#nobody cares immy

[thepuckishrogue]

just a friendly lil head’s up: i just bought the first 6 yakuza games so there’s a good chance that that’s gonna become my whole personality for the foreseeable future. i mean full-on

levels of hyper-fixation

god help us all...

[snuggerudism]

it was hallie’s second halloween, but her first one being able to walk, so teagan had dressed the one year old up as piglet from winnie the pooh.

it was jimmy’s idea, mostly due to the fact he had stumbled across a picture of a baby dressed as piglet, and “needed to see his favorite baby in it.”

teagan agrees, and goes searching for the perfect costume option for teagan. along the way, she stumbles across a tigger adult onesie and pooh adult onesie, selecting jimmy and her respective sizes.

it was decided they would be doing a family costume, so she’s placing the order for all their costumes.

now, it’s the day of, and jimmy is at practice when teagan decides to surprise him. she’s collecting hallie from her crib, throwing on the cute pink costume and filling up a basket with a variety of candy and driving to the rink.

“upie upie.” hallie is making grabby hands at her mom as she unbuckles her from the car seat.

“yeah bug, we’re going to go see immy,” hallie coos at her daughter, smiling at the giggles that escape her lips. “oh, you’re just the cutest little baby on the planet.” she tickles her daughters stomach as she scoops her into her arms before placing her in the stroller.

hallie waves at the media girls before hopping out of her stroller, moving to go behind the bench and tapping on the glass. “immy!” she says, but nobody pays her attention because they can’t hear her. “immy!” she tries again, this time successfully because heads are whipping toward the one year old.

“bug!” jimmy skates toward where she is, opening the door to the ice before scooping her up.

“be careful with her jim.” teagan is handing him the bucket of candy for hallie to pass out to the hockey team.

“we’re not allowed to have candy during the season.” one of jimmys teammates snaps at hallie, and loud wails can be heard escaping the one year old.

her small hand is fisting jimmy’s shirt, sobbing into his shoulder. “immy.” she chokes out, needing his comfort.

teagan is helped on the ice, placing a hand on her daughters back. “hey bug, mama’s here.” she coos, sending the nastiest glare toward the man who made her daughter cry.

“well, i’m the coach and i say today we can let them have one piece of candy each.” motzko looks to hallie.

hallie sniffles, moving her head off jimmy’s shoulder and looking at the candy. he lifts it up, and she takes a piece to hand to ollie. “dis one?”

“yes hallie, that’s my favorite!” ollie gives her a smile, skating off to the side to let someone else get one from the baby. one by one, they get a piece from the toddler.

the last person in line is the guy who made hallie cry, and she’s scowling at him. “no,” she babbles, turning to squish jimmys cheeks. “immy.” she takes a piece of candy to hand it to him, and he shoots her a smile in return.

“thank you bug. have i told you how much i love your costume?”

“t’anks.” she pats jimmy cheek, placing a wet kiss there.

“just wait till you see the adult onesies i got us jim. they go with her costume.” teagan wiggles her eyebrows at her boyfriend.

jimmys face pales, and the team bursts into laughter.

[yeaahishowedupatyourparty]

Imogen Hamilton

➥ BASIC INFORMATION

Full name: Imogen Victoria Hamilton Nickname(s): Immy if you’re trying to piss her off    Gender: Female, she/her    Age: Nineteen   Birthday: October 1st, Libra  City or town of birth: London, England   Currently lives: in her own and first apartment in Lilac Heights. She’s obsessed with it.  Languages spoken: Fluent English and French

➥ SEXUALITY

Sexual Orientation: Bisexual (no preference but is drawn to very specific people - if she doesn’t instantly vibe with you, she won’t ever be interested)  Relationship Status: Single

➥ PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Height: 5′4   Tattoos: A faint rose outline on the back of her foot  Piercings: Her ears and stomach but doesn’t really wear the stomach one   Scars/distinguishing marks: None   Preferred style of clothing: Preppy, old money, east side looks. Think Chanel Girl.  Frequently worn jewellery/accessories: Her Vivienne Westwood necklace 

➥ PERSONALITY

Personality: Headstrong, glamorous and loyal. Even though she comes across as a mini-Disney, all fiery and quick witted, she also has a massively sensitive side and can be really caring towards those she loves the most. Rather than being “love her or hate her”, she’s more one day she’s your fave and the next she’s public enemy number one; she’s the classic example of a person nobody can have just one opinion on.  Fears/phobias: Needles    Favourite colour: Champagne       Song: Nightmare - Halsey 

➥ CAREER

Imogen is the classic middle sister, living in the shadow of her icon of a big sister and constantly falling short of Florence’s adorable and easily likeable personality. She’s spent a lot of her teenage years desperately trying to figure out how to stand out & never really seemed who she was. That was until she found her love for music. She recorded an entire album demo and slid it under her Dad’s office door, the rest was history.             While Disney is still the obvious favourite, Imogen is a fresh-face in the family. She’s made of something tougher than Florence and has more hunger than Disney does, to her father, that makes her valuable. She’s been churning out music and using her nepotism privilege to throw everything into it. Charles plans to make her the next big thing and Imogen refuses to let him - but more importantly, herself - down. 

➥ BACKSTORY

Imogen grew up with a silver spoon in her mouth. Her family name gifted her the world without needing to do anything for it. She had the looks, the money, the private education, the pedigree friends but still she’s never been quite satisfied. As the middle daughter, she always felt overlooked and jealous stuck between Disney and Florence; two ends of a very glamorous and hard to compete with spectrum. Imogen built her reputation of being the snarky, hot-headed, manipulative and scheming one. Never the star of the show, but definitely the composer controlling everything from the wings. Once she got to eighteen and got into St Judes, Imogen really came into her own.                                     SECRET: She’s worked and schemed way too hard to let anybody top her in the music industry or anywhere else. Her one and only goal is to be a huge star; bigger than Disney; and Charles is on the same page. The two of them pay fans and interns at Spotlight to give her raving reviews and subtly position her as a megastar in the making.

[thepuckishrogue]

Hey, thanks for the tag! This is gonna be unduly hard for me since I really love my tropes, but whatever, it's fine, leggo lol...

enemies to lovers or friends to lovers (i see we have chosen violence straight outta the gate lmao; i love em both, honestly, but childhood friends to lovers just hits difference) // coffee shop au or flower shop au (before reading surrender it was coffee shop hands down, but now...) // hurt/comfort or there was only one bed (love me some angst--hurt my feelings, please lmao) // found family or partners in crime (esp. if it starts off reluctantly with them only growing to like one another via proximity and a mutual respect that shifts into something more over time)// canon compliant or canon divergent (but like only if it's an au; i don't mind the occasional shift from canon--esp. if it's something that didn't make sense in the source material--but once you start changing too much stuff it just feels like a complete departure and at that point, if it's not an au, what are we even doing?) // domesticity or pwp (because i am a Soft Girl™ uwu) // fluff or angst with a happy ending (i know what i said before, but like... if i'm reading something happy i'd rather it be so all the way through--providing it's not a full length story anyway) // misunderstandings or major character death (not a fan of either, tbh, but misunderstandings can at least be rectified, death is--in most cases--forever lol) // 1st person pov or 3rd person pov (at this point i'm fine with either tho) // soulmates or forbidden love (fun fact: soulmate aus are my all time favorites! i've actually been working on a rdr one for like 3 years at this point and tbh at the rate i'm going i'll still be working on it for another 3 years yet lmao) // roommates or fake dating (gotta do it for the vine lmao; tho both do have their charms and make for peak awkward and cute situations of which i am v. much here for) // slow burn or meet-cute (they just feel more realistic to me, plus yearning) // love triangle or polyamorous relationship (tbh i find most love triangles to be tedious, like... they don't really want you--at best someone's getting strung along--so move tf on lol) // secret relationship or unrequited love (again: THEY DON'T WANT YOU MOVE TF ON!) // royalty au or magic au (if only for the pomp--but then again, why not both??) // high school/college au or neighbours au (still waiting for my hot neighbor to show up at my door, sopping wet and asking to borrow a mop and some towels because a pipe burst in their kitchen lol) // mutual pining or idiots to lovers (*insert it's the same picture meme here* lol. ofc there are some differences, but the way i write it, it usually ends up blurring together more often than not)

Too lazy to tag anyone, but the invitation is v. much an open one, so jump on in if ya want!

Credits to: @youngreckless

Sorry, i just really like this and this one was hard

enemies to lovers or friends to lovers // coffee shop au or flower shop au // hurt/comfort or there was only one bed // found family or partners in crime // canon compliant or canon divergent // domesticity or pwp // fluff or angst with a happy ending // misunderstandings or major character death // 1st person pov or 3rd person pov // soulmates or forbidden love // roommates or fake dating // slow burn or meet-cute // love triangle or polyamorous relationship // secret relationship or unrequited love // royalty au or magic au // high school/college au or neighbours au // mutual pining or idiots to lovers

Tagging (no pressure): @delightfulmuffinclamauthor @darling-im-moonstruck @notmesimpingforanothabritishlad @averagestudent05 and anyone else who wants to do this😊🧡

[pinayelf-archive]

An Unexpected Morning

Pairing: Cullen x Imryll Lavellan Rating: T Summary: Where being too stubborn to rest ends in first kisses and confessions. Note: This is a re-write of "A Little Bit of Healing". The concept is the same, it's about my Immy’s first kiss with Cullen because I headcanon it differently than it happens in the game. However, the first fic was written before I'd fully fleshed Imryll out, so this one is closer to her voice and personality.

Imryll was rarely up before sunrise. If she were, it’s because she couldn’t sleep. A sunless sky usually drove weariness to her bones, but not that particular morning.

She loaded her medical basket with bandages, some health poultices and freshly-made salves. She made her way across the courtyard, dewy grass crunching beneath her slippers. It’s chillier in the morning, she realized, chastising herself for not bringing her shawl.

The infirmary would be quiet at this hour, but instead, it emanated sounds of commotion and an orange glow from lanterns. Imryll pushed the heavy door forward and was met with a buzzing crowd of healers and wounded soldiers.

A full infirmary always brought a wave of anxiety to Imryll. It was a silly thought - but that anxiety was rooted in guilt that it was her fault these soldiers were injured. Logically, they knew of the dangers when enlisting, and logically they knew what fighting for the Inquisition entailed.

And there was Cullen, who'd taken a terrible blow at the Shrine of Dumat.

That specific worry etched a special kind of fear in her chest, one she didn't want to think on yet.

If he had died from his injuries she would know by now, right?

But alas. The mind sometimes was a terrible thing.

And with that, Imryll somehow felt her presence was required there. The surgeon, Fiona’s healers and Vivienne had all assured her the day before that all she needed to do was rest. But she’s slept for a day straight now. The glugginess from sleep and anxiety only rendered her restless.

Imryll made her way through the maze of healers and volunteers, scoping the first floor for the surgeon. Surely, she’d need help. Imryll glanced at the rows of bedrolls placed on either side of the room, wincing at the sight of exhausted and injured people and pretending she wasn't seeking out Cullen. Haven’s fall had been worse, but the sight of it all twisted into guilt in her stomach.

With no sign of the surgeon (or Cullen) on the first floor, she made her way up the stairs, nearly bumping into a frazzled young Circle mage carrying a tray of antiseptic.

The second floor seemed quieter, Imryll thought, as she softened her footsteps. Usually, the second floor was reserved for those in critical condition, or any that needed overnight watch. The quiet gave her hope that nobody was gravely injured.

She moved to open the door, when the sound of a conversation stopped her in her tracks.

“You must rest. Your troops will survive one day with a substitute.”

“Lieutenant Yvonne is down there with a sprained knee. It’ll have to be her substitute, Corinth, and I admire the lad, but he’s not very-”

“Oh for Maker’s sake, Cullen,” Cassandra huffed, “They won’t all fall over the mountain if you’re not there.”

So he was all right, thank Mythal. Imryll felt her heart thud.

“It’s not just the troops. The Shrine of Dumat mission has left a hefty stack of unfinished reports,” Cullen argued.

Imryll heard Cassandra huff again.

“I think Leliana will understand that you can barely stand from your injuries.”

“It’s just bruised ribs! I have no fracture!”

“That’s because one of the healers managed to fix it before it became one!”

“I’m sure if I just sit down in my office-”

“Oh forget this,” Cassandra groaned, “I’m getting the surgeon to tell you exactly what you need to do, and maybe you’ll listen to her.”

Imryll quickly backed from the door as Cassandra’s footsteps approached. The door swung open as Imryll pressed herself against the wall behind it, praying to go unnoticed.

“Inquisitor?”

Imryll sucked in a breath.

So that didn’t work.

“I was worried about all the extra hours the healers are putting in,” she replied, stepping forward. She feigned stretching her neck to peek behind the door to see…

“There’s nothing to be worried about, Josephine heard your concerns and made sure they’re being paid extra for the work,” Cassandra replied.

“Ahh,” Imryll said, shuffling her feet, “Um. But an extra hand is always needed. I’ll be willing.”

Cassandra shrugged.

“You’ve hardly been back from the mission, I assure you that you can rest. We have it handled.”

Imryll bit her lip.

“I’m rested, it’s just that, I feel I should be here, helping. It’d be good for the soldiers to see their Inquisitor lending a hand.”

“Just as stubborn as him,” Cassandra chuckled.

Imryll felt her cheeks redden.

“Huh?”

Cassandra shrugged off her amused look.

“Nothing,” she attempted to say plainly, “You know what? Maybe you can talk some sense into Cullen over there. But seeing as neither of you want to rest after a harrowing mission, I doubt you’d get anywhere.”

Before Imryll could respond, Cassandra jogged down the stairs. She sighed, straightened the basket in her hand and for a moment contemplated to follow Cassandra downstairs.

But...Cullen.

That damn shemlen.

She knocked softly against the ajar door.

“Who is it?” a weary voice asked.

She took a deep breath.

“Imryll.”

“Oh,” Cullen said, a sudden change in tone, “Come in, please.”

Imryll pushed the door open, revealing Cullen sitting on a bedroll in the corner. He looked worse for wear, but infinitely better than how she’d last seen him on the way back. His torso had been bandaged, his face littered with fading bruises. His curly hair fell in messy wisps against his face.

“How are you feeling?” she asked.

He attempted to straighten himself against the wall, wincing as he pushed himself to sit properly.

“I’m all right,” he replied, tightness in his voice. “You should be resting.”

Imryll stepped forward approached him, asking for silent permission to. He nodded.

“I’ve rested enough, I think,” she said, placing the basket on the foot of his bedroll. “I want to help.”

Cullen suppressed a groan before turning to face her.

“You don’t need to,” he said, failing at hiding the pain, “I can sit up.”

He winced again from his second attempt at pushing himself upright.

“Cullen,” she continued, “You were badly injured. You were so pale on the way back from the Shrine of Dumat.”

“Nothing I can’t shake off,” he insisted, “Perhaps I can’t do drills but I can finish reports. I don’t want to be without use, I can’t just-”

“Cullen.”

He fell quiet and caught her eye. Something in his face softened.

“If you don’t rest and take care of your injury, it’ll get worse,” she said, “And then you’ll really be of no use.”

“I-,” he began, before finally letting himself fall back against his pillow. He read her face, seriousness of her concern finally dawning on him.

“Truthfully, I’m in a lot of pain,” he admitted, breathing heavily.

Imryll patted the empty space by his side.

“May I sit here?”

Cullen shifted his position to face her.

“Of course,” he said eagerly.

Imryll watched Cullen’s cheeks flush as she sat down.

“If you would like, I can help ease the pain,” she suggested, “The injury will get better with rest and salves, but temporary pain relief could be good.”

“How?” Cullen asked, struggling to lift himself by his elbows.

“I could do a healing spell if it’s all right with you,” she said.

“You d-don’t need to,” he said, “It’s a lot to ask.”

“It’s not. I want to,” she replied, turning red at her own words. She looked down at her hand, realizing how close it was to his.

A quiet moment passed before Cullen finally said, “All right.”

Imryll shot him a warm smile that he returned. It did nothing to slow down her racing heart.

"I'm sorry, but you'd have to sit up a bit," she instructed.

"Oh, of course," Cullen replied, slowly lifting himself up on his elbows again.

"Is this good?" he asked. His eyes were fixed on her's.

Imryll gulped silently.

"Yes."

She lifted her hands, suddenly conscious about how sweaty her palms have become.

"I'll just have to peel the top part of the bandages," she informed, hesitating for a moment.

She looked up to find Cullen's breathless gaze on her.

"Cullen?"

His entire face reddened.

"Oh, I apologize. Y-yes, go ahead."

Imryll carefully unwrapped the first layer, taking care in watching for blood that'd stuck to Cullen's skin. There was a nervous silence between them, punctuated by the sound of Cullen's soft breathing.

Imryll wondered if he could hear her heartbeat.

Finally, she'd unwrapped enough to expose the large bruise on his chest - all deep blacks and blues. Imryll shook away the memory of seeing Cullen's chest plate indented after he was knocked back.

The healer who'd initially patched him up managed well. But still she could imagine the kind of pain a bruise so several could cause, if Cullen's ragged breathing was any indication.

"I'll be as gentle as possible, all right?"

"I trust you," Cullen stated.

Imryll pressed her palms softly against his chest. He let out a soft gasp at the initial contact. Then, Imryll closed her eyes and channeled the magic at her core until the cool, light feeling of the healing spell surged through her veins, making its way to her palms and onto Cullen's chest.

She felt him relax and release a sigh of relief. Imryll pushed the remaining wisps of the spell forward until the last traces of the cool light left her body. She opened her eyes, to find Cullen, staring in awe, his amber eyes wet.

"Are you all right?"

Cullen was now able to push himself upright with ease, tension gone from his body.

"More than all right," he said, gaze soft and thankful. Imryll looked down to see that the deep blacks and blues of the giant bruise had faded slightly.

"I'm glad," Imryll replied, realizing the proximity of their faces.

"That was amazing," Cullen said, voice a quiet whisper.

"Was nothing but a simple spell," Imryll said, watching Cullen's eyes travel down to her lips. Somehow, gravity, or something else pulled her closer.

"You're amazing," he continued.

The way he looked at her was dizzying - lighting a flame of need in her belly. Imryll let gravity take her until Cullen was out of focus and their lips pressed together.

Oh.

Cullen pulled back for a moment, the remorse in his eyes threatening to break Imryll's heart.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have-"

"Don't be," she quickly intervened, "I want to."

Something sparked in Cullen's eyes before kissing her again, this time with less hesitation.

Imryll sighed at the feeling of his warm lips against her's, reciprocating his kiss.

She pressed herself closer, but careful to not irritate his bruise, and he responded by snaking an arm around her waist. They felt sturdy, strong and warm.

She reached to cup his face and tilted her head to deepen the kiss. She felt him moan against her mouth as she gently nibbled at his bottom lip. Then, his hands trailed up at the small of back and softly up her spine. It sent a warmth down her stomach, making her sigh into their languid kisses.

She could see the brightness of the sun rising through her closed eyes, aware how the light from the window now bathed them. When Cullen wrapped his other arm around her, she let herself melt against him, relishing the feeling of his warm body against her.

She wondered how far she'd let herself get lost in this shemlen's arms when a cough from behind suddenly pulled them apart.

They turned to find Cassandra and the surgeon, looking petrified, at the doorway.

"I apologize, your worship, commander," the surgeon said in a panic and raced back downstairs.

Cassandra stared at them for a moment before managing to say "I uh, apologize greatly for the intrusion."

She quickly turned on her heel to leave, but not before Imryll caught a glimpse of satisfaction on her face. Cassandra softly shut the door, leaving them alone once more.

She turned to face Cullen again. His eyes twinkled at the sight of her.

"T-that was nice," he managed, arms still wrapped around her. Imryll did not want him to let go.

"It was," she replied, smile spreading slowly across her face.

They pressed their foreheads together, locking eyes before laughing softly.

"I wanted that for so long," Cullen confessed, his hand gently playing with strands of her hair, "Imryll...I…"

Hesitation flickered in his eyes - but quickly turned into determination.

"I love you."

Imryll was sure had she been standing, her knees would have given in.

She'd daydreamed of this, more times than she'd like to admit and in every one of those daydreams she'd managed to say something. But there they were bathed in moonlight, rather than sat at a corner in an infirmary.

She was rendered speechless, eyes wide, as worry began to etch itself in Cullen's face.

Say something.

Perhaps her already unplanned morning was symbolic.

"I love you too," she replied, heart racing so fast she was nearly breathless.

The utter joy that shone through Cullen's smile was brighter than the sunrise enveloping them.

Their lips met in another kiss, somehow sweeter than the one before.

[chcmistrys]

HA SOOYOUNG,  CIS FEMALE,  SHE/HER.  —  looks  like  IMOGEN GOTHEL  is  attending  AURORIA UNIVERSITY  in  auradon.  they're  the  TWENTY  year  old  child  of  MOTHER GOTHEL,  which  means  they're  from  THE ISLE OF THE LOST.  heard  they're  INQUISITIVE  &  INDEPENDENT,  but  can  also  be  ABRASIVE  &  STUBBORN  ;  we all have our bad days.  people  normally  associate  them  with  HALF-FINISHED MUGS OF COFFEE, FACIAL SCARS, DIRTY SNEAKERS, and HIGHLIGHTED PASSAGES IN BOOKS.  —  nia,  19,  pst,  she/her

hey everyone! my name is nia, and i’m so excited to introduce you all to my baby immy! please click the ‘read more’ for some more on her, and please slam the ‘like’ button if you’d like to plot! <3

i don’t have a preference btwn discord or ims, but i’m on discord @ nia#6420 if discord’s your jam!!

based on background details from the various movies, i’ve concluded that there is a substantial (if not huge) number of orphans on the isle of the lost. after all, the living conditions are pretty awful and there’s a lot of crime. ppl die.

she was seven when her biological parents died--old enough to remember them, but not old enough to remember much.

her biological parents were small-time baddies: think highway bandits or petty criminals who targeted the wrong people and subsequently got themselves booted onto the isle of the lost.

gothel’s been as close to a mother as imogen ever got. old and sickly, gothel took the girl in, deciding to raise her up for a few years and then use her as her personal cook/maid/errand runner.

imogen grew up basically a servant. as a child, she would tell herself that someone would come for her just like flynn rider came for rapunzel, but no one ever came.

gothel kept her on a tight leash. after losing such an asset in rapunzel, gothel wasn’t about to let someone like imogen get away again.

growing up in gothel’s household made imogen sneaky and resourceful. she got good at hearing footsteps and listening for gothel’s snores. she got accustomed to sneaking out whenever gothel slept and running around the neighborhood kids before sun rose and she had to go back to being a servant in her own home.

having not been under gothel’s thumb her entire like, imogen has a clear enough idea of her worth. she knows that she was not meant to be a servant, and she could never be content with pleasing gothel.

moreover, after seeing how dependence on magic and the work of other people turned gothel into a shadow of a human being, imogen swore to herself never to be dependent on anyone or anything.

imogen never found herself really allying with anybody. she was, at most, a lone wolf with a few people that she trusted.

imogen also ate up what little education there was on the isle, hoping that that would be her way off. she especially loved science and chemistry. imogen’s motto? “science is just magic that anyone can do.”

since she was a kid, imogen was prone to performing little science experiments when nobody was looking. sometimes they’d work well. sometimes they wouldn’t.

it was the result of one of these experiments that left imogen with a spatter of scars on her face. (so imagine her scars are like these bc it’s really hard to find an fc who doesn’t look model perfect)

beauty’s never been important to imogen, but she’s very aware that she would have been perceived as pretty if not for the incident, but since she’s so survival-minded, she doesn’t really care how she looks.

though her science has scarred her, it has also saved her. imogen’s never been much of a fighter, but she’s quick on her feet, and she’s perfected ways to make slingshot ammo and smoke bombs for quick escapes

now that she’s away from home, imogen’s trying very hard to leave her old life behind and prove herself worthy of a spot here. she’s studying hard, and she wants to catch up and graduate auroria university as fast as possible and join society. possibly a career in pharmacy or medicine? who knows, man

she personally is apathetic toward the heroes and the villains coming together. does she think that everything will work out? no. she doesn’t trust the heroes who thought locking literal children away on an island was a good either, and while she’s definitely more sympathetic to isle-dwellers, she doesn’t have much trust there either. she’s in this for herself; at this point, nothing matters more to her than her own survival and success in auradon.

though she’s extremely smart, there’s actually a lot of gaps in imogen’s knowledge:

friendship? what is that? this girl doesn’t exactly know how to make friends or just be pleasant in general. it’s a miracle she has the few people she has.

romance? who is she? imogen’s had her fair share of crushes and hook-ups, but she’s never been in a real relationship.

she will not share, like at all. a whole childhood of going hungry means that imogen will never loan anyone a dress or split the last slice of pie in half because everything is hers

self-destructive as hell. does not know how to take care of herself and step away from a problem. she’s full speed ahead every hour of every day

sorry that got so long! i hope you like my girl, and i can’t wait to write with all of you!

[peach-punch-satan]

[evakteket]

Watchlist update

December is super busy for a lot of us, and we have to admit we’re a bit behind on wips to add to the watchlist…

What’s more, there are several advent calendar fics going on now, and we’d like to draw your attention to two of them that we just haven’t had the time to put on our watchlist, so we’ll give them a shout-out here:

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas by Teatrolley (@tenderlock)

Isak og Even - en julekalender by evakyaki, @pagnilagni and @friedaechte (Norwegian)

Both of these are lovely!

And now to the usual: When it’s been more than three weeks since a fic was updated we consider it to be on hiatus and remove it from the watchlist. However, we don’t cancel our subscriptions and if one of the removed fics gets updated again, we’ll put it right back on the list.

The usual II: feel free to send us an ask if you have suggestions for fics we should check out – even if they’re not Evak-centric!

Update summary:

Completed: 3 Added: 3 Removed: 4 (crossing our fingers it’s just December and various fandom events keeping people busy)

News:

Flashback; framtid by otherstories (Swedish) NEW

Future fic set two years after Isak and Even break up. They meet again, the story interspersed with flashbacks to when they were together (some you will find in Helgen v.37 and Relativitetsteorin by the same author). As you may expect from a break up and make up fic you will get emotional. It’s well crafted, and if you can read Swedish this and the two previous fics are well worth reading. - immy

doorway back home by hippopotamus (@evenshands) NEW

Ridiculously adorable Doctor Who inspired AU, where Isak is a time traveller with a malfunctioning time/space machine who ends up in Even’s bedroom, several times from Even is a small child up until he’s grown up. You don’t need to know anything about Doctor Who to enjoy this precious, funny, a little bit bittersweet fic, so go read! - immy

Nobody Loves Me Like You by @cuteandtwisted NEW

This angsty rollercoaster of a fic features blue-haired Even, an adorable relationship between Isak and his elderly roommate (not as weird as it sounds), and a heart-crushing Isak-parallel in the young Sigve. A childhood friends AU that will get you right where it hurts, in true cuteandtwisted style. Check the warnings. - kit

glovarm/iskald by liljesmoothie (Norwegian) COMPLETED

Complete, rec here.

all i wanna do is be near by hippopotamus (@evenshands) COMPLETED

Complete, rec here.

I Tveksamhetens tid by Always_and_ever (Swedish) COMPLETED

Complete, rec here.

Still on the watchlist:

Knock Four Times by @folerdetdufoler

Yes, this is a US college AU, and yes, Even is American in it! This is extremely well written, and heavy on the angst–we won’t spoil you, but we’ll say that, as in the show, there were parts of this that were so well done they sort of hurt to read. Throw in a long distance relationship between Isak and his boyfriend back in Norway, and you’ve got a cool twist on the college AU setting that feels very realistic and really drew us in. - kit and immy

Blood vs. Water by bri_ness (@brionbroadway) 

This author’s Big Brother AU was a gameplay treat, and this Survivor AU promises to be just as addictive and fun. We’re looking forward to another round of Snakesak playing the game, skilfully written nods to canon and messy relationships. There’s no need to have watched Survivor, the game is explained in the notes as you go. - immy

I skyggen av solen by Kudzibisa (Norwegian)

Charter holiday AU where Isak and Even meet on the plane. Isak is on holiday with his dad and little sister, while Even is travelling with Sonja, for one week of sun and sea and things getting in the way of spending time together. Norwegian charter tourists are perfectly portrayed in this, expect to cringe a lot if you can read Norwegian. - immy

Legitimate Expectations by @champagneleftie In this AU Isak is a lawyer specialising in matters of freedom of the press, and the setting seems wonderfully real. His life as a successful young lawyer (with some interesting SKAM character colleagues) is all neat and tidy, until there’s an Even-shaped spanner thrown in the works. Beautifully written, this is perfect for fans of grown-up Isak and Even with careers. - kit and immy

Like barn leker best by Kikki1 (Norwegian) 

In this AU, student Isak has just broken up with his boyfriend, but he knows Even from school and is not a fan. Since his crap boyfriend is (mostly) out of the picture Isak needs a roommate. Enter Mikael. An engaging story featuring an annoyed and a bit weary Isak, amusing rather than angsty, and quite realistic about being a young gay man in Oslo. A very satisfying read for those who can read Norwegian. - immy

You’re my (arche)type by @evakuality

This is a fairytale AU that isn’t based on a specific story, but rather on the archetypes found in fairytales worldwide, where the interaction and characterisation is shaped by the archetypes each of the characters belongs to, and by the struggle against the confines of the archetypes. It’s an interesting and very well written take on nature vs. nurture and rigid societal structure, and the characterisation is wonderful. - immy

Hjerterytmer og ekstraslag by Without your breath (@livreddare) (Norwegian) Hospital AU where Isak is a nurse and Even is a surgeon in training at an emergency department, packed full of realistic detail and gorgeous slow burn (so far). I adore the characterisation in this, and it’s always a treat to read a well-written AU in a setting the author knows really well. If you can read Norwegian, don’t miss out on this. - immy

Forsvarlig behandling by Frieda Echte @friedaechte (Norwegian) In this hospital AU get-together, nurse Isak gets a patient (oh yes) with a somewhat annoying girlfriend (oh no) tagging along to the ED. Vividly detailed, engaging and funny, this promises to be a very special treat for those who can read Norwegian. - immy

Alphabet Aerobics by @nofeartina 

Rating: explicit. And is it ever. There are 26 letters in the English alphabet, and the author has set out to write 26 chapters of pwp, one for each letter as Isak and Even play a letters sex game. And yes this is smutty, yes the plot is virtually non-existent, but there are feelings and character development as well as very well-written, imaginative smut. - kit and immy

a careful hypothesis of the heart by StMisery 

This AU, while not extremely Norwegian although it’s set in Oslo, shows Isak and Even as co-workers who inch their way from quite a bit of dislike for each other towards, well, we would be very surprised if Evak isn’t endgame. Engaging and entertaining as the guys slowly make progress, and featuring an adorable Magnus. - kit and immy

[thepuckishrogue]

So my girl @scarlettriot’s doing a sort of retrospective creator’s tag game, and has decided to call me tf out lmao graciously decided to include me.

The rules are as follows:

1. Link three of your favorite things you’ve created this year (of any medium) and tell us why you like them as much as you do. 2. Make a goal for yourself in the upcoming year. Said goal can be anything you like. 3. Share and/or tag people to do the same.

If you don’t create your own content but would still like to play, maybe link pieces that you particularly liked and share why, just make sure you tag the original creator.

So without further ado, let’s get into it, shall we?

1.  Asahi Azumane || Kiss Kiss, Fall in Love 🍃

Fandom: Haikyuu!

Rating: SFW Fluff, with a sprinkle of a lil H/C at the beginning, emphasis on the ‘C’; but really it’s all about dorks in love

Reader Gender: Neutral

WC: 4k~

Links: tumblr | ao3

Summary: A love story as told through a series of kisses.

If you stuck with me through the summer then you were there when my love for this sweet, giant teddy bear of a man first cropped up lol. He is prime comfort character material, imo, and I’m so, SO sawft for him ngl.

As to why I like this piece in particular, well... Idk, it’s just sweet. The whole of the series is meant to give off a kind of warm, cozy, loving vibe. I kinda wanted to take that feeling of being wrapped up in the arms of the person you love—of feeling completely safe, totally accepted, and unconditionally loved—and put it into fic form. Idk if I actually managed that, but I like to think that I got pretty darned close lol.

2. Maybe (Love, Once Lost) || Tim Drake x Reader

Fandom: Batman

Rating: SFW H/C, with heavy emphasis on the ‘H’ bit lol

Reader Gender: Neutral

WC: 3.6k~

Remember to peep the CWs before reading.

Links: tumblr | ao3

Summary: Your relationship with Tim has been in free fall for awhile now, all there is left to do is to pick up the pieces when your landing inevitably leaves you shattered and scattered.

And then at the other end of the spectrum we have this lmao.

I like angst far more than I should, but my god is writing it so much harder than reading it. Writing this thing was one continuous feels-punch, but I’m super happy with the final result!

3. Shouta Aizawa || Loving You Always

Fandom: MHA

Rating: SFW Fluff

Reader Gender: Neutral

WC: 1k~

Links: tumblr | ao3

Summary: Just a cute lil(ish) V-Day letter from your tired hero boyfie.

Fact: I am a huge simp for sleepy cat dad.

Tbh he’s the entire reason I even started watching the show lmao. This perpetually sleepy, mildly destitute looking, and absolutely Done™ mf kept popping up on my dash and I was intrigued to say the least.

Anyways a little bit after that Valentines Day rolled around and I wanted to try my hand at writing for the fandom, and something as low stakes as a love letter seemed like a good place to start. Aizawa’s entry is definitely among my favorites from the whole of the series, definitely at the top of the heap of the ones written for MHA. I still don’t feel like I have a good enough grasp on his character to write a full fic, sadly, but this piece is pretty darn good, if I do say so myself.

|| Honorable Mentions

From my With Love series I really liked the way Grimshaw, Strauss, and Swanson’s turned out. Unfortunately with their being some of the less popular characters those letters didn’t get much love. The funny thing is, I KNOW that if I swapped out any of their names for, say, Arthur or Sadie, that they would’ve gotten way more notes, but whatever. I’ve long since accepted that fandom’s fickle that way lol.

As for my goal... I guess I just want to be able to get stuff done in a timely manner lmao. Dk if that’s possible as my muse is a fickle thing, and I’m a perfectionist besides, but it doesn’t hurt to try, yeah?

|| Super low pressure tags

(Like so, SO low you guys lol. I tagged every creator that I either know or see bopping around my blog/dash--so sorry to any I missed!!)

@screamin-abt-haikyuu | @shotomyheart | @ofmermaidstories | @cat-slippered @sheetghost-posts​ | @therescrackinmytea​

And also anyone else who wants to join in the fun.

[madcatdaderpydrawer-blog]

Miitopia 15

* Huh, usually it’s Isabelle 

* Okay see this is more acceptable then an adult man

* PFFFFFFFFFFF

* Harland healed Keith when they were both at low health, then Keith returned the favor. 

* Gosh I love how close everyone gets during these battles. It’s truly so cute and worth the extremely random order I have these rotations in

* Keith being the mvp

* “Anxious nobodies support each other”

* Colton sicky 

* I wouldn’t be pleased either if a random dude I didn’t know sent me a plush toy

* Immy is doing an impression of Justin to Isabelle. She barely knows him XD

* Woooo brothers finally riding together! 

* Seriously these two are going to be the end of me

* multi universe twins stick together

* I’d rather Justin control the horse tbh

* He wants to make it up to her, but...

* Nothing like going to visit the seaside while in a active volcano 

* Justin got a hero tank

* Colton refused Isabelle’s healing again because he was already working on a feast

* Imagine how far these kids have to walk to get from the snowy tundra to the fucking beach

* Paxton and Felix were cold and started running around with Jackal mom. They went off screen for a second and then Jackal mom snatched up Paxton

* Diana hid behind Paige and got her hit AGAIN and then she got an ice ball thrown in her face. She deserved it.

* people helping Immy not die

* You look gorgeous son

* I mean... that is something Colton would do. That’s his dream role. He gets to be a nosy bastard and play with animals.

* It’s best not to question him

* the two impatient brats adventure together

* “how dare you hurt my adopted child?!”

* this is the most immature thing to do. “Nope I can’t see you! We can’t seee yooouu”

* “I’m only putting up with this because I like your brother”

* Another blindfold 

* Bentley does a big protecc

* ignore the horse looming ominously in the background

* “Harland in the city: the beginning”

* Aww poor baby

* “Clouds are sheep” “Oh really?” 

* For once the younger one is riding

* This was an accident

* This would be so stressful yet insanely fun for them

* Justin distorts his face to taunt a local five year old

* See, they don’t always hate each other :D

* super mom!

* You all get a heal because of Keith’s sweetness. These two are going to get so close just from battles alone 

* Don’t worry Keith, he only denied it because he’s embarrassed about how many times he’s needed your help XD

* She’s still styling though

* Isabelle... she’s five. 

* and then he scampers off like a startled kitten

* “I’ll tickle your brain with my knife if you dare fuck with my already unstable emotions”

* the snow storm covers up their loud arguments

* this is why he loves animals

* Encouraging a violence :D

* “What the fuck?? Keith said people liked being helped! This is absolute bullshit!”

* Keith gently offered his lil sister and her multiverse counterpart the horse

* this one is particularly funny lmao

* Okay this is like the safest alternative. Justin steering the horse and Immy riding instead of running behind because she’s the youngest

* they are actually rather close so this is pretty accurate

* Cursed onions

* multiverse sibling fights

* Please don’t look at me that way

* Bentley will remember that

* What a horrifying cut away with no context

* What a cluster fuck

* that person in the left corner scares me

* If only this were actually helpful in this hellish fight

*  And it begins

* the type of subtle hint he’d throw out, and she’d entirely miss and be like “hey Harland seems like a nice kid”

* Flowey can’t catch a break

* very trippy but god them graphics 

* this is quite possibly the pettiest argument yet

* It took forever

* I can excuse it because it’s my ship

* they know what’s happening, they just don’t care

* Paxton: I hope my butt doesn’t fall off.

   monster encounter starts, gets thrown off the horse

* Paxton and Jackal mom watched and both fell asleep

* Colton wears horse scented colon 

* Justin: Where are we?

   Keith: Are you okay?

* Diana banished someone into the void 

* Paige tried to fix things with Colton using magic and he refused. 

* He got over it now

* Paxton, why would you be worried? You EXPLODED SEVEN MONSTERS AT ONCE

* Paxton was angry at Keith and didn’t wanna except his healing and now Keith is upsetti 

* smiling through the pain

* Seriously do you two argue over everybody??

* I legit can’t tell whose in front lmao if anyone

* JUST LET THE KID HEAL YOU PAXTON 

* they care for each other

* Im traveling with a dude who looks like a statelite 

* Keith used last wish to encourage Paige not to fight on for him after he died protecting her and a a a a

* Paige repeatedly getting slapped by Bentley

* see Paxton, she cares.

* I put Justin on autobattle and this is what he does

* Well you aren’t known for being the nicest.. but still

* they look hilarious while elderly

* british noises intensify 

* how oddly generous of you

*DAWWW

* It was inevitable

* of course the energetic quirk would cause someone to drink a mysterious liquid without a second thought.

* That’s pretty nice of you honestly

* I gave him independence and he uses it for this

* stuffed animals are always appreciated

* holding him by the tail

[thepuckishrogue]

eyyy thanks for the tag @scarlettriot!

i’ve been away for a bit and idk if i should be ashamed of the fact that in all that time i didn’t write anything or proud of myself for taking the time to rest. either way, my wip folders (yes, plural because i like ~organization~ lol) are always full to bursting so i’ll just go with what’s in the most general one for the sake of variety...

((also getting rid of some of the reblogs/putting it under a read more so as not to clutter up folk's dash...))

((also, also--full disclosure! there's 44 docs in here and i don't wanna type all that up, so this is just the highlights))

12 days of ficmas || exactly what it says on the tin; multi-fandom (rdr and batboys)

A place where deleted games go to die || it was an idea/prompt-type-deal from some kmeme or another; actually a really cool premise but ultimately more work than i wanted to put in

Alexi works in IT || don't ask b/c idfk; i haven't touched that doc since 2017 lmao

asa-baby || all of my asahi of hq fame related works

AtlasxOC || a bioshock fic centered around the rat bastard himself b/c MY GOD that man's voice... the doc title's a bit of a misnomer as i changed it to a reader insert but yeah. it's p. much done, just gotta write the smut, but every time i try to it fights me hard

BobbyxReader Falling Too Deep || so uhhh, i started playing the love island games and i may have developed another digital crush lmao. what can i say? i've got a thing for sweet boys with massive crackhead energy (tho this fic is more concerned with certain fandom theories--if you know, you know--and is thusly a lot more angsty than most bobby fics). it's the only thing i've worked on and it's been very sparingly done over the course of the past week or so

CullenxOC || a dragon age fic. i actually really like this one, but it's a big project so... yeah. been working on it for years; really one of those 'when it's done, it's done' type deals

dial up sound story || okay, so a friend of mine and i were talking about creepypastas and came up with this idea. i don't wanna give anything away b/c i do plan on writing it, but like... shit's wild lol

Dying is Easy [ErikxOC] || so like most i kinda lost my shit after seeing black panther for the first time. truly an excellent example of black cinema. plus michael bae?? GOD PUNCH ME IN THE FACE WHY HE SO FINE?? ...anyways, i came up with a fix-it type fic since i couldn't accept the idea of his character (possibly) being dead and this is that.

I'll be waitin' [SamxOC] || an uncharted story. idk if i just like guys who i'd know would screw me over constantly or if it's just my voice kink being soothed by troy baker's dulcet tones (yes, even with that accent lol) but i kinda instantly fell in love with sam which meant i had to start up a new fic. the premise is p. good, i just need to crack on with writing it, which ew, gross, why would i want to do that? lol

Kiss Kiss Fall in Love || all the stories from that series. multi-fandom (batboys, hq, and mha even tho i haven't published any of those yet). if you wanna know what characters are on the list or make any requests ig this is the time to ask!

Not with Haste HaldirxOC || so like once every two or so years i get really into tolkien's work--like really into it--and this is p. much the result of that. i really love his lore, esp. that surrounding the elves, and wanted to build upon that (and also add a lil pigment into the mix b/c as it stands middle earth is hella pasty lmao). plus i really do want to write my own high fantasy work one day and this is good practice

SadiexHarvey || okay so i was super into stardew valley when it first came out, and still am honestly lol. i took a special shine to a particular shy doctor and yeah. a fic happened as i wanted my boy to know happiness and unconditional b/c he deserves it!!

Smitten (detroit) ConnorxOC || a dbh story. i have been working on this story since sept. 2020 and it shows lmao. honestly given how often i edit it it's got to be one of my most well written works--now if only i could finish it :/

There's Really no Way to Reach Me [Because I'm Already Gone] John SeedxOC || yeah, i like far cry 5, what of it? lmao. i am soft for one (1) sadist lawyer man with the soundcloud rapper special and i plan on making my poor life choices the internet's problem at some point. maybe. yanno, if i can ever finish this...

alright, that's more than enough i think.

tagging the first writers that pop into my head (sorry to anyone i miss; ya girl has got a bad case of brain fog atm :/), but ofc anyone that wants to is welcome to join in the fun!

@screamin-abt-haikyuu | @ofmermaidstories | @cat-slippered

WIP TITLE TAG GAME

— @mindidjarin thank you for the tag lovely !! 🤍

rules: post the names of all the files in your wip folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. send me an ask with the title that intrigues you and I’ll post a little snippet or tell you something about it!

i don’t have a lot of wips😅

• to be or not to be (a coincidence) — matt murdock

• tristan thorn x fem!reader (no title)

• it’s different when [he’s] with me — michael kinsella

no pressure tags: @cellophaine @foggywells @novaresque

[connecticut-seo-adwords]

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[thepuckishrogue]

was anyone gonna tell me that tomorrow is nye or was i just supposed to find that out because the moon sickness forced me to actually look at a calendar??

[thepuckishrogue]

My brain: Tall, buff, attractive Mineta isn't real, he cannot hurt you. Mer: Oh yea? Have fun with your new, hot sleep paralysis demon lmaoooo

What hell hath I wrought? You call me a calming presence, and yet here I am sowing this sort of chaos lmao. But! Yanno what? I'm gonna sow a bit more and say that if you ever actually wrote that Mineta/Reader fic I would 100% read it and enjoy the hell out of it lol. I too am taken with the idea of someone like him growing up, changing, and earning his place among his classmates/fellow heroes. If executed properly, he can definitely be worthy of it all.

The rest of this is going below a cut because apparently I’m feeling extra wordy/analytical today…

Honestly, in the same way that Mineta’s confession to Deku gives off ‘men only respect men’ vibes, I really feel like people’s willingness to allow more grace to be extended to characters like the High Lord Explosion Maker kinda comes to ‘pretty privilege’ in a way? I can guaran-damn-tee you that if Mineta was drawn more conventionally attractive he’d have more folk out here defending him because that’s just the way humans work. It doesn’t matter how terrible a person/thing is, there will always be stans lmao. Hell, Baku’s had simps from jump that like him just fine without the attitude adjustment—better, even, if the discord over Hori giving the kid some solid character development is anything to go by. People are always more forgiving with things they can connect with or at the very least think of as being idealized in some way.

Same thing goes for Denki after a fashion; like he hangs with Mineta a lot and can come out of pocket himself from time to time, but he doesn’t get dragged for it, at least not that I ever seen. In fact people like to play around with the idea of him being kind of a letch, albeit a charming/endearing one quite a lot in the few fics/hcs I’ve read about him. Ofc he’s nowhere near being at the level of the Grape on the perv scale, but you cannot deny that there’s a double standard there.

And then there’s Hori himself, who if I am not mistaken, said that Mineta’s kinda like his self-insert. If people hate Mineta to the point where writing a story that portrays him in the light he’s already been cast in, or even if they give him what I am now dubbing The Mer Upgrade™—but if either of those scenarios would legit make them drop an author and-or their writing altogether then they should really just keep it pushing until they leave the fandom lol, because it’s creator has p. much all but admitted to having a pervy streak in him and he’s an irl human man whose actions affect other irl human type beings, but ever as always I digress…

And in this essay I will… Never thought I’d see the day when I defended the Grape, or at least this version of him, so earnestly lol.

But on a more serious note—I think that fandom should allow for characters to grow, change, and mature into something more than what canon provides. After all we’re not only dealing in fiction, but somebody else’s fiction. It’s their sandbox and we’re little more than the kids with overly active imaginations that are squatting in it, just digging our grubby little creators hands into the grit and making castles, yanno? There’s so many layers there, literally infinite worlds and interpretations within yet more worlds and interpretations. If you can write a fantasy AU, why not one where literally everything is the same but a character evolves into something more than what canon gave us?

Ofc it’s fine if you want to take a character at face value as that’s literally how they are portrayed and you’re not required to dig any deeper than that if you don’t want to, but… Don’t judge others if they chose to, and in their exploration they find that there’s an actual chance and-or series of events that could lead to said character coming out of the other side of things a changed person. If I had that sort of attitude I would’ve bypassed surrender (which would’ve be an absolute tragedy, truly) as I initially found Bkg to be a rabid little Pom-Pom that needed a good solid kick to the teeth at the very least.

So suffice it to say, I did not like Bakugou. At all.

And I was curious as to why anyone else would—aside from aesthetics, anyways. Sure, I knew that there was room for growth, but it was never something I was gonna personally get into in my own works. And so I turned to fandom in an attempt to see what others saw in him that made him worthy of a redemption arc. Through the proverbial eyes of you and other likeminded people I was finally able to crack the veneer and see a side of him that was far kinder, softer, vulnerable, and a hell of a lot more generally likeable than what I would’ve given him credit for, and I’m so glad I did.

But just as you said, we need characters that are not-so-nice just like we need Good Guys™ like Deku. And even within archetypes, if the character’s written well they’re not these flat, 1D things that are perfect paragons of their trope; if they were we would get bored of them very quickly. Every character worth liking’s got lots of layers and depth and flaws and strengths and hundreds of other facets that make us love them, hate them, and everything within and without that spectrum. That’s the stuff that inspires us to create these love letters in the form of fics, pics, etc.

And idk, I just think that’s really neat. Fandom’s pretty darn rad (when it’s not making you want to pterodactyl screech, anyway lol).

((Also, no THANK YOU for putting up with me and my rambles. I talk way too much—the above wall of text is proof of that—I’m just glad you find it interesting enough to want to engage with it/me lol…))

Not me crying in the club over your tags. Honestly I too am so grateful for the fact that we’re both sharing this pocket of the universe and vibing together over fiction and drama. It’s great, and you’re an absolute gem of a being that I’m blessed to know even if it’s in this small way 💖💖💖

But Mer—Mer, you can’t keep drawing cute lil pics of the grape, it’s Confusing and Upsetting and I Don’t Wike It. ((lol, jk, all of your doodles are lovely~✨️))

Mmm, thanks for the good meta food (and also entertaining my ramblings/foolishness lol).

You raise some excellent points, esp. about the fallout of the 1-A boys and Aizawa ignoring Mineta’s behavior, like… Given their characterization it never made sense to me, so I always just kinda waved it away as bad writing, yanno? (I mean Hori’s made several, ahem, questionable decisions concerning his female characters and the way they’re portrayed/treated so that seemed plausible enough). Mineta’s there to be a little perv/comic relief (v. derogatory) which is why he is able to get away with so much. Were things more realistic he’d definitely have been booted from the school for harassment probably on the first day, if he even made it through the entrance exams.

But honestly I admire you for undertaking the Herculean task of making this tiny disaster boy palpable. Most would just write him off completely, but your deciding to give him the same grace as a more beloved character gives me the warm ‘n’ fuzzies, ngl lol.

((Also the thought of Deku leaving him on a skyscraper somewhere has me weak, send help—for me, not the grape lol))

((Also, also—what if Mineta does a reverse Gran Torino?? Like he gets taller/hotter as he gets older, a straight up Brad Pitt al la Benjamin Button glow up. Fuckin’… I hate that I had that thought, I’m cancelling myself lmfao.))

I genuinely struggled with the question of whether or not it was possible for Mineta to do a reverse Gran Torino LMAOOO. and honestly i decided that…………… he would 👀 PLEASE DONT SHUN ME GUYS 😭

kinda wanna write a snarky, leery mineta getting the shit kicked out of him in a battle and ending up at Reader’s, now………. 👀 im not gonna. IM NOT. but like……… the thought is there. 👀

I adore Horikoshi’s work, but like… yeah, he’s proven he can’t be trusted with his female characters LMAO. i’m gonna be honest though, i’ve been enjoying seeing how much Mineta cares for Deku, in the latest chapters??? I know the fandom had a meltdown over “bi-mineta”, but like…. idk, i thought that added another layer to Mineta beyond the poor comedic “relief” of him being a little shit, and i really appreciate that! at the same time, i can’t help but think — men only respect other men. LOL. and the way Mineta is currently written in canon sort of just… enforces that??? i mean, that’s not a version of Mineta i want to write (so i’m not gonna LOL) but it’s definitely in the back of my mind. if i thought i could get away with it, without losing people to the distaste, i’d like…. try to write him from that angle LMAOOO dsflkjsdklfjsdklfj because!!! BECAUSE,,, i find it interesting. I do. i also don’t think we need people to be perfect or good in fiction; i think we need them to be people, good and bad. and i happen to enjoy this kinda thing butttttttt…. i guess i’ll stay away from it, LOL, in my little silly superhero romance :’)))) besides, i do like the idea of a Mineta proving that he’s worthy of his friends. He’s capable of being worthy of them!!! probably. maybe??? yes. yes he is, because i say he is.

thank-you for entertaining my gibberish, Puck. 😭

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you ever just watch a 42 minute video on cheese slicing methods because you don’t wanna write the thing?

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is it just me, or did this site get uglier since last night??