#no wonder hes ad no wonder hes trying to get married when hes like 20

[rainybraindays]

Nah because if I was Colin I would legitimately have so many questions. Because hes from this huge, super close family, and none of them really acknowledge him?

Like almost everytime Anthony talks to or about him its to express irritation at him[about Marina; about him potentially extending his travel; about him taking money out to invest], the family as a whole seemed more excited to see Daphne and Auggie over him, who has been gone for literal months, like their reaction is so much more tame when he comes home. None of them even really notice how hes clearly struggling during the entirety of season 2, Eloise is directly aggressive towards him pretty consistently, and then both times he's left they barely respond to his letters???

Like they don't even pretend to care what he has to say?? Literally anything could happen to him and they wouldn't know for months, and if his letters just stopped I kinda doubt they'd really notice at first since they don't seem to care.

Hes got middle child syndrome so bad its not even funny, the fact that hes able to keep from snapping at then astounds me, because if it was me, I'd stop interacting with them entirely because it wouldn't be that much different from the current family situation.

[i-cant-sing]

I can’t get this scenario out of my head with yan!batfamily in which Bruce worms his way into a depressed reader’s life by marrying their mother and slowly taking over the role of parenting reader while dealing with the depression.

No because Bruce would do that. In his head, its just another mission to "save Y/n" and sure, your mother isn't exactly his type, and your depression isn't exactly her fault- the poor woman just works day and night for you both to survive in this outrageous economy, she doesn't have had enough time to see you not doing so well mentally.

Bruce and his sons, by whatever sequence of events, are now infatuated with you. What started as concern for your well being has now turned into obsessive need to control your life to make it better. So, yeah... Bruce decides to marry your mom, who is more than happy to finally find a chivalrous, handsome man... who just happens to also be very rich.

Meanwhile, you hate him. It's stupid, but you hate how filthy rich he is and even though you know that he donates a lot to charities, you still hate him because Bruce thinks money can solve everything (and in your case, it almost can), but you can't help but feel insulted everytime he offers you a cheque, a wad of cash to pay off your bills and loans, or even a $20 bill to get yourself some snacks. It feels... abnormal. You're not a charity case.

Perhaps your socioeconomic status isn't the only reason you're depressed. Maybe it's just you missing your father (could be dead/murdered/suicide/just moved far far away).

The moment Bruce finds out that your dad is the reason why you're so depressed, oh it's "I WILL FATHER ANOTHER CHILD IN NEED OF PROFESSIONAL HELP" time. He's doubling down on his paternal instincts and he's just mentally smacking himself like "ofc you need a father figure in your life. Who better than me????"

And it just makes your skin crawl at how nonchalant Bruce is about all this- about incorporating himself into your and your mother's life. Treating you both, especially you like you're actually related. Like he's been around with you two his entire life. You lose your appetite when he stays for dinner, but you sit at the table for your mother. You try to make excuses when your mother tells you that you have to go with her at the Wayne Manor because "Bruce wants to spend a day with family". You can't help but look at your mother in wonder at how she is comfortable when you both pull up at the manor. You thought things would be easier if Bruce's sons were also uncomfortable or even hated you and your mother (or thought that your mom was a gold digger), but no, they're just as worse as Bruce. Dick being particularly the worst in the sense that he's more affectionate and his love language is physical touch, so you get squished to his chest everytime he sees you, with a small cry "my baby!" Sometimes, "sis" would be added.

You didn't like either nickname.

Then there's Jason, who is the most normal one of them all, perhaps because he isn't around much and when he is, he just makes small talk.

Tim doesn't talk much either, but he stares a lot. Somehow you feel like he knows something about you, at least more than he's letting on.

And lastly, there's Damian, that pompous little shit. You know he's being amicable for Bruce, but his eyes look at you like he's judging you- thinks you're beneath him. Which is true, in the sense of finance. Despite all of that, Damian still wants to show you off his interests/things around the manor. He's still being arrogant ofc, "Look at this oil painting- it's a Van Gogh original. Van Gogh is a famous painter- he's dead though. I'm sure you aren't familiar with his works. I can take you to the Gotham gallery to show you more paintings. Father owns it, so it can be just us two without other people bothering us." He's nice but also not nice. But at least he's not doing it intentionally.

Then there's Bruce. Who is always looking at you with a small smile, but his eyes are always analysing you, even when he's not looking at you directly, you know that he's watching your every move like a hawk. He tries spending time with you, often he succeeds, only because your mother makes you go. He's a good man, hasn't done anything exactly inappropriate, but... even something as small as making you walk on the inner side of the sidewalk so that you're safe from the cars... it doesn't sit right with you. Why is he being so paternal? You certainly have been rude to him on purpose. Always giving him one word answers when he asks you how your day was.

Then one day your mother returns home with a beaming smile.

"Bruce proposed to me! We're getting married!"

After only 3 months of dating? It's what you wanted to say, but you held it back when you saw how happy she was.

The next day, Bruce held a dinner at the manor to celebrate the engagement. Surprisingly, that was the first time you saw Damian looking mad at you and your mom.

It was a reasonable reaction. Acceptable to you, instead of the overly excited yell of Dick "WE'RE GOING TO BE SIBLINGS! That means we can have slumber parties and pillow fights and-"

Your mother and Bruce were shopping for the wedding, looking at dresses and venues and all the shenanigans while you were at the manor, moving your and your mom's stuff in with the boys. It was the last thing you wanted, but your mother.... she insisted on it. Or at least that's what she says, you know Bruce insisted.

Doesn't matter because by next year, you'd be moving away to college anyways.

You just need to put up with this for a little longer and see your mother finally be happy.

You didn't expect your mother to be dead a week before the wedding.

It was out of the blue. You were sitting in the library at the manor because Dick refused to let you be alone in your room all the time, so he was making you some cookies while you read. Then he and Bruce came together, their faces pale as they looked at you.

"Y/n... your mother, she... she got in an accident."

She was driving to some restaurant, wanted to get you your favourite fried chicken and spend some time with you alone. But on her way, a truck crashed right into her car.

She died on the spot.

Whatever little improvement you had on your mental health went straight down the drain. You locked yourself in your room and just cried quietly. They left you alone the first few days, but then Bruce and Dick tried to persuade you to come out, that they were concerned for you. You did come out the day the funeral was held. And it hurt you... it hurt you so deeply when you found out they were burying her at the Wayne cemetery.

She wasn't a fucking Wayne.

If you had any strength, if you had any energy at all, you would've taken your mother and buried her someplace else.

But you didn't.

When you returned inside the manor, you went straight to your mother's room, which was also Bruce's room but you didn't care if he saw you in there or not. You just started packing all of your mother's stuff, her clothes, her jewellery, her photos, everything she came here with, which wasn't much to begin with but still.

"Y/n?" You stiffened when Bruce called you, but you didn't pause on packing. "What are you doing? Looking for something?"

You sighed. Might as well get this over with.

You turnd around, not looking him in the eye.

"I'm moving out. And I'm taking mom's stuff with me. You can check, I'm not stealing anything that belongs to you."

Bruce looked at you in confusion. "Moving out? Where are you going?"

"College. I'll be going there soon anyways, so I'm moving to an apartment with some friends."

"Oh, but you don't need to move out. You can stay with us. Youre family-" you cut him off.

"Bruce, let's not." You finally look at him. "We're not family. I never was, I never wanted to be. Mom's gone now, and I have no reason or desire to be here. Thank you for letting me stay here for as long as you have, but I will be moving out by tomorrow, if not tonight." You said picking up your mother's bag of stuff and walking out of the room. Bruce followed you to your room.

"But I don't want you to move-"

You dropped the bags. "I don't care what you want!"

Bruce looked at you with his brows furrowed. He didn't get why you were acting like this. Your yelling had gotten the attention of the boys too, all looking in confusion at the bags.

"I don't want to be a part of this family. I never have, and I never will. I never liked you or anyone in this family. And if you're concerned about me speaking to the media about you guys, don't worry. If it helps you, you can make me sign an NDA!"

Damian narrowed his eyes at you. "Dont talk to father like-"

"Shut up!" You yelled harshly. You didn't care who you were hurting. Your mother was gone, you had no reason to be amicable to them anymore.

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They left you alone that day, and by the next morning, you were ready to leave. At 6 am, you walked down to the main door, with your bags. You weren't expecting them all to be waiting for you, but here they were. You took a step towards the door, but Dick stopped you.

He cleared his throat. "Um, this is the NDA... if you'd just sign it here." He handed you the papers.

Unbelievable. They actually drew up a contract. You took the pen from his hand and signed at the dotted lines.

"Bye." You took another step, except Damian and Tim blocked your path.

"What now?"

"Where are you going?" Tim asked.

"Do we have to go over this again?" You grumbled. "College." You answered.

"You can't." Damian said smugly. What's he smirking for?

"You're gonna break my legs?" You scoffed.

"No, you just signed a document saying that you're a part of this family, and Bruce Wayne is your guardian and has authority over all decisions concerning you like going to college, or even... going out of the house." Damian replied.

You looked at Bruce, because there's no way Damian is being serious. But there were no signs of joking. You looked at Dick, at Jason-

They were all dead serious.

"You cant- you can't be- you can't keep me here." You said.

"You signed the documents. It's your fault for not reading them." Tim said.

"Bruce-"

"I really do believe that it'd be better for you to stay here." Bruce said, taking ahold of your shoulders. "At least until you're doing better mentally."

"I'm fine-"

"I don't think so. And I could even take you to a psychiatrist, they'd agree with me." Bruce cupped your cheek as you flinched away. "You'd be happy here. I promise you that, you'll be safe and happy with us."

You'd try fighting, but you already knew you were outnumbered.

Besides, even if you weren't, even if you were alone with the smallest one of them, you still wouldn't be able to leave. You have no idea what Damian is capable of.

After all, he's the one who had your mother killed.

[sftykth]

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╭ summary: your doll like face will be the end of anakin skywalker he was sure of it. however he must stay away from his disturbing thoughts as he was only your sugar daddy, and you two had agreed on a deal, no physical contact. Though for how long can you both resist the temptation?

╭ pairing: y/n x anakin skywalker

╭ genre: college au!, gap age (y/n is 20, anakin is 42), sugar daddy

╭ a/n: hi everyone! i couldn’t help but make another story as the idea sprung into my head. i would love to hear your feedback on it!:)

Today seemed like God was not on your side.

From the moment you had woken to your alarm not going off, to the precious sweat you had to break for chasing a taxi to meet him. You will admit you might have slept through the alarm this morning but that can't be entirely your fault. Your curious little mind just had to stay up and do research more of the stranger that you will be seeing for the first time today.

Anakin Skywalker. The name that drove you crazy for the past two weeks straight. A very well known man in Coruscant, the front leading man for ruling the state. To say you were quite intimidated by him would be an understatement, however you tried to ease yourself by reminding your little head that he agreed to this.

When you created an account for a sugar daddy website, seeing the man who was known for being cold and ruthless was the last person you expected. You chewed on the inside of your cheek, wondering if you should add him. Handsome wasn't enough to describe this man, he was absolutely divine. The blue piercing eyes had made your breath hitch, you had been aware of his overwhelming looks but seeing it up close still made your knees weak. The sunken smile lines revealed his age and instead of making you feel turned off, it inflamed something deep within you. Creating an account was purely for financial gain, as a broke college student you had listened to your friend and pushed yourself to try it out.

As you sit in the taxi on the way to the little cafe you both had agreed to meet, just on the outskirts of the city. Away from the prying eyes. You reminisce on the first messages you two had exchanged, past you not believing that the day will come were you will meet this man.

April, 2024.

[Sky] Hi.

[Dollface] hey! what's up?!

[Sky] You added me?

[Dollface] um well yea but just a polite thing to say yk..

[Sky] I see. I don't think I have you seen on here before.

[Dollface] come here often huh;)

[Sky] Funny.

[Dollface] sorry. yeah im new here. hoping not to run into no creeps haha

[Sky] Well, one thing I can promise is that I'm not a creep. So dollface, why are you here?

At the moment you were scared by his harsh tone but you grew to embrace it and it only made you tease him harder. Even his texting style made you think about how much older he was, nearly twice your age. Somehow it just didn't concern you that much, you knew that getting into something like this will most likely mean that the men on the website will be much older. You only ever had one boyfriend in your twenty ears, and that was when you were sixteen and he was around the same age. You shook your head at the thought, this man is not going to become your boyfriend. This is a pure transactional relationship, something he made to stress.

Him being a known figure had its advantages to that you were able to get every detail of his life, from a young age he was put into the world of leadership and wealth. Age eighteen he had already won the elections and was announced as the youngest ruler of the state. Married at twenty one to the daughter of the ruler of Naboo, Mr Amidala and having twins just at the pure age of twenty three. You shuddered at the though of having to raise children so young. Though an unexpected divorce at the age of thirty had made you raise your eyebrows, even though you knew of the power couple you were never really into politics, the topic being all too confusing for someone like you. Leaving twelve years of being single, you wondered what caused him to join such website, he didn't reveal much through messages.

"Miss, we are here." You heard the driver speak up, you shook out of your thoughts and thanked him before handing some cash and leaving the car.

You shivered at the cold breeze that swept by you, you tugged your little pink skirt further down. Hoping that warmer days are coming, you hated the cold. Finally, the realization that you will be meeting this man that you have been messaging hit you like a ton of bricks. You gulped, as you peered at the cafe in front of you. Without another thought you rushed through the doors, feeling bad you that you must of have left him waiting. From the research you had done you knew he was a punctual man, always the first one ready for every event.

Scanning the area around you before you spotted the tall figure sat right at the back booth. You didn't even realize he was already staring you down like you had murdered his whole family, speed walking to the table.

"I'm so sorry Mr Skywalker, I slept through my alarm this morning and I didn't realize how long the ride will take." you rambled on, cheeks turning red being under his intense stare.

He hummed and pointed to the seat in front of him, not saying a word yet. Your hands shook slightly at the silence he was giving you, taking the seat he was pointing. Expecting the cold shoulder but still slightly hoping that the messages you had exchanged had encouraged some form of lightheartedness.

"Twenty minutes. That is how long I have been waiting for you. I must say I'm very displeased by this." Were his first words to me, oh that sweet honey voice rolling smoothly of his tongue. You took every word in carefully, gazing up at him you tried not to get too distracted by his good looks.

"I'm sorry... I will do better next time. I promise Mr Skywalker." you mumbled, biting your lip as sudden shyness took over your body.

"Not so bold now are, dollface? I must say the nickname does match the face." he added as he toyed with the coffee cup in his hand. The compliment had made you blush harder, not being able to look into his eyes no more as you shook your head carefully. The way he said the nickname had made your thighs clench together beneath the table, hoping he didn't notice the action. He did.

You were unsure how to reply, not really expecting for him to be so forward, before you could say anything he begins with a "So, are you ready to go through the rules?"

This made you look up. Rules? He was really an organised man afterall. "Yes." You replied, unsure what possible rules he will be giving you but still ready to hear what he wants from you. The intention of why you were on the website in the first place was known to him but you were yet to learn what he wanted from you. He said he would only discuss it in person which encouraged the meeting in the first place.

"Okay good. So as you know already my job requires of me to attend to many different events. Not just around our state but to others as well." He carefully listed, his eyes never leaving yours. Though you were taking every word in carefully, knowing you couldn't afford to anger him. Being late already set you back in your eyes, so you had to try harder to impress him. You scoffed inside, you didn't have to impress him, this is not a date. You had to remind yourself once again.

"My uncle, well he is a very persistent man and as much as I try to push his talks away it seems impossible. He wants me to marry again. This is something I cannot do, but to push those frustrating talks away I thought you could be an actual help here." Furrowing your eyebrows, you added puzzled, "You want to marry me?"

He scoffed at the words. For some reason that made your insides feel weird. You shook your head, this is not a date. You kept repeating in your head. "No, of course not. I meant that you could play a pretend girlfriend or some sort. Only for a while, until he backs off and I can finish off my tasks without having to hear his talks." He answered, taking a sip of his coffee. You licked your lips in response, you felt crazy for finding any action of his so sexy. You had to control yourself.

"I see. So what would be rules I would need to follow?" You asked, still unsure about this whole thing but deep within you knew you wanted to keep seeing this man. Something about him made you question your morals, wanting to do absolutely anything to please him. Once again you had to shake your head at such disturbing thoughts appearing in your head.

"Well firstly, you will and must attend every event that I have scheduled. No matter last minute or not, those events are super important for me and my job. And that way the media will be able to spread the word of their leader in a relationship and my uncle can finally back off. There will be no physical contact between us besides a typical hand hold, and only for such contact to made will be at those events. And for your attendance you will be payed as discussed prior of course." This seemed so easy for him as he spoke, always so professional.

You had to take all the information in, this was such an unusual situation. When your friend said to join the website you were expecting you will have to get some form of sexual interaction but this, this was so different. You can't lie, it was really an amazing deal. Though you cannot lie that the last rule made you slightly disappointing, you didn't know how you will control yourself next to this man and not be able to touch him.

"Deal" You squealed, throat dry from not speaking up for a while. Embarrassment took over you, hoping you didn't draw too much attention to yourself. You saw a slight smirk appear on his handsome face, "That's good, I'm glad." You still couldn't look into his eyes for long before staring at the table, playing with the hems at the end of your skirt.

"It was nice meeting you, dollface. I hope that our next meeting will be with you on time." The comment made your head shot up, face flushed as your doe like eyes stared up him, you saw his adams apple wobble as he swallowed, adjusting his tie he stood up, ready to leave.

"Oh and nice shirt, dollface." Were his last words as he turned away and walked out the doors. Leaving you speechless and embarrassed, you looked down at the shirt and saw you had forgotten in your late process to put a bra on, your white shirt clearly highlighting the hardened nipples from the earlier cold you felt.

You cursed yourself, this is going to be the hardest thing you will have to do. You were sure of it.

— i would love to hear your feedback on it:) and let me know if you like another part to it.

[allwaswell16]

[4 pics, 4 quotes, 4 iconic 1D fics]

Iconic Fics by...

- reminiscingintherain -

[1]

“Move down through the bus,” the driver harshly snapped out a demand over the tannoy. “There’s plenty of room, show some consideration for others.” He continued to mutter under his breath, his frustrated mumbling and swearing just audible over the speakers.

Louis rolled his eyes at the driver’s lack of manners, but followed on down the centre and reached up for the overhead strap when there was nowhere further to go.

“Why is it such bad etiquette to ask for a lap to sit on when it’s so busy?” he pondered aloud, a little sulky at the thought of standing for the whole of the twenty five minute journey to his flat.

“Um, you, uh, you can sit on mine?” a low voice stammered out beside him.

Louis looked around in surprise, partly because no one ever responded to his mumblings as a rule, but also because someone had actually accepted his suggestion. His eyes widened further as he took in the stranger.

[2]

He was just getting his groove on to a bit of classic Bee Gees, when the bell over the door jingled, signalling the presence of a new customer. Harry turned with a cheerful smile, almost missing a step as he caught sight of the man who'd just entered his shop.

Wearing a black vest that revealed inked collarbones and arms, with the tightest skinny black jeans Harry had ever seen, and a pair of scuffed up Vans, the man stepped up to the counter and slammed down his credit card.

"How do I passive-aggressively say 'fuck you' in flower?" a soft clear voice demanded.

"U-uh," Harry stammered, caught by a pair of bright blue eyes, and taking a few moments to register what had been said. "Wait. What?"

"I just found out that my supposed boyfriend is fucking the girl next door," the customer glared. "I've already burned his favourite books, snapped all of his vinyl," Harry pressed a hand to his chest at the mere thought, "and had the locks changed. Now I wanna send the girl flowers. I want a 'with sympathy' card. And I want 'fuck you' flowers. Cos she was supposed to be my friend."

[3]

“Yep. I’m hoping I get some kind of award for being the most awesome best friend in the world.”

“Oh, I’m sure you will,” Adam nodded. “We’re the ultimate gift, specially Styles over there. He’s been fussing over his outfit for two days. Trying to decide the right level of ‘acceptable wedding tit’ or something.”

Louis burst out laughing, letting out a snort and choking on it as he caught sight of Harry’s attempt at looking insulted.

“Did… did you decide on an appropriate level of wedding tit?” Louis eventually managed to ask.

“Not yet,” Harry replied primly.

[4]

"I'd like to take a look around the island," Liam added. "The scenery and art is supposed to be amazing."

"Yeah, that's boring Payno," Niall rolled his eyes. "I may try a bit of surfing? Ooh, I wonder if they have those inflatable rides. Y'know the ones where you're tugged along behind a speedboat and you gotta try and stay on? I wanna try those."

"Okay, calm down," Harry chuckled quietly. "I like the sound of the scenery and art, Li. I've brought my camera, so maybe I can get some --"

"If the next words out of your mouth are 'get some work done', I will throw your Saint Laurent boots in the Mediterranean," Niall threatened.

"Let's not get hasty," Harry said quickly, paling slightly.

- answers below -

1 - On This Winter's Night

When a random bloke offers his lap for a seat on a busy bus in December, Louis' Christmas ends up being much different, and far less lonely than he was expecting.

2 - Say It With Flowers

From the prompt: Person A owns a flower shop and person B comes storming in one day, slaps 20 bucks on the counter and says “How do I passive-aggressively say fuck you in flower?”

3 - Latching Onto You

“Wait a sec,” Harry interrupted. “Zayn and Liam?” “Yeah, my best mates, who are getting married?” Louis said slowly, slightly baffled at the question. “This is a gay wedding?” “Is that going to be a problem?” Louis asked, his voice losing its friendly edge and taking on a decidedly icy tone.

Or, the one where Louis wants to book Harry Styles to perform at his best friends' wedding.

4 - Can't Help Falling

"I like the sound of the scenery and art, Li. I've brought my camera, so maybe I can get some --" "If the next words out of your mouth are 'get some work done', I will throw your Saint Laurent boots in the Mediterranean," Niall threatened. "Let's not get hasty," Harry said quickly, paling slightly. "No work, Styles," Liam reinforced. "At all. We promised Anne we'd get you to relax." "We're gonna go see Li's mate," Niall offered. "He works in a bar out there, right?" "Yeah," Liam nodded. "You remember me saying a while back about Zayn from school?" "Uh, he sent you a friend request or something on Facebook, right?" Harry guessed. "And you were surprised cos you've not seen him for like, ten years or something." "Right," Liam agreed. "He and a mate from uni went over once they'd graduated and opened up their own bar. Apparently it's doing pretty well, and he wanted to let me know where they were." ~~~~ Or the one where Harry's a workaholic, until best mates Liam and Niall drag him away for a holiday to Ibiza.

@reminiscingintherain

[yoonyeon0]

Helloooo, was wondering if you had any hcs for Jun Seki. I never see him getting married but I could see him with the same partner for like 20 years any hcs doesn’t have to be relationship I just love your work

seki is one of my FAVORITE characters. a relationship hcs will come out soon for him ☺️

Sekibayashi Jun General Hcs!

let’s go!

This is so random but I feel like Seki drinks like a milk gallon of water everyday. He’s insanely hydrated. Like he’s never dehydrated.

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Seki has naturally long nails and they grow back very quickly so he clips them off very frequently.

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Seki loves cooking. I know it is in the manga but he can cook like a beast and when he does, some of the guys from the SJPW swear he’s a chef in secret.

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Seki be outside. Not full on partying, but he does go out very frequently. He hates staying home and not having fun when it’s literally what he built himself on.

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Seki laughs at those dumb facebook memes and laughs HARD. He’s a bit of a unc and it’s hilarious to see. His laugh echoes around the whole damn SJPW warehouse.

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I’m sorry to say this but Seki is highly influenced by black people. I mean, those cornrows aren’t for nothing. Adding to this, he probably asks Cosmo or anyone younger than him “What you know ‘bout this?” when they know any type of old song like the Jackson 5 or something. He probably accidentally said the n-word once without knowing what it meant and Jerry had to sit him down and explain why and he’s just terribly embarrassed 😞.

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Seki is an early bird. He can wake up so early and he won’t feel tired. Sometimes he goes out to train at 4:30 in the morning and drags Haru with him and it’s obvious that Haru falls asleep on the way there.

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Lowkey hosts cookouts and the food there is BOMB. He is always on the grill but he might step out to dance.

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Seki hates snakes. One of the only animals he lowkey stays away from because of how ‘overpowered’ they are.

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Seki sometimes goes to see Kiozan’s fights and cheers him on. In return, he gets a glare but he doesn’t mind though.

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Sekibayashi is TERRIBLE at being original. He plagiarizes anything he finds cool and doesn’t even realize that it’s somewhat of a crime.

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Seki would wear a suit, fedora, and a cigar to make him to look cool (he REFUSES to smoke, the cigar isn’t lighted) and then proceeds to make those photo videos with him in different poses with Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems in the background. Haru was probably twisting and turning trying to get the best angles 😭😭 (Y’all don’t know how much I cracked up imagining this)

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Sings in the shower and it sounds somewhat good. He always singing Aaliyah and Usher.

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Now the finale, who would Seki listen to?

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Seki is a LARGE fan of OutKast. He likes the happy vibe and the loud sound of it. He also just likes any 90’s music. If I had to tell you what singers he likes, probably Usher, Beyoncé, Micheal Jackson, and definitely Bruno Mars.

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Does he go to concerts? Yeah. Will he buy merchandise? Obviously. Does he act like their promoter? Yes, everyone in that damn Kengan Asscociation will know about these singers, by fire by force.

im crying this looks like im fetishizing black people but I SWEAR im not. its just that seki is black in soul, asian in blood 😗

𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙤𝙣! 𝘿𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙡, 𝙘𝙤𝙥𝙮 𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧��.

[becauseitsyouandi]

WBWP rantings and questions (to be added on upon)

How tf did Justin expect to hide his secret from his family? Roman is probably in middle school so around ~12 years old. At this point Roman should’ve presented as a Wizard and gone through that wizard puberty. Is he going to have to wear the floppy hat?

Max being rich is a win !! My mans is smart and resourceful as seen when he sold bottled water. Max finally getting what he deserves. I hope Jake comes in at least one episode as a guest star.

Justin: “A wise wizard once told me: ���You fail only if you give up.’” I’m done so cute 🥺

David Henrie I need you to find some loophole on how Justin was able to do magic at the end of episode 1. He is married and not at Wiztech anymore. Is Justin only able to ‘turn on’ the lair? Doesn’t that still count as magic?

How short of a time Justin was actually a Professor at Wiztech is CRAZY— Justin turns 34 in ep 1 of WBWP. Roman is approximately 12~ years old. So if Roman was born when Justin was 22, let’s say he met Giana at 20. Justin was made a Wiztech Professor at age 19. That is barely anytime to be a Professor

Alex: “So, what? You just hide out here in Staten Island and deny who you are?” She clocked him 💀

Justin you are a full grown man hiding your whole ass identity as a wizard to your wife and kids. Just admit she’s your beard to hide the fact that you want to be with your sister 😒

Justin pulled Alex by the hand in ep 1 to have a ‘private discussion’ moment !! What a throwback 😍

Mark my words Billie and Roman are getting together. Not this season, but if they have a season added on, this will be tried. It’s a bit ‘Justin/Alex if they were kept best friends as planned*’

The monsters at least at episode 1 are very intense compared to our campy WOWP. The scariest thing there was a jealous boyfriend who would wolf out and eat your ex whole. I wonder how the tone will be since they’re trying to build a plot of Billie saving the world. I think it’s nice that there is a pressure like that added in. WOWP had more of a sitcom feel especially in seasons 1-2 where the formula “Alex uses magic badly, she must fix it in order to have her parents not ground her.” was beat to death

*The whole ‘Justin-and-Alex were written as best friends then made into siblings!’ thing may be a rumor, idk. I haven’t seen any sources for or against it… except for having eyes ofc but don’t get me started

[wannaeatramyeon]

hihi!! i thought this was funny and wanted to tell you😭

i was telling my friend about Goo and how i would absolutely marry him and they said that he needs their blessing. i asked what he can do to get their blessing and they said he needed to write them an essay about how much he loves me so, to entertain them, i wrote them an essay from Goo's perspective about why he wants to marry me with a 20 minute timer. it was 584 words in the end and I worked a miracle.

Moral of the story: Goo got the blessing😭so uhhh you can always write your way into someones life??

This tickled me, just imagining the unhinged ramblings from Goo POV mixed with your own. Drop it please.

Inbox clearing time! Non fic requests answered: 6. (Check it - plus my fave Lookism arcs!)

To the non-anon anon that I have not included and I don't know what to do with your message - No, I won't hold your hand while you poop. Good luck with that.

Really?? I feel so... unhinged and nonsensical (even more so than usual) when I rant. Seriously thank you for reading!?!!?

PTJ did somewhat write women with more of a personality in his Life As A Loser Series so it seems more of a shame that he's lost his touch and catering much more towards teenage boys with his current series.

Which. Fine. Action manhwa - great. BUT if your target audience are teenage boys then yknow, wouldn't it be even BETTER to write some strong badass women so these impressionable youngsters realise that not all girls need saving, and oh look. Girls are human too. With their own ambitions and flaws and imperfections, just like everyone else.

If you must make them simp, form a harem. Also. FINE. At least give them something beyond that.

Hey Black Anon! Sorry again for how long it took me to respond to your ask before, and hope it's going much better for yourself since your last request.

I'm muuuuch more responsive with DMs so if you ever wanna come out of anon - come shout at me in my DMs!!

HTF s2 is really... something. Completely lost the meaning of HTF and Viral Hit. Don't blame you for dropping it. Alas, the Taehoon grip on me is still going STRONG.

LOL. Me in a similar position, wondering if I should get into JJK.

Can I... recommend some of my fave arcs if you ever do decide to read Lookism? The ones I like are generally more story driven.

Vasco's backstory (prepare the tissues) - 52 - 57

Johan + Zack + Mira backstory (cult warning, another sad arc) - 132 - 138

Goddog (another pretty sad arc with Johan) - 199 - 213

Jacedichi Files (silly crime solving with Burn Knuckles) - 215 - 218

One Night (Johan + Jace!! Fun action) - 258 - 262

Jake Kim (PLEASE READ THIS IF NOTHING ELSE) - 302 - 318

Workers (2A) (Rescuing Sinu. Honestly, I cry almost every time. Read Jake Kim's arc to appreciate this!) - 372 - 392

Let me know if you ever get into it!!!

Me??? Mine????? I cannot write that guy so thank you - that means A LOT to me! I will try harder to write a decent Eli (that doesn't devolve into ranting about his current direction).

Thank you for reading and being so friggin CUTE!! 💖

I feel a vaguely threatening tone from this.

Like something Goo would recite before walking into a darkened warehouse with a crowbar 🤔

Baby there's nothing noble about this, but it is actually more satisfying than my normal job lol (lolling through tears).

Thank you so much for reading!! My single braincell has been firing quite well with these ideas.

Anon. Honestly this is adorable, I've screenshat this for a pick me up ahhhhhhh 🥹

My dear 🕊️ anon, thank you for reading my DG fic! I also feel very little for DG but I will admit I am coming around to him.

YES!!! I LOVE the idea of someone getting close to James Lee in his younger years, and him being soft for the reader.

And then I also like angst so let's bring those 2 things together. Heh.

Eeeee I also added that Remember fic to my list of faves that I have written.

Please. I also have a list of fictional men I am unwell over. Let's start a support group! 🫠

[torreshalstead]

It Seemed Like a Good Idea - Chapter 8

Summary - Hailey’s US visa was due to expire, which normally wouldn’t be an issue as the CPD would get it renewed but due to a backlog of paperwork, this wasn’t possible. This meant Hailey was faced with the real possibility of having to leave the country, her job and everything she held dear. That was until Jay offered up a solution which would allow her to stay in Chicago, in Intelligence, with him - they could get married. Getting married was a good idea, right?

Chapters - 8/20

Chapter Title - The Nerves

Notes - Thanks for all the love and excitement on the last chapter, hope you enjoy this one too. Happy Reading! AO3 Link

‘I am stealing your fiancée and kicking you out Halstead,’ Kim announced dramatically when Jay let her into the apartment on Friday night, the night before they were due to get married.

‘You’re doing what now Burgess?’ Jay asked curiously. Hailey stood just behind him and was stifling a laugh, Kim could be a force to be reckoned with when she decided to.

‘It’s the night before your wedding, it’s bad luck for you two to stay in the same place so you’re going to stay with Will. Don’t worry I already cleared it with him. You can see Hailey tomorrow at the courthouse, I’ll get her there on time, don't worry,’ Kim added with a light laugh.

‘Did you know about this?’ Jay said to Hailey, raising an eyebrow as he spoke.

‘Nothing of the sort, but it is tradition,’ she said with a smirk. ‘Have fun at Will’s.’

Jay shook his head but had to smile, it was very fitting that Kim would be the one to hold them to traditions which considering it wasn’t a real marriage felt highly irregular but Hailey was smiling and joking with her friend, and that was enough for him. He started to head into his room to pack an overnight back when he heard Hailey call out.

‘I put your spare hold-all in the box under our bed,’ she said, shooting him a look that took him just a second to decipher.

‘Oh, thanks,’ he said before turning heel and walking into her room.

He had almost blown their cover out of pure habit, all the stuff he would need to pack a bag should technically be in the same room as Hailey’s stuff because obviously an engaged couple shared a room. Thank goodness Hailey had been paying attention - she’d always been better at undercover work than he had.

It didn’t take him long to grab some stuff, shove it into his duffle and head back out to say goodbye to Kim and Hailey.

‘See you tomorrow Jay,’ Kim said with a smirk, ‘have fun with Will. Now say goodbye and don’t get too lovey dovey, you’ll see her in less than a day.’

Jay glanced at Hailey realising they were back in their new roles as fiancée and fiancé, she smiled and he saw her nod her head just slightly giving him silent permission.

‘See you tomorrow,’ he said quietly, pulling her into a hug. Pulling back slightly he glanced down at her lips and before he had a chance to second guess himself he gave her a chaste kiss on the lips. Her lips were just as soft as he remembered.

Hailey’s cheeks were slightly reddened when they separated.

‘11:30 tomorrow, don’t forget,’ she said smiling.

‘How could I forget that,’ he winked at her and made his way to the exit. ‘Look after her Burgess,’ he called over his shoulder as he closed the door behind him.

It felt natural. Jay kissing her goodbye, it just felt right. It took a second before Kim fake coughed to get her attention.

‘Well you two are sickeningly adorable,’ she said with a grin and Hailey couldn’t disguise her blush.

‘Shut up,’ she scoffed. ‘Wine?’ She asked in an attempt to change the topic.

‘Yes, but first,’ Kim walked over to a bag sat by the front door that Hailey hadn’t noticed her bring in. ‘You need to go try this on.’ She held out the bag with a smile.

‘Okay…’ Hailey said slowly, taking hold of the bag with anticipation.

‘Go on,’ Kim said, almost pushing her into the bathroom.

Closing the door behind her, Hailey opened the bag, curiously wondering what her friend was up to. Pulling out something wrapped in tissue paper, she unwrapped it and gasped.

It was beautiful.

It was a dress.

More specifically it was a white dress.

A wedding dress.

It looked to be made of a light satin, but it was once Hailey pulled it on, discarding her jeans and tee haphazardly in the corner that her jaw dropped. It hugged her in all the right places, giving her the perfect silhouette. She looked beautiful.

She looked like a bride.

Her eyes roamed over it trying to take it all in. It was mid length, the hem sitting just a couple of inches below her knees, there was a slit up the side that Hailey knew would give just a little bit more of her thigh when she walked. The material was brought together at her right hip but continuing upwards was supported by a singular thick strap resting on her right shoulder. There was a small amount of beading on the ruched detail at her hip that caught the light as she moved. She brought her hand over her mouth. She had never looked like this before.

Well she had never gotten married before.

‘Does it fit?’ Kim’s voice broke through her revery and Hailey hastily wiped under her eyes where tears had started to brim.

‘Kim, it’s beautiful,’ she whispered.

‘Come on then, let me see. I’m not the one who’s marrying you,’ she heard her friend laugh from behind the door. ‘Oh Hailey,’ she said once Hailey had opened the door and walked into the living room.

‘I can’t wear this,’ Hailey said quietly. It was too much.

‘Of course you can, it’s stunning on you. Jay is going to lose his nut when he sees you,’ Kim chuckled.

‘Isn’t it a bit too formal for a courthouse?’ Hailey asked, trying to think of any excuse even though the dress wasn’t super formal. It was still an actual wedding dress. She couldn’t wear an actual wedding dress to her not-actual wedding, it was absurd. The lines were getting blurred already, this might as well just erase any that remained.

‘You can wear your sneakers with it if you want,’ Kim giggled. ‘No, I’m serious Hails, you look incredible. You have to wear it.’

After a second of Hailey just standing there not saying anything, Kim asked, ‘do you not like it?’

‘No, no I love it,’ Hailey answered quickly. ‘It looks like it’s expensive though so I can’t-’ but Kim interrupted her.

‘Nope, it cost me less than $100 from that off the rack place down on West Illinois. Makayla asked what you were wearing and I couldn’t as well tell her that you’d be wearing jeans and that damn red flannel of yours now could I,’ she laughed again. ‘It’s my wedding present to you. It’s not everyday you get to watch two of your best friends tie the knot, is it,’ she smiled and took both of Hailey’s hands in her own. Hailey felt her squeeze gently and she couldn’t help but smile. It might not be real, but for just that moment, she wanted to believe it was.

‘It’s really sweet Kim, and the dress is gorgeous,’ she paused. ‘Can I really wear my sneakers with it?’ She said bashfully, looking up at Kim and grinning.

‘If you must,’ she replied and then the pair burst into giggles.

Moving to Chicago had been a huge step for Hailey, even if she hadn’t ever had that many close friends in Toronto, it was still outside of her comfort zone. But she hadn’t just found a job she loved, she had found a family. She was forever grateful for the people she had encountered who had become permanent fixtures in her life. Never did she think she’d have a friend like Kim who would go out of her way to do something like this for her. She could cry just thinking about it.

‘Now let me get changed and then we can crack open that wine,’ Hailey said dramatically before she cried on her brand new dress. ‘This is far too nice to spill some red down.’

The pair spent the evening chatting, drinking wine and generally putting the world to rights. Hailey was pleased that after the initial discussion of the dress, the conversation topic shifted away from her and Jay’s relationship. She got the updates about Kim and Adam and how the pair of them had hit a couple of bumps but were making it work. Kim told her all about how Makayla was doing at school having won the prize in the science fair the week before. It was nice for just a moment to forget about the giant secret she was keeping, she could just be plain old Hailey for the night, no strings attached.

‘Are you staying the night?’ Hailey asked whilst clearing away the glasses and the empty bottle.

‘Nope, I’ve text Adam to pick me up, he’ll be here in a bit. I promised Mak I’d help her get ready in the morning. Unless you want me to stay?’ She asked.

‘No no, I’ll be fine,’ Hailey said with a small smile. ‘You get my favourite niece all decked out in her Frozen best.’

‘We will come pick you up on route okay, text you when we are on our way over?’

‘Sounds perfect, thanks Kim.’

Hailey was never usually the one to initiate a hug, she had nothing against them but it just wasn’t something she did often, but right now she couldn’t help herself. She pulled her friend into a tight embrace, trying to pour everything into it. How thankful she was to have her in her life, how much she appreciated everything she had done for her, how much she loved her.

‘Enjoy your final sleep as a single lady,’ Kim winked after the two let go of each other.

‘See you in the morning,’ Hailey smiled, closing the door behind her. She let out a shaky breath as everything came crashing over her, what she and Jay were actually trying to accomplish, how much was weighing on it.

Kim’s just gone home. Hope you’re having a good evening with Will.

She sent off the text to Jay without a second thought, she’d have phoned him if she knew he was free but she had a feeling that the boys may have taken him out for a final drink. She didn’t have long to wait to find out the answer though, her phone rang a second later, Jay’s name flashing across her screen.

‘Hey,’ his voice, warm and comforting, echoed through the speaker.

‘Hey,’ she said softly, dropping herself down onto the couch and tucking her legs up underneath her.

‘Have a good evening with Kim?’

‘Yeah it was nice, she-’ Hailey paused. She had been about to tell him that Kim had bought her a dress for tomorrow but something held her back. Part of her wanted to see his face when he saw her in it. If it was anywhere close to the reaction he had had to her outfit on their ‘date’ then it would be worth it. ‘She bought wine,’ she finished.

‘Make sure to have some water before bed then, I know what kind of an influence that Burgess can be,’ she heard him chuckle and couldn’t help the feeling of warmth that surged through her. Even when he wasn’t here he was still checking in on her and looking after her.

‘I will do, thanks Jay,’ she smiled.

‘You okay?’ He asked after a brief moment of silence.

‘I guess I’m just a little nervous,’ Hailey admitted. There was no point hiding from Jay, he was the only person apart from Will that she could actually talk to truthfully about all of this. Well at least part truthfully.

‘It’s normal to get nervous before the big day, I’m sure most people do.’

‘But most people aren’t lying to their friends and the law,’ Hailey sighed, a hand rubbing her forehead.

‘Hailey,’ Jay sighed. ‘I know, but it’s the only way.’

‘I know, I just…’

‘I hate lying to them too. But you know they’d be supporting us anyway if they knew the whole story. They are just supporting us in a different way right now.’

‘But they are so happy for us.’

‘They are happy that we are happy. And we are happy because us doing this lets you stay in the country. And that makes them happy too.’

‘I guess so,’ she conceded.

‘It’ll all be fine Hailey, I promise.’ She smiled, her shoulders relaxing from tension she hadn’t even known she had been holding.

‘I believe you,’ she said softly and she meant it.

‘Okay then, get some sleep and I’ll see you at the courthouse tomorrow. Oh I invited Mouse by the way, I know you’ve never met him but-’

‘But he’s your friend and if he found out you got married, fake or not, he would be hurt if he wasn’t invited,’ Hailey said calmly.

‘Yeah, he’s done a lot for me over the years and I don’t want him to be hurt.’

‘It will be lovely to meet him, he’s doing a lot for me too,’ Hailey smiled.

‘Thanks Hails. Okay, Will is probably going to knock in a minute and tell me to shut the hell up so I’ll say goodnight.’

‘Goodnight Jay.’

‘It’ll all be okay Hailey, sleep well.’ And with that, he ended the call and Hailey dropped her phone onto the cushion next to her. She hoped he was right, there was too much riding on this for him to be wrong.

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Hailey tossed and turned most of the night, unable to switch off her mind from spiralling through worst case scenarios. These ranged from Jay not showing up and being jilted at her own fake wedding, Immigration Services crashing into the court and arresting her, or her father showing up and declaring that she couldn’t get married and taking her back to Canada.

She was aware in her logical mind that none of those were going to happen, but her wine filled mind didn’t seem to be able to filter out the possible from the improbable. She lay awake, staring at the ceiling waiting for her alarm to go off before she dragged herself out of bed.

She was grateful that Kim had gone home last night, it meant she didn’t have to keep up the act for any longer before what was already going to be an intense day of wearing a mask. It gave her a moment to actually decompress and realise that after today, everything was going to change.

Jay and her knew it wasn’t real, but everyone else didn’t. Everyone else would expect them to wear their rings everyday, call each other husband and wife, be madly in love with each other. She’d have to tick the married boxes on forms instead of the single. She’d legally be his next of kin should anything happen to him in the field or vice versa. Maybe they hadn’t thought this through enough, they’d only thought about it on a top level. Just as she was starting to panic again, her phone vibrated against the nightstand.

Good Morning - Jay

Her panic stopped. He was the reason she knew it would be okay. All of this, she wasn’t going through it alone. He was going to be right by her side. He was her best friend, he was literally throwing his own life upside down to make sure that she didn’t have to. And the person who knew she would probably be freaking out right now, so let her know in a couple of words that he was there for her.

A different panic set in as she sat up in bed.

Shit.

For some ridiculous reason they had decided to write their own vows. Something about it looking good on the visa application, people marrying just for the sake of a visa would be unlikely to do it so it could work in their favour. The only thing not working in their favour now was that fact that she was supposed to be getting married in 5 hours and she hadn’t written a jot. Not a single word.

She couldn’t remember if it was her ridiculous idea or Jay’s but it was a stupid idea, whoever’s it was. But now she had to deal with it.

She jumped out of bed and headed to the living room, ignoring the white dress that was hanging on the wardrobe, a visual reminder of what was happening in a few short hours. Grabbing the notepad and pen she kept by the fridge for grocery reminders, she plopped down on the couch and stared at the blank sheet of paper.

How the hell do you write vows?

She started with the classic - Jay, from the moment I met you.

She crossed it out, the wedding might be a lie but saying anything to do with when they had first met would be even more of a lie. One that all of the unit would be able to see through. Their partnership had been rough to start with and everyone had known it.

She tried again - Jay, you make me feel like the only woman.

That got crossed out as well. Hailey would never say something like that, not in the comfort of her own apartment and definitely not in front of her friends.

Third time’s the charm, she thought. Jay, I never thought we’d end up here.

Well at least that was truthful she thought and continued to scribble, deciding the closer she stayed to the truth the easier it would be to make it believable. As she wrote she realised something, she wasn’t just staying close to the truth, she was writing the truth. The truth about how safe he made her feel, the truth about how she knew he always had her back. The little truth about how he made her laugh, and how when she laughed, his smile would stretch wide and his green eyes would sparkle. About how he knew when things were difficult, all she needed was a game on the TV, a beer in her hand and some pizza in her stomach.

All of it was the truth. And when she wrote the final line, she had to wonder to herself, was that true as well.

I love you Jay Halstead. And I always will.

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A few blocks away sat on the floor of his brother's apartment, Jay Halstead was surrounded by screwed up balls of paper, failed attempts at vows for his marriage which was less than 5 hours away. His current attempt was resting on the coffee table but his pen had stilled, all thoughts disappearing from his head.

This wasn’t the first time he had attempted to write them, he had tried every evening for the past week but every time he tried, he hated every single thing his brain came up with. It all sounded so fake, so cliche and even if the wedding wasn’t real, Hailey deserved more than that. He was also aware that they would have an audience, an audience who knew them very well and would be able to tell if they just spouted some lovey dovey crap. If they were going to do that then they might as well have just done the traditional vows.

He stopped counting after his 7th attempt, but if he had to guess this would be at least his 16th draft. This time he had decided to take a different path, thinking if he stayed close to the truth then his vows would sound less fake, less questionable.

Hailey, you’ve been my best friend for years now but somewhere along the way, you became something else.

It wasn’t a lie, his feelings for Hailey were complicated to put it lightly. He knew she viewed him as a best friend, and he thought of her in the same way. But he was pretty sure best friends didn’t make out with each other in the middle of the night and then replay the same moment over and over again in their mind until they knew it like the back of their hand. Will had said before they moved in together that he thought Jay was in love with her, Jay had laughed it off, the idea ridiculous. But now he wasn’t so sure.

You’re the most beautiful person I know, both inside and out.

That was a truth he was willing to die for, those eyes would haunt his dreams for as long as he lived.

Maybe sticking close to the truth was a risk, he was pouring out his heart to someone he knew didn’t feel the same way. Was he about to make a fool of himself? No, because it was fake, it was fake to her, she would think it was fake to him too. He’d be safe, they were just words after all.

‘How’s it going out there?’ Will’s voice echoed through the apartment as he appeared in the doorway, white shirt untucked with black dress pants, his feet bare on the hardwood floor.

‘It’s going,’ Jay said, still keeping his focus on the paper in front of him.

‘Who thought it was a good idea for you to write your own vows for your fake marriage to the girl you’re in love with?’ Will asked with a smirk.

‘How many times-’ Jay started with a huff before Will interrupted.

‘Do you have to tell me you’re not in love with Hailey? At least one more with a straight face,’ Will laughed.

‘I’m not in love with Hailey,’ Jay said, keeping his face as straight as he could, ignoring the words he had just written on the page.

Hailey Upton, I love you. Yesterday, today and forever. I’m yours.

[papirouge]

I’m from the us and I wonder if some of these more hardcore trad girls who wish we all lived in the 40s and 50s are aware that their idolization of 50s housewives is based on fake ads. So many women back then were either on drugs given to them by their doctor or hid their true feelings out of fear from their husbands because husbands back then were able to throw their wives into psychiatric hospitals for lobotomies if they had a mental breakdown over their lives or anything. Some girls were lobotomized just for being more free spirited and less like a “lady” and their families sent them to those hospitals. My grandma who lived through that time worked as a nurse had a lot of sad stories of meeting women who were trapped in abusive marriages, having kids they didn’t want and since postpartum depression wasn’t understood well, the “therapy” offered was electroshocks to the head or something else. And they knew that they would be thrown into mental hospitals and kept there until the doctor claimed those women were “cured” - there are other things I remember talking to grandma about before she passed, and while I like some of the aesthetics of trad living, there’s a lot of ignorance from young girls who don’t know the reality of what a lot of women had gone through back then :/ it’s not just sitting in a kitchen eating aprons and baking cake all day.

Well, I have nothing to add because you pretty much said it all, but overall I'm SICK of revisionist vision about womanhood and how women have been treated in recent History

You nailed it about 50s/60s housewives, but tbh I'm still seething about how some radfem try to rehabilitate 00s icon as some martyr of modern pop culture when they have done objectively awful things and that the way they've been treated by media can't solely be inputted on misogyny

Paris Hilton? the woman who infamously said lesbians were disgusting on tape and has an obsessive hate boner against Black men (there's this story floating about her saying she and Vin Diesel hooked up in a club and when she realized how 'dark' he was on more natural lights, dumped him💀)?

I wouldn't be surprised radfem would still defend her though, saying shit like "sHe wAs so YouNg" .....when homegirl was already in her 20s and that being young isn't an excuse for homophobia or racism 💀 Paris Hilton was quite awful in her peak (mid-late 00s) and she being antagonized by media was quite understandable actually. It was literally her brand. Zoomers who barely lived in that era have no idea of what they're talking about.

Her PR machine went OFF with that documentary about her abuse in that rich kids school and did an excellent job glossing over the many shady shit she did afterwards under the "disturbed rich girl" shtick....

I have second hand embarrassment watching (lesbian) radfem who bought into it and jumped on the rehabilitation bandwagon....

And TBH /unpopular opinion/ but I feel the same about Britney. Homegirl went off the rails after her In the Zone album, and as shady her family was, there was solid ground in putting her under tutorship (her erratic behavior, marrying that paparazzi guys, shaving her head, then assaulting journalists.... Regardless her -understandable- reasons for behaving like this (mental illness, mind control, etc.) those were valid ground to put under legal check, and I'm sick of people acting that there were some sort of mediatic conspiracy against Britney to make her fall out... Media harassment was just the nail on the coffin - she being overworked and controlled all her life was the main reason for her snapping like she did.

And don't get me started about Amber Heard stans acting like anyone supporting Johnny Depp has been brainwashed WHEN JOHNNY DEPP IS A LITERAL HOLLYWOOD ACTOR WHOSE STARDOM/FAME PREDATES THE INTERNET CONTAGION EFFECT PARTISANSHIP. If anything the general public supporting him instead of Amber is the organic status quo, and the only 'internet brainwashing ' was those viral tweet/Tiktok seeking to "expose" Depp and rally people to Heard's cause, which is a tactic that even Heard applaud , see :

You see TikTok defending Depp so you start being on his side? "YOu'vE beEn bRainWashEd"

You see Tiktok defending Heard so you start being in her side? "THats sO rEasDurIng to rEad #thetideisturning"

I just loathe how flipflopping these people are when it comes to interpret turn of events depending whether it fits their bias or not.

Also people need to stop expecting another #freebritney moment whenever they think a woman gets unfairly treated by the media. Britney was America's sweetheart. No other female celebrity comes close to the impact and influence she got on a whole generation of girls, who later on became publicist, journalists, blogger, etc. and held enough mediatic leverage to make that movement happen. That's not going to happen for Heard who, beside wifing Johnny Depp, is a literal "who", and is nowhere near having the endearing aura of Britney (doesn't Heard have the reputation of behaving poorly with people? She spat on her assistant face when she complained about some stuff💀)

[austencollins]

day 20 kodansha daily review challenge

Today's Manga is: The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride

Summary: after her cousin manipulates her into stepping outside the village's spiritual barrier & being attacked by an ayakashi, spiritually powerful Nanao goes from being arranged to marry the next leader of her clan, to being ostracized and looked down upon due to the taint left on Nanao by the Ayakashi... until the visiting leader of a different (super powerful, infamous) clan decides he absolutely must marry her.

Sometimes I wonder if Kodansha is cutting chapters short in order to create the illusion that one has access to more story than one actually does. That's not what's happening here, but the chapters do feel short -- probably because this is one of those series that do a lot of Big Dramatic Reaction Panels, and pace dialogue over a lot of big establishing shots & characters reacting to dialogue in front of flowering trees & so on; so a lot of pages doesn't necessarily equal a lot happening. The pace does feels appropriate for the story though: it was easy to go from one chapter to the next like I was popping candy.

Which is good, because the first chapter doesn't even introduce the male lead. Like Gachiakuta, the story spends a lot of time setting up an environment full of characters & conflicts that are safe to ignore and forget because the real story is about what the protagonist experiences after being exiled to somewhere else, with no real hope of returning. But whereas in Gachiakuta this made the first chapter feel unnecessary; it made sense for this manga, because this is one of those Cinderella wish fulfillment manga where you're basically standing around watching an abused shelter dog the heroine acclimate to her forever home being loved and cherished -- and establishing how awful she had it in her previous home supports that.

That's also the case for My Happy Marriage, which I watched a bit of, but gave up on because it's boring to read about a mysterious, broody hero with a dark secret who sweeps the poor pitiful heroine off to his castle when the vibe is just #NormalCoupleGoals instead of being tense or scary or ominous or thrilling or anything like that. It's like these are the anti-gothic romance. Which is wild, because about 4 chapters into The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride, we find out that male lead is a vampire. (Well, he's under a curse that requires him to drink blood, but same diff!) You'd think that would cause some complications, discomfort, conflict -- but not really. Nanao is just too happy to be valued & treated non-abusively, and the male lead is just too

I keep saying male lead because honestly he doesn't really have any standout qualities (except for not being noticeably abusive and weird -- so far -- which is unfortunately rare in romance manga & manhwa). His character design is pretty boring & generic (though I did think "hey he's kinda vampiric looking" way before the blooddrinking reveal) in that he's got short (but lush) dark hair, red eyes, and is tall. Nanao's first fiance, Reito, is very clearly characterized the Pretty Boy First Love Who Abandons The Heroine The Second There's Trouble, Regrets It For Shallow Reasons, And Egotistically Assumes He Can Get Her Back -- but his character design is visually much more interesting. But I also found Nanao's grown-up design to be much more boring and generic than her younger self (cut her hair! the long hair is so yucky!!!) save for one thing:

... which is that the art frequently makes her chin look ENORMOUS. (Which semi-ruins moments like this dramatic face reveal.) It feels like someone came along and quickly added the face in after everything else was drawn, and just didn't bother to get the mouth and nose placement right. That, or they were trying for more of a Sexy Baby look, since the alternate panel I whipped up with the nose and mouth placement & size altered to look more correct to me also made Nanao look older and less babylike (IMO).

I don't think I got the nose place right in the panel on the left, but I think it looks better this way. But maybe this is all just a matter of personal aesthetic taste, and not accurate proportions. Or maybe Nanao is supposed to have a big chin, and it's all the panels where she doesn't that are wrong.

I'm curious as to why Ayakashi was left untranslated. It's not a word I'm very familiar with, although it was easy to clock that it referred to something supernatural (like a ghost or a demon). I don't really see the point in leaving it untranslated: whatever nuanced differences might exist are likely irrelevant to this story, and it's likely that we'll get a more specific explanation of any relevant nuances in the story if and when the story needs it (much the same way similar English language supernatural romance stories eventually make it clear what the rules governing their version of vampires or werewolves are).

Nanao breaking the rule against stepping outside of the city's spiritual protection just to get a damn hairpin (without even trying to pull it back with a branch, or asking someone else to get it for her) feels like a major unforced self-own. Granted, she is a child when she does this; but she's a dutiful child who 100% believes evil spirits are real. Feels like it ought to have taken a bit more to get her to cross the barrier than just her older cousin going "lol sure I'll call for help if something bad happens, don't worry and just go." But I may simply find it hard to understand Nanao's actions there because this kind of peer pressure shit never worked on me as a kid.

On the other hand... Nanao grows up to be a passive reactive drip. So perhaps it's not just because it's her character. Not that I dislike Nanao for being such a sad wet cat of a heroine: this is part of the fantasy, and it's a realistic enough reaction to the kind of sustained abuse Nanao experienced. However... it's not exactly suspenseful or fun to read about Nanao settling into her new life as a bride when everyone around her in the new place are super understanding and nice and supportive.

[gaddaboutgriffon]

ok part two. and I am going to warn everyone right now.

I am making Lex into an even worse A-hole

That was your first chance to go back. you have been warned.

Ok on with the plot.

I think it will be a stalemate for a while of superwoman stopping Lex's crimes, Clara and Lois looking but not being able to get something solid that wouldn't trigger the trap. Until we get to the point where Lex hired the joker to kill superwoman, and that brings DCs greatest detective Batman to metropolis following up after Joker had stolen a big chunk of kryptonite.

They are able to stop that plan, and while I don't think they get what they need to expose Lex as the head of a crime ring. That team up gets Batman on Superwoman's side and on this case. (I'm going with what happened in the animated series where superwoman uses x-ray vision to learn batman is Bruce Wayne, and batman put a tracker on her cape and learned her secret identity by seeing her change costume at home. so they know who the other is) She explains why she is using the relationship to gather evidence, and also about the trap Lex set.

Bruce deals with taking down gangs and mafia in Gotham all the time. He knows how much danger she is in on this. Probably more than Clara herself does. Yeah, he is going to be all over this case.

(At this point we are probably like 20 episodes and getting to a season finally if it is a series since there would be lots of other episodes fighting the rest of metropolis rogues gallery.) I think at this point we ramp up the conflict more by having Lex starting to loose patience. They have been "dating" for a couple years now. He may have even proposed once but she didn't say yes. Now we have him try to blackmail her into marrying him. This puts a time limit they need to defeat him by. (also I think Bruce figured this would happen and it isn't going to surprise him.)

I think it continues for awhile and just before the showdown, she thinks she HAS to agree to marry him, manages to somehow keep delaying with excuses until he loses his shit, and that's all the while Batman getting closer and closer to Lex and current hideout.. so then she actually DOES marry him (which of course would be annulled later on or a fake notary or something so she can claim it wasn't real) .. he finds out he was right all along about her trying to get him and then starts abusing and threatening her .. batman, with the help of Lois and Jimmy, finds his hidey-hole.

In every reboot I have seen Lex had terrible parents and never believed in love. he believes in being smart, and having the will to overcome obstacles. His version of love is conquest, and thinks that she will eventually see he was always right.

So, a very dangerous situation for Clara though. Will be even more dangerous once Lex finds out about Superwoman’s kryptonite weakness and starts carrying it around with him in his pocket. Maintaining her secret identity is even more important in this AU.

I was thinking of adding the twist that like a couple days before the wedding Lex learns Superwoman and Clara are the same person. But it was at a distance and Clara doesn't know he found out. for Lex this looks like he is going to get an ultimate victory. Takes out his greatest opponent and wins the relationship conquest by making her his. though a part of him feels like the it is a bitter victory as he does feel a little betrayed how hard Clara actually was trying to take him down. But he can take that out on her latter and he has the time to put in some last minute changes to the honeymoon.

(Shew this is one of those moments when you wonder if the story is going too dark. WARNING It is also going to the to be one of the darkest periods of time for her. Also, I know the actual comics have done far darker things. But this is your last chance to click off now.)

Lex's character is the type to manipulate before using force. He had the kryptonite hidden and ready to force things but will try to get what he wants with out it. So he is using the fact that Clara doesn't know he figured out her secret identity against her. She has to pretend she is a civilian and well that's how Connor gets conceived.

(I knew I was still going to have Connor be in the story, but when we put in the idea, they actually get married I couldn't dismiss the idea of him actually being their baby. So, I decided to have a coworker who had no idea what I was working on flip a coin. Heads = Connor is natural born. Tails = still a clone. The coin landed on heads. A real baby coming from that cursed marriage will give new meaning to Kara calling him Kon El.) If that is too unbelievable, we can have Clara fight back, but Lex then reveals he knows who she is with some kryptonite. Not sure which is worse. But I am going with the first option of her doing it to maintain her cover.

(Ok, so the pregnancy brings up something else. We know she is an alien but other than the powers the comics and cartoons don't really delve into that. and frankly I thought it would be interesting if there are some more biological differences. I was thinking that female kryptonians don't have periods. the body just reabsorbs the "material". so that isn't an indicator. Also, I was thinking that the pregnancy is shunting so much energy into supporting/growing the baby that it basically turns their powers off. happens about a month into the pregnancy.

It also means we don't have to have him use kryptonite to hold her hostage. My thought is using kryptonite on Clara while she was pregnant could cause her to lose the baby. Better to just have him realize her powers are going out and she is vulnerable and why.

though if we really want to be evil, we could have him threaten to make her loose the baby using kryptonite so she will do whatever he says.

Another thing I was thinking is that because even when their powers are off, kryptonians have a denser cell structure. and that I thought would translate into longer pregnancies. make it about 13 months or so. though the baby being half human reduces the timeframe and is why it demands so much energy. Poor Clara is in for a rough 8 months. (why do I like to speculate about alien biology so much?)

So, with all that in mind, she is physically at her most vulnerable. Her powers manifested when she was 12. being at regular human level is the weakest she has ever been in her adult life. Lex realizes she is pregnant, she hasn't told him, but she isn’t doing a good job hiding vulnerability that helps him figure out something is up. And you just know Lex is fully going to capitalize on that. This in his mind is a golden way to keep her from every being an enemy again. to have Lex be the type to always have back up plans. we could have it so he tried making a clone before they were married and got Bizzaro, and was planning on making another clone but found out she was pregnant.

He now knows human DNA is compatible with kryptonian. and while she is vulnerable it is easy to get DNA. He does this secretly to have a reserved ace in the hole for latter. (This is how I am introducing my version of Match for latter.)

Now for the rescue. maybe around the 7th month? yeah. Because even if Batman got that evidence not long after the Lex and Clara were married. Bruce would have to work through Lois and Jimmy to get the evidence to the police because A, the airhead billionaire Brucie public persona has no business anywhere near this. And B, the police can't really accept evidence from a vigilantly like Batman. (Later when the justice league is formed that changes and the law can accept evidence from league members.)

So that is why it took so long so long for Lex to get arrested. It will be a hairy situation with police /swat surrounding his penthouse. No wait let’s make it a vacation villa on a cliff overlooking the coast. Lex is going to try and escape and take Clara hostage with him. Batman breaks into the building to rescue her but Lex had traps ready that keep him at bay. Clara fights back and which will cause them to both fall off the cliff but we will have Batman get out of the trap and swing on a grappling line just in time to save her.

Instead of a white knight in shining armor she gets a dark night in matte black Kevlar. (Yes, this is going to become superbat. Eventually... in a latter update.)

Superwoman AU So, I have been seeing a lot of Justice League Gender Bent art lately and couldn’t help but think that for characters like Wonder Woman and Batman it doesn’t really work for. But the more I thought about it the more I realized that the change is REALLY interesting for one core member in particular. Superman.

Given the kryptonian power set the change doesn’t affect the fighting much, but it does change workplace relationships and social aspects of the civilian ID a lot.

For example, Clara Kent would most likely have a rivalry with Lois that borders on antagonistic. Not at all helped by Clara getting scoops that should be damn near impossible. Sure, when Clara is still new at the paper she likely would act as a mentor figure. But that would change really quick if Clara starts beating Lois to scoops and stories.

Clark Kent's sweet and dorky behavior on a male reporter is cute and charming but on a female journalist that is just neon sign to take advantage of her.

Jimmy may be her only good friend but given her physique that is hindered by Jimmy probably developing a crush on her. Which seen him more like a younger brother type friend is not reciprocated.

Then there is villain gallery. Again, the ones where is find there hidden whatever and then a physical fight to win. That is pretty much the same.

No, the villains things are different with are the ones that like to outsmart and play mind games.

Aka Lex Luthor.

And in Lex’s case the major difference again is in the interactions with Clara the civilian ID.

My thinking here is that while Lex Hates Superman because he can’t see anyone being that altruistic with so much power and it must an act. He actually really likes Clark Kent the mild-mannered reporter who in Lex’s eyes overcame humble beginnings and became a self-made successful reporter.

In this AU with Clara that gets amplified. See in a few different versions Lex attempted date and, in some cases, actual got so far as nearly marrying Lois. The attraction was largely based on the fact that she was a driven woman who was climbing in a difficult industry. It is part of Lex psychology is his value of Humans overcoming things with intelligence and will. and the difference with this AU is Clara has the farm girls start as opposed to Lois typical city or military daughter origin depending on the version. In Lex's eyes, Clara is starting out from a disadvantage to Lois and rising up to be just as successful a writer. In short, a better example of something Lex values.

It is just too good not to explore. So, if we go ahead and have Lex take interest in Clara, it would only take a good conversation for her to know there is something is wrong. But what if during her crime fighting, she ran across something that the talk with Lex makes her think he may behind it. So instead of the immediate rejection she wanted, she agrees to go out with him for opportunity to investigate.

Lex is a narcissistic egotist, and in most versions his parents were not a good example of love. and in most versions his Idea of love is a bit more like conquest. (Yeah, warning now, this is not going to go down in a good way.) He is also smart and knows how to cover his tracks. I don't think it would take him long to realize that Clara is looking for something. Here comes the dark idea I had. What if he arranges things so that if Clara tried to expose his crime empire it would look like it tied back to her instead. This also gets used to keep her from leaving. and if this is far enough in the timeline where Lex already is keeping kryptonite in a lead box in his pocket, Clara has to keep her secret identity tightly held. which means she has to go along with this until she can figure out how to bring him to justice.

Unfortunately, Lex did too good a job and Clara needs help. She turns to Jimmy and Lois. at this point Lois has been an antagonistic rival, for sniping stories from her and seemingly to have gotten the most eligible bachelor in metropolis. But once Clara explains what actually has been going on, Lois' attitude changes and is all on board for taking down the rich creep. thus, this AU's beginning of their friendship.

(well this is where I am ending this initial post. I'll add on or do a part two later. @emacrow thanks for listening to the initial idea. this post is the continuation.)

[gleefullypolin]

It was such a bad situation all around and felt written specifically to give Penelope the most trauma imaginable, ha. Adding in the laughing at her on top of it all? Terrible choices and does more damage in a way that seems gratuitous vs serving the story.

I think it was smart of have her accuse him of being embarrassed of her when she finally confronts him over it, it would be the first place most minds would go with the way they did it last season. Very much a growing pains story for both of them, Penelope really needs to come into her own and Colin, god love him, he needs to learn to be comfortable in the fact that he's not his brothers. And that's okay.

Losing platonic relationships hurt just as much or worse than romantic ones so everyone is hurting when they come into s3 and I want to hug them all. Eloise is just going through it, Penelope is probably losing her mind, and Colin is just faking it til he makes it only failing and missing his friend. Then he falls in love with her. Godspeed to him.

I would looooove if they wrote it together if for no other reason than to gag the people that are so rude for no reason, hah.

Oh yeah, I have empathy for her situation but she is truly unlikable in characterization. If they had presented her as desperate and that gave way to some of her arrogance and almost hateful behavior towards others in her pain and fear for her future, I would get it but no, she just comes off as mean. Treating everyone as lesser than her while they're trying to help her (with her own mistakes at that) was just such a wild character choice. She wasn't even convincing in her trying to get Colin to marry her to me, ha.

So much of the stuff about Penelope being the villain when in all reality, she's not saying anything that others aren't saying to each other (outside of the Colin and Eloise thing for their protection) just comes off as petty jealousy that Penelope/Nicola has more spotlight right now than others. They have handled it better than I ever could!

I am almost sure I am going to cry multiple times this season and I am getting ready for it, haha.

Yeah I don’t know how the explain even the point of it but it doesn’t sound like they even do. I’m glad she confronts it head on. That’s a good start for her. Either way they are both still very young here, unlike in the book where they are in their late 20’s, they are not that far along here by skipping ahead to this storyline.

I’m still seeing so much discourse around the damn brothel scene that NO ONE has even scene yet, but my God people are speculating he is somehow some BDSM Dom somehow out of one stupid tabloid article and a few sentences. I’m over it. Watch the F’ing show first before you become an expert out of something you have not even seen yet. Speculation is fine, but full on judging a character over speculation is beyond the scope of anything. And it truly ruins your own peace of mind. Goodness. Sorry had to get that off my chest!

Back to Eloise LOL! I have a feeling I will be less angry about her once we get to the season. I’m more curious about Cressida because they aren’t telling us much about her and the photos seem quite grim honestly. Her home life seems so sad and dark.

Would it not be the best to even reference the chance that they could take over as narrators of the whole damn show. The uproar itself would drown out everything hahaha!

I do wonder if she ends herself or they have her leave the show in other means for the whole Phillip and Eloise piece. It just feels sooooo dark. Perhaps she comes down ill and dies leaving him with the children. But she’s gotta go somehow for that to work lol.

I mean its hard to make her the villain when things have worked out so well for the Bridgertons if NOT for LW! Lets be honest she’s things work out pretty well for Daphne, Colin, and Eloise whether they admit it or not. It’s not like they live in a time where they are able to take care of those issues themselves. LW has saved their ass without them being stuck in things they could not have gotten out of or losing their heads, honestly. I’d say that’s the opposite of a villain. Has she said less than nice things…sure she called Anthony a Rake. Was he…Yes. Is Colin faking this BS persona…Yes. Soooo she’s honest with a side of bitchy…good for her! Sod society.

[bisluthq]

If Taylor and Travis are still together after he retires from football which is at least 2 years from now I wonder if Travis will feel emasculated about Taylor’s success then.

Meh I don’t want to think about that because there are too many variables. Travis seems very secure and enjoys what he does and he’s not an idiot (himbos aren’t always idiots and he for sure isn’t) so he knows sports careers don’t last forever and he’s actually been working at that since the beginning, as has Jason, because the Swifts and the Kelces again operate in intelligent ways. Like that’s partly why he did the reality show and why he does a lot of ads and why he hosted SNL and why they both host New Heights and shit. Like they know this will end. Being a retired great (which he one day will be) wouldn’t be any more emasculating than being an active great (which he is and isn’t bothered by).

Is it possible that one day, as many athlete types do, he gets over this and wants to go for like a 20 year old model that makes him feel like even more of a legend? Totally lol but that’s impossible to predict. Like yea when Taylor stops thinking the sun shines out his ass (as she most definitely will because again the longest married couples I know - and we’re talking DECADES - have all told me that it sucked at times), he might stop thinking the sun shines out hers and he might resent stuff about his life. It could be fame/legend stuff, it could be how she has a tendency to drink too much, it could be just idk the banal mundanity of her. It’s impossible to know this. What we can do is root for them. They seem happy rn. If it lasts 2+ years it’ll be a serious and meaningful experience. If it doesn’t, hell they would’ve had fun. Idk man let’s all stop trying to be celeb Nostradamuses.

I make jokes about the “if/when I’m single” but it’s legit something I believe. I can’t tell you if I will die in my partner’s arms like in The Notebook or if we’ll break up next Christmas like idk so how must I know that for people I’ve never met? I can hope my thing works out and work at it and not give up even when like I am a little annoyed (I personally like that I’ve been annoyed this early - all things considered like it’s not a fling lol we live together but ykwim - and we’ve had big fights because I’m very conflict averse in romantic relationships and I like that I actually do say to him what annoys me and he says what annoys him and it always feels possible to work through whereas with like exes we’d let stuff fester). I can hope her thing works out but idk how their conflict resolution works so idk I can just hope for it because I like her music and she’s hot and she’s funny and she makes me quite happy and entertained idk.

Hope this ramble made sense.

[unfortunatelilbirdie]

((So I know i did have a lot of old rps (which i won't delete) but since I have returned from my long brake, I've decided to follow more of the lore I've got for the rewrite I'm trying to do(will it ever see the light? Who knows?) Either way unless im.rping with someone who would be effect by said lore in which case their would be need to be a talk other wise this is the the lore I'm following:

1) qrow and raven were sold to a group of trafficker as children by their mother and have been branded (it is hidden)

2) qrow does not like blind folds (spent the whole time blindfolded)

3) qrow was a sickly child and while mostly grown out of it when she gets sick, she gets sick

4) the clan didn't want her only raven, when they were "saved" but raven refused to leave without her.

5) the clan had try to off her more than once

6) qrow was adopted for a year (a failed murder attempt had her saved by some passing hunters)

7) when she lost her adopted parents she wonder the woods alone dragging what little she could keep from her adopted parents before reunited with raven

8) she spent most of the time with the clan gathering stuff, making a pillow nest,, working on the weapons she had from her adopted parents (harbinger) and spending what little time with raven

9) qrow half regrets the gag gift she gave raven, cause it set raven up to like puns and bad jokes

10) she fell in love with ozpin upon hearing his voice and fell harder from sight and actions

11) ozpin and qrow married whe she was 20 ( she was a fourth year)

12) she's the summer maiden

13) qrow is the white queen chess peice and has much responsibility given to her by oz. For she was put in a position to be the most useful

14) adding to the above qrow is in charge of a group meant to hunt down Rouge hunters and has top clearance in every kingdom (this was a vote thing but oz made sure to stack the odds in her favor)

15) she and ozpin have a son name Yin (he's eight when the fall happens)

16) qrow owns (oz set it up) many homes though all of remnet, which act save safe houses. Though despite that qrow owns one building in vale on her own. And its an apartment complex that mostly is used by the people who work for her (as stated above)

17) qrow knows she'll be teaching any new medians that apper before she dies.

[roving-boi]

Dear Diary..

Hey, so a little good news is I have no school on Monday. Sooo we got a 3 day weekend. Today’s Thursday. So not quite Friday yet. I have a math test to do soon but instead of studying here I am talking about my dumb feelings again. Also some good news is me and my best friend Cristine are gonna play life is strange together. So, I know I don’t really talk about her because I’ve been so fixated on my boyfriend and stuff, but y’know we can give the Simon talk a slight rest for a minute. I’ve been so obsessed with life is strange since it first came out like 8 years ago almost. Well, they put out this remastered version of the first and prequel game. So of course I bought it. Buttt I did wait for it because it was a bit rough at launch unfortunately.

Y’know I really hate getting so excited for a game to come out and then when it does it’s an absolute disaster. I feel like they don’t care about pushing out quality these days. But it’s been about a year now and I think the game is fixed up enough for me to enjoy it. They reanimated the characters and fixed their facial expressions and added some graphical touches to the game and the like. It’s not worth the price though. 40 bucks for both games. Sounds fair right? But not when you consider the fact that the original games are like 20 bucks together. So they doubled the price. I mean I guess it’s understandable but it really isn’t acceptable when you release a broken mess.

Anyway, yeah I bought it. And today after school I’m hoping that I could stream the game for awhile and have Cristine watch me play. I just have the feeling she’d really enjoy it. Honestly the game is so cozy feeling. I love max’s personality. I think Chloe is pretty cool, and I love the art style of the game. I remember I used to stick my hand out and pretend I was rewinding time or something. A little like how I used to pretend pencils were Harry Potter wands. Speaking of that, the new hogwarts legacy game just came out but it’s like extremely controversial because the author of the Harry Potter books is a bit of a bigot and uhhh yeah.. I’m still going to get the game for my birthday, which is coming up in April. I don’t really care about rowling’s business. Im not trying to sound rude or anything. But cmon just let me please enjoy my stupid wizard fantasy in peace.

In other news Simon and I talked about children again. Of course that didn’t turn out well. I don’t think I really want to have a child, but y’know I’m too young to really make that decision and opinion anyway. But the topic came up or something and he was talking about how he doesn’t wanna adopt or anything and I suggest he have his sister surrogate. Y’know there’s nothing really wrong with that. Im just suggesting a method that would technically work IF he wanted to have a child that was genetically accurate. Of course, he shut me down immediately after the suggestion and said it was “hella fucking weird” and this and that. Like okay calm down, it was only a hypothetical suggestion. I’m just saying if for whatever reason you DID end up wanting a kid that’s just a method. That’s all. Gosh. And to be reasonable here it’s not really that weird, at least I don’t think so.

But aside from that fiasco, I’m really wondering if he actually does want a child or not. I feel like maybe he thinks about it, but doesn’t wanna have one while in a uh.. gay relationship. I don’t know maybe I’m wrong. But it feels like if he did want a child, it would be proper. Y’know, between a man and a woman, and a typical genetically accurate child. I mean, I guess that’s not wrong to feel that way. But again I could just be wrong. He probably really doesn’t actually want a child at all and I’m just being dumb and overthinking the situation. I don’t even really want one myself at the moment anyway. So i dunno why I’m looking into it so much.

I did find it a red flag however when we talked about marriage and he said he doesn’t want to marry me. Then blames it on his family. It’s understandable? But like cmon that’s really off putting and i dunno how else to say that.

Anyway guess I’m signing off for now, I hope today turns out good.

[ratsoh-writes]

Some more fun facts on how Marcelo met each of his spouses

I goofed up earlier about Yolanda, she’s a fire elemental, not a water one.

When Marcelo was in his late 20s, he became enthralled by Yolanda for her strong bright yellow flames, and her honor in giving the best quality foods to his grocery store. She was one of his first suppliers. Yolanda and Ronan were already spulbonded mates when they had met Marcelo, but were both open to adding another to the family, especially Ronan who had moved far away from her family in snowdin to be in hotland. She missed the feeling of being surrounded by monsters she was close with

When it was clear sparks were flying between Marcelo and Yolanda, Ronan suggested opening the relationship to him as well, and three years later, all three were a soulbonded trio. Marcelo and Ronan care deeply for each other as well, but since Ronan has no sexual interest in other bunny monsters, their relationship is more like cuddly best friends than true lovers.

In his 50s his business finally pushed past the comfortable stage, and he started expanding his stores around the underground. One of ronans sisters had died in a skirmish and left her four children orphaned. The triad took them in, but due to all three being quite busy, they hired jade to be a caretaker as well

As the kids got older, jade became more than a nanny and slowly started to fall for all three, and the feeling was mutual. When Marcelo reached his 120s, jade soulbonded to Yolanda and joined the family

They all wanted kids of their own, and their nieces were wonderful, but they were set to inherit their late mothers things, so didn’t need Marcelo and his mates money. Plus by the time he was 200, they were all out of the house leaving them as empty nesters. They tried unsuccessfully for a few decades to have children of their own, and eventually gave up, until the lust serum was discovered

When the lust serum was proven successful in his 350s, Marcelo and his mates were all eager to take it and try for children, their hope renewed. Their first child, mellow, named after his brother, was born between Marcelo and jade and inherited her father’s ambition. They had two more kids the next year, twins to Yolanda and Ronan. And two years later, another set of twins from Yolanda and jade. They finally finished with one more set of twins between Marcelo and Yolanda.

They stopped for a while to focus on their current kids, but when the crash happened, Marcelo had to briefly step away from his family to ensure that they would be one of the first businesses to take off in ebott.

In the first year of the crash, there was a big amount of children separated from families. Marcelo and his mates took in four of them, three monsters and a human. One child’s family was eventually found and he was happily returned to them (but sometimes visits for summer holidays still) and after the first two years on the surface, the other three were adopted

Meanwhile Yolanda had an accidental pregnancy resulting in another set of twins between her and Ronan. She made the decision after carrying the twins to full term to get herself the snip, ending the Yolanda family line lol.

Six years into the surface, Ronan becomes close with mint, a half breed golem from the farm district. The grocery chain got all its poultry from mints extended family farm. Mint was the monster who would drop off the shipments to the main store in ebott city that Ronan runs. With the rests knowlege, they began dating and mint was brought into the family the seventh year on the surface. Mint already had a child from a previous relationship who was added to the kid pack, and she had one more with Ronan after getting married

On year seven, Marcelo was also flirting with Percy, a French immigrant who came to ebott to work for an IT company selling its services to other companies in ebott. Percy had fixed a glitch in one stores cash registers which is how he and Marcelo met for the first time.

When Percy was introduced to the house for the first time, he also had a lot of chemistry with jade and Ronan, and the rest is history

The youngest child of the pack was fathered by Percy and carried by Marcelo in year 11 of the surface. Percy and jade are also considering trying for another when the oldest kids are all out of the house.

now... tell me about that Bunny

The richest monster of ebott and the most successful lustfell monster before and after the crash. His name is Marcelo Goldenfoot

He’s a shorter blue-grey bunny monster with a white belly and under-tail. He stands at 5’3 and has a little pudge on him but is stronger than he looks. Marcelo is middle aged at 376 years old. He has a striking duel colored magic as well as glossy syndrome giving his ecto a marbly pattern. His magic colors are a deep navy blue and blood red. One eye is red and one eye is blue to reflect that

Marcelo was always an ambitious monster. He grew up in the slums of lustfell, the child of a single mum struggling to survive and keep her 2 kids alive as well as survive the grief of loosing her mate. His mum was a grocery cashier and drilled into him how to find a good deal as well as how to haggle. Marcelo quickly became obsessed with the idea of how to make basic things like food, clothes etc affordable and profitable. When he was 14 he dropped out of school behind his mums back, and with the help of his older brother, took out a loan to start his own grocers

He’s a natural business genius as well as very personable. Monsters just seem to like him. Marcelo was easily in the top 1% of monsters by the time he hit 80. When the lust serum was proven successful in his 350s, Marcelo took a brief break from the business, giving it to his brother to handle so he could soulbond his three mates and start a family. He jumped right back into the game after the au crash though, and took advantage of the confusion to become ebott’s main grocery store chain as well as the main shipping company.

His grocery chain is called mellows, after his first born child, and is the most popular store of ebott. He’s very on top of the quality of his foods and always makes sure his workers are loyal. He also is the ups of ebott, the shipping company is called gold standard, and handles most packages as well as some import and export between companies. He’s been dipping into human companies as well recently and is a huge backer of the mettas mall and a lot of the loans for the farmtale monsters.

As for his family:

His older brother(410) is named Mallow. He’s a blue grey bunny as well with a white nose and ear tips, and navy blue magic. Mallow is amazing with numbers and budgeting but is extremely shy and reserved. He’s technically the co owner of the companies with Marcelo but is happy to let his little brother take the spotlight. Mallow is single and likes spending time with his nieces and nephews. He has no desire to find his own family and sticks to Marcelo like glue

Majorie, his mother, (633) is a white bunny monster with crimson eyes. She’s enjoying her older years as a simple manager at one of the grocery stores. She’s extremely proud of her boys and loves her grandkids

Ronan (bunny monster), jade (bunny monster), Yolanda (fire elemental) are his soulmates from lustfell. And the mothers of 16 of his kids

Percy (human) and mint (half breed golem) are his husband and new soulmate he gained on the surface. Minty is mother to 2 more of his kids and Percy fathered one kid

Mellow (blue grey bunny monster), is his oldest (just turned 26) of 19 kids and is his heir in training to the company. She was named after his older brother mallow because they share the same fur pattern. Mellow is like her father, very ambitious and determined to make him proud. She’s impulsive though and needs to temper herself