shook your head. âNo, no I couldnât possibly take up more of your time.âÂ
You reached out and touched his forearm, intending to remind him of his dinner that he was carrying, but only drawing your attention to his muscles. âOh. Wow.â You mumbled under your breath, before realizing that youâre essentially feeling him up and quickly drew your hand back.Â
KĂśnig blushed at the soft touch, and again at your mumbled admiration. Not for the first time in his life he was thankful for the mask that covered his face.Â
âUhm,â you cleared your throat and focused, âthis was the heaviest box! I thought it would be best to start with that one! So I got it, really. Thank you, though.âÂ
You smiled at him again and KĂśnig decided then that he liked seeing you smile. âThe food can wait. I donât mind helping.â He offered one more time, that seemed to be the pattern with you.
Honestly, why were you even saying no to this hunk of man? Sure, you couldnât see his face, but the form fitting long sleeved shirt he wore did little to hide just how fit he was. So you hummed and hedge, âI really donât want to be an imposition-âÂ
âYou wonât.â
You smiled again, not a kind polite one like before, but bright and happy. He definitely liked your smile. âWell, in that case, KĂśnig, Iâd love your help!âÂ
His stomach flipped at your words and smile, and he felt himself blushing even harder. He knew why. It wasnât often that cute civilian women smiled at him like that. It was nice to have the attention of a pretty woman, even if nothing more came of it, as he expected.Â
âLet me put this down,â he lifted the bag of food a bit and you nodded, âsure!âÂ
Out in the hall he paused and waited for you to lock the door. You scoffed playfully and obliged him, âreally, someone taking those broken plates off my hands would be a blessing.âÂ
He smirked but didnât humor you, he wasnât going to encourage your carelessness; what if something happened while he wasnât around?Â
With KĂśnigâs help it didnât take long to bring up the rest of the boxes. The man doubled up on boxes on both trips while you carried light bags and just opened doors for him.Â
As he set the rest of the boxes down in the living room, you were rummaging through one of the bags you carried up, until you pulled out a wallet. âThank you so much, KĂśnig, let me pay you for all your help.âÂ
âNo.â He shook his head and raised a hand to refuse your payment, âit was my pleasure.âÂ
Pleasure? Damn, where was this guy when you were moving out too?Â
âKĂśnig,â you draw out his name in a small pout. âHow can I repay you, then?âÂ
Once again a wave of excitement rushed through him. He couldnât help the inappropriate thoughts that ran through his mind for a second, that influenced his answer. âHave dinner with me.âÂ
Normally he wasnât so forward with women, and never with civilian women. But you were nice, and didnât seem to be scared of him, and besides, he saw you checking him out at least once!Â
You were a little surprised by the request but smiled nonetheless. âDinner? Sure, when-âÂ
âNow.â
âNow?â Well now youâre really surprised. âKĂśnig, are you offering to share your dinner with me?â
He looked around the apartment, the only thing you had were a few boxes, and shrugged. âWhat else will you eat?âÂ
Oh. He had a point. Youâre sure if you dug around in one of your bags, you could find a forgotten energy bar somewhere, but you didnât have any real food around. âWell, ok. Thatâs true. Are you sure I canât pay you? I feel like the person roping others into helping them move is supposed to pay for dinner.âÂ
âNo.â
You shrugged, âwell, alright then. Letâs go. Oh, unless you want to eat here? I can offer premium seating on the floor!âÂ
He chuckled and moved towards the door, holding it open for you. He once again waited for you to lock the door before leading you to his flat.
205 was a different layout than yours. It was one of the bigger flats with two bedrooms, two baths, a spacious living room and open kitchen. His place was nicely furnished, one of the first things that caught your eye was the big leather sectional in the living room. It was one of those deep couches, which made sense, considering how tall he was.Â
The table and chairs that he motioned for you to sit at were also clearly chosen to accommodate his size. You practically had to climb into the chair, and could easily kick your feet while he grabbed the food and some plates.
He had been so efficient in helping you, that even with the short delay, the food was still warm. You thanked him again and started to dig in when he set a plate in front of you. Itâs only after your first bite that you noticed he was eating by lifting his mask for every bite.Â
Oh. âIâm sorry.âÂ
He hummed, confused by your sudden apology. âWhy?âÂ
You gestured to your face, âyou probably take off your mask when youâre alone in your home.âÂ
Warmth bloomed in his chest. You were concerned about him? Of course you were, you were nice. A pretty, nice girl who didnât want to be an imposition on him, who worried about his comfort, who didnât lock her door.Â
He shook his head, âdonât worry about that. It is not a problem.âÂ
There was something intense about his stare as he answered you, so intense that you dropped the matter and quickly finished your meal. He matched your pace, finishing his meal just as you finished yours.
You opened your mouth, you were going to thank him again and bid him goodnight, he was sure, but he spoke first. âWant a beer?âÂ
âOh. Sure.âÂ
You smiled at him again, causing his blood to thrum in his veins. He wanted to remember your smile for the next time he was on a mission. The other men would brag about their women, and he had no one to think of, but now your pretty smile would keep his mind company.Â
Once you had your beer, you glanced around the apartment, taking it in. He had nice taste, the furniture was high quality, and even the TV looked like it was on the expensive side. Whatever he did, he was doing well for himself. But your eyes kept getting drawn to the couch. Maybe because you were currently lacking furniture yourself, it just looked so comfortable.
âKĂśnig,â you started, not looking directly at him, âcan I sit on your-âÂ
Face? Dick? Yes, whatever you wanted, âyes.â He answered as you finished your question, â-couch?â Â
Oh. He deflated and took a breath to calm down. Of course you werenât asking him to fuck you right now.Â
You set your beer down and moved to the living room. âIt just looks so comfy.â You explained as you sat down and pushed yourself back into the firm cushions. You chuckled to yourself as your feet hovered off the ground when you were seated all the way back. Yea, this couch was definitely meant for taller people.Â
He grabbed your beer and set it down on the coffee table in front of you, to which you flashed him with another brilliant smile. He grabbed the TV remote and turned it on, âmovie?âÂ
You looked at him as he sat down next to you, his knee gently bumping into yours. âDinner and a movie? Careful, KĂśnig, I might start thinking this is a date.âÂ
He laughed, boisterously, nervously, but relieved that you laughed with him.Â
The movie was of no consequence, but he felt encouraged every time you giggled at one of his jokes. By the time he was done with his second beer, he wasnât even paying attention to the movie, instead he was telling you stories about his missions, nothing classified of course, but the way you stared at him with wide eyes, shining in anticipation as if he were more interesting than the handsome man on the television fueled him. At one point he even rolled up his shirt to show you a nasty scar on his side.Â
You gasped, eyes wide and looked up at him a little flustered as you asked him if it had hurt too bad.
âAh, it was nothing! I barely felt it!â He assured you and cleared his throat as he rolled his shirt back down.Â
âWow! Thatâs crazy!â You exclaimed as you shifted in your seat too.
His eyes flickered down for a moment and he noticed the way your thighs squeezed together before you found a comfortable position. You were closer to him now, and when he draped his arm along the back of the couch, his fingers brushing your shoulder, you didnât move or give any indication that you were uncomfortable. He grinned to himself, nervous adrenaline finding its way into his blood and he had to actively stop himself from bouncing his knee. Â
And that adrenaline faded as you nodded off to sleep next to him. Well, you had mentioned that youâd been driving all day, moving. So naturally as soon as you were comfortable you fell asleep.Â
He was only slightly disappointed, it was still a better night than he could have hoped for otherwise.
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You woke to the sound of your phone buzzing. Your morning alarm. You sighed, you still had time before you really had to wake up, so you snuggled right back into bed. It was so soft and warm, but the temperature in the room was bordering cold, which made the warm and heavy blankets even more inviting. The subtle scent of peppermint and vanilla-
Wait!
You quickly sat up, eyes wide in confusion as you looked around a room you had never seen before. It took a moment for last nightâs events to come back to you. Oh! This must be KĂśnigâs roomâŚbut he was nowhere around.
You straightened out the bed, feeling slightly guilty about climbing into such a nice bed in your street clothes.
âKĂśnig?âÂ
âGood morning!â He called from the kitchen.
You followed his voice, glancing at the couch on the way to the kitchen and saw that there was a pillow and blanket folded neatly on one of the cushions.
âDid you sleep on the couch?â You asked once you were near the kitchen, stopping on the other side of the island counter. Like you, he was dressed in the same clothes as last night, mask and all, probably hadnât wanted to wake you.
âYes.âÂ
âYou should have just woke me up. Sorry I kicked you out of your room. Did you carry me to bed?â
âYes. Breakfast?â He asked just as he flipped an egg.
You glanced away and fought down a blush. What youâd give to have him carry you to his room while you were awake!Â
âNo, thank you.âÂ
âAre you sure?â
âI still have a lot of stuff to take care of, I should get started.â
âOh.â He sounded so disappointed, and even his shoulders drooped a little.
You chuckled, âbut thanks to you, Iâm starting the day so refreshed!â
âMe?â
âYea.â You nodded and smiled at him again, just like you did last night. âYour bed is so comfortable!â
âYou like my bed?âÂ
âMmhmm!â You flashed him a devious smile this time, âmaybe next time you can join me.âÂ
The clatter of the spatula falling to the floor and him scrambling to grab it, echoed over your cute giggle. By the time he was standing up again, you were already by the door. âBye, KĂśnig!âÂ
âG-goodbye!â He stuttered after you, already dreaming of what next time would entail.Â
#KÜnig x reader#konig x reader#no fancy format bc i'm on mobile#and KÜnig is just a side piece#no edits bc i'm on mobile#idk how yall who regularly post fics on mobile do it
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Can we hear some pirate tales from puukko?
Gonna put this under a cut bc it's a little on the long side! Also pls excuse any formatting issues bc I'm on mobile.
This was super fun to write but I'm rusty so I hope it's a fun read!
Pirate tales from Puukko (1)
You're seated in a comfortable chair by a fireplace. The scent of the rustic cabin's old wood mingles with the smoke and the aroma of hot coffee from the steaming mugs on the coffee table. Across from you sits a familiar older woman, thick fur and a devilish scar across her eye.
"So... pirate tales is what yer after." She leaves her rocking chair at a comfortable pace. "Of course, of course, aye... If that's how you want to spend your evening." She opens a cabinet in the corner, sliding several objects out of the way. A few small bits and bobs clatter to the floor, but she patently ignores them. She reaches far into the back of the cabinet, looking away at nothing and biting her tongue in focus as she fumbles around inside the cupboard. You sip idly at your coffee.
"Aha, here we are!" Her voice is low and gravel-y, but the fondness in her tone is comforting. She sets aside what appears to be a very dusty false panel and sets a very small chest down on the table. Before you can ask what it is she's found, she begins pouring a deep amber liquid from a bottle she pulled from the chest directly into your coffee. "I won't have you waste that. Sup mindfully." Her commanding voice is intimidating, but sweet. She pours noticeably heavier into her own mug.
"I'll be brief. But let me tell you of a day I thought would be my last." She takes a very long sip, and sits back. "Now it may surprise you that at one time I was quite young like yourself. This all happened pretty early on in my piracy days. When ah was a young upstart with a fire in my belly and with my caution very intentionally placed to the wind." She begins to prepare her pipe. She hasn't looked in your direction since she began her story.
"I'd made a rather small name for myself by then. Had no shortage of plunder; trade ships, navy, even other pirates. Another young aspiring 'property reassigner' by the name of Capitan Helio had set his sights on my haul. He weren't an enemy or nothin' he just thought he could show his quality as a sailor by takin' on yours truly. He was a hard young man but not a very wise one, and he hadn't the stones for a killing. Now the style of piracy I'm most known fir was sneakin' on board, alone. My crew would keep the ship at an unthreatening distance, and I'd row on over in the dark of night aboard a tiny little dinghy painted all dark and sneaky like." At this point you notice she's starting to sound a bit different, perhaps a bit piratey. She seems almost excited.
"I'd usually get the capitan up in the middle of the night. Put on airs and act all big and scary in his cabin while he's got his night cap on." She chuckled deeply. "It's where my ship got its name. The Honeyed Word. Sometimes it'd go sour and things would get more... well let's say it's less family friendly. Anyway ol Sunny knew that's what I got up to. An' he figured if he could pull off me own stratagem against me and my crew that folks would respect 'im more I suppose." She puts some ember tongs in the fire and fishes out a small chunk of hot coal. She sets it in the bowl of her pipe and starts puffing intently before tossing the tongs aside.
"I'm shleeping shoundly in my cabin all comfy an' cozy" Her pipe hangs from between her teeth. She pinches free the coal from it with her fingers and tosses it back into the fire, taking a long drag from her now prepared pipe. "And in walks none other than ol' Sunny boy!" She slaps her knee and guffaws. "He hated it when ah called him that. So I sit up in my bed and I says to him 'fancy meeting you here! I don't normally take up gentleman callers.' An' I'm supposin' he thinks he's rather clever on account o' he starts up with 'I ain't no gentleman! Not tonight. Tonight I'm the most famous pirate on the seas.' What a bilge rat!" At this point she seems downright jovial.
"Now by then I'm real tired, and to be honest, fairly annoyed. I'm in my jammies and I've got to use the head somethin' fierce so I'm 'avin none of it. He starts goin' on about my unconditional surrender" She blows a raspberry crudely. "An' I'm barely hearin' 'im. I get outta bed and start heading for the bathroom like he's not even there. Obviously that upset Mr Sunny to no small degree. He reaches for his pistol and I'm quite the cocky lass so I just ignores it. I didn't think he had the stones for it."
You've been nursing your drink but she's finished hers. She's fully engrossed in her tale and is now pacing in front of the fire as she speaks. "That's when I hear it." She goes quiet and her grandiose gestures slump into a closed off position. It's a long moment where her eyes are empty and staring into nothing. Her tone was somber, almost fearful. "The hammer on his pistol. The flint strikes the frizzen. My heart sank. and then... nothing! I turn and I'm starin' down the barrel of his flintlock and I'm absolutely enraged! I hadn't made it out the door o' my cabin yet so I reach for the letter opener on my desk and start stickin' him!"
She's grinning, very in her element before she notices your discomfort at the idea of repeatedly... injuring a man with a letter opener. "Ahem. Sorry. He's fine now, we got him patched up okay after the whole incident. Anyway by now you're probably wondering what happened. Well the thing about pushing out in those little tiny boats at sea to sneak aboard is that it's not a very leisurely activity! I always kept me pistols wrapped thoroughly before headin' out, but the poor fool didn't think that far ahead! All his powder was soaked by the time he got aboard!"
You wonder about what lesson she's trying to teach here, or if she's simply recounting an incident as it happened. You can feel the coziness of the cabin beginning to take you. "The guest room's all right n' ready for ye over there. I knew that'd put ye to bed." She gives a hearty chuckle and motions to a door with her pipe. You find rest rather easily on the mountain of extra blankets.
#capitan's cabin#creative writing#short story#moomin oc#puukko#idk how to tag writing stuff adrgdthch hope this was fun for yall!#whetstone's whispers
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"The Stars Above" I love this plant......... so much.... @alphahusk
#Cujo's Art#friends oc#oc: Astraea#aeturna#you can tell when I'm on mobile bc i can't get fancy with my 'flavor text' formatting#also attempt 290675368 at a consistent shading/lighting style
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Prompt meme. Mesa walks intos the room. And also I don't know how to make a good writing prompt.
Once upon a time, Anna decided to start tormenting Nykeigh with Jar Jar Binks erotica.
Nykeigh doesnât even remember how it started. She doesnât know if Anna remembers, either. By now, it just feels like itâs always been like this. Nykeigh has forgotten what it feels like to see an image of Jar Jar Binks and not be tormented by memories of didgeridoo porn.
And this is the third paragraph.
-send me a character or pairing, and a prompt, and Iâll write a three-paragraph fic for you!-
#jar jar doesn't get fancy blockquote formatting bc I'm on mobile and it'd take too much effort#ANNA WHY IS THIS OUR REALITY NOW
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hey kat! did you notice that they like changed the ask function? like you can edit your asks like a normal text post now with like text types and you can add like spaces now??
like this i mean? and like you can even use the coloured text
and the like fancy text
they also added tiny text??
its all v weird i think like you can bold stuff too n tht??? its wild! its actually easier to type asks now with formatting but i think they also lifted the character limit? at least on mobile it seems? it's really confusing bc like it doesn't show you a character limit like it used to anymore where it counts down the characters?? so i don't know if you can just type an unlimited amt of stuff now or smth? or if it does still have a limit somewhere? and it just doesn't like show u?? i think you might even be able to add hyperlinks in asks now bc it shows that button?? i'm not sure if that works bc before you could never send links in asks at all so thats a wild change too?? its all very confusing to me! so much change!!
I just got an ask which was like 3 times the usual length, so I figured that something was going on. This is both good and bad for me personally as I struggle to comprehend longer texts and actually relied a lot on the character limit to avoid getting overwhelmed - but at least this probably means I won't have to deal with 3+ part asks anymore when people have a lot to say!
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I'm one of those people too scared to approach, mostly because well-formatted blogs with fancy themes and extremely detailed pages are a little bit beyond me (I'm an experienced -writer-, but my willingness to wrestle with the tumblr website to make my blog pretty is eh) so I guess I'm taking that anon as a sign to bite the bullet and... say hello or something, and also that I run a few Splatoon rp blogs.
i donât know if u want this private or not but i feel like i should say a thing ( donât hesitate to ask me to delete it tho )
my aesthetic is my own. your aesthetic is your own. your patience for tumblr is your own â and mine is mine ( i commission @eternalworks for all my themes anyway you canât catch me parsing CSS and HTML anymore i used to do that when i was 10 iâm tired ok dont worry i GET u ).
i do not enforce the things i do on others bc thatâs unfair to them. thatâs why i went and made mobile pages and reinforced accessibility in case someone didnât canât access my pop-ups ( or flat out doesnât Want to! )
my pages r detailed bc i just kinda⌠sit on one main blog ( with rare sides coming into play ) and have a lot to think about. i also really like splatoon so iâm prone to rambling HAHA
anyway what im tryna say is u donât need to be fancy ( some ppl be having themes or icons like this anyway ) just have a page i can read about âem, love your character, and iâd be happy to interact! shoot me an ask from one of ur muses and lets do a thing fam
#cephies oc rp hub#â§.° ⌠á´á´á´á´á´á´á´ÉŞá´É´ ÉŞá´á´Ęá´Ęá´s Ęá´á´ á´á´ á´É´á´á´Ą. â ⪠& asks. âŤ
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ok u said send asks so i hope they can be little fun questions abt literally anything!! like whats ur favorite kinds of clothes to wear? whats ur favorite type of humor/jokes? do u prefer breakfast foods, lunch foods, or dinner foods? :-)
hello thank you for ask i am down for Any Questions Ever im just here 2 vibe. also on mobile so hope this doesn't become the weirdest formatted post ever
on clothes -- i LOVE fancy absurd clothes. like. going 2 the grocery store in a ball gown kinda clothes. or looking like i'm a goth extra in a d*sney channel show from 2010. like the ideal outfit is: docs. BRIGHT striped leggings. cute skater skirt. tucked in graphic t-shirt w a BIG belt. arm warmers that match my leggings. 1 million of those rubbery bracelets that have little sayings on them. cat or some other animal ears if applicable. as much black as physically possible also. maybe some eyeshadow n mascara n lipstick if i'm feeling spicy but the makeup is there so i look Worse (objectively. i think it owns)
i also like to dress like a pirate in public but i don't own enough billowy blouses or vests đ or yeah just wearing like. black tie attire wherever. i need to be EYECATCHING and COOL and CONFUSING
on jokes - this is hard bc i will laugh at anything. so like. idk??? i keep being told i personally am funny and like ykno i believe it but it is completely accidental each time. my humour is that i simply don't know things and can't detect sarcasm or like. Obvious Jokes jfhdhdhhd
on FOOD - BREAKFAST... it's the Only Food Group... what's the point of going to a restaurant if not for their large assortment of breakfast items...
soup is also its own category and if there's no breakfast there should be soup. or maybe we can invent a breakfast soup ???
ty for questions :> i hope your day is going great!!
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I used to RP on Tumblr. Before a lot of changes, it used to be a really great scene and operated well. For instance, with the tagging system, even though there weren't any "universal" tags we used, it was pretty easy to simply search "Harry potter rp" and get a plethora of blogs for various characters. Follow a few, check your suggested, keep going. Advertising for RP was also super easy. Contact got much easier with the IM system but before either you used XKit w/ the outbox function to facilitate communication or you opened up Skype/kik/discord/etc and chatted there while RP'ing on Tumblr
With blog designs, it's super easy to set up a simple page and put links for your personal RP rules, info about your character, and the different universes with that character you used. Like "high school au Draco Malfoy" universe, "canonverse", "verse where Malfoy never joined the Death Eaters". And so on. Kinda like a list of your favorite au types + info about how you played that character in those universes. Simple access to loads of information, even if you couldn't access through the mobile app because it's garbage.
Reblogging system. You got a notification whenever someone replied with a link to the their post. Sometimes it didn't work but that's Tumblr for you. And you could reblog back and forth. Before they made it impossible to edit reblogs (w/o XKit), you could delete parts of the chain so that the post didn't get too long on people's dashboards, but they could still follow the links through if they wanted to read.
I feel like overall it's a wonderful way to do roleplay. I used to be really into doing it. If I could build a site with these features including the XKit ones i mentioned and also do things like having the option for "only mutuals can interact with posts" i.e., like/reblog (bc that's a huge issue, is random people trying to insert themselves into it), I feel like it'd be a pretty solid platform.
Lots of people also reblog aesthetics photos and such to save things that make them think of their characters, so keeping most of that model would be ideal to any Tumblr rp'ers.
One of the things i hated about Tumblr rp that eventually made me turn away from it for good was people's *insane* aesthetics on designing their blogs. It's pretty, don't get me wrong, but half the time it's utterly impossible to read. Too many overlays, things like constantly falling "snow", mouse button that changes to something else, tiny letters, fancy scripts, the buttons to pages being too blended in with the backgrounds, the roleplays themselves being formatted out the ass, etc. It seems like the focus is way too hard on "pretty" over "functional".
I'd love to have a Tumblr-like space for RP, but my god, if I can't read your stuff/find your about pages, I'm not interacting, ever đ
People talk a lot about needing an AO3 for video, audio etc, but oh my god do we need an AO3 for roleplaying (I know there's a lot of RP sites out there, but I mean one big fandom one)
I have to confess that I donât know RPâs needs well. Thereâs a lot of it on DW, and DW is pretty decent.
But youâre right: there are so many vulnerable fanworks, not just video etc.
#Alex speaks#hi i love to rp but the pretty culture of it on Tumblr eventually drove me away#i can't do any of that pretty shit#nor can i read half the stuff on so so many people's pages#i miss Tumblr rp dearly#but i don't miss that competitiveness#and feeling lesser than for just using the base format and not like#minimizing the words so the letters are only 2 freaking pixels tall#or using super fancy cursive font#or worse#both at the same time#if you like doing it that's fine but frankly#it's excluding a helluva lot of people#and it's not fun bring the odd one out#miss being with my friends who i built OC's with but they were so much like that#i couldn't keep up and i increasingly felt like i didn't matter to them#especially as their two oc's were dating and mine was just. super 3rd wheel#made ME the third wheel#but now i can make Ryan and Tobias date w/o issues ig đ
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Normal brain: do your goddamn drafts Goblin brain: remake your PSD and maybe change your formatting too while at it
#đˇ || OOC â#[ the only reason I'm eh on changing my PSDs is that that'd limit my icons when on mobile#but then again I can post replies w/o icons too#been there done that#I'm even more eh on the formatting bc I don't do anything fancy anyway#nor do I plan to#but the temptation is there#:') ]
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