#or maybe this is just my mutuals but. when I tell you this really sums it up......

[menlove]

average post about paul mccartney: I want to bend him over and fuck him so hard he starts crying god I hate him so much my beautiful princess

average post about john lennon: estrogen would have saved her. look at her. that's My Wife. she's evil. she's insane. I want her.

average post about george harrison: has anyone ever served this hard? personally, he should have murdered john and paul and ran off to have beautiful bisexual sex forever and ever 🫶

average post about ringo starr: ringo! 🥁

[mineonmain]

as @lurkingshan said earlier today, "Get bent, Maya"

I haven't been this pressed about a fictional character (antagonist???? she is one to me now!!) in a hot minute. Before I get into her in this ep, I wanna preface by saying that I do have the actual manga, but I wanted to finish watching the show before I went and read the manga for comparison, so that i'm going into this with basically an open mind. So I have no idea how this compares to the manga version of her.

Also if it wasn't clear, Spoilers for I Hear The Sunspot ep 7. Okay.

So it's the start of a new academic year, and we're introduced to freshman Maya, who is a Science major, is also Deaf/Hard of Hearing, and is Kohei's new tutee in the university as a result of having a mutual friend. That is the extent of what we know about her. Other than Kohei being her tutor and maybe a pseudo mentor/companion who can understand and appreciate her disability, they have absolutely no connection. They are not childhood friends or family.

Which begs the question, why on gods green earth is she so invested in what Kohei does or doesn't do, and who he is or isn't with???

Lady, he doesn't know you. He doesn't owe you anything, because you objectively mean nothing to him. So you've grown up with a really severe and isolating disability, I get it. But that's not a good enough reason to become so bitter that you decide to become judge jury executioner on every (visibly) abled person's morals. (Which is so incredibly telling, judging people on how visibly disabled they look or act, when you have a disability that is fairly invisible, unless you can see hearing aids or a cochlear implant or something like that. Interesting how that works, huh.) (Having a disability doesn't give you a free pass to be an asshole.)

Maybe, just maybe, you're allowed to act like that based on how people act towards you. But what gives you the right to walk up to the friend of a friend (??) that you absolutely know nothing about, and mete out judgement? To decide how that person is allowed to interact with someone else, a someone else that you have no claim or authority over?

Oh, but god forbid that Kohei have a friend who doesn't treat him like a social leper, who doesn't have every interaction of theirs revolve around Kohei's deafness, who for once makes him feel included and normal.

Kohei is a grown ass man, who can make his own decisions, including his own mistakes. Who are you to suddenly come into his life and make decisions for him without his involvement, consent, or approval? And who says that any person who is friends with someone with a disability has to be physically and morally perfect?

How dare you?

If I were to sum up my biggest issues with Maya, it is in the way she talks. It's entirely indicative and reflective of how she views and interacts with society. One of the first things that Kohei tells Taichi is that he is able to understand what someone else is saying if they speak slowly, partially by listening and partially by lip reading. it's a small accommodation that we even see Taichi's friends making for Kohei. That means that when anyone talks they should talk clearly, and slowly, and try to enunciate their words properly. If we look at the way Maya talks, she barely opens her mouth at all. If I didn't know any better i'd have thought it was ADR. Given she is someone who has lived with the same sort of disability that Kohei has, she would require similar accessibility needs. And yet, while she expects the world around her to accommodate her needs, she doesn't accommodate for the world. She expects people to speak in a way that she can understand, but she won't do the same.

I'm assuming that the narrative point of Maya criticising Taichi right now is so that we get to see him go on a growth journey, where he'll become more passionate and dedicated about learning note-taking and even maybe signing (and advocating for the deaf community as an ally), and not just be a passive friend who seemingly 'takes advantage' of Kohei, and in the process become the person that Kohei truly needs, and not the person Taichi thinks is good enough.

But here's the thing. I don't care if Taichi has any growth or not. I don't care if he changes or doesn't change to maintain his friendship and relationship with Kohei. I don't care if he tries to become someone that Maya (and Kohei) can approve of.

Because Kohei already likes him the way he is.

And it's none of Maya's goddamn business. Get bent

[yangbbokari]

An Accepted Challenge

Pairing: Hyunjin x fem!reader Genre: Fluff(for the most part), Angst(duh), High school!AU WC: 0.8k Warnings: character death, tears, yelling, pet names(princess, baby, angel), idk(tell me if i missed sum) Song rec: The One That Got Away - Katy Perry A.N: Don’t blame me, blame the TikTok I saw like 3 weeks ago

Your leg bounced up and down as you waited for Hyunjin at the usual spot. You attempted to ease your mind by pushing yourself on the swing and rubbing your hands to keep from the cold. But it was to no avail.

Just as you were about to lose hope, your boyfriend of 3 years came trudging down the dark path, his shoulder scrunched up to his neck.

He smiled and said, “Sorry, princess. Had to wait for the right time to get out the house. Everything alright?”

You returned his kind smile. “Nothing. Just wanted to see you.”

“Well, you could’ve just facetimed me. We do that all the time.”

“Yeah but I wanted to see you in person. Hold you? Maybe?”

Hyunjin chuckled before pulling you into a warm embrace. It started as a sniffle before you started sobbing into his shoulder. He tried to move to see if you were doing okay but you only held him tighter.

“Baby, what’s wrong. What’s got my princess so upset.” He gently rubbed your back and soothed your hair. “You know you can tell me anything. Only if you want to of course.”

You shook your head. “I-I just really miss you. A lot lately. I don’t know why, I just do.”

A smile spread across his face and his eyes filled with adoration for you, not that you could see. But he’ll tell you later anyways. He softly kissed the top of your head and rocked you back and forth.

When your cries finally came to a stop, you finally looked up at him. “I love you. So so so much.” ~~~ Over the next few weeks, Hyunjin refused to leave your side. Clinging to you like a baby would to a mother. This wasn’t anything new for the two of you but you must admit, it was a bit of a surprise. Usually, you were the one initiating all this cuddles.

You looked up at Hyunjin from where you could see and captured his eyes with yours.

“Hyunnie we’ve been like really close lately.”

“Why? Do you not like it?”

“No it’s not that. I just thought of something we should try.”

He raised his eyebrow questioningly. It sent you into a fit of giggles.

“It’s not anything bad I promise. Just a little challenge and I know you loooooove challenges.”

Your boyfriend leaned down and pecked your lips. “Tell me about this genius challenge of yours.” You smiled widely and Hyunjin raised his eyebrow once again.

“Okay, now I don’t know if I should be fine with this anymore.”

“You should!! It’s a quick challenge, I promise!”

“Okay. Okay! Just tell me already! Quit keeping all this suspense.” He pouted at you.

“You’ve been all touchy touchy lately and I don’t know if you can even keep away from me for a week.”

Hyunjin sat up from his position, holding his hand over his heart. Clearly offended. “Can too!”

“Can not.” You rolled your eyes.

“CAN TOO!!”

“Okay then accept my challenge.”

“Bet.”

“Shake on it?”

“Shake on it.”

You raise your hand, offering it to Hyunjin. He gladly accepts as he shakes your hand.

MONDAY: It was harder than either of you initially thought. Even though you proposed the idea, you must admit, it was a bit lonely without him. Hyunjin on the other hand just missed you.

He thought you were just talking about meeting up in person but you restricted him from texting or calling you either. This was so unfair to him. He just wanted to see his baby. His princess. His sweetheart.

TUESDAY: Tuesday rolled around and he just really wanted to text you. His phone was right there! He grumbled loudly.

In school, you wouldn’t even talk to him. He couldn’t talk to you. You’d just pass him by without a single glance and he felt his heart break. How could you be so cruel?

WEDNESDAY: By now he started getting used to it. Some mutual friends began to think the two of you had broken up. But he reassured them that you hadn’t.

It was getting easier to ignore this yearning feeling but he still missed you. He wanted to hold you. Fuck, talking to you would’ve been enough.

THURSDAY: Seeing you but feeling like a stranger was torture to him. Acknowledge him please. Anything!

Quit acting like he didn’t exist!

Now you weren’t even coming to school so he couldn’t even see you. This sucked. He should’ve never accepted the challenge. But he had to stand tall and prove you wrong.

FRIDAY: He felt like a zombie. Just moping from day to day now. He didn’t expect it to be this hard. Things like this were so much easier when he was younger.

He could go a whole summer without talking to his friends and still be friends the next year. But that was when he was younger. He had to keep conversations with people to keep the bond.

It was driving him crazy. Two more days. Just two more days.

SATURDAY: He began to regain hope. He could finally see you after so long. Well not now at least. But just one more day and he would be able to talk to you and hold you.

Do everything he couldn’t for the past week. He was deprived of you and needed you ASAP. Anything to just be with you.

SUNDAY: HE’S SEEING YOU TOMORROW!!! He couldn’t wait. All the things he could do with you. He’s been waiting forever and he’ll even win the challenge.

He felt so giddy the entire day.He could finally hold his pretty little angel in his arms. Now he even looked forward to the school day ahead. ~~~ With all of his excitement he got ready early in the morning and headed to your house to pick you up. There were white flowers by the door. Your mother must’ve chose a new type of flower to decorate your home.

But when you didn’t come out after 7:43 he got worried. You’d usually be out by 7:30 so where were you.

He went up to your door and rang the doorbell.

No answer.

He rang once more.

The door opened and on the other side stood your mother. Hyunjin smiled brightly as he asked, “Hi Mrs.(l/n), do you happen to know where Y/n is?”

Your mother broke down in tears. “Oh dear do you not know? Wait. Wait here. I’ve got something for you.”

Hyunjin stood patiently at the doorway as he watched your mother disappear back into the house. He was worried. Normally your mother was a very cheerful and welcoming woman. He wanted to comfort her but she left too quickly.

When your mother returned, she held an envelope in her hands. “Here. I think she should explain to you herself.” Hyunjin took the envelope but before he could say anything, he was faced with a shut door.

As Hyunjin walked the rest of the way to school, he excitedly opened the envelope. Inside he found a letter along with a necklace he’d given you for your first valentines together. The necklace of a paintbrush that attached to his matching paint pallet one.

Was this your way of breaking up with you?

He quickly opened the letter to read.

“Hey Hyunnie. If you’re reading this, you probably won the bet. I wish I could congratulate you with a million kisses. You’re an amazing person and an amazing boyfriend. Wanted to let you know before I drop this all on you. It’s not that I don’t trust you, it’s just that I’m too scared to tell you. I’m not here anymore. The day I called you to the park, crying, I found out about my condition. All I wanted to do was stay healthy and I couldn’t even do that. I couldn’t even do that for you. I’m so sorry. I wanted to spend my last month with you because I love you so much and I’d want to leave you with the best memories. I gave you that week long challenge so that you wouldn’t have to see me whither away. It hurts so much, Hyun. I don’t want to die like this. I want to be with you and grow old with you. But it just hurts too much. Maybe in another life we could be together. I’m so sorry. I love you so so much. I’m so proud of you. You survived an entire week without me. So continue to do that for the rest of your life. For me please? I don’t want to see you here anytime soon. I really do love you. Goodbye, Hyun.”

Hyunjin dropped to his knees and sobs racked through his body. How could he think so horribly of you? All he thought about was his suffering and never yours. How could he be so selfish? He clenched the letter in his fist as he stared at the sky. Forcing a smile onto his lips.

“I love you too.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A.N. Hello everyone. Thank you so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed. Hopefully I didn’t break your hearts too bad this time😔 Feedback is greatly appreciated. This TikTok is the culprit of this fanfic

Taglist(dm or send in ask if u want to b added): @jinnie-ret @kai-lee08

[machinesonix]

Dune 2 is out, and as a huge fan of the franchise I am in a semiferal state of hyperfixated fervor. I’ve been reading the book again as a coping mechanism, but it has been sort of difficult finding a social outlet for it. See, there is a lot of fascinating worldbuilding that isn’t in the movies and a lot of messianic philosophy that isn’t quite summed up by ‘well actually it turns out Duncan is the real Space Jesus.’ My wonderful girlfriend suggested this metablogging thing might be a better way to get my fix than stopping strangers on the street with a passion for science fiction easily mistakable for radical Islamic fundamentalism so HERE WE GO

One thing that kinda blows my mind reading through Dune is how both movies have given us radically different portrayals of Baron Harkonnen and how both of them are totally believable in the context of the original text. If you’re not familiar, the new sexy Dune gives us this raspy Kingpin type Baron that wades around in a bunch of unsettling fluids with this villainous gravitas like a fascist hippopotamus. In David Lynch’s 1984 Dune we are still dealing with a caricature of obese evil, but he’s just so goddamn jolly about it. He’s giggling and spitting and cavorting around in antigravity while Games Workshop writers take note about how everyone loves his boils. These depictions are so opposite to each other that seeing them both in the text is giving me this weird double vision.

I think the reason is this beautiful context we don’t really see in either version of the film, and that is the psychopath mentat Pieter DeVries serving absolute cunt with his exposition. It’s a worldbuilding thing. The Baron has a 15 year old Feyd-Rautha watching his uncle to learn a thing or two about statecraft. Pieter is a twisted mentat, which is like a human computer with an OS optimized for human rights violations and he is just having none of the Baron’s shit. He flaunts his expensive drug addiction, offers to dance, and repeatedly reminds the Baron that he was too stupid to have come up with this Snidely Whiplash shit by himself. Pieter correctly reasons that the Baron will have him dead as soon as he has outlived his usefulness and that his attitude isn’t going to be much of a determining factor. For now he is very confident that he remains useful.

So eventually Feyd is like ‘Uncle, I’m just watching you argue, I could be playing GameBoy right now’ because GameBoy is what Feyd-Rautha calls the guy with needles for teeth that he hunts through the steam tunnels. And the Baron goes ‘Ah, but you are learning something. See, one of the great things we lost during the robot jihad were Excel spreadsheets that weren’t little bitches.’ And that’s where it gets me. I can’t tell if this is an impatient mastermind flexing his general obesity or a plague-clown who invited his sassy laptop in to make everyone watch his sick burn. Maybe those aren't mutually exclusive. Maybe it’s not that weird and it’s just David Lynch brain poison leaving its indeliable mark. 

Mostly I think it’s a profound tragedy that we don’t have an on screen adaptation of Pieter DeVries going full fucking Starscream. Like yeah, we see some animosity but we as an audience have been robbed of seeing a dude who can do orbital physics calculations in his head acting like he just figured out nothing actually happens when mom finishes counting down from ten. As a millenial STEM graduate, I feel a deep sense of empathy for this human calculator vocalizing to his employer that he hopes his home burns down. 

[blenselche]

Hey! You may not know me and maybe you never will but... I just want you to know that I have been enjoying your art for a very long time as well as your "Keep Yourself" AU ever since it's... I would say, beta stages before you revised it (I'm planning to read it soon when I have the time).

I too enjoy FinnFern even until now and I would find myself wanting to go back to that time, especially that fanchild AU I made when I was still a Biology undergrad. I even made a fic of it, though it was on hiatus until I get the guts to write it again. To sum it up, I want to thank you for letting me discover you, your interesting creativity and all the Fern you drew (I still miss him so much damn it-). I just want you to know that, that's all ^^:

oh my GOD.

OH MY GOD! Of course I know who you are!! Oh, man, that brings me back. I can't tell you how flattering this is, and I really hope you do return to that AU some day! Going back through your tumblr under the AT tag and realizing "holy shit, this is Flax's creator" was a real nostalgia trip :). If/when you do read the new version of Keep Yourself I hope you enjoy it, and keep in mind the hand your AU had in it. I NEVER would have included my finnfern kids if you didn't make yours/if he didn't have such a warm reception from the fandom. Thank you so much, the feeling's mutual!

[rocketinthesky]

hey! in case if no one asked for norapinto in the ask game yet, here i am!! i know it's like a budding ship, but i really enjoyed your takes on the other ships as well, and i'm curious if you have some lingering thoughts about them? aaand if i could be greedy, i'd ask for gax as well, since i don't really know much about that pairing (yet) but you seem to enjoy them, so i might came to the right place? :D

ALSO! also thank you so much for sharing my silly little fic? it means a whole lot to me! 😭 ♥

Hello! Ty for mentioning two of my otps lmaoskjdjf (thank YOU for writing norapinto dude we need more content of them ugh thanks for contributing! <3)

As for the ask game i realise i highkey forgot to label the last two asks with the compel factor thing so i’ll do that this time hehe i’ll try to keep my ramblings short

Norapinto: makes sense and compels me very much

I mean yea franco JUST entered the grid and has been in like three races but we already have a LOT to work with for these two.

The reveal that Lando was the first one to text him at when the news broke that Franco was joining the grid?? CMON. Like. Lando?! Wtf?! That’s so fucking sweet. We overlook how much of a sweet guy Lando is and the fact that he was being thoughtful for this rookie who was joining in less than ideal circumstances, immediately doing everything to make Franco more comfortable and relaxed on the grid? CMON.

And ofc before we even had this bit of lore THE DRIVERS PARADE! Franco Yapinto and Lando heart eyes Norris? That pic is going down in fucking history LANDO U CANNOT HIDE FROM ME.

And ofc the post race moment where they were down to duet the interview and the way Lando’s gaze just lingered on Franco, the way they smile at eo, the general EASE in their interactions from what little we’ve seen.

Obv we haven’t seen much yet but like the little we have i just think they’re a fun, fluffy and sweet pairing. Like i just picture Franco the professional yapper yapping away while Lando fondly smiles at him while hanging on to every word. There’s the angle of Lando being a sort of support system for Franco, being a comforting presence to quell his anxieties, to make him feel wanted and less alone with the complicated situation surrounding him getting his seat. Lando who doesn’t wanna see a rookie get consumed by all the not-so spectacular sides of F1, and in the process finds himself falling head over heels for this dude who can’t stfu and is flirty with everyone and sounds hot when he speaks spanish. Then there’s Franco who came into the whole thing with the mentality of maybe staying strong, putting up walls, telling himself he can take all the pressure, but then when he finds Lando so readily offering him so much comfort despite being virtual strangers atp, he feels more relaxed and open.

Anyway they’re fluffy and sweet and total switches ty.

Gax: MAKES SENSE AND COMPELS ME SO MUCH I’M DYING ON THIS HILL

OK SO there’s a surprisingly amount of LORE to gax and i will sum it up without too much rambling: they’ve been racing more or less all their lives tgt in the same categories and stuff since their karting days. They were even teammates at one point in a junior category. The incident that most people know Gax by (and admittedly what got me into F1 to begin with) happened last year in Baku where they had a bit of an inchident with Max confronting him childishly and George just bein his goofy gremlin self.

ANYWAY. A lot of people like to see them as enemies to lovers which i mean hey its a delicious dynamic and i love that but Gax is more complex than that. They’ve have their quarrel but they’re actually really friendly? It’s a friendliness that comes with just knowing eo practically all their lives. They have a mutual respect for eo and always speak good things about one another, but it’s also clear from their racing and few incidents where they clash that neither of them are the types of back down. Max is definitely more explosive in his rage and arrogance but George is a more simmering fire. He will say things as it is with a smile, and i could see how their egos would clash hard cuz they’re both passionate about racing and winning. But they’re also not the types to hold a grudge, they’re able to separate racing from off-track relationships, which is evident in how quickly they made up from the 2023 inchident and went back to their friendly interactions.

I see Gax’s dynamic as something akin to comfort. They’re both sarcastic chaos gremlins who know how to banter and tease, but Max can be a bit explosive and sensitive about racing which might carry out off-track, but George is the type to calmly be both upfront about his stance while not being outright combative. They’d balance each other out in a way, though they’d still have their disagreements and arguments given how prideful they are as drivers.

Gax is a dynamic where there’s an understanding there from the years of being in each other’s orbit. They’ve never been the best of friends but there’s an attraction there, with sparks flying on track, the adrenaline persisting even off track and condensing into a carnal need. It’s confusing at first—they have people they’re much closer with you’d expect them to fall for but then they find each other? It’s unexpected for them too but they fall into the dynamic easily, their sense of humor clicking. They wouldn’t be overly sweet but they’d be pretty domestic imo, like have an easygoing, chill dynamic in their relationship.

The horniness needs to be studied tho esp Max’s obsession with George being shirtless like bro i am NOT kidding about the carnal magnetism between them. As for their bedroom dynamics i’m a 100% bottom max truther and George is such a service top so there’s that :D

Hope any of that made sense lol ty for sending in the ask!

[sometimes-men-need-help-too]

So usually, I will discuss posts from reddit and provide screenshots but today I just wanna discuss the post itself. Most of the commenters are calling her out anyway

I'm reusing this throwaway to again avoid connection to my main.

I (38F) have been dating my current boyfriend (36M) for about 2 years now. It's very difficult for me to make long term commitments like this because of issues I've had growing up and with past relationships - however we've been making things work despite my baggage for the most part.

We hit a roadblock in our relationship a week and a half ago. My bf has his own familial baggage: to sum up without going into the nitty gritty his biological mom left him when he was young. They reunited half a year or so ago - and I guess things went ok there? A little bit over a week ago she passed away, and surprisingly he's taken it way harder than I expected. This is the first time I've seen him cry - and to be honest I hate it. I've done my fair share of crying over my years but I've grown past that phase and in the present I'm not sure I enjoy having that energy around.

Things got worse when he found out his bio mom's family would not let him attend her funeral. Because of this, he hasn't worked since to "take his own time to mourn". I've tried to talk to him about it as I don't get why he's exahausting so much effort to mourn someone who has barely been in his life. He's gotten angry with my reaction but he does know I'm not fit to deal with what he's doing at the moment because of my own experiences.

Now that it's been over a week I've grown both worried and annoyed about the situation. I had a sit down with him and another friend two nights ago to talk to him. I'm not one to hold back so I outright told him to just get over the whole thing already and how it isn't normal to react this much to someone who had wronged him so much. Our mutual friend wasn't expecting that - and to be precise she completely failed to mediate the talk from then on.

Some time into our fight he started crying - yet again. I was really uncomfortable and I outright demanded he stop. He had to be removed from our home. He's been staying with our friend since then and I've been really confused on how to approach further. Our friend has told me I was being harsh but again he knows how I am and how I deal with negative emotions. Still talking with her further has gotten me thinking about how I handeled things.

Edit - clarifying things.

This isn't about my bf's masculinity. The way he's acting triggers something in me. It brings me back to a dark place - that's the negativity I can't be around.

My boyfriend has been my emotional rock for most of our relationship - this sudden shift in his attitude is also contributed to my reaction to the whole ordeal.

I'm not heartless, as I said I have a very rough way of displaying my emotions. Genuinely I feel concern about how my boyfriend is acting.

This is so messed up

First of all, she had no business judging him for crying. If it truly brings her to a dark place(/her not being fit to deal with it) then she needs to get herself some help (and I'm not saying that to be snarky) instead of being in a relationship. You can't be in a relationship with someone, having them be there for you (in this case, emotionally) but you can't be there for them. It isn't fair at all. He can't just be her emotional rock while she doesn't do anything in return.

She also has no business judging him for why he's mourning. He's obviously torn up about it. Maybe he's mourning for the relationship he didn't get to have. Maybe they planned on further patching things up. Whatever it is, she has no right to act like he shouldn't be grieving, especially when she knows he isn't even allowed to attend the funeral.

And then for her to become annoyed--not cool, not okay. How do you just tell someone, a week after their loved one passed, to get over it? How? You don't just suddenly become okay again after a little bit of time passes by. Grief is hard and can be overwhelming. It's harder if you're in a situation like this with an unsupportive S/O.

The kicker is that she demanded him to stop crying and kicked him out. That is abhorrent.

[henswilsons]

I won't deny that Buddie is one of my favourite relationships (even just platonically, shipping aside, their relationship with each other and with Chris is so beautifully written), but I'm also really happy to get more firefam interactions, especially in combos we haven't really seen much of in previous seasons.

I think honestly the one that got me the most, is Eddie's interaction with Bathena in 6.07(iirc), where he's telling them about the con artist who scammed his Abuela and why he's so sceptical of the paranormal. Like we have SO MANY of those scenes with Buck in Eddie's place, turning to Bobby and Athena, so the fact that Eddie did the same is kind of heart-meltingly precious imho.

Truthfully I do have sort of mixed feelings about the way Buddie exists so far this season (although I think a lot of that is cynicism borne from spending way too long in fandoms that have done the same thing with their borderline co-dependent m/m "best friends" trope) but I'm not going to say we shouldn't be getting other firefam stuff. I mean the show is about the team, not just about Buddie.

(Sorry for the super long message, love your blog, I have a lot of feelings about this show whoops)

omg no please do not apologise for this message!! you have pretty much described exactly how i feel too!!!

my favourite thing about this show is the found family of it all, it's the reason why i started watching (911 would occasionally pop onto my dash and then i got curious and nosed around a few vids on youtube and the one that got me properly watching was eddie's introduction scene but the part where the squad r chatting about the hot firefighter calendar). i also love above everything that the found family feels earned--like that's kinda my gripe about lone star, is that i think they saw the positive audience reaction to the found family in 911 and tried to replicate it with an immediate bond between the team, but what makes it so meaningful (at least in my opinion) on 911 is that you see the progression of it and how hard they work to get there. like even just look at hen/bobby's progression through the seasons!!! hen telling athena in s1 that she's still not sure about bobby as a captain to a couple of episodes ago where bobby told her "i love you" like!!! i want to weep!!!

(and the point you brought up about eddie going to bobby and athena's -- exactly!!!!! exactly!!!!!!!!!! @djdangerlove has a beautiful post about this season being eddie's re-immersion into the 118 and the reaffirmation of his place in its family that pretty much perfectly sums up my feelings)

and of course i'm as big a buddie slut as the next gal, and of course i would be more than happy with a 45-min episode of just them making dinner. i'd also be lying if i said i don't understand the disappointment of some buddie shippers when an episode goes by and the buddie interaction is like 1 glance and that's it. of course i get it! ive written over 100k+ of them falling in love of various ways. but i think it discredits the richness and complexity and warmth of the show to dismiss every other scene. it's an ensemble show about a diverse group of people from different backgrounds who are all striving to be good.

you're allowed to be disappointed about the lack of buddie scenes and also love every hen or carla or bathena or madney scene we get in its place. it's not mutually exclusive! and if you can't separate that then maybe take a step back from the show, and if you figure out you are ultimately only interested in buddie then there is plenty of excellent fic out there to consume! watch the season in 1 go once it's finished airing and skip every other scene! but don't make yourself unhappy by live-watching something you don't enjoy and certainly certainly certainly don't make others unhappy by dampening on their joy.

anyway sorry thats my rant over sgfhdhfh

[cherrybombfangirlwrites]

15 tags 15 mutuals! 💜💜💜

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Answer these questions either with yourself or an OC. Imma do myself and Princess Sapphire because i want to.

Me~

Are you named after anyone? No joke, my mom named me after her favorite book character. She named one of my sisters after another favorite book character of hers too.

When was the last time you cried? I watched Dead Poets Society for the first time recently and HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHY DID NO ONE WARN ME I BAWLED MY EYES OUT and THAT ENDING NOBODY TOUCH MEEEE IT WAS WAS SO SAD

Do you have kids? Nope, and I don't plan to. Imma live my best life as the cool witchy and single wine aunt

Do you use sarcasm? What? No.... I would never..... :)

What's the first thing you notice about people? How they stand and how they speak. I can tell a lot of things about them just based on that, including whether or not they're a fellow neurodivergent

What's your eye color? Blue <3

Scary movies or happy endings? Happy endings, I CANNOT do horror it scares the shit out of me. (spooky is cool, but actual horror and jumpscares is too far)

Any special talents? Does my obsession with history count? I do paint but it's more of a hobby and I'm not trying to get good at it

Where were you born? In the cult ridden hell that is Utah :P

What are your hobbies? Writing, obviously. But I also read, paint, and watch movies.

Have you any pets? Two dogs! I have a little maltese mutt who's six years old and a crumuginy old man, and a three year old goldendoole puppy who is the biggest turdler (toddlerxturd) there ever was. We also have a rabbit in our backyard but he belongs to my sister and she's the one who takes care of him.

What sports do you play/have played? HAHAHAHA No. Sports and I have never gotten along. Let's just say that the scenes of Mia in PE class in the movie Princess Diaries sums up my experience with sports perfectly.

How tall are you? 5'4''... Being short runs in my family, you should see my grandma, she's been a whole head shorter than me for a long time

Favorite subject in school? ENGLIGH AND ART BABY! But history also has a special place in my heart

Dream job? Full-time author and part-time party princess

Princess Sapphire~

Are you named after anyone? Nope, I'm the first in my line with my name!

When was the last time you cried? ... When I was like six I think? Father wouldn't let me ride the horses cause they were "too dangerous", but now I ride one all the time and ITS HARDDD.

Do you have kids? No... *looks at Raven* but maybe one day... if I met the right person...

Do you use sarcasm? Who me? Neverrrr ;)

What's the first thing you notice about people? The way they talk. It says a lot about how they act and who they are inside.

What's your eye color? Sapphire blue, in case you haven't guessed, that's where I get my name from.

Scary movies stories or happy endings? Happy endings are boring, gimme the good stuff, I'll take scary stories!

Any special talents? I can run really fast

Where were you born? In castle of Greyvenhill <3

What are your hobbies? Adventuring! anything that involves going outside and exploring.

Have you any pets? No but I would love to have one. Does Raven's horse Dante count?

What sports do you play/have played? Running and Dancing

How tall are you? 5'5''... I'm not that short!

Favorite subject in school?

Dream job? A pirate or cartographer <333

[playerprophet]

Dear Yuletide Santa 2024

Hello Santa! I'm sorry I'm late with my letter. Everything happens so much. I signed up to get my foot in the door and I didn't manage to post this before the draw. I'm sorry!

I'll keep things simple.

Do Not Wants: Omegaverse, AUs that fundamentally change the canon (I do like canon divergence), PWP.

Do want: Mission Fic, PINING, angst.

I like happy endings but it's best if it takes a lot to earn it. Don't give it to me for free!

THE SILVER CASE

SUMIO AND KUSABI

I'm a bit obsessed with this relationship. Just about anything with them will make me happy. I like to read by the canon that Kusabi is in love with Sumio, although whether it is mutual doesn't matter, and Kusabi might not even admit it, so romance is optional. (I actually like to think that, based on the canon, Sumio must have rejected Kusabi after Flower, Sun and Rain... presuming of course that Sumio Mondo is Sumio Kodai. Kusabi definitely seemed ready to say how he felt. I'd love to read that fic, if you'd like to write it.)

Mission/case fic is always my favorite, and it's easy to utilize when the characters are cops, if you so choose. If you'd like to spend time with other characters in the tag set as well, I would love that. Also happy to see any other characters in general, and I would also love any overlap with the other Kill the Past games.

MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM

CHAR AND AMURO

I'm copying this from last year's yuletide letter because it basically sums up my desires. My knowledge of Gundam is very limited, but I'd love someone who knows it better than I do to really flex here.

Please please please give me the Amuro/Char ship fic of my dreams. Or, alternatively, the hatefic of my dreams. Or just 1000 words of a very spicy interaction. I watched the OG Gundam recently and was very depressed to find the AO3 pickings for this pair were disappointing. I've seen Zeta and Char's Counterattack as well so feel free to use that info and if you go further than that I won't understand the references but please have fun. I am too excited to even think of prompts.

Perhaps they meet up somewhere at precisely the wrong place at precisely the wrong time? Perhaps it's the opposite and they become unlikely allies? Maybe they get stuck in an elevator together? I think the keyword between these two is "friction" and sparks fly, but not necessarily in a good way. I think their relationship is juiciest in the CA/Zeta era but I don't care where in the timeline you put it. Please harness your own internal burning fujoshi soul and have fun and I'll love it. Noncon and dubcon scenarios may be interesting to explore here, if that's something that would interest you.

FINAL FANTASY VI

LOCKE AND TERRA

This is actually where I DON'T want romance, though I feel like their relationship could turn on an axis where it could feel that way. I think I just clock Terra as aroace, though she seems interested in romance. I don't think she'd have the words for these things, but Locke seems to have the emotional IQ not to push her.

I like to think that Locke treasures her, more like a little sister. He means it when he says nothing will happen to her, but he is also the man who, when the world ended, gave up hope on everyone immediately and went off in search of something to fix the FIRST girl he failed to protect. But that's irrelevant (unless it interests you?).

I find stuff that explores the world of ruin VERY interesting. Maybe you could even just ruminate on the place of one or the other there. No other characters are off the table, as long as Locke or Terra are the primary focus. Getting stuck together to complete a task (like their adventure to Thamasa) would be great. Maybe Locke gives her a lecture on how maybe she'll find someone or maybe she won't and it would be fine either way. Maybe Terra gets him to confess to things he wouldn't tell anyone else. Please have fun with this!

[selfcarecap]

Honest question (but idk if there’s an answer)

How do people handle having online friends?

:( (can’t think of a better word than handle lol, just like how do people deal w online friends? idk those words all sound negative i just mean how do people go about it? sksj)

I could and would never abandon mine but it does make me sad that it’ll (imo/mostly) never be the same as an irl friendship. Like I just wanna hang out with you and go places and have fun but we live 20000 km away from each other but also I know for a fact even if I found out a really really close mutual lived in my STREET i’d be too nervous to meet them. But yeah it just makes me more sad than happy sometimes if I’m honest bc I like you so much and just wanna hug you and hang out irl but I know we never will

So yeah ig the question is .. how do people not get too attached? Or how do you maintain a healthy distance? Cause yeah it’s obvious that it’s just online but you’re still talking to a real person and my brain is confused lol

[hwavsg4ch4n]

Helloooo can I request something? Something like Hyunjin’s best friend being like really cool and dragging him and mutual friends to a strip club where she encourages him to have fun, but he keeps turning it down. She later makes a light joke about it and he tells her really seductively that it’s because his eyes are set on only one woman, which was her. After this yk, things turn sexy

ME? |H.H|

note: thank you sm for the request!!! It was actually really fun writing this. Sorry for taking so long, I'm a bit busy with school right now as well as writing the series, but requests are always fun! I might actually close my asks for a while, just until the series is done though. I'll close requests on Feb 14th, so get all of yours in until then so I can work on some stuff besides the series! I'll make a separate post probably.

warnings/tags: dom!hyunjin, sub!reader, fem!reader, dryhumping, makingout, penetrative sex, unprotected sex (WRAP IT UP), creampie, prasing, teasing, orgasam (both), mentions of other members, mentions of alcohol, aftercare

this is purely fiction <masterlist>

The boy sighed, his eyes squinting as the obnoxiously loud music practically burst his eardrums. "Y/n, I wanna go home." He chuckled sarcastically, watching as his best friend pouted playfully. You stuck your tongue before not so secretly whispering into Minho's ear, no doubt informing him about his foul mood. You walked off to the bar after ruffling uncomfortable boy's hair, informing that you'll be right back.

"Ugh, Hyunjin! Live a little!" Minho yelled, clearly tipsy as he slapped his shoulder; laughing as Hyunjin flinched away. "Here, I got you a beer. At least drink a bit!" His face scrunched as he looked at the green glass bottle that you handed him.

He took a forced gulp, watching as all his friends sang along to the blaring music, frowning as you pulled Changbin to the section of poles occupied by hard-working dancers, throwing money as you danced along to the music, clapping and yelling excitedly as a dancer did a trick. He loved seeing you have fun, but why did it have to be this kind of fun?

Hyunjin felt miserable, why couldn't this just be a normal friends night? Watching a movie on the couch, maybe going out to dinner. And if you insisted on drinking, the sum of you could just drink in the dorms! He'd be comfortable, he'd be able to talk to you in ways that didn't involve shouting over heart-pumping beats. But no, you suggested a strip club; Hyunjin's worst nightmare. It wasn't always his worst nightmare, not until he started viewing you differently. Unfortunately, he couldn't say no to you, not when you were practically jumping off the walls when everyone else agreed.

"Jinnie, you're not leaving until you get a lap dance." His eyes widened at your command, all the while steadying your tipsy form as you plopped down next to him, stumbling over your platforms. "Y/n, I'm not sure about that." He said timidly. His face heated up as he spotted a dancer strutting over to their section, clad in silver sequence lingerie and heels that Hyunjin wondered if they were even comfortable to maneuver in. "Mmmm, well… too late!" He looked at you annoyed as a bubbly giggle left your lips. "What? She's pretty Hyun, why not?!" His face flushed with embarrassment, acting on pure instinct as the dancer placed herself on his lap.

"Hyunjin, what the hell was that?" You chucked, taking your heels off lazily at his front door. "I told you I didn't wanna do it." He whined childishly, his ears still red from the events that took place at the strip club.

You shook your head in disbelief, plopping down on the soft couch as he followed behind you quietly. "You literally pushed her to the side..." He avoided eye contact. "The poor woman landed on Jeongin." Hyunjin couldn't help but chuckle, remembering how wide the younger's eyes got, followed by him becoming a stuttery mess in the car ride to drop him home. "I don't think we should've brung him." Hyunjin joked, laying back on the couch cushions with ease. "I don't think I should've brought you either." A laugh ripped out of your chest as your best friend groaned.

"I didn't even wanna go! I just wanted to go get bbq or something, I don't know... We could've drank some soju and.. yeah." You watched him ramble on in confusion. "I just wanted you all to have some fun, that's all." You smiled sweetly at his tense form. He sighed, sitting up and facing you fully. "That's not my idea of fun, y/n." He mumbled, playing with his fingers to avoid looking at your expressions. "Well, I can see that. Even the guys were surprised.” Hyunjin ruffled through his hair, thinking about how they all teased him after the little incident.

"Why don't you like those kinds of things? Hm?" He didn't answer, too busy trying to calm his racing pulse. Why did you have to ask him that? "You always used to be so bold, and flirty. Like, in high school, girls would hate me! They'd always say they hooked up with you so I had no chance... gross." Hyunjin noticeably winced at the distant memory. Out of all things... you had to bring that up? "Y/n... I'm not like that anymore." You chuckled, "Well I'm curious as to why you're not like that anymore Hyun."

Why did you have to know everything? Why can't he just keep this one secret? The traces of alcohol in Hyunjin's bloodstream made him question if you'd even care about his feelings. How you made him feel when you touched his shoulder or tapped his thigh to get his attention. Could you really not tell when he had to excuse himself 5 minutes after you sitting on his lap when there are no more seats? He looked at your curious expression as you waited for his answer. He wondered if you were being this oblivious on purpose.

He rolled his eyes, annoyed at his constant flow of thoughts, but finally, he came to the conclusion... fuck it. "I'm tired of you being so damn clueless." You were taken back by his sudden change in demeanor. With widened eyes, you stumbled out your response. "W-what do you mean?" you ask hesitantly, not being able to predict the answer you'd get as he - for this first time tonight - was stern with you; holding your gaze in a way that made you wish to look away, but you didn't. "Y/n, I don't pay attention to anyone else... because of you." With parted lips, you took in a soft breath. "Me?"

"You really couldn't tell?" You felt small as he scooted closer to you. "When a girl comes up to me, and I reject her... you don’t get anything from that?" you shook your head, "I just thought you were shy?" He chuckled at your naivety, "When have I ever been shy, y/n? You said it yourself, I'm flirty, bold... aren't I?" You didn't realize how close he was until he glanced down to your parted lips, licking his before gazing back into your flustered orbs. Your chest tightened as his nose grazed yours. "H-Hyunj-" he soon interrupted, "I'm surprised you didn't ask me what was different about me sooner. Asked me if I liked someone. I would've told you how you make my heart flutter just by breathing in my fucking direction."

Hyunjin blamed his actions on that little bit of alcohol, thinking it was now getting to him, and he didn't seem to care. If he was sober he would've let out a simple "I like you." And left it at that, dealing with the long talk that would've come with the confession. But he was tired of not acting on his feelings. If you didn't want him, he'd stop, he'll apologize, he'd push all the alcohol in his system out by force if he had to, just to talk to you about how long he's been feeling, maturely. But it didn't seem like you wanted to stop him. Not when your lashes were fluttering and your eyes were following the movement of his tongue as the muscle ran over his plump lips.

He smirked as you gulped, "Am I too close to you?" his grin widened as you whispered a "no". Hyunjin brought his hand up, stroking your cheek softly. "Would you like to kiss me?" You didn't know how to answer the question. Well, you knew your answer. The thoughts of kissing your best friend never left your mind, not when his full lips were always in your line of sight. But what would happen after the deed was done? "Gosh, who cares?" You tell yourself, the consequences will be dealt with later.

"I wanna kiss you." His thumb ran over your bottom lip gently, "Then do it." You felt even smaller at his command. "Seems like you're the shy one now, hm?" Your face heated up at his sentence, followed by a tingle in your fingertips as Hyunjin cupped your cheek, tilting his head as he inched closer to you. His lips grazed yours as he smiled at the way your eyelids fluttered closed. "You're so cute." He whispered, pecking your cupid's bow, to both corners of your mouth. You sighed, getting impatient at his teasing. "Hyunjin-" The grip on your cheek got a bit sturdier. "Ah ah ah, let me take my time with you. Can I have that?"

What was he doing to you? Your legs felt weak and you were already sitting down. You wanted to touch him but felt as if you weren't allowed to. Before another thought could form, his soft lips found yours. Taking you into a deep kiss that you had no intentions of backing away from. An uninvited whimper ripped from you. The sound waves of your whimper flowed through Hyunjin and straight to his groin, he quickly pulled you closer and onto his lap. He soon got a better angle, kissing you deeper as he squeezed your thighs, your dress hiking up while you rested your palms on his neck.

Hyunjin's tongue slipped past your lips, massaging your tongue with his. The slow steady movements felt like a dream as his big hands gripped your flesh, sliding under your dress as the cold metal of his rings made you shiver. Your breath hitched against his moving lips as you felt poking to your clothed core. Your dress was up to your tummy by now, but the only thing you cared about was Hyunjin's hands grabbing your bottom, his fingers slightly dipping under the black cotton. But most importantly, the feeling of the growing erection under you was taking up space in your mind.

You grinded down slightly, a soft moan was let out by him. He grips your flesh tighter, helping with your rhythm. Hyunjin pulled away, resting his forehead on yours as your hips ground harder into him. "Fuck, keep going," he murmured, his eyes closed as you dipped your head into his sensitive neck. "Y-y/n..." He gasped, throwing his head back to give your eager lips more access. He was in awe, feeling your warmth through the clothing separating you two. He only imagined how warm you were, how wet you could get. However, his head wasn't thrown back in ecstasy for long, as your hips gifted him a particularly deep movement. His head shot up and he stopped your hips, holding them still with his hands.

"God, you almost made me cum." he breathed out. You looked into his lowly set eyes, tracing over the marks you gave him. "Are you gonna fuck me, Hyun?" He grew surprised at your question. "How wet are you exactly, hm?" You whined in embarrassment and he laughed, the sound of his chuckling making more arousal pool into your underwear. "Let me see." You didn't even try to protest as you climbed off his lap and onto your back, the L-couch giving you enough space to comply and open your legs willingly. Hyunjin's dick twitched at your actions, "You're such a good girl, who knew you'd be so good?" You bit your lip, your eyes sparkling as his gaze averted to the dark wet spot in your underwear. "Oh y/n... we have to take care of you don't we?" He asked, using his fingers to press into the spot.

Your hips swirled, looking for any friction possible. "P-please fuck me, please I'll be good." He cooed, cupping your core before slipping off the ruined cloth. Hyunjin almost drooled at the sight before him, your heat glistening as your hole contracted around nothing. He soon unbuckled his belt, sliding his boxers and pants down, letting his member spring free. Your needy whimper wasn't noticed, as he was too occupied staring at you dripping onto his couch.

He couldn't help but dip two fingers in your cunt, the sound of entry making his lips part. You moaned, throwing your head back on the arm of the couch as his fingers swirled inside of you. You fought the urge to clench your walls as he slid his fingers out of your entrance, using your arousal to coat his dick. "Hyunie, please." You sighed out, flinching slightly as he slapped his member on your clit. He chuckled softly, watching as he slowly dipped his tip in you with ease, your relieved moan flowing through his body as his member jumped at the sound, forcing his length to go an inch deeper. Hyunjin hissed as your walls already tightened around his girth.

"F-fuck y/n, try to relax a bit for me." You let out a hushed sorry, relaxing your walls, allowing him to fill you up fully as he pushed himself in all the way. He stayed still, helping you adjust to the new size, but also to help him grasp onto the little bit of sanity he had left. He took in a deep breath, looking to the gray ceiling and closing his eyes as he tried to ground himself. "You feel so fucking good." He grumbled, looking down and placing a hand on your belly, noticing how his print showed through your skin. He started to move, thrusting his hips fluidly as you struggled to take in deep steady breaths. "Fa-faster please." He looked up, smiling as your eyes were glued shut; he let you get away with this for this one time.

He sped up, quickly finding a rhythm you both fell in love with. Your hands shot down, placing the tips of your fingers on his tummy, he was so deep. Your breasts were spilling out of your dress from the power of his thrusts. Hyunjin stared, biting his lip as the flesh bounced, finally escaping the confinements of your dress. His hands reached up and gripped one of your mounds, clutching as he gripped onto one of your hips, swiftly changing the angle.

You squeaked at the difference, "Oh my god, oh my god," You chanted.  Your walls clenched around him, Hyunjin hissed, dipping his head into your neck and biting the flesh, sucking as he struggled to hold in his exclaims of pleasure.

You felt him twitch, "Cum in me," He stopped sucking at your skin, letting out a deep groan in response. His thrusts got harder, his tip hitting against your g-spot repeatedly.

"Hyun, gonna-" He nodded, looking into your eyes as he tried to calm himself down; looking at your face didn't help his case at all. Your mascara was slightly smeared, and your skin was glowing as your lips were parted. "Cum y/n," He whispered, his thrusts getting sloppier as your walls pulsed around him. Hyunjin was done for, done when your back arched and your eyes rolled back, whining out his name and a string of incoherent pleas.

His brows furrowed and his stomach clenched, feeling your walls pull him in snugly. Hyunjin released into you, groaning as his head dipped into your shoulder. His member throbbed, pushing his cum into you as he fucked you two though the climax.

Hyunjin looked up, watching your expression become relaxed as you slowly opened your eyes. "So that's what I was missing?" he chuckled at your playfulness, pulling out of you slowly. Hyunjin watched with a shy smile as his cum spilled out of you. "Uhm… I'll be right back." He pulled up his pants and walked to the bathroom, getting a damp cloth. "It might be a bit cold." He says rushing over, wiping you off.

Hours later, you were under the covers in his bed. His band-T over your torso as you leaned on his chest. "I didn't think you'd be that much of a sub." You rolled your eyes at his random comment, not taking your eyes off the movie he picked. "Well don't get used to it."

[hualianff]

Office Confusion

Thinking about modern AU with co-workers Hualian where XL thinks they’re dating while HC is just oblivious.

When XL sees he’s looked at and can distinguish the fondness HC unknowingly communicates, he quickly returns these sentiments. Considering how much time they spend together, presenting gifts, holding hands, etc. XL concludes that yes, he and HC are definitely dating.

On the other hand, HC needs more than a perceived mutual feeling because he doesn’t view himself as remotely likeable, especially to someone as out of his league as XL. For HC, to think that XL could ever be interested in him romantically seems impossible unless XL outright admits it.

Plus, HC is convinced XL likes FX. 

(XL, offhandedly: “-but yeah, I like my men with long hair.”

HC, who has long hair: *thinking* “Oh great, Feng Xin has long hair. Wonderful.”

However, dating or not, HC is still grateful to have XL in his life. XL is truly the sunshine that lights HC’s world up, constantly bringing him coffee in the morning or sharing lunch breaks together. It never fails to blow HC’s mind how regardless of who else vies for XL’s attention, whether it’s SQX or a few random colleagues, XL will always include and choose HC in the end.

On a daily basis, if HC ever catches sight of XL in his peripheral while working on code, his eye will stray to XL but his fingers continue typing without a problem. HX—who usually sits in the chair next to HC working on the same code—won’t hesitate to whack the back of HC’s head with a rolled up magazine because “If there’s so much as ONE typo, we’re /fucked./ Focus your whipped-ass on this stupid code or so help me god-”

It’s a well known fact that XL gives the best hugs. Everyone knows this, even MQ will admit but never out loud. But to XL, it’s HC who gives the best hugs because HC is tol and warm and smells really good. HC always wraps his arms around XL so gently but also comfortingly; he caresses XL’s head, and if he speaks, XL can listen to the deep vibrations resounding from HC’s chest. The close proximity is the best kind of recharge!

Additionally, XL sneak attacks with back hugs and HC is always like 🧍🏻 before realizing relaxing-

(HC ready to tackle a bitch down: “😡” 

HC when he realizes it’s XL: “🥰”)

***

SQX: “Xie Lian, are you going to the party tonight? At the new bar a couple streets down?”

XL: “Hmm, no. Maybe next time!”

HC, known not to go to office parties, nudges XL: “Gege, I thought you wanted to try out that bar since it opened last week?”

XL: “I do, but San Lang hasn’t eaten dinner and it’s already 8 PM. After work, let’s eat at the dim sum place we like!”

HC: *heart goes boom boom* “Are you sure? I heard Fengxin is going to the party…”

XL: “Okay? Good for him.”

HC: ??

XL: *boops HC’s nose* “And of course I’m sure! I love eating with my San Lang!”

HC: ;)

SQX: :/

***

HX to HC later: “What the fuck was that?”

HC, who is tired: ??

HX: “You’re dating Xie Lian and you didn’t tell me?”

HC, looking around: “Whomst?”

On the other side of the room...

SQX to XL: “What in the hell was that back there?”

XL: “I’m just as confused as you are.”

SQX: “I thought you two were dating?”

XL: “BUT WE ARE-”

The simultaneous words of “whomst” and “BUT WE ARE” clash in the stuffy atmosphere of the work room. HC and XL look at each other from across the room: 👁👄👁 or 👁👄

HX and SQX: 🤔🤔

HC to HX: “Why do you say that anyway? Gege and I haven’t even kissed before.” 🤨

SQX to XL: “You’re telling me you’re dating but haven’t kissed yet?”

HX to HC: “You’re not the most affectionate person, maybe he’s just taking it-“

XL, whisper-shouting to SQX: “I’M TAKING IT SLOW-”

XL: *pauses* 

XL, sadly: “Oh no, what if he doesn’t want to kiss me at all?”

SQX: “Wait, Xie Lian, breathe-“

XL: “WHAT IF HE DOESN’T FIND ME ATTRACTIVE?” 💀

HC to HX: “How could Gege be dating me when he fancies Feng Xin?” 🤕

HuaLian making eye contact across the room again: ☹️☹️

They give each other the most awkward smiles ever, then slowly turn back to who they were talking to. Feng Xin walks into the room. HC visibly deflates as FX goes over to say hi to XL and SQX. 

HC: “See? Gege’s face brightened up when Mr. Fuckface walked in.”

FX to XL: “See? Hua Cheng looked like he wanted to slaughter me as soon as I walked in.”

XL: “Nonsense. San Lang would never.”

FX: 😐 “Anyways, Mu Qing isn’t budging on his side of the proposal. We’re going to have to stay late again to come to an agreement.” 😑 “Are you going to the party tonight?”

XL: “Ahhh I was actually going to get dinner with San Lang-“ *gestures over to HC*

HC, previously glaring daggers: *blinks* “Why is Gege pointing to me?”

HX, sighing: “You’re hopeless.”

***

When XL finally has the guts to confront HC: “San Lang, we were taking it slow but right now, if you don’t stop me, I’m taking the first step.” 

HC: ???

Upon seeing no negative reaction–granted, HC is too confused to react–XL just leans in and gives HC the softest kiss ever. It’s a bit crooked too-

HC: ?!?!?!??

XL in his mind: “Oh god, this feels so good! I really like him, I’m never going to stop kissing him-”

HC in his mind: “WHATHEFUCKWHATTHEFUUUUUCK”

When they part, XL: “I loved that, thank you.” 

HC: “Thank me? Gege, what was that?”

Once again, they look at each other like: ??????

XL: “Was it too fast? Oh god, I’m so sorry!!” 

HC: “W-what?”

(HC, on his bed wide awake at ungodly hours at night after XL kissed him: “I had a boyfriend all this time? AND I DIDN’T KNOW IT????” *screams into pillow*)

***

XL avoids HC after the kiss, too ashamed that they weren’t on the same page. HC tries to talk to XL about it. But XL being the clumsy ball of nerves he is, does a sharp 180 turn the other way whenever he spots HC approaching. One time, XL nearly runs into a wall, HC shouting from behind: “GEGE BE CAREFUL” but XL has already made his escape.

One week later, HC backs XL into a corner after finally catching his runaway-gege. HC places his arms next to XL’s head, caging him in: “Gege, please listen to me.”

XL, looking up at HC with wide eyes:  “Y-yes?” 😳😳😳

(XL internally: “s-sir”)

HC, searching XL’s eyes: “Be honest, are we dating?”

XL, avoiding eye contact: “If San Lang doesn’t want to, then no...“

HC, crowding into XL’s space even further to convey he most certainly wants to: “Yes or no, Gege?”

XL, pouting: “San Laaaang, don’t tease.���

HC, murmuring: “I’m not teasing you. I’m seriously asking. Because believe me, if I had known you thought we were dating since the start, I would have treated you like a king.“

XL internally combusts at HC’s words because how could HC be any kinder and lovelier to him!? HC is already peak boyfriend material in XL’s books. When XL hasn’t answered for a solid twenty seconds, HC begins to pull back. XL panics, he tugs on HC’s tie to keep him close.

XL: “San Lang, you already treat me so well! You don’t need to change anything! As long as you continue to be…with me, however you choose, just that much is enough.” 🥺

HC stares down at XL, wide-eyed because XL truly thinks the world of him. He exhales in relief, immediately engulfing XL in a bear hug: “Gege, you’re an absolute Angel.”

XL, happy to get a HC-hug: “no u”

HC: ???

HC: “Shush, I uno reverse card you.”

XL: “Okay but I literally fell for you the first time we met. I win.”

***

HX walking in to see HC coding with XL in his lap: *walks back out*

***

During Hualian’s lunch break in the small garden on the ground floor of their workplace...

HC: “Wait, so you never liked Feng Xin?“

XL: “When did I ever say that?” 

HC: …

XL: “San Lang, we’ve gone grocery shopping together.”

HC: “You’re telling me you don’t do that with other people?”

XL: “Hmm.”

HC: “Not even Feng Xin?”

XL: “Especially not Feng Xin, he has Mu Qing for that.”

HC, double confused: “wat”

***

HC dropping XL off after a date. As XL is about to exit out of the passenger seat, HC unbuckles his seatbelt, muttering a firm, “Gege, wait.”

“Hmm?”

XL goes to turn around. Large hands lovingly cup his cheeks, angling his face to the side as HC surges forward to press their lips together, effectively stealing XL’s breath away. XL gasps as they part, not having any time to process before HC reconnects their lips, more confidently this time. He’s so gentle that XL can’t help but whimper as he closes his eyes in pure bliss.

So this is what it means to share a kiss with someone you’re completely smitten with. 

XL tries to scoot closer except the middle compartment poses a barrier. Meanwhile, HC smoothly slides a hand down XL’s nape, holding him in place as they continue exchanging passionate kisses. When XL tries catching his breath, he feels the heart-stuttering sensation of slender fingers ghosting along his jawline, prompting him to relax his mouth. HC takes full control, languidly licking into XL’s mouth, mapping out every crevice like a promise to store it in memory. 

Thirty minutes later...

HC: “Thank you for our first date.”

XL: “Well, for me this is like the twelfth date. But yeah, first sounds good too.”

***

Years down the road, HuaLian never agree on what their anniversary date is. 

HC: “We’ve been dating for a year, three months and seventeen days.”

XL: “No! We’ve been dating for a year, eleven months and five days.”

HC: “Gege, you’re just making stuff up now.”

XL: “Well, I can’t help it that I love you more.”

HC: *pauses* “NOW HOLD ON-”

XL, bragging: “I’ve been San Lang’s boyfriend longer than he’s been my boyfriend.” *cheeky smile*

HC, prowling over with a challenging expression: “Fine, then allow me to make it up to you.”

XL: 😳

XL: “Wait, where’d your clothes go??”

(Brainchild w/ @no-one-says-hi)

[ohworm-writes]

hello! :) so u know how kuon has a crush on sniper right ? can i get an imagine where reader is jealous bc of kuon, cuz u know, her crush on sniper etc etc (sorry i'm just vv lazy at typing), and how sniper reacts to it ?? can u make it like they're still friends but have mutual feelings for each other as they hang out as a unit, and they get together in the end bc sum confessions happened !! sorry if u don't get it i'm rlly bad at explaining but thank u in advance if u do this !! <33

High-Rise Invasion/Tenkuu Shinpan: Sniper Mask Boyfriend Imagine

high-rise invasion/tenkuu shinpan masterlist

‼ Jealous Reader (over Kuon) + Make up + Confession ‼

Featuring: Sniper Mask, Yuri Honjo, Mayuko Nise (implied), Kuon Shinzaki (implied)

Warnings: frustrated Y/n, crushes, jealousy

a/n - good GODS this has been in my inbox for a while and i’m so so so sorry for not posting it way sooner! hopefully you see this anon, and i hope you enjoy!

content below the cut!

you had developed a crush on the man in the mask ever since you first joined Yuri's little group

you couldn't really tell what it was the drew you to him

he was silent, dismissive, and he was a Mask for goodness sake!

but none of that deterred you from the attraction you garnered for him

you always found yourself trying to interact with him

whether it was offering your help with something that he was doing, or simply keeping him company

most times he brushed you off, walking away and not giving you an answer

other times he silently accepted your offer

those times the two of you would sit in comfortable silence, just enjoying one another's presence

you cherish moments like these for a very specific reason

Kuon

now you had nothing against the girl!

... at first

she seemed nice enough, always eager to help, and full of ignorant innocence

but then you realized her (very obvious) crush on the masked man

the way she got flustered around him so easily

the way she clung to him like a lost child

at first, you thought maybe she saw him as a parental figure, seeing how young she was

but that thought was (very) quickly thrown to the wind when you saw her wrapped up in his jacket, blushing like the schoolgirl she was and giggling to herself

so what she liked him? you liked him too, maybe the two of you could bond over that!

that's what you told yourself

of course, you never acted on it

it was simple, you were too jealous to do so

you noticed how Sniper Mask welcomed all her little instances without a care in the world

not giving a damn when she clung to him

or batting an eye at her obvious fangirling

it pissed you off

naturally, you began to avoid Kuon

and Sniper Mask simultaneously

you avoided the two of them whenever you could

when you saw them walking towards you, you kept to the opposite side of the wall and walked quickly past them

when you all usually ate together, you picked up your food and ate outside

you were simply, undeniably jealous

you didn't think Sniper Mask cared about it, not that you could tell under his mask

but in actuality, he was confused as to why you avoided him all of the sudden

so, he opted to ask you one day

You shut the door to the dining room rather aggressively as you exited, but you couldn't care less. You let your body slump against the adjacent wall, your plate of food resting on your lap.

Today had been... exhausting, to say the least. Kuon was on her usual actions of pining over 'Mr. Mask', crossing your way a few more times than you would have liked. During your meeting earlier with her and Yuri, your fellow mouthless masked allies, she had the gall to talk on and on about how much she adored him.

You hated it.

You looked down at your food, a scowl finding its place on your features. You glared at it, pushing the pieces around with your fork, not noticing a door open and close right in front of you.

"Jesus, if that food was alive, it would be 6 feet under with the glare you're giving it." You hear a gruff voice call from in front of you. A voice you would rather not be hearing right now.

You continue to move around the food, staying silent as the man awkwardly stands in front of you, unsure of what to do with himself in this situation. "Is it, uh, okay if I sit here?" He asks, which finally makes you look up.

He had a plate of food between his own hands, his jacket gone and sleeves rolled up to his elbows. His mask covered his face, per usual, but it seemed much more lopsided than usual.

You give him a shrug in response, looking back down at your food again. He stands there for a moment, before taking a seat right next to you, your knees almost touching. "You don't mind if I eat with you, right?"

His question makes your eye twitch. Was he seriously trying to be all buddy-buddy with you now? You shrugged again, not giving him as much as a single word.

You heard him sigh, setting his food to the side before he speaks again. "Alright, what's going on?" He asks, making your body tense up. "Nothing." You shoot back, scowling.

"What happened to the Y/n that stayed up and talked about their life for hours? What happened to the Y/n that told me horrible jokes to try and get a reaction out of me? Huh? What happened to them?"

That broke you.

You were angry, furious even. Was he trying to blame this on you? You didn't do anything wrong! If it wasn't for Kuon, maybe you would still be that person! If it wasn't for her, you could still be friends with him! You could be-

"What?" You hear him say softly, much softer than his previous tone. Shit, did you say that out loud? "Yeah, you did." He says again, looking at you with a concerned expression on his face, not that you could tell.

"I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lash out. I just- I’ve been-" You stutter, trying to find the right words. He laughs at that, actually laughs at it.

His laugh is hearty, warm, almost inviting you to laugh along with him. You don't, but he quickly composes himself, making your head turn towards him.

"Why on Earth were you jealous of Kuon?" He asks honestly, watching at how the invisible gears turn in your head, searching for an answer. You sigh heavily, running a hand across your face as you shake your hands while you speak.

"I just- she’s always there with you. She's latched onto you 24/7! I can't get 5 minutes alone with you before she comes barging in." You rant, frustration evident in your shaky voice.

"I just wanted to be your friend, be close with you. I can never do that because she's-she's there." You groan, hugging yourself with your arms. "I sound like a selfish idiot now, huh?"

You laugh dryly, frowning. He sighs, but a smile plays at his lips. "Y/n." He begins, his hand resting you your forearm. "You know she would never purposefully do that. She just, she has an infatuation with me I guess."

He sighs dramatically, earning a chuckle from you. "But." He tells you, watching your eyes as he speaks. "That doesn't mean I didn't miss you."

Your heart skips a beat at his comment, face flushing softly. "Kuon also misses you. You might not have caught onto it, but she looks up to you." He explains, smiling at how your expression softens, mumbling a soft 'she does?' to him.

He nods, laughing once more. "Come on, have dinner with the rest of us. We can't have you sitting alone out here anymore." You roll your eyes, but take him up on his word. He leads you back to the other, Kuon frantically waving over to the two of you the second you pass through the door.

"Y/n! Come sit with me!" She yells excitedly. Maybe you were wrong about her.

after that interaction, the three of you were all on much better terms

yes, kuon still had her habits, but he toned them WAY down after you explained to her how it made you feel

she teased the hell out of you for it too

you, of course, shrugged it off

but you never told her that she was wrong

you were happy to be on good terms with Sniper Mask again

he made a lot more time for you

your old interactions coming back at full force, and some new ones

he loved to take you on little walks on the high rises

he also made it a point to teach you how to shoot his rifle

which was terrifying, but exhilarating

you fell for him harder and harder every day

one day, you ranted your feelings out to Kuon

and while she wasn't surprised, it warmed her heart to see how much you loved him

yes, she crushed on him too, but that didn't take away from the obvious connection she saw between the two of you

unbeknownst to you, Sniper Mask had come to her about the same things

his usually cold demeanor broke whenever he talked with you

he genuinely enjoyed your company, he wanted more of it

and then some

so, she put a plan together

operation "get Mr. Mask and Y/n together" is a go!

she took it all very seriously

making sure you guys get paired together for scouting missions? that's all her

convincing Sniper Mask to get you little gifts and things? of course

overall, the best wing-woman you could ask for

however, the one thing she didn't have anything to do with was his confession to you

he could have used her help with it, that much was clear

but he wanted to tell you how he felt, no help necessary

Sniper Mask had told you earlier this morning to meet you at his room when the sunset before he rushed to get out of your vicinity like you were a plague. Granted, it hurt your feelings, but you couldn't stand him up.

You knocked gently on the wooden door, stepping back and waiting patiently for it to open. After about a minute, while you had heard nothing, you went to knock again.

Your efforts were proved useless as the door swung open hastily, revealing a disheveled Sniper Mask. His usual blazer and fedora were long forgotten, his hair messy, strands pointing this way and that. His mask sat lopsided on his face, still covering it fully.

"H-hey Y/n." He mumbled out, you offered him a wave as he awkwardly shuffled to the side, opening the door as an incentive for you to come in. You stepped inside, walking to the center of the room as you heard him close the door behind you.

You turned to speak to him again, but those thoughts were cast aside as you felt his hands settle onto your cheeks and his lips molding with yours. It startled you, you're eyes open in shock as you looked at him. His mask was completely off, thrown somewhere in the room, but he didn't seem to have a care in the world.

You quickly melted into the kiss, bringing your hands up to gently hold onto his forearms. He hummed, taking a moment before pulling away, leaving the two of you to gasp for air as he rested his forehead against yours. You opened your eyes to meet his, full of adoration.

"I, uh, I think I'm in love with you?" It was more of a question, but you took it happily. You laughed softly, your fingers rubbing small circles in his forearms.

"Was that what that was?"

[moontrinemars]

Hi 👋🏻

How are you ? Hope you're doing fine :)

I just saw you answering a question about synastry and it got me thinking. What would you think about 6th house moon synastry for both (so my moon in their 6H and their moon in my 6H) and even in the composite chart ( 6th house libra moon ) ? I haven't read or heard anywhere about the moon being in the same house in synastry AND composite so i thought it would be interesting to ask about it 😅

Hi ♡ Aw, thanks

Here's the thing about composite charts - their value is sort of up in the air. They're not technically “real” - as in, they’re entirely theoretical, calculated by combining two charts rather than derived from an actual date and place. So if you're looking for me to tell you that this is a sign of being soulmates, I'm sorry to say it doesn't say anything in particular about the intensity of your compatibility, and there's nothing particularly karmic about it. Sorry.

This isn't to say it isn't really cool, though. As I've said before, I adore mutual house overlays, and this one actually really warms my heart. As a Virgo IC and Pluto in the 6th, it sounds pretty dreamy. I only tell you that it’s not a sign of destiny because I don’t want to give you the wrong idea once I launch into why I think this placement is so cute lmao.

The 6th house is the house of wellness, routine, skill - ‘practice makes perfect’ is the 6th house’s way. It deals in physical and mental health, and our daily activities and responsibilities. It’s also the house of acting in service to something other than themself, whether that’s a person or a higher cause. People tend to forget the 6th house, probably more than any other if I’m honest, maybe tied with the 2nd. Many consider it boring.

I consider the 2nd round of Bhavas (5th, 6th, 7th, 8th houses) to be defined not just by how we relate to others, but also the choices we make. The 1st round is driven by impulse and feeling, and the 5th house is where we start to reign those instincts in, and hone them for a purpose. The 6th house is the first foray into that purpose, and into the more difficult, duty-driven choices we make because we know how important it is. Yes, the 6th house is tedious, but we push through it and work anyways, because the results are worth it.

With the moon as the internal world, this mutual overlay speaks to two people who trust each other to put forth the effort not just to support one another, but to understand one another, to people who are willing to make their daily lives into homes for the other person. That is, of course, if all goes well.

If it turns sour, the effort and work required by the sixth house will become a chore, and you both may feel as though the other is a sort of nagging mother in your ear, or as though the other is a whining child you can’t seem to convince to just wash their face and do their homework already.

The key here is to recognize the effort you both put forth, without treating it like a sacrifice. Ideally, we’re supposed to mostly like our daily routines, or at least find them comforting. Try to do the same with emotional care for each other.

You may also be drastically emotionally affected by each other’s health. This is the type of couple where Partner A gets sick and convinces Partner B to go out and have fun anyways, but B just spends the whole time wishing they could be at home with A to take care of them and make sure they get better.

You also may have met each other at work, and if you didn’t you may connect in part through the support you feel you get from each other over your work.

While I do find them to be consistently reliable for their purpose, composite charts are still ‘imaginary’, so you can’t really take it as seriously as a synastry chart. That said, composites show how a pair acts as one entity, so to sum up, when faced with chores, tasks, and health problems, you both come together to act with care and nurturing, although you may be a two-headed mother hen of sorts. Libra will soften the expression of it, but the need to ‘fix’ through ‘nurturing’ is a mutual concern.

Oh, and once again, for the sake of clarity, overlays don’t substitute aspects - they only effect how placements manifest, they don’t instill significance on their own. Rather, they are important to a relationship, but they don’t make a relationship important. However, for this overlay, Mercury-dominant or Moon-dominant people will likely feel it more intensely, and the effects may be temporarily intensified if Mercury or the Moon rules your Solar Return, or if transit Mercury or Moon is interacting with your chart.

That’s about all I can come up with at the moment, hope that helps. Let me know if you have anything else you’re wondering ♡

[writerkatsblog]

Do you think Hannibal and Ying-Ying actually care about each other or are their goals just conveniently aligned?

You might be surprised by my take on this, but I think Bean and Ying-Ying actually do legitimately care about each other? Like, Bean clearly isn't completely in it for himself. Even if he was pushing Wuya to go against Chase, it never really read like he was manipulating her? Plus in the Worst Timeline future, where she's a part of his evil dream team and doesn't have roots in her face like Guan does to presumably control him. So I get the feeling that even though Bean generally disregards life besides his own, he has a few exceptions to the point that he can have some amount of care for someone despite being canonically pure evil.

A person caring for or loving someone doesn't necessitate that they're a good person, and being a good person or someone trying to be a good person doesn't always mean that they're suited for all types of relationships. Someone who's a good person with only the best intentions could end up beginning or perpetuating a toxic, harmful relationship simply by virtue of not considering different factors. But someone who's evil or just not a great person can still hold genuine feelings and attachments to others even when they don't always override their personal agendas.

I mean, if it were all about accomplishing Vague Evil Goals, Ying-Ying probably could've tossed her chips in with the next biggest bad in the world like some gray feathery Minion once Bean was banished to the Shadow Realm since it would've been more convenient. Like Wuya when she was released. But it seems like she was actively looking for a way to bust Hannibal out of The Joint ever since he was banished over a thousand years ago. Biding her time and waiting, and apparently having the ability to go visit that she made use of. Ying-Ying doesn't feel like the kind of creature one can manipulate. Trick, maybe, like how Chase used her connection to Bean knowing she'd fly directly to him in order to suss out who bean had disguised himself as. But there's not much you can offer to finesse an evil bird into following your orders the way she aids Bean.

It's difficult to tell how exactly Ying-Ying feels about Bean, since she hasn't personally verbalized ever since she dropped her Prep Parrot outfit. But a lot of her actions seem to speak of a mutually connected relationship. She accepts a role as his mount without question, and Bean never makes any indication he's threatening or coercing her into doing so. Bean apparently sleeps in her down whenever she's nesting up for the night. The both of them seem to share similar senses of humor (laughing at someone else's misery mostly).

So to sum up. Yeah. I think they do care about each other. Even if not for reasons most people would call good.