#ok i guess i could tag them all but i'm lazy

[mellybouboulove]

My guardian angel🤍𓆩♡𓆪☁️

Chapter 3

Plot summary: Drug Dealer Ellie Williams X OFC slowburn fic, out of universe and takes place in college, set in the 2000s. Smut content to come.

previous: Chapter 2, next: Chapter 4,

Tags: #wlw #sapphic #drugdealer!ellie #modern!ellie #tlou #slowburn #smut #fluff #tlouau #au #modernau #drugs

Chapter 3

The morning after, I woke up on the couch covered with a blanket. The light was shining through the blinds and the birds were singing, that was my first night of real sleep since a week. Lana who was sleeping on my lap started meowing to make me feed her. I finally got the energy to open my eyes and stand up to give food to my cat. Suddenly I looked around realizing she wasn't here anymore.

A wave of emptiness submerged me. My house is still a mess because I was still too lazy to do anything about it. I took a shower, my head full of questions : Why did she leave without telling anything? Did she even care at all? Am I just another stupid drug addict to her? I guess I'll never know. Anyway, it's not my problem anymore. I have more important things to think about like where to find my opiates. Right now I'm feeling better but I know I couldn't handle another day sober.

I put on another pyjama after getting out of the shower when I heard the door opening. I quickly left the bathroom and ran to the leaving room full of joy. Here she was ; she had 2 bags of groceries in her hands and a big backpack; could this be what I was thinking about ? No, she’s too busy to do this. She probably came to say goodbye.

-Ok so, I saw that the fridge was empty, I bought you eggs, pastas… She started to enumerate what she bought for me and explained that she wanted to stay with me for the weekend. I was right, she was about to stay here for a while. -Thank you so much I don't know what to say Ellie that’s so kind of you, how much do I own you? And why do you want to stay here? I’m not at my best you know.. -Nothing, she said, it’s my pleasure if I can help you. I’m gonna stay here for the week-end and yeah I saw that you’re not at your best. I don’t want to be a passive watcher of your fall, that's also why I want to stay with you.

I was so happy to hear this, I don't know if she would be able to do anything to help me heal but her attention was already enough to make me feel better. She installed  her clothes then we talked about my situation while eating. I explained to her how I was feeling about what happened.

-I'm gonna give you some meds. If I see that you’re about to vomit or you’re shaking or about to faint I’ll give you something. If you’re feeling bad and start thinking too much about it just talk to me. I listened carefully to her instructions and she continued.  -Do you think you'd be able to clean your place with me?

All alone I could never clean all that, I couldn’t even find the motivation to eat but now she’s here I dont know why but it seems effortless. She got up, turned on MTV and dragged me by the arm to the kitchen. I did the dishes as she was throwing out my spoiled groceries that were still in my fridge and placed the new ones she just bought. Then we picked up all the clothes that were around my house then she did a machine while vacuuming and cleaning the dust everywhere. We changed my bedsheets, cleaned the bathroom and even gave a bath to Lana. 

Later, we both felt hungry so we decided to bake pancakes. It was really fun, though we first argued on the measurements of the sugar, she gave up and let me add an extra amount of sugar to make them sweet enough. She was eating the leftovers of dough stuck in the spoons and bowls and as she wanted to give me a taste, she unintentionally put some dough on my face which led to a little -very cliché romcom like- fight of trying to put dough on the other’s face. We were running around the kitchen aisle when she finally caught me and we started to calm down. She wiped the dough I had on my cheeks and forehead with her thumb then we went back to baking. The dough was ready, it was time to bake them on the pan. She was making them flip in the air like a pro which I strangely found very attractive of her. She tried teaching me but I made the pancake fall and the dough that was not cooked yet spilled everywhere. She decided to not let me have control of the pan again for the rest of the recipe and I, instead, took charge of setting the table and doing the dishes we just dirtied. 

We enjoyed our pancakes in front of SpongeBob Squarepants. 

-You were right, the more the sugar, the better. She said.  -Told ya..  -Are you feeling tired or do you wanna go out now ? -No I’m feeling good, what do you have in mind? In reality my head was hurting but I needed to stay occupied.  -I was thinking we could go to the fair maybe? -Ohh yes sounds good for me, let me get ready first.

I took another shower after sweating like a pig with all this cleaning, I got dressed in a skirt, a tight top and my platform boots, put some makeup on then did my hair. In the meantime, Ellie took a shower and got ready too. We got into her car on the way to the fair. The smell of the popcorn, cotton candy and churros filled my nostrils, the sky was dark, the stars and lights from the attractions were lighting us. We decided to go for a ride on the big wheel, we sat next to each other, her arm behind my neck, as we enjoyed the beautiful view from the top. I spotted a thrilling roller coaster. I begged Ellie to go for a ride with me until I had to drag her by her hand. We had a lot of fun, I felt like a kid. 

Then, she decided to play a shooting game that could earn us a big teddy bear. After 3 shots, she finally managed to get the target; we were handed a big green dinosaur plushie. I felt so excited, it kinda looked like a date. Suddenly I felt a hand on my shoulder, violently turning me around; I was a little shaken up and turned with furrowed eyebrows to see the person who was assaulting me when I ended up face to face with Emily. My heartbeat immediately increased, my throat felt as tight as a bow. 

-How dare you step foot at any party, how dare you pretend like nothing happened ? You’re such a pathetic selfish bitch. Do you ever even think about what you did and how much it impacted me ? Going on cute little dates with your stupid girlfriend while Jonathan is dying at the hospital ?? How can you even handle looking at yourself in the mirror? 

I was left speechless, tears started to fill my eyes, my hands were shaky. She was right; I’m so selfish. I’m thinking about this day on repeat all day long but I didn’t even really try to check up on them. After my treatment started to make me feel crazy, I couldn’t focus on anything else than drugs. I guess it was easier than facing my responsibilities and the horrible consequences my actions had on my friends’ lives. I was just looking for something to focus on other than this. Emily has lost her scholarship after not being able to stay in the soccer team due to her injuries. Jonathan was still in a coma, his parents are visiting and praying for him everyday. I’ve been the luckiest out of us three yet I can only think about MY problems, MY addiction, MY guilt. 

After what felt like forever of just standing there, Ellie took me apart in a more quiet area. She handed me a glass of water to try to calm me down. She pulled me into a hug and I let myself cry into her arms. We agreed it was time to go back home. Yet again we were driving to my house, making ourselves comfy on the couch while she reassured and took care of me. The day after we spent a while talking about everything and I understood focusing on drugs was selfish, I need to take action and try to fix what I can; Ellie said she’ll help me with everything and will stay with me all along but once the weekend was over, I quickly came back to reality.

[my-name-is-markus-with-a-k]

prime numbers for the gif-maker asks? 👀

2. Least favourite set? Oh, I'm sorry but I don't want to answer that 😅 I've deleted any I really don't like, but I will say there's a set that keeps popping up in my notifs where I'm like 'really, that one again???' But that's all I will say. People like what they like.

3. The set with the most notes? This one with 1559 notes. I'm happy with that, it's a good set. The ones with Connor in them tend to do well.

5. Favourite movie/tv show to gif? dbh is my main fandom so yeah, dbh but more specifically, Markus. I just love giffing him, it's almost therapeutic at this stage.

7. Who are my top 3 gifmakers? @thirium @aghostinmyownmachine @mijchi for dbh gifs and also shout out to @babyjapril who is not a dbh giffer but her gifs are always incredible (sorry for the random tag ana).

11. One set I made that just won't die? I legitimately don't know what this means lol

13. Where and/or from whom did you learn to gif? I'm mostly self-taught but I have relied on a few tutorials here and there.

17. How many gifs do you prefer in a set? I guess 2? That's how many I usually make in a set, so that must be my preference. I do like a 4 set too though.

19. What I'd my giffing process like? Very on the fly, lol. I check to see if I have the footage I want, if I don't I screen record the scene I need. I upload that into ps, trim the clip to what I need, change the speed and crop. Then I brighten and colour them to whatever I'm feeling at the time. I always sharpen last. It's what takes the longest and I sometimes have to finick with the settings a bit until it looks nice on tumblr.

23. What's the thing you gif when you don't have anything else to gif? Take a wild guess. It's my boy ofc

29. Have you ever posted a set, realised you made a mistake later but realised it was too late? Oh yes many a time. Usually on sets with text and I made a typo. That's happens pretty often 😅 I usually go back and fix them anyway but then the old versions still get reblogged lol

31. Do you schedule/queue posts or do you post as soon as you're done? I usually post when I'm done. If I'm not really happy with a set, I'll save them to drafts and look at them later. If I decide they're actually OK, I'll post them, if not, I redo them. But I don't schedule posts, I'm too impatient.

37. What sets do you have planned to make in the future? There are a few sets I'm waiting to do when my skills catch up to my visions. But right now? There's a quote gifset I want to make with Markus but it will require time I just don't have right now.

41. Least favourite part of the gifmaking process? Oh my god, uploading to tumblr. I never really know what gifs are going to look good. Sometimes I'll spend ages on a set, upload to tumblr and it look like ass, so I have to redo the whole thing. It's infuriating.

43. Do you keep videos or delete them once you're done giffing? I keep them unless I need the space. I'm pretty lazy like that hahaha

47. Any advice for novice gif makers/people who want to start making gifs? Gif tutorials are your friend. I'm mostly self-taught but whenever I get really stuck, I search for gif tutorials. They are incredibly helpful.

That... was a lot of questions and I had to google prime numbers like a chump because I could only remember prime numbers up to 20 lmao

[edsbacktattoo]

ok i was kind of purposefully avoiding the details of the gravy basket theory because it's sounded so dumb but holy shit i really didn't know the extent of it. sorry in advance to be rambling in your inbox.

i thought if i wanted to talk about it i should read the post in full but honestly that was a struggle on its own. it just completely misunderstands the way the show uses ed experiencing purgatory as metaphor. like, the innkeeper does not show us this sort of wish fulfilling dream state at all, and ed externalizing his self hatred into the figment of hornigold is a simple, concise idea that the show specifically goes out of its way to make clear. episode 8 just doesn't have this. like, you'd have to make the argument that literally EVERY CHARACTER PRESENT IN THE EPISODE is somehow representative of an aspect of stede's psyche. it's not just a matter of him projecting his desires into a falsely constructed space, it's a matter of internal issues manifesting from the subconscious, which is what the show has established. it's particularly bizarre to me that they don't make any effort to argue what izzy is meant to represent in this theory, or what him dying could mean symbolically (which is. y'know. the point of the gravy basket as it's been explored). also there's just a complete disregard for ed's arc in the finale which is. eugh. come on.

and this is all still being generous in taking the idea of the "gravy basket" at face value. like, it feels a little ridiculous to even entertain the idea enough to try to argue it. i'm just so baffled.

(it did make me think about psychonauts to the point of wanting to replay it, so. i guess there's that.)

PRECISELY!!!!!!!!! don’t apologise for rambling in my inbox when you’re so correct my dear friend <3

i can’t believe that this theory has such a vice grip on some people. when it first appeared on my dash (and it did, not because a mutual reblogged it, but bc i follow the ofmd tag, and tumblr is evil and gave me the post bc it thought it was being helpful) i thought it was. a joke. i thought the op was having a laugh. but the more i read the more i started to worry. it takes a very distinct lack of media comprehension to come up with something like this.

now, i want to make it clear that i do feel for the people who enjoy izzy normally. like the folks who just like him because he’s interesting and fucked up and strange. the people that don’t woobify him, ya know? those guys are all right.

but the kind of devotion that leads to behaviour like this? threatening and belittling the writers of the show? calling ed violent and thinking he’s going to be an abuser to stede, the man he’s in love with? if you genuinely believe that then there is something seriously wrong with you, and i think you ought to look introspectively <3

also, as a side note, a large criticism i’ve seen for season 2 is poor writing (which is just not at all correct) but to make up for said “poor writing” the theories that people are whipping up are genuinely like. worse? imagine if they did the gravy basket thing again. gravy basket 2: electric boogaloo. that would be bad writing. that would be lazy!!

no, what they did instead was deliberate and careful and beautiful and hopeful. open ended and bittersweet. and yet. AND YET!!!! you get folks trying to cope so bad it makes them look stupid.

and this is all that i will say on the matter. tho, ive never played psychonauts and this might be the thing that makes me dive into that :)

[zara-renata]

Also have read your no way out revised! I agree, MC was so mean in the memory- I guess it's to show that there hasn't been much time pass since the main story but it was indeed off-putting, poor guy

I had a laugh as you wrote her holding back her horny thoughts(relatable) of him and ignoring he might possibly inhaled her scent

I really like the banter you write between them and all her internal monologues and how casually he jabs about the other LIs existence.

I really love how it plays out and how resonate or let me come anytime I want is given as "options" and all the subtleties of tensions and hidden meaning there, one MC doesn't understand/aware yet

Also I saw the tags, this one is just fun fact since if my memory serves me right, I remember MC's apartment uses fingerprint as the 'key' to her apartment- as it's the norm there. I believe there's time it malfunctions as well. Xavier is the only one who uses 'old school' physical key and keeps one below his carpet

HI again! (I"m assuming you're the same anon about sylus's pov thing)

THANKS AGAIN for the nice ask! i love the banter in game between them, so i try really hard to do it justice (with varying degrees of success so it's nice to hear that you think it worked here). and thanks for the reminder about the key! I thought i remembered something about xavier being locked out of his place and discussing door locks with mc but i couldn't remember how mc accesses her apt and was too lazy to search back through all the memories to find it. a fingerprint makes sense! and now i'm relieved because offering sylus a key also makes sense :)

And for sure, I can see why in game mc would be more tsundere toward him, considering it's so early in their relationship and he was such a massive dick at the beginning. But in-game mc is fundamentally a deeply caring person, and the sort of passive impatience mc shows him in that card, while he's clearly vulnerable and in a lot of pain, just didn't strike me as in line with that good-heartedness.

and about sniping at the other LIs: i can see sylus being smug and secure in the belief of his own superiority over them , so I write him like that, but I also think that ultimately he would recognize that these are people whom mc really cares about and so he would try to 'play nicely' when he has to interact with them. imo he'd just turn every interaction into a 'friendly' competition in which he'd do his best to win so that he could preen in front of mc: 'i caught the most fish on this little fishing trip with your friends, i can provide you with the best sustenance, i'm the best choice, obviously'. sylus = bird of paradise coded

And yeaah I think that out of all the LIs, mc is most conflicted about finding Sylus in particular deeply, carnally attractive, because he's everything an upstanding citizen shouldn't want. i imagine that when it seems like the feeling is mutual, MC"s brain just sort of short circuits- partly out of just, panicky denial and partly because the idea of trying to sort through his true motivations would feel daunting, or like, the doubt and anxiety that would come along being the object of such an intense person's desire would be overwhelming until MC realizes that he is actually sincere and his motivations are pure

ok now that i've written a novel i'll shut up THANK YOU again for the ask!

[monorayjak]

Lost Caverns of Ixalan Thoughts

Ok, so, I just finished reading through the Lost Caverns of Ixalan Story plus the side story that's been released. I just wanted to share some thoughts. (Spoilers ahead)

All in all, an interesting story, with lasting repercussions for both the plane and those who were a part of the story. But, the set leaves a lot more questions than answers, and seems to have added some things just because they could; looking at you Leonin - they were literally in the story for like 10 minutes and then promptly forgotten about.

The story of Kellan continues as a small piece of this plot, and I enjoy that it was woven in without him becoming a key player. He was just passing through and got pulled in, he wasn't a deus ex machina or a big part of the ending, he was just there. Really enjoyed the idea of Kellan building a rag-tag multiversal adventuring party throughout his travels, seems like it would be fun, IF they don't just make it him and Amalia. Because if they leave it as just them its just going to turn into a love story, and I'm fine with a love story, but it just feels shoe-horned in if that's the only reason.

Quint's search for the "Coin Empire" seems interesting, but also seems to come out of absolutely no where, like… last we saw of him his spark ignited. When and when did he learn about this empire? What seems so special about it? How is he so sure it connects across planes? How the hell did they travel across planes in the distant past? How did they end up where they did? What caught his attention about them? It just feels out of nowhere, and it would be fine if they had made him have the revelation of "Holy shit, these things are exactly the same as another site I was working on… could it be some kind of multiversal empire??" but no, they have him already fully aware of it out of nowhere. It could have been better implemented I guess.

Also, what the hell was with the descriptions of "long necks" just being there??? Are they talking about fucking Giraffes? Why do they never mention them in more detail than "fuzzy, strange looking, long-necked creatures??" Why??? Where they trying to hide something??? What was the importance of it?? Are they trying to say BATS somehow have really long necks?? But it couldn't be that because people call the bats, well, bats! Just… what???????

Liked the political intrigue we got from every side:

Vampires having a kind of Reformation level split in the church/government

The sun empire being ruled by a literal 4-year old (ADVENTURE!!!!!!!!!!!) who is being manipulated by two relatives

Huatli working to start a coup

Huatli, Elenda, and Admiral/Governor Brass working together to form a powerful enough force to stop another war

Saheeli being sent in Huatli's place and the fact she is from another world is used in the story by having her keep notes in her home-worlds language, with her also being the voice of reason to everyone without even thinking about it

Enjoyed the fact that Huatli is becoming a tired veteran after the race for Orazca, the War of the Spark, and the phyrexian invasion, and now just wanting a peaceful life with no more needless death.

Enjoyed the moments of Saheeli and Huatli being together, even we don't get many and I'm still not a fan they were desparked.

I found some bits of writing a bit lazy, notably:

These lines are both in the same section about 3 paragraphs apart. There is no break between in the form of a viewpoint switch or anything. There was no reason to have this repetition beyond wanting to compare his use of it to something else and being too lazy to think up another one.

This joke just falls flat. I understand Malcolm has talked like this the entire story, but it just feels so forced and atonal. And it isn't like they couldn't have good jokes in tense moments, for example:

A funny and natural exchange in a very tense moment.

To top off the final bit, I do need to gripe about my BIGGEST annoyance in this set specifically. The discrepancy between both the description and depiction of the "Cosmium Eaters" and the multiple depictions we get of them. Like, this is the description of the lead-up to the transformations

We have a mental image of a large bat god giving this power to Vito and his followers. Which is followed by this image.

Which is fine. Its a great image showing the beginning of the transformation. The transformation, which is described as:

Ok, so they've turned into man-bat like creatures. Cool, good. BUT, then we see this image in the next article, one where Huatli kills Vito.

That isn't a Man-Bat like person... that's Vito with bat wings. Ok, so maybe the transformation was exaggerated a bit in the story... except

No, it wasn't. So why the hell does Vito, as the first person to transform, look like his normal self but is written as if he's become some kind of horrifying monster, one which the characters mention they really only make out its him because he's holding the same staff as before. Why does no one else look like that? What do these people look like?????

Long story short, the story is a mixed bag I think.

[regexkind]

Make-a-fish

There is a very cute site out there: http://makea.fish

It was written by @weepingwitch

If it is 11:11 AM or PM according to your machine's clock, you can visit this page and get a cute procedurally-generated fish image. Like this:

At other times, you will get a message like this:

This is charming enough that I have a friend who has a discord channel devoted entirely to people's captures of fish at 11:11. But it's also a fun code-deobfuscation puzzle. Solution below the cut--I checked, and it's ok for me to share the solution I came up with :)

If you show source for the makea.fish website:

Basically:

an image, set by default to have a pointer to a source that doesn't really exist

a script, that is one big long line of javascript.

The javascript is where we are going. Start by loading it into an editor and prettifying it up. It's like taking home a scrungly cat and giving it a wash. or something idk.

Believe it or not this is better. Also, maybe there are some low-hanging fruits already we can pick?

Like this:

Each of the strings in this array is composed of escaped characters. Escaped hex characters are useful if you need to put characters in your string that are not available on the keyboard or might be interpreted as part of the code, but here I think they're just being used to hide the actual contents of the string.

I used python to deobfuscate these since the escape sequences should be understood by python as well. And lo--not only are they all symbols that can be rendered (no backspaces or anything!) but they also look like base64 encoded strings (the =, == terminators are a giveaway).

What happens if we run these through a base64 decoder?

We see that the array actually contains base64-encoded strings. Perhaps a portion of this code is converting these strings back, so that they can be used normally?

At any rate I am going to rename the variable that this array is assigned to to "lookupTable" because that's what I think of it as.

We are making an anonymous function and immediately calling it with two arguments: lookupTable and 0xd8. 0xd8 is 216 in decimal. By renaming the variables, we get:

Confession time, I am not a person who writes lots of javascript. But it occurs to me that this looks an awful lot like we're being weird about calling functions. Instead of traditional syntax like "arrayInput.push(arrayInput.shift())" we're doing this thing that looks like dictionary access.

Which means that, according to the docs on what those two array functions are doing, we are removing the first element of the array and then putting it on the end. Over and over again. Now I could try to reason about exactly what the final state of the array is after being executed on these arguments but I don't really want to. A computer should do this for me instead. So I in fact loaded the original array definition and this function call into a JS interpreter and got:

['Z2V0SG91cnM=', 'd3JpdGVsbg==', 'PEJSPjExOjExIG1ha2UgYSBmaXNo', 'PEJSPmNvbWUgYmFjayBhdCAxMToxMQ==', 'Z2V0TWlsbGlzZWNvbmRz', 'Z2V0U2Vjb25kcw==', 'Z2V0RWxlbWVudEJ5SWQ=', 'c3Jj', 'JnQ9', 'JmY9']

This is our array state at this time. By the way, this comes out to

['getHours', 'writeln', '11:11 make a fish', 'come back at 11:11', 'getMilliseconds', 'getSeconds', 'getElementById', 'src', '&t=', '&f=']

(there are some BR tags in there but the Tumblr editor keeps eating them and I'm too lazy to fix that).

What's next? Apparently we are defining another function with the name "_0x2f72". It is called very often and with arguments that look like small numbers. It is the only place our lookupTable is directly referenced, after the last little shuffler function. So my guess is deobfuscator for the elements of the array.

It takes two arguments, one of them unused. Based on my hunch I rename the function arguments to tableIndex and unused.

One of the first things we do seems to be using the awesome power of javascript type coercion to get the input as an integer:

tableIndex=tableIndex-0x0;

Normal and ranged.

The next thing that is done seems to be assigning the return value, which may be reassigned later:

var retVal=lookupTable[tableIndex];

The next line is

if(deobfuscatorFn['MQrSgy']===undefined) {...

Again, I'm not exactly a javascript person. My guess is that "everything is an object" and therefore this value is undefined until otherwise set.

indeed, much further down we assign this key to some value:

deobfuscatorFn['MQrSgy']=!![];

I don't know enough javascript to know what !![] is. But I don't need to. I'll as a js interpreter and it tells me that this evaluates to "true". Based on this I interpret this as "run this next segment only the first time we call deobfuscatorFn, otherwise shortcircuit past". I rewrite the code accordingly.

The next block is another anonymous function executed with no arguments.

Within the try catch block we seem to be creating a function and then immediately calling it to assign a value to our local variable. The value of the object in our local variable seems to be the entire js environment? not sure? Look at it:

My guess is that this was sketchy and that's why we assign "window" in the catch block. Either way I think we can safely rename _0x2611d5 to something like "windowVar".

We then define a variable to hold what I think is all the characters used for b64 encoding. May as well relabel that too.

Next we check if 'atob' is assigned. If it isn't we assign this new function to it, one which looks like it's probably the heart of our base64 algorithm.

I admit I got lost in the weeds on this one, but I could tell that this was a function that was just doing string/array manipulation, so I felt comfortable just assigning "atob" to this function and testing it:

vindication! I guess. I think I should probably feel like a cheater, if I believed in that concept.

we next assign deobfuscatorFn['iagmNZ'] to some new unary function:

It's a function that takes an input and immediately applies our atob function to it. Then it...what...

tbh I think this just encodes things using URI component and then immediately decodes them. Moving on...

deobfuscatorFn['OKIIPg']={};

I think we're setting up an empty dictionary, and when I look at how it's used later, I think it's memoizing

Yup, basically just caching values. Cool!

We now have a defined deobfuscatorFn. I think we can tackle the remaining code fairly quickly.

First thing we do is get a Date object. This is where the time comes from when deciding whether to get the fish image.

Actually, let's apply deobfuscatorFn whenever possible. It will actually increase the readability quite a bit. Remember that this just does base64 decoding on our newly-shuffled array:

relabeling variables:

In other words, if the hours is greater than 12 (like it is in a 24 hour clock!) then subtract 12 to move it to AM/PM system.

Then, set "out" to be x hours minutes concatenated. Like right now, it's 16:36 where I am, so hours would get set to 4 and we would make x436x be the output.

Next, if the hours and minutes are both 11 (make a fish), we will overwrite this value to x6362x and print the makeafish message. Otherwise we print a request to comeback later. Finally, we lookup the fish image and we tell it to fetch this from "makea.fish/fishimg.php?s={millis}&t={out}&f={seconds}"

(there's a typo in the pictures I have above. It really is f=seconds).

Thus, by visiting makea.fish/fishimg.php?s=420&t=x6362x&f=69

we can get a fish. It appears to be random each time (I confirmed with weepingwitch and this is indeed truly random. and the seconds and millis don't do anything).

Now you can make fish whenever you want :)

[grimfurbybitch]

It's weird without you

I didn't cry when you left, I hardly felt anything, you were never really mine after all, more of my mom's baby

It's not sad, it's just different, a bad different but not really a sad one, more like the absence of daisies in a meadow (they always triggered my allergies, but I guess they're pretty)

I don't remember a time before you

I was in charge of feeding you (you can only eat canned food now), bathing you (you are so good at standing still for me), clipping your nails (God you are so dramatic about it, it won't hurt if you stay still you baby), and walking you (not that you like them, it's much too hot here for you) so I guess it's only natural that it would be weird without you

it was only a matter of time, you were so old

But even knowing this, it still surprises me how much your absence affects me

when I let the others in, I still wait for you, your little legs could never go very fast. (it's ok I'll wait; I always wait for you)

When I count the pack up, I'm always one short. (where are you? are you on the couch again? you know you're not allowed up there)

when its feeding time I still look for your dish, you still have one can left (why didn't you wait to finish it? you loved the beef flavor, why didn't you hold on just one more day)

I still have that can, I can't bring myself to get rid of it

I actually have a lot of your things still. I still have your nail clippers (how do you even scream that loud? I haven't even touched you), I still have your blankets (not that you use it, you love stealing your brothers spot, you're such a bitch in the best way), I still have your tags, I still have whatever you left

I still have that can, I have to see it every day when I feed your pack, I feel nothing when I see it, it's just trash I have yet to get rid of

I still have that can

I don't think I'll ever get rid of it but is it laziness? or is it some way to pretend that you never left?

I feel nothing at your passing, but do I even know what grief feels like? is this grief? it's nothing like what they say it's like

or maybe I'm simply incapable of it, maybe I won't cry at my mother's death, maybe I'm as heartless as I fear, maybe I don't deserve to grieve, maybe I don't deserve to grieve you, you were always my mom's baby (you were bought for me)

I didn't cry when you left so why do I feel so different without you?

It's weird without you

[dr-jem-nutcase]

MvA: The 'M' Files take-a-peak, pt. 1

Imma be giving this out in parts. And I won't take forever, I pinky promise. I will be making commentary on this, so feel free to just look at the pictures.

I do NOT own any of this, this is all property of DreamWorks

Cover

Ok, I've always loved the BOB holding Dr C image, but the "Maj. Richard Head" name tag (in the lower left corner) totally went over my head as a kid. But now that much of my innocence is gone, I wonder how on earth DreamWorks (DW) let this sort of thing slip onto the cover of a kids' book. But then again, the MvA movie and even the TV show had its fair share of adult humor too. So no argument

So...let's continue

Intro

Okay, reaffirming that Area 5X is in the middle of a desert. It says the desert, but which desert? BOB's Big Break (I'll just call it BBB) said Nevada desert so we'll just run with that

"KP" means "kitchen police" or "kitchen patrol". Thank you, Mr. Google, for the clarification

A lone bench. And the only bench for miles around. Totally inconspicuous. About as inconspicuous as one lady at my local supermarket who stole clearance stickers from the clearance shelf & put them on expensive items...all while wearing a bright red coat you could see a mile away

And this, I guess, is how the average person gets into Area 5X. Or at least a first-timer. Yeah, there's that runway & the tower with the Area 5X emblem (as shown in the TV series, the video game, & the Art of MvA book), and the "roof" area in BBB. The world is truly a mysterious place

Chapter 1

A loop-the-loop. Always a loop-the-loop. Also, the physics in that hamster tunnel is killing me

And enter the dragon himself

Guantanamo (thanx again, Google) is a military detention camp and prison in Cuba. It opened in 2002, so I'm guessing that this comic is set in the mid-2000s, a few years before Susan showed up. I think I'd rather have that tranq syringe in the situation room in the movie than spend eternity in a camp

Link's cell is so tiny!!

And is Monger's speech balloon covering up a fitness poster or a beach babe poster? I mean, in one piece of concept art, there's a blow-up doll in his tank/cell, so...but then again, a lot of the concept art featured some not-so child-friendly material

Awww, Insecto

Dr C looks like ET. I can't even!

Is BOB juggling or practicing levitation? No matter what he's doing, what is that?

The American people? What about the British people? The Japanese people? The average world citizen?! Either this was semi-lazy story-writing or the average American has a weaker mental stability than the rest of the world population (as an American myself, I would totally believe the latter). If it's just Americans, then let Insecto go back to Japan but away from Tokyo! Get Dr C back to his lab in the UK where he can FINALLY finish his experiments.

But this is a kids' book, so I'll stop whining...for now

To be continued

Well, I hope so far y'all have enjoyed this. See you next time!

[dangerliesbeforeyou]

tagged by @howdydowdy <3 thankss!! i also don't watch a tonne of shows but i do watch a lot of films so i'm gonna do a combo of the two lol

8 shows/films to get to know me

borstal boy (2000(?) film) - watching this as a teen Changed me tbh... it also definitely gave me one of my first glimpses of a bisexual character on screen... also danny dyer plays a gay sailor in this i mean??? what more could you want lol (also feel like this film is equal parts depressing and hopeful which is my ideal kinda film lol)

the simpsons - i watched this religiously as a kid (every night at 6pm on channel 4 lol) so much so that my family makes jokes that everything i know i know from the simpsons lol...

would i lie to you? (uk panel show) - i feel like this show really explains a lot of my style of humour (i've literally nearly pissed myself whilst watching this show at times lol), plus i've had a crush on david mitchell for years which like no that isn't relevant to this list but i'm including it anyway... one of my fav clips is 'lee mack's keys' (give it a search on youtube it's hilar lol)

watership down (1970s animated film, i also love the book too btw) - the animation style of the very first part of this film has literally never left me, it's like ingrained onto my brain as the most incredible thing ever! the rest of the film is also amazing, albeit brutal at times which definitely fucked me up as a kid... esp that evil rabbit (wormwort?), pretty sure i was terrified of him lol

hook (1990s film (yes i know i could look up the exact date but i'm not gonna cos i'm lazy)) - this is one of the films that i know so many quotes from & me and my family use them to each other all the time lol (you're doing it peter! RUFIO RUFIO RU FI OHHHHH you're. afraid. you're. going. to. get. sucked. out. stop acting like a child!! i am a child!? RUN HOME JACK RUN HOME JACK wait...HOME RUN JACK HOME RUN JACK don't stop me smee don't stop me stop me smee stop me ... you get the picture lol) robin william's films just have a special place in my heart and this is one of the best imo

gayle (youtube comedy series) - it's embarrassing how much i think about this series & i literally rewatch it at least once every year so... i feel like that says a lot about me... idk WHAT exactly it says but it is.. it's a lot lol

i'm a cyborg but that's ok (2008(??) film) - if you asked me what my favourite park chanwook film is, you'd probs guess i'd pick the handmaiden, but you'd be so so so wrong, because THIS film is an absolute masterpiece that hasn't left me since my sister showed it to me like 10 years ago lol... it's about mental illness and stigma and grief and love and also rain (the singer) yodels in it whilst flying through the air it's great

labyrinth (1986 film (hey i actually remembered the date lol!) - i'm been thinking for ages what final thing to include and realised it had been staring me in the face: labyrinth, literally my favourite film of all time lol! it's equal amounts comedic, creepy, emotional, plus david bowie is there in ALL his glory (some may say too much glory but i'd tell them to shut their goddamn mouths lol)! the songs are amazing, the ballroom scene literally shaped who i am now.. it's a film about adolescence, siblings, it's about friendship and found family, it's about growing up but also keeping your childhood close at heart, should you need it... it's also about david bowie's bul- *gunshot*

that's all folks! i did try and not just include stuff that i'm nostalgic about, but unfortunately nostalgia is my middle name so most of these are things i've connected to for a very long time...

tagging (no pressure to actually do it ofc, the original prompt is 8 shows i think but you can essentially change it to 8 anything in my book lol): @dollopheadsandclotpoles @wovesaxe @micamicster @platypusplayhere @sylvasa @asoftspotforangels @zelvuska

[lesbianalicent]

i got tagged by @lottieurl to try and get anon hate ig 🫡

rules: share some unpopular opinions about 5 different fandoms of your choosing

gonna do yellowjackets, hotd, succession, and bc i haven't been loud about them in a while: dragon age and mass effect

yellowjackets

literally do not care about jackie outside of her relationship to shauna sorry. like i love her role in the story but like as a character i'm just like. ok forgettable. she served her purpose. any time i see fics where she survives i'm like you are so fucking boring oh my god. also i have been known to enjoy shaunajackie on occasion but i really do think they're super overhyped. like what the show has currently is perfect for me. yes girl haunt the narrative! i also find misty deeply boring and i'm sick to death of jeff and coach ben.

i really enjoyed the 1996 storyline in s2 but the 2021 storyline was soooo dumb on so many levels and the pacing was terrible. too much focus on walter and jeff and the adam shit at the expense of everyone else and it's such a waste of talent tbh. also where tf is simone and sammy.

hotd

had no opinion on daemon until the targ stans started being themselves and now every time i see him i see red, which is especially annoying because he is essential to rhaenyra's entire character and the rhaenicents who claim otherwise are bonkers like guys c'mon now.

team black vs team green is stupid as fuck. moralizing asoiaf in general is just so, so stupid.

l*cemond's popularity is just misogyny plain and simple. you are all nuts. leave that poor actor alone.

alicent is a lesbian.

succession

greg should've been written out in season 3 if not earlier he did not serve a purpose in season 4 and the fact that nic braun got an emmy nom had me doing deep breathing exercises to try and calm down.

dragon age

people whose three canon romances are alistair, anders, and cullen are immediate red flags.

i think dao is genuinely the only good game out of the three. dai has extremely lazy storytelling and i hate here lies the abyss because it tries to play on the player's attachment to these characters instead of the inquisitor because like, why would the inquisitor give a shit about these people they've never met? they tried to pull a virmire without having the narrative weight behind it that would've actually made it juicy. it was just dumb!

speaking of mass effect, narratively the series is much much weaker than that trilogy and i think part of that is because they changed the formula with the second one and tried to make the protag like shepard and it really limited things. warden best protag.

solo queen anora and i will not budge on that. warden alistair endgame is his ideal endgame to me and leaving hawke in the fade is fine because the kirkwall gang will storm the fade to get them out if they don't get themselves out. it's hawke like, be fr.

mass effect

i'm more interested in humans than i am the aliens because i personally find earth politics way too fascinating. like yes please tell me more about the texan megapolis.

love ashley. love kaidan. you can imagine the kind of stress i am under at all times. also the space racist jokes make me want to put my head through a wall, because everyone misinterprets what ashley meant by the dog + bear convo and you too would be alarmed by the sight of an elcor.

garrus is overhyped and shakarians get on my nerves. i don't like bioware forcing liara on me. tali being straight is one of the cruelest things that bioware ever did.

andromeda was dai in space so i don't get why it flopped so hard. it was, like, fine i guess? and it had a natalie dormer asari. i could overlook cora for that.

[twst-the-night-away]

TWST Questions for the Writer

Would you be a mer, a beastman, a fae, or a human? (or other!)

Some sort of sea mammal merperson. I like to swim but I'm warm-blooded and huggable. Maybe a manatee, since I'm just vibing most of the time. Not in a hurry, not trying to show off.

Would you be at RSA or NRC?

I don't think I'm "good" enough for RSA. I'm lazy, selfish, and have a hard time sticking up for myself, so I'd probably end up being some stronger-willed NRC student's lackey. (Also I don't know anything about RSA and I wanna be able to finish this questionnaire lmao)

What dorm would you belong to?

Pomefiore, mostly for the artsiness, and I'd like to learn how to make potions and such.

What character(s) would you be best friends with?

I'd be friends with Rook and Idia (though we'd never hang out all together). We could geek out over stuff we love.

What character(s) would you hate?

I think Sebek would get on my nerves pretty quickly. (I love him as a character, but dealing with him IRL would be another matter.)

What character(s) would you date?

I know who I'd have a crush on (several crushes ... so many crushes) but I ... am not sure who'd actually want to date me? Not putting myself down here, just having a hard time putting myself in this situation. It's so much easier with OCs.

What would Floyd’s nickname be for you?

Hm. I'm already a manatee merperson, so I guess he'd just call me Manatee or Dugong?

And Rook’s?

Mademoiselle Dans-Les-Coulisses (Miss Behind-The-Scenes or Miss Offstage, reasoning to be had below)

What twst character(s) are you most like? (personality-wise)

Idia and Malleus, depending on whether I'm avoiding people or desperately wanting to be included but never being approached. Also Trey, because I have a hard time asserting myself and saying what needs to be said. (OK, when did this become a therapy questionnaire??? Hello???) Also, I like baking.

Which subject(s) do you think you would excel at?

Animal Linguistics, for sure. I'm great at picking up languages.

What club would you join?

Does the Pop Music Club need a ukulele player? I'm super confident when I'm performing, but I have to hide behind some kind of persona to pull it off. Offstage, I'm a shy bean. That could also mean a spot in the Film Studies Club. Even if I didn't perform with them, I'd have fun doing "behind the scenes" type work - making costumes, arranging sets, that sorta thing.

How do you think you would survive in twisted wonderland/what would your life be like in general?

Thinking about what I was like in high school, I'd be glad to be at NRC, away from the strong influence of my parents. I'd start out shy, but I feel like I might become stronger by graduation, as I'd be able to make my own decisions and figure myself out more living away from home.

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I got this from @atwstedstory! I'm tagging @twstinginthewind, @the27th, @the-trinket-witch, @fumikomiyasaki, and @prettyboyhub!

If you aren't tagged but you wanna do this, feel free to go ahead!

[papers-from-a-ghost]

1

The bus has always been the same since the first i entered this school, at first grade thinking it'll be a fresh start from the lonely feelings i gained from kindergarten. The door latches open to the right of me, snapping me out of this reading trance i've picked up recently.

I usually have these soon-to-be blackouts in my memories when there are no thoughts, or anything of note to take, or give, at those specific moments. Other than the fact that i'm listening to the same indie-bands on repeat with headphones i've essentially attached to the deepest inner parts of my ears. I never move anywhere or anyhow without these earbuds; except for maybe showers. of course.

I hop down the doors with one mellow pink book in my right hand, and an opposing hand attempting to balance as my left. Walking, or atleast attempting to walk, down the cracked pavements at the front of my house.

Before moving any further through the entrance, i notice the christmas tree moved out to the left of me. That's honestly pretty early, atleast as a concept for these places. I check out the delivered packages nearby if anything i got arrived, there being nothing, and find myself gravitating towards the leftover giftboxes from the tree that moved.

Its kind of sad folding out the letters attached to these boxes to confirm that these are, yet again, prop boxes to look like real gifts that've been used for the 4th year in a row. There's a part of me that wishes i was as happy as i was then in seeing gift wrap to rip and uncover, but things are different now. All of that's kinda gone, i guess that's what age does.

or maybe what the world.-

"Oh! your back!"

my dad says as he walks out from the side hallway, still in his still-blue scrub suit.

"How was school?" he asks, as if he isn't about to retreat back to his clinic before hearing anything more than a minute and half of discussion.

"Pretty ok, nothing much happened. Everyone def knew about us going to Bali though."

"They did-??"

"Yes, but it wasn't all that bad."

For context, we arrived back home yesterday. If that wasn't evident now.

"How did they know?".

To be proven guilty, i did post pictures on my instagram because it was bound to be leaked by my sisters. Then again it could've not, so i'm still guilty of this before his rationalization. "Oh! maybe they saw the tags on facebook."

...Aha ..yes that's it.

I'd say internally, later reciprocating the same words a second later.

His voice soon fades as i ascend up the stairs to my room, with the mess i left from yesterday still sitting on my bed. This mess includes a complimentary half folded comforter, a horned biking helmet in fake leather, and a coincidental cat sleeping by my pillow; their head being rested by it too.

I approach and she scrambles to put her chin above my fingers. She may be lazy, and a bit smart and smug, but atleast she's comfy. I could also find comfort in the collage i've left on my bed when we did come back from Bali, but i'd rather not lay down and feel annoyed at the stated being felt by my feet; or legs; or pray to god not my ankles (half joking).

I'm not sure what to do knowing i've picked this practice up without much of an outline or end goal, but i do get a notification from someone familiar.

Zildjian started following you!

I haven't heard that name since middle school, and honestly i vaguely remember them with a square figure and complimentary square glasses.

or was that Zen?

No, Zildjian was the dude who knew karate and was somewhere in the first few grade years.

Anyways, it is beyond odd however that they started following me now of all times, just as we were getting back to school from christmas break. I mean i'm always open to seeing old or familiar friends, especially one that i haven't really heard from yet. I'll finish that thought once i stop drifiting to a sudden nap though.

[scream-at-a-whisper]

Oooo tag!

Do you make your bed?

No lmao I'm not organized enough for that lmao. I tend to also work a lot on my bed, so it doesn't really make sense for me to do that.

What's your favorite number?

4! It's a nice perfect square, the first non-prime number, sounds like death in chinese, etc. It's also just an all around nice number.

What is your job?

I am still a high schooler. I'm studying to become a medical researcher, though I may also become a paramedic. Idk, something in medicine for sure.

If you could go back to school, would you?

Probably not. As much as I love learning, I hate grades.

Can you parallel park?

Can't drive yet. I don't think I should be allowed to, with how clumsy I am.

A job you had that would surprise people?

I used to sell onions? I don't think anyone would believe that I could grow something.

Do you think aliens are real?

Probably somewhere. I don't think we'll see 'em in my lifetime at the least. But they've got to be out there somewhere, yeah?

Can you drive a manual car?

I can't drive. At all. Idk I can play racing games, does that count?

What's your guilty pleasure?

Ok so this is a bit weird. But. I really like eating plain condiments. Like I'll just drink straight mustard and I only recently found out this was weird. So. Unfollow if you'd like idk.

Tattoos?

I'd like to get a geometric tattoo, probably a diamond cause I like fours.

Favorite Color?

GREEN I LOVE GREEN!! Especially a nice forest green, or a bright neon green, or even a pastel green...

Favorite type of music?

Well I like a lot of different types of music. Much like OP, I like more rock-style, but I also really like more traditional indie and twee. I've started getting more into rap recently too.

Do you like puzzles?

Ehhhhhh... I like finishing puzzles but I don't know how much I like solving them.

Any phobias?

Bees. Bees freak me the fuck out. I can't go near bees, wasps, hornets, anything that's yellow and buzz-y. I recognize their place in the ecosystem but you won't see me petting them or anything.

Favorite childhood sport?

Swimming! I fucking love swimming oh my god. I should swim again some time...

Do you talk to yourself?

Not really. I feel really self-conscious about doing stuff like that, even when I'm alone.

What movie(s) do you adore?

SO MANY. I guess the most recent one that I've been obsessed with is Knives Out, cause it's just SO INCREDIBELY WELL DONE. Like every single detail is fucking outstanding. Great movie, would recommend. Also Everything Everywhere All At Once got my asian ass ngl.

Coffee or tea?

I like coffee better, but I love both dearly.

First thing you wanted to be when growing up?

A firefighter, Don't know why, cause I'm a weak-ass twig right now.

uhhhhh open tags cause. I'm too lazy to actually tag.

Ask Meme

I was tagged by @rosencrantzsguildenstern for this ask meme, so why not!

Do you make your bed?

Uhhhh well. Sort of. I definitely make it any time I expect I'm going to have company, but on a weekday when I'm the only one in my dorm room? Nah. I didn't make it when I had a roommate either unless I thought she was going to have company (but she never warned me in advance for that so LMAO)

What's your favorite number?

I'm a lucky 7 kind of gal, but I also really jive with 36 and 81. My factors of 9 <3 <3 <3 If I have to pick one, it's always going to be 7 though

What is your job?

Right now, I work for the US Department of Agriculture! I've worked some other random jobs though, such as a waitress at a high-end retirement home and an assistant at a local hospital

If you could go back to school, would you?

Yes. Absolutely. I would reduce how many classes I take (because haha I am at 22 credit hours right now :')) but I love learning! I don't love all the pomp and circumstance of academia, but I've considered becoming a teacher several times as a career option and I actually have taught in a professional setting before. School's a love of mine that even all the stresses I've put myself through hasn't fully been killed

Can you parallel park?

Yep! My city almost never requires it because it's a newer one and street parking is only really used in our tiny downtown or in neighborhoods, but I can do it!

A job you had that would surprise people?

Uhhhh I think my current job is that, LOL! But even then, once I explain the details of my job, people seem to think it fits me pretty well :)

Do you think aliens are real?

I think that somewhere in space, there's something that could be considered life, but we can't agree if viruses are living, so I doubt that whatever could be "life" in another part of space would fit our current definitions! Evolution is already fucked enough as is, so accidentally going down any path that resembles what happened on Earth feels pretty unlikely to me

Can you drive a manual car?

Yes! I practiced with my grandpa's old car, though I also stalled a few times LOL so I'm not GOOD, but I can do it! With more practice I think I would be fine

What's your guilty pleasure?

I'm not really sure? I'm not really guilty about any of my pleasures because they're all pretty vanilla? In my household it's definitely mayo though. No one in my household likes mayo and I usually have to deal with Bullying of the highest degree if I want to use it when I'm eating with my sister and parents

Tattoos?

Nope! And I don't want to get them either. I have an irrational thing of permanently adding things to my body to the point where I had a surgery to remove a part of my flesh instead of having a tiny metal rod inserted in me. Tattoos are filed under the same "body modification" ick mentally

Favorite Color?

A soft lilac! I also really like the darker, desaturated greens, but purple is my eternal love

Favorite type of music?

Things that lean more into the rock side of things! I like harsher sounds, faster tempos, that sort of thing, but also my music taste is literally all over the place. It really really REALLY is a case-by-case basis but if I had to say anything, most Paramore songs are ones I love

Do you like puzzles?

It depends on the puzzle! I like logic and math puzzles, and mysteries are fun as well, but a jigsaw is something I'll only really do if I'm with friends or exceedingly bored

Any phobias?

Well, there's that body modification one I mentioned earlier! I also have an irrational fear of beetles and an even more irrational fear of specifically dropping a kitchen knife into my foot! Yowch!

Favorite childhood sport?

I didn't really play sports as a kid, but if I had to pick one, probably swimming? My current favorite sport is definitely dancing, though (folk and ballroom!)

Do you talk to yourself?

Yep! I use both the singular and plural first person pronouns "I" and "We" when I talk to myself. Generally, I use "I" when I'm more passively thinking, and "We" when I'm being metacognizant.

What movie(s) do you adore?

Back to the Future (1985) by Robert Zemekis my BELOVED!!!! I cannot recommend it enough, and I made a quote from it my senior quote in high school. I also really love The Sixth Sense (1999) and Tangled (2010)

Coffee or tea?

Tea, as I have yet to ever drink coffee! But when I drink my tea, I like it unsweetened and iced

First thing you wanted to be when growing up?

First thing I remember was, ironically, a teacher! Some things don't change <3

I'm gonna tag @riinsanity @0mega-x @koi0boi @always-a-joyful-note and @yukimomodivorce but anyone can join in!

[sanstropfremir]

2021 is finally over! thank fuck!! and in celebration, i've got some end of year posts for you! first up:

favourite stylings, part one!

i've been keeping track of all comebacks i've really liked this year and i've broken my favourite stylings into two posts, because why not, and also so i could do a first half of the year and a second half of the year, since there's a lot. there's so many. i've broken this up into three categories:

- best overall styling (this includes everything, both the mv and the music show stages)

- runners' up (this is my 'halfway there' category; where most things were strong but not everything was totally cohesive)

- standout element (this is for those things that make you go WOW in an otherwise plain or uninventive stage or mv)

now this isn't a totally comphrehensive list because i'm only human and i miss stuff, and nor does it reflect my favourite choreos or even my favourite songs, music wise. it's just a list of the stuff that i thought that looked the best this year! oh and before i forget, it goes from jan to end of june, and i counted by official comeback date and not by how long groups promoted for, because there was a bit of overlap in the summer.

are you ready? let's go!

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best overall

a.c.e: fav boyz

i'm breaking my own rules right off the bat but whatever, it's my list. although not technically a full comeback because they didn't promote it, but i'm going to cheat a little and tie it in to the rest of the goblin styling because holy shit. i am so enamoured with not only the styling for the remix but the styling for goblin in general like really, how does any other group do a hanbok or a cyberpunk concept after that? how? i'm also cheating a little because this is my actual favourite styling from the first half of this year and i'm peeved that it came out in JANUARY. and if you haven't already, treat yourself to the goblin mv.

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woodz - feel like

i wish i could accurately describe how obsessed i am with everything about this comeback. the americana theme. the exaggerated silhouettes with the shoulderpads and the square toed shoes. the accessorizing that also included utilizing his hip tattoo. his hair. the guitar. everything about the mv and the stages are perfect. best picks: inkigayo 210411, inkigayo 210321, inkigayo 210404, the show 210323, music bank 210319, music bank 210402.

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woo jinyoung - happy birthday

the great thing about about watching music shows and following multi update blogs is that you sometimes find weird little gems and this was one of my favourites this year. i fully forgot he was the winner of mixnine but i'm glad he got a solo debut! aside from the obvious craziness of the patterns, i'm very glad that his stylist did not hold back on using the structure and cut of the garments to play around with his silhouette, especially since he's not very big. all too often there's not a lot of consideration paid to changing the shape of bodies as there's a lot of complexes about weight and size, so this was nice and fun to see. highlight stages: mcountdown 210610, music bank 210611, show champion 210616, the show 210615, show champion 210623, mcountdown 210617.

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hyuna - good girl

i love how hyuna uses fashion and i don't think i've been disappointed visually by anything she's put out. i love the way colour is isolated and used as geometry; there's a limited palette and not a lot of crazy patterns because the emphasis is on how the eye understands the physical shapes that the colours make. the intro shot of her head through the pool table is a great example: she's surrounded by round shapes (the billiard balls) and human heads are round, so in order to draw the eye to her and add visual complexity to the frame they fan her hair out behind her and use her hands to make an extension of her face, so she isn't just a round head. a good way to see how all the shapes are working is to watch the mv really small, like this embedded version. you lose the ability to see all the high definition details and it really shows how clear and precise all the decisions are. and even though there isn't a lot of patterns the garments are still visually interesting; there's a lot of unusual cuts and combinations that you can really notice in the stages: inkigayo 210221 (where she uses the white of the safety shorts AS a highlight element, same with mcountdown 210218, and music bank 210219.

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onf - beautiful beautiful

as we know i'm a huge sucker for scifi concepts and i love this (continuing universe? i don't follow onf close enough to know) one from them. it's got the perfect blend of realistic and stylistic elements and it's really just a joy to watch. onf have a really phenomenal vfx team working with them because this is some of the best vfx that i've ever seen in kpop, especially because there are very few on location shots here. there's so much care here in the production design and the styling fits perfectly into the world they've created. everything about it is fun to watch and the stages are the same, although mcountdown 210318 is definitely my favourite. i miss them already :(.

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taemin - advice

are you surprised? yea i thought so. it's a crime that there was only three stages for this (four if you include the one during the ngda concert), but also taemin was so busy during those few weeks up until his enlistment that i'm also glad there was only three. i have a full post about advice in the works so i won't prattle on too much here, but i'm so in love with the styling for this. if you had told me that this was going to start a loverboy trend in kpop i would NOT have believed you but oh am i reaping the benefits. best (and only) stages: inkigayo 210523, music core 210522, mcountdown 210520, ngda stage.

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a.c.e - higher

i wrote a very long post about why i love higher here, i love this comeback very much. would have been nice to have seen them go a little more evil with it a la cix's jungle, but that's a very minor complaint. i don't even know why groups are even doing teaser photos anymore, there's just no way to top these:

why does any boy group make teasers anymore? what's the point?you literally cannot do better than this. my favourite stage is unquestionably the show 210622, where jun tries desperately to escape his shirt. ok well and also inkigayo 210627.

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hyuna - i'm not cool

i hope no one is surprised that hyuna made it on here twice. i ranked good girl higher because the geometry is so clear and beautiful, but i love i'm not cool as well, because it's got a similar theme of colour consistency even if it is more busy. same praises apply: love the cuts love the colours love the hats and hair and headpieces. hyuna is also a great example of how to style your backup dancers well and interestingly without sacrificing and pulling attention away from the artist. favourite stages: literally all of them but mcountdown 210128, mcountdown 210204, inkigayo 210207, music core 210206, music core 210130, music bank 210129, and this collab stage from later in the year where she just covers herself in glitter.

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iu - coin

you think i can resist iu in a suit??? who do you think i am?? look at her!!!! she may have only done two music show stages but there's also a 1thek special clip and i am clinging to them desperately: music core 210327, inkigayo 210328, 1thek special clip.

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bambam - ribbon + pandora

this is a double feature because he promoted them at the same time, but this was a very strong solo debut from bambam and i was very impressed by not only the production value but also the understanding of colour and cut of garment. bambam is notoriously the fashionista and 'flexer' of got7 and has a very strong taste for luxury branding, but the way that he worked with his stylist here shows a really impressive use of silhouette. the suits for ribbon are all designer but they're all really alternative cuts and have very experimental tailoring, and shows that he isn't afraid to get avant garde with it. same goes with pandora; he could have easily gone with something more boy group-typical like a straight suit or athleisure look, but instead he went for the alternative silhouette. ribbon favourite stages: the show 210622, music core 210626, inkigayo 210627, mcountdown 210617. pandora favourite stages: the show 210622, show champion 210623, mcountdown 210617.

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runners' up

epik high - rosario

i might be the only person in the world that does but i LOVE vertical mvs, and this one is SO slick looking. the shapes of the physical spaces match the shape of the frame and its such a small detail but oh it makes so much of a difference. it's not the most loud or spectacular mv in the grand scope of kpop but every so often i pull it up and watch it because it is so stylistic and satisfying. again, hate that this came out in january because it really set my standards high.

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yunho - thank u

it's not every day that a veteran kpop idol produces a bona fide short film with veteran actors as an mv, and the dedication and care that yunho put into this is obvious. it has sharp (literally) and deliberate imagery and it's extremely well produced. it's easily one of the best produced and best looking sm mvs of this year. the stages are good and i do like the styling of the bside eeny meeny, but it's the mv that really shines.

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cix - cinema

my nuclear grade take about cix is that they have exactly the aesthetic and energy that hybe wants their groups to have, but cix actually has character and good music. cinema is exactly what boy with luv thought it was and no i am not taking questions. the mv feels and looks expensive without losing the character of a group from a small company; like a.c.e they are extremely good for pulling bang for their buck. the stages are cute and the styling for them is fine but the colour palette for the mv is so beautiful and everything is so well blended i could cry. plus it also helps that this is one of my favourite title tracks from this year.

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hoshi - spider

it may have just been a digital release but i'm very glad he got to perform a couple special stages of it at least, because i love spider. it may also be a bit of a taemin clone visually but there's so many good ideas here. i don't love everything which is why it only made runner up for styling, but boy you better exhaust that hybe money when they give it to you again.

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a.c.e - down

another vertical mv, and this one capitalizes on the phone/social media format; it's the right about of cute and fun and captures a.c.e's natural idiocy in the best ways. also this is probably the best english release from a kpop group? also they included some b-roll that includes jun seriously lipsyncing while giving chan fake mouth to mouth and honestly, what more do you want than guys being stupid (affectionate)?

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sunmi - tail

although i LOVE the choreography for tail and its probably in my top fave choreos of all time, i wasn't that impressed with the styling for the stages themselves, especially because the mv has so much more variety. where did those rose pauldrons go???? and the faded blue hair??? and of course that velvet bodysuit.......... also here's a post of me talking more about it.

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woosung - lazy

of pandemic bottle mvs i think this is probably my favourite. it's very well designed and the palette is really crisp and well matched. although it is obviously very manicured, everything flows very smoothly and feel very natural. the integration of the dance elements and the verse feature in the form of tik tok was a really smart choice and actually grounds the dance within both reality and the 'reality' of the mv, which makes it the second mv on this list to do that. and i love the 'snap' at the last chorus.

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highlight - it's not the end

2021 really has been the year of second gen comebacks and i am living for it. this is actually one of my favourite songs (musically) from this year, and i really love how highlight have maintained that second gen vocal sound while updating the production. there's a lot of sophistication and polish in the imagery and the design, including a lot of art + photographic references that link with the literal frame device and the gallery theme. the stages are perfectly fine, but the highlight (haha!) is the mv, and this music bank set.

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i.m - god damn

another good pandemic bottle mv. i love the gritty and stylistic nature and the imagery is not at all what i would have expected from an idol. this was a super strong solo debut from changkyun.

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baekhyun - bambi

obviously there are no stages for this because baekhyun dipped like the day it dropped but oh man do i want to see that hat choreo in more detail. it's not an overly complicated mv but the way they shot the choreo and the visual feel of it overall really match well with the song and i legit gasped out loud when those fireworks lit off that tunnel.

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kang daniel - paranoia

it may be a taemin clone but at least kang daniel has the budget to pull it off. there's a lot of really good outfits here, including the bodysuits, the corset, that long cape, and the harness. there's also some good imagery in the mv and it's very well produced, but the stages are a bit lacking.

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wayv - kick back

i've said this before about wayv, but you can literally throw anything at them, including a mess of loud patterns and they'll pull it off. the first set of concept photos are gorgeous, and i think my favourites are kun's supreme ribcage bomber, ten's crop sweater over leopard print over purple corduroy pants, and this particularly cunty inkigayo stage. they didn't promote that much and i don't particularly like the choreo, but it is my favourite stage for the cunty ten. i wish he had kept his long hair......

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mirae - killa

this is so strong for a debut mv and it has a lot of interesting concepts hiding in the imagery.

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standout elements

shinee - fake reality teasers, don't call me

ahh, don't call me, my beloathed........you started out with so much promise and you cocked it up so badly. i would literally kill someone to have an mv as good as this fucking mood sampler. it's my goal in life to shoot a photo as good as that taemin one. also the comeback schedule???? the fact that they had an active phone line with voice messages??? it was SO SO SO cool and i'm SO mad none of it ever followed up. i've complained about dcm before so i won't start again, but i look wistfully at these teasers and this one music core stage and think of what could have been........

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oneus - xion's face cage, no diggity

there's a few really good looks in this mv, and i'm a big fan of giving the tiny twink a flamethrower, but this?

filed immediately under 'outfits that made me gasp out loud'.

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victon - byungchan's suit, what i said

look at it!!!!!!

it's perfect. i want it.

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ateez - fireworks

the reason wooyoung got the nickname malibu ken

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dreamcatcher - odd eye

i like the odd eye stylings just fine but these two stages inkigayo 210131 and the show 210202 really stood out to me.

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itzy - this ryujin look, mafia in the morning

nothing else to add.

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shinee - atlantis music bank 210416

atlantis in general has pretty good styling and i like the colour grading in the mv quite a bit (and minho's tiger stripe cardigan), but this stage is definitely the standout from the repackage. the set is gorgeous, i LOVE minho's floral tailcoat and taemin's whole purple prince look.

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shinee - code music core 210306

i'm a sucker for a good plaid and a well cut suit. there's a lot of really nice tailoring details on these suits, like the cuffs on taemin's cropped jacket and key's double width waistband. there's also a lot of really nice jewelry and accessorizing. it's not overly flashy, but it is a very nice looking styling.

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wjsn the black - easy 1thk special clip

i'm sure you guessed that this was gonna make it on here somewhere because 1) women and 2) suits, but there wasn't enough variety in the stages for me to really get behind it. i do however, love the styling from this 1thek special clip, i wish they had kept with this and gone with more diverse cuts and colours among the girls for the actual stages.

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blitzers - breathe again inkigayo 20210523

the pants. just the sheer variety of what's happening with their pants. also the fact that they all have cropped hoodies. also also that they just flip one of the members around as part of the choreo for no reason. i love boy group debuts they're always so silly.

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ok that's a wrap on the first half of the year! i don't think anyone will be surprised by this list haha, i feel like i'm very predictable. but i'd love to know what your faves were this year! send them in!

[nagipops]

Hi! I don't know if you're gonna answer this, but I'm currently making a blue lock fanfiction and I was wondering if you could explain the characters nature, because you seem to know them so well in your headcanons. Because it's kinda hard for me to make certain parts of my story without understanding the characters :(

Sorry for bothering you and sorry if you don't understand what I mean 😬

HI ANON!!! my deepest apologies for the delayed response, and you are not a bother at all <3 i am truly honored that you decided to ask me about this, so here we go!

side note: these lowkey turned into a mini headcanon type of thing, so.. ENJOY? I GUESS?

p.s. i didn’t know which characters you wanted me to write about, so i just did the ones i write for the most! if you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to send another ask or message me!

ISAGI

i would say he’s lowkey the embodiment of second hand embarassment 😭

like he always tries a little too hard but with the best intentions possible

SUPER SWEET THOUGH, a tad bit awkward, but who doesn’t love flustered soft boys??

*cue heart squeeze*

BACHIRA

pinkie pie in human form.

bouncing off of the walls 90% of the time, but will flip like a switch during that rare 10% and just get all soft and sleepy and cuddly

always has a smile on his face, super positive all the time :D

well, except when for when his imaginary friend.. you know.

NAGI

you’d think he was this scary, tight-lipped, brooding soccer superstar who’s too cool for school (im looking at you, rin 🙄)

but he’s literally just a lazy beanpole. a simple man

can and will fall asleep at any given moment or complain about being hungry

sulk… - x -

RIN

a scary, tight-lipped, brooding soccer superstar who’s too cool for school

easily irritated at the smallest of things

the childhood trauma from his brother literally abandoning him and crushing his dream still lingers

but the right person can help with that :)

SAE

OK I POSTED ABOUT THIS BEFORE BUT I LITERALLY CANNOT WRITE CANON SAE 😭

canon sae is a grade-a ASSHOLE and he’ll let everyone know about it. he’s got a venom tongue

fanon sae (in my head which is canon because i say so) has moved past his assholery and is now soft and devoted to the one he loves

also he is famous in multiple countries. 😇

SHIDOU

i once described him as the “kool-aid man on steroids” and i still stand by that.

he has… violent tendencies, so PDA is not in his dictionary. it’s more like. public displays of lowkey concerning behavior towards his s/o. PDLCBTS.

very loud! in your face! explosions! this man cannot be tamed! so dont try!

YUKIMIYA

okay whenever i think of him i just associate him with honey

like idk if it’s his voice, his heart, or his scent, he’s just liquid gold personified

canonically a street soccer prodigy AND a supermodel on the side, this man has it ALL

teasing, but in the sweetest way possible. I LOVE HIMMMM

WELP THATS IT HAHAH i had a lot of fun with these but i hope they were somewhat helpful 😭 again, if you need me to go more in depth or describe other characters, feel free to shoot me another ask!

p.s: make sure to tag me/send me your fanfic when it’s completed! i’d love to read and support it <333

[imo-chan-imagines]

『 As your boyfriend | BNHA Headcanons 』

From the good, to the bad, to the downright adorable.

Characters: female!reader, Aizawa Shouta

Tags/warnings: Boku No Hero Academia (anime), 18+, explicit descriptions of sex, smut, fluff, soft dom Aizawa, relationship, headcanons

⚠️ 18+ CONTENT! MINORS: PLEASE DO NOT INTERACT ⚠️

A/N: Right, so I'm simping for this man biG TIME, but I'm only on season 3, so no spoilers or anything, please. This is my first BNHA post (and it turned out way longer than I was intending 😅) Please let me know if you want more in the future!

Also, I have a repetitive strain injury, so typing stuff is taking a while at the moment. Sorry about that. Thanks for reading! Please enjoy ♡ ~Imo

☆ Aizawa Shouta ☆

I'm not going to lie. Shouta can be a big ol' grouchy pants sometimes, and it's basically impossible to win an argument against him makes you want to tear your hair out, sometimes

But most of the time, he's just tired and in pain, and he doesn't mean to be so crotchety

He's not the type to make excuses, though. That's childish. He means his apologies, even if they're simple

He'll normally initiate an apology by gently wrapping his arms around you from behind and resting his forehead on your shoulder 🥺

Physical contact is incredibly personal and intimate for him. He doesn't just touch anyone, or allow them to touch him

You're special 💞💫

Soft, gentle touches, like his fingers interlacing with yours, or his leg brushing up against you, are basically his way of saying 'I love you'

Catch me crying in the corner, a'ight? 😔

He rarely ever raises his voice. Like, ever he doesn't need to, and is aware that it can be scary

He's definitely the kind of guy to forget to tell people that you're dating, simply because he doesn't see how it's relevant or anyone else's business 🤦‍♀️

I mean, he ain't wrong, but–

And his mood switches between 'antisocial' and 'clingy' like a mechanical metronome did someone say 'cat'?

Sometimes, you'll be lucky if he speaks more than three words to you together in a whole day nothing personal 🤷‍♀️

But on other days, he literally won't let you out of his arms for the world he's complicated, okay?

You have missed many a parcel delivery because he wouldn't let you get up from his lap to answer the door 🙄😂

Boundaries and responsibilities are key and highly respected by Shouta, and he would NEVER erase your quirk without your permission, unless he literally had no other choice like someone's going to get hurt, or something

Is generally quite serious so what's new? but you're one of the few people he can relax around when he feels like it

9/10 of his jokes are dad jokes 😎 hell yeah

Takes a hard stance in financial debates, but is constantly broke af 😶 says he'll buy you dinner and presents you with some instant noodles with a 'Reduced To Clear' sticker on them

Will take a bite of your food/steal some off your plate without asking, and literally say nothing to defend himself #gremlin

Is incredibly shy and uncomfortable about being ~le horny~ until you've been together for literally forever

Even then, he's still shy about it when he has to bring it up and it's pretty cute, let me tell ya

It took him forever to admit to you that he gets turned on when you eat ice lollies

Guess what you do whenever you want to mess with him like a little brat 😛

But if he's in the mood, he will 100% whisper something dirty in your ear, even if you're completely alone and probably well past third base

He does it because he knows your pussy will clamp around him at the sound of his voice 😳🥵

*fans self profusely*

Genuine, unadulterated smiles are rare with Aizawa, but when he does 🙌 Heaven hath opened its gates and allowed an angel walk amongst mere mortals 🥺🤧

If he lays his head on your chest, he will fall asleep like that *snaps fingers*

Surprise nose and forehead kisses to show he loves you ❤

Calls you 'Kitten' this is basically already canon at this point

And he's all about those deep talks with you at 3 am when he can't sleep

Speaking of insomnia!

It's cheesy, but you're like a soothing balm. The warmth of your body makes him feel safe, your touch helps him relax, and your voice soothes him to sleep

He's never slept as well as when you're beside him 😭🤧

When cuddling, he likes to be the big spoon but will accept being the little spoon if you if you press your boobs against his back and ask really nicely 🤭

And he loves you stroking his hair and running your fingers through it 🥺

Netlix nights and pillow/blanket forts!!

Rainy days are a godsend. Staying inside all day under the blankets, with the soft sound of the rain falling outside and no-one to interrupt you – literal paradise

He makes mean hot cocoas and Irish coffees 😋 I feel like this man lives off Irish coffees 😂🤣

Wears a lot of black and grey sweatpants at home 😗 which highlight the outline of his dick just right, if ya know what I'm sayin' 👀

Doesn't like going out for dates and prefers staying inside and doing stuff together same, honeyy

But if you really like going out, he will somewhat begrudgingly agree to it and get all dressed up for you, just so long as he gets his fair share of home-dates, too 🤗

But if you also don't like going out... the two of you will basically never leave the house, except to get groceries in your pyjamas from the 24-hour convenience store down the road at one in the morning oddly specific, I know, but you get me

And sorry, but I don't make the rules

Well, actually, I do. But shush

We all know that Shouta cleans up *chef's kiss* So when you go somewhere ~fancy~ he always looks so damn fine 😩

But he has very little idea that he's hot he sees himself as a tired, walking dumpster fire🚶‍♂️🔥

Shouta will 100% turn into a crazy cat dude with 15+ cats if you don't stop him I never said you should, though 🙃

And is a 'minimalist texter' – basically, if he can't answer a text with 'yes', 'no,' 'maybe', or 'OK', then he probably won't answer it at all 😭😂

Especially if you try and sext him or send him your nudes while he's at work. He'll probably lecture you when he gets home and depending on just how much you turned him on, he might proceed to teach you a lesson...

But wear his shirt, and just his shirt or his hoodie and he's yours

Heart eyes, motherfucker 😍

And, depending on how you two are feeling that day, you may or may not end up getting dicked down on the nearest semi-flat surface right then and there 👀

But don't misunderstand. This is an incredibly tired man you have here, and his libido actually isn't through the roof sorry, ladies so this kind of thing isn't an everyday occurrence

But when he dicks you down, he dicks you down goooood

Shouta's not big on PDA, but makes up for it in private. We're talking hands and kisses all over your body he leaves nothing unloved 😏

And while he's not big on PDA, he is big on sneaky displays of affection or 'SDA', as I like to call it

Like subtly grabbing your butt for a second, or his hand on your thigh under the table at a dinner etc. especially around other people

But what really gets him going is slowly removing your clothes and taking you fully naked, spreading your legs wide and holding them open he likes the view 😍

He lowkey highkey worships your body 🙏 and will literally not shut up about how fucking pretty you are, and how fucking good it feels inside you his words, not mine 😳

Groans and growls a little when he's getting close/cumming especially when he's being a little rough and likes to cum together, but knows it's not always practical

He tends to be a gentle dom, but can get just a teensy bit 🤏 rough if he's too into it – but nothing outrageous

We're talking rough thrusts and a brutal pace, maybe holding onto you a little too hard and, waaahh, he gets so embarrassed if he leaves bruises

Is also into a little bondage, but again, only light stuff – restraining your wrists with his hands or his tie or his Capturing Weapon 👀 maybe blinding-folding you if you're okay with it

If you're not blindfolded, then I'm afraid he's all about that eye contact

Eating out your pussy? Eye contact. Pounding you into the mattress? Blazing eye contact. Rearranging your guts in front of the mirror? Fucking eye contact

And CONSENT, BABY. THAT'S WHAT HE'S FUCKING INTO 😌🙌💞

But all jokes aside – he's too used to taking without consent with his quirk, that he's kind of paranoid about it comes to sex but it's adorable and sweet, and honestly, still kind of hot

And speaking of eating pussy – goddamn does he like to please you. Like cream to a kitty 😛

Oh, and he just loves it when you suck on his fingers as he's pounding into you 🤤

And he likes to leave love bites in personal, inconspicuous places and sometimes on your neck

He's marking his woman 😌

When he gets suuuper horny, he likes to fuck you from behind, standing upright in front of the mirror. It's a specific kink he has of watching himself stretch you out as the length of his cock disappears inside you...

I can get behind that, lemme tell yaaa

I said he tends to be dominant, but female doms – fear not!

Shouta is quite flexible when it comes down to it and is kind of lazy, lmfao so he definitely has time for laying back, having the control taken away, and having his dick ridden

For him, it's really all about communication and what you're both comfortable with

I will say this, though: sometimes, his cat watches you while you're banging 😅😂

The first time it happened, you freaked out and refused to continue because – how could you??? But eventually, you just kind of got used to it 🤷‍♀️

The same way you've got used to it following you to the bathroom every time you go to take a shit 😭

So now, you just kind of laugh about it, which helps keep things a little lighter 🤗

After sex, he does like to snuggle, but you'll be lucky if he stays awake for more than 30 seconds it's one of the few times he actually can sleep well

If you're ever out and about, or even inside, and cold, he'll wrap you up in his clothes/scarf/blanket like a sushi roll like Eren wrapping up Mikasa in his scarf, all deadpan and everything 😐

It's not that often, but when he gets drunk, he gets all soft and emotional, and starts babbling about how he can't believe he got so lucky to be dating you, and that he's sure he hasn't done anything to deserve it mah heart

He's pretty sure he wants kids, but he doesn't feel like now is the right time, and is lowkey afraid that it's never going to feel like the right time

He also constantly doubts himself, wondering if he'd actually able to look after them and protect them the way a father should class 1-A got him second-guessing himself 🥺

Besides, it's not all about him. You clearly have a say in it too, and he doesn't want to force you into anything

Again: communication and comfort zones

Dating Aizawa definitely has its ups and downs, and it's not smooth sailing, but he's prepared to work for a life with you because he's found a connection with you that he hasn't feel with anyone else

He knows that you're both far from perfect, but hopes that, for once, you might just make something good, and make it last 🥰😇

© imo-chan-imagines 2020