#recently adopted two bunnies with my partner

[ionomycin]

phoenix and the priestess

[foxys-fantasy-tales]

Hazbin Hotel OC - Silhouette

I think I summarized pretty well here, but her lore goes a bit deeper and I'm still at work on her. If anyone wants to know more they are free to send an ask and I will love them forever. I'm totally normal about all of Vivziepop's work, especially Hazbin Hotel, I promise lol. Besides the character sheet I also have a song for her, since Hazbin Hotel is a musical and all. I don't normally do songs, but this one came to me overnight one night early into season one of the show.

(I hope you can zoom or save and read it okay, if not and curious just tell me and I'll post a text version. The saved version on my computer works fine but tumblr can mess with images.)

This pretty and vicious lady has worked her way into my head and won't leave. Oh, and she owns her bodyguard's soul, but they are cool with it, no really. He traded his soul to her for help and offered his protection in return. I'm not sure yet if she has other deals with anyone, but she does have a basically adopted energetic murderer from this day and age who's a recent arrival and helps her with a zine and social media though she just wants to make print magazines. No one was looking at them anymore though. Those two are Welt and Rue respectively and they also have art because @fracturedfable is the best and art of Silhouette (mine) and Welt (my partner's) OCs was a Valentine's gift. Rue, the bunny, belongs to them. Welt, the cardinal, belong to my partner irl, @unmanagedmystic.

Thank you for checking out the awesome hell-fam of Silhouette's popular clothing business!

Since there is the excerpt of the song, I know they likely aren't in this fandom, but hope it's okay if I tag @jezifster and @wynters-writings. @abalonetea had also responded a while back being the one person who said hearing the song I wrote for my character may be cool so putting you here as well. <3

[rory-for-short]

We are not our Parents| Part Six

Chandeliers and Secrets

Richard Grayson had cleaned up nicely. His hair a tad less wild, his aftershave on his face and neck making him smell like sandlewood, and the beautiful black wool suit had him looking like James Bond. He had added a deep purple tie and pocket square to match with Lucy. When he opened his door to meet her in the hallway, he watched nervously as she took him all in. He was like a daydreams she'd have about Superman as a kid, only better. She forgot how to breath for a moment.

"Alright, take a picture, it'll last longer," He joked at his girlfriend's starry eyed gaze. Just then a voice that didn't belong to either of them chimed in.

"Brilliant idea, master Grayson, I was just readying the old Kodak," Alfred quipped holding up a proper photography grade camera in front of his face. "Remember the old prom pose is a classic."

The two started to pose in the most contrasting way, given their attire. Lucy threw one of her hands into a love sign, hand on her hips, head tilted and winking. Dick had his tongue stuck out at the Camara and was giving Lucy bunnie ears.

"Lovely," Alfred responded dryly to their hijinks. They giggled and headed to the front of the mannor, before being stopped by Alfred.

"Your father wanted me to inform you that the two of you will be sharing his limo," he informed. Dick froze up and turned to Alfred with a shoked and indignant look on his face. He looked like a child being told it was bed time, or that he couldn't have friends over.

"-And before you say anything I'll get the whole tantrum out of the way: no Tim and Conner don't have to, yes its unfair, life tends to be very unfair, put up with it for one night, you will live," Alfred directed before taking his leave. Lucy looked up at her boyfriend's face, he was stoic and tired looking. She knew his dad had, well, control issues from what she was told by him. She grabbed his arm lightly as to avoid making him jump or tense like he always did. She knew he was adopted. She wondered what happened to his boilogical parents, and if that’s why he always startled, but she wouldn't press or ask. He'd tell her when he was ready... until then it was her job to keep him comfortable.

"Well if it's any consolation, I aways wanted to meet Bruce Wayne," she smiled softy. It was the only soft smile from her he had ever seen. And it was for him.

When they reached the stairs and could see into the foyer, they could see Bruce adjusting his own tie in one of the antique mirrors. Connor was trying to fix his pocket square and Tim was fussing over his hair.

"Are you all ready to par-tayyy!?" Dick hyped as they neared the bottom of the stairs case.

"Yeet," Tim's equally hyped response echoed. Conner glared at him, and Grayson knew it was because he had a hard enough time without his brother being loud while he had super hearing. Bruce turned his attention from the mirror and to the couple that had just entered and Dick could feel his stomach in knots.

"Dad this is my girlfriend Lucy Fleck. Lucy, this is my dad," he managed the best he could with the tense interductions. Lucy immediately stuck her hand out at an accute angle, fingers splayed from eachother, limp wristed, and grin wild. It was a gesture they had all seen before. She was waiting for a hand shake, but the way she looked. The way she moved. It was hard to explain, but her interduction body language screamed "Joker making a deal."

"Hiya, Mr. Wayne, its a pleasure to meet'cha," she declared. Dick relized at that moment that just because he was use to her Lucy-izims, didn't mean anyone else was. The purple probably wasn't helping their case. If Bruce noticed, he made no indication that it bothered him. He shook her hand and returned the sentiment. Tim and Connor were headed out the door already, happy with the distraction. They were probably planning on going in a different car then them. Which was smart. Dick knew he was about to hate this car-ride to the benefit.

Lucy was funny. What started with normal introductions and small talk turned into an anti~joke off in the back of the limo, with Bruce doing little to hide how amusing he found their stupid humor.

“Okay, what do you call a cow with no legs?” Lucy prompted.

“Ground beef,” Grayson said rolling his eyes.

“No, actually it doesn’t matter what you call him, he won’t be able to come to you anyway,” she laughed.

“Oh. My. God” Graysons eyes went wide but laughed despite himself. Bruce chimed in.

“Here’s one. What do you get when you cross a chicken and a hog” Bruce started.

“I don’t know, what?” Lucy answered.

“A media frenzy on the ethics of making hybrid animals.”

There was a beat of silence followed by sudden complete laughter from the two twenty somethings. That’s pretty much how the entire ride went. Just the three of them telling their best bad jokes. The laughter did everything to ease the tension an the limo was outside the banquet hall in no time. Dick had gotten out from his side to let Lucy out. She could feel her heart hammering in her chest as he opened her door and took her hand in his. The blinding lights of the press, the loud chatter surrounding them; it was like a red carpet event, but sad and depressing because it was outside the sad gothic erection of the Gotham City Hall. She instinctively shielded her eyes as she stood beside her boyfriend and his father, who were able to inhumanly smile with clear eyes despite the visual assault. She hooked arms with Dick and he grabbed the hand she was shielding the lights with gently and walked slightly in front of her to help protect her eyes. She could hear the reporters asking a million questions.

“Mr. Wayne, is it true you are partnering with the Metropolis press and if so, don’t you think it is rather unethical for billionaires to have control of the media?”

“Richard Wayne, is it true that you use to be an acrobat.”

“Mr. Wayne, what are your thoughts on the current emphasis for planetary spending and is that something you are considering?”

“Richard Wayne, is that your new partner, or are we just having fun with a friend tonight?”

Bruce had actually stopped to answer the ones directed at him which, gave Lucy and is son the chance to hurry into the opulent building. They dashed in and took in the architecture. White marble floors that transitioned into mahogany carpeting. The banquet hall was lit with small chandeliers rather than one large one. Lucy felt a little ill at that reminder. There was chatter in the hall and a small wooden podium. As they passed people chattering, Lucy couldn’t help but feel their eyes on her. She glanced around nervously. Sometimes she’d catch eyes with someone and they’d look away.

‘Don’t be paranoid’ she thought to herself, ‘they are sizing you up because of the man on your arm being a billionaires son and well known batchlor. No other reason’. Dick must have noticed her tight grip on his arm. He turned to murmur to her,

“I know I didn’t say it earlier with Bruce and Alfred around, but you look magnificent,” he smiled at her.

“Really?” She whispered with a grin.

“Truly. I don’t know a lot of things, but I know a work of art when I see one,” he smirked. She blushed and pushed his arm with a roll of her eyes. Their beautiful moment was quickly interrupted.

“Richard Wayne, you and your lovely date are seated over here,” the waiter gestured. He let them to an empty table that could comfortably fit about 10 people at it. It was covered with a lush white table cloth and had cards with their names for seating. Dick noticed he had his full name and Lucy had “L.F.” on her card. Say what you will about Bruce, but he’s always been a pro at hiding identities, and they were both grateful for it. As they sat in their seats, Lucy’s expression was strange and contemplative.

“Nickel for your thoughts,” Dick prompted.

“I thought it was penny?”

“It is but as a billionaire my thought taxes are higher.”

She laughed and gave a small shrug before looking into his eyes with a guilty look.

“ Your dad knows who I am, doesn’t he?” It was more of a statement then a question. Dick was caught off guard, for once. He didn’t really think too much about it until then, but if he was in her position, he realized how crushing that would feel. For your partners parents to know the darkest secrets of your past. As her eyes still bore into him, he carefully answered best he could.

“ I mean, I had to warn him before hand, just to make sure we did everything we could to keep you safe. As much as you deserve a spotlight, I know you wanted to lay low,” he carefully explained. She smiled.

“So when he found out... was he mad?” she asked sheepishly. Dick hesitated in his response weighing what to say. It was all a lie. Bruce had told HIM. But he couldn’t really say “Batman, my adoptive father, told me and had me wear a wire to a date to make sure you weren’t in cahoots with your recently escaped convict dad that ruined your life. You know. The night we hooked up”. And he felt vile realizing one day he might have to confront her with this and potentially loose her. He felt more vile fore thinking about how the truth effected him before her. But for now, the goal was to have an easy night where she had fun. Oh boy, he was going to have to get his therapist to sign an NDA.

“He wasn’t mad, just concerned. For us mostly. In the public eye, and he said it’s selfish of me to put you in it after all you went through,” and that much was true. Lucy visibly relaxed. She then leaned in closer and talked a little more hushed.

“Hey, do you know what happened to the original chandelier in here?” She asked pointing to a risen spot in the ceiling where it use to hang from. He knew. He was there, he said nothing and continued looking at her for her explanation.

“My mom and dad tried to drop it on a table that had two prime ministers and the commissioner seated at it. Batman managed to figure it out but not before the chain was undone by D-, er, Joker. According to the police report he held the chain and kept it suspended long enough for everyone below it to scatter. Can you imagine? Holding 350 pounds of diamonds from crushing people?” She explained with her wild eyes. He could though. He had his hands wrapped around her mother's neck when it happened.

“Why are you telling me this?” He asked nervously.

“So you know what you are up against. Everyone in here knows that story. If they ever find out I’m, yah know, me, they will look at you the same way you looked at me just now. Weary, and uncomfortable,” she stated dryly.

“My dad hit Superman with his car one time,” he retorted. This caused Lucy to give him a baffled look. “Oh I’m sorry, I thought we were telling pointless stories about our parents that don’t effect either party in anyway,” he quipped with his signature disarming smile. She rolled her eyes and smiled.

“Babe, I’m serious!” She giggled. Just then the waiter brought another two over to the table. The Kents. Louis and Clark to be exact. Wait, Dick just now got that. The were seated somewhat across from them.

“Hey sport,” Clark greeted his coworker’s son. Louise gave a little wave. “I see you have a friend with you for once, decided that the sad loner thing looked better on your dad?” He joked. Grayson genuinely laughed. He got along well with Superman, because he had a tendency to call out Bruce. A lot. Every time there was a justice league dispute, he secretly sided with Clark. Sometimes because he truly agreed. Sometimes just because he could.

“Lucy, these are my Dad’s friends, Clark and Louis. They work for the daily planet,” he explained.

Lucy noted the classically beautiful woman, and the attractive man. Not anything compared to Dick though. He looked a little dorkier than her Adonis of a boyfriend. Then again, her rose colored glasses made everything about Richard Grayson much better than everyone else.

“Nice to meet you two,” she announced.

That’s how the majority of the banquet went on. Some of his dad's business associates, some of his side business associates, introductions, surface level conversations, and food. Dick noticed that Connor and him were seated elsewhere. He was sure Tim felt fortunate that he didn’t have to sit with Connor’s father. Bruce had yet to be seated. He was up and working the room. Shaking hands. Smiling. It was strange how fake it seemed. Sometimes he couldn’t tell witch was the real Bruce. And given his own struggles to understand which of his alter egos he truly was, he guessed that Bruce didn’t know either.

[dippedanddripped]

Debbie Harry doesn’t believe in harbouring regrets. “I have made many, many errors, but nobody leads a perfect life,” she reflects down the telephone from New York. “So, should I regret anything? No. It is a waste of time. It really is a waste of time.”

Dial back to the turn of the 70s and the life that Harry led before fronting Blondie – prior to her image being burned onto the retina of popular culture – was colourful to say the least. “I was so desperate to live life,” she says of her time spent hanging with the outcasts and artists of downtown New York. “I was jamming in as much experience as I possibly could and I don’t know if I could have done anything differently. I learned a lot.”

The old Bowery music venue CBGBs has long passed into music folklore as the place that called the likes of Television, Patti Smith, and the Ramones their house bands. It was also where punk and new wave progenitors Blondie cut their teeth before they sashayed into the wider world with the protean panache that would make them a household name. Classic singles such as “Heart of Glass”, “Call Me”, “Atomic”, and “Rapture” have been responsible for more worldwide rug-cutting than an industrial carpet tool. To imply that they were merely a solid singles band is to do them a cardinal disservice, however.

And although they’ve always cocked their attention to the things ahead of them, Harry and her Blondie cohorts have spent a lot of time looking back just lately. Harry’s long-awaited autobiography, Face It, hit the shelves last year, and Blondie co-founder and one-time partner Chris Stein published Point of View: Me, New York City, and the Punk Scene, a photography book featuring personal snaps taken during the band’s pomp in the 70s and early 80s. “We can’t keep on touring and doing club dates the way that we used to. It would be physically impossible,” Harry concedes. “Living through this pandemic has certainly made us take a long look at the value of what we’ve got with our body of work.” Asked if it is a process of attempting to frame their legacy, she admits it’s something that they “have to do”.

This deep-dive into their canon has culminated in a mouth-watering archive set, Blondie: Against the Odds 1974-1982, slated for release next year. Coming in four formats, it promises to include extensive liner notes, “track by track” commentary by the entire band, a photographic history plus rare and unreleased bonus material. The group will also go out on the road – coronavirus permitting – for an autumn Against the Odds UK tour with Garbage.

The artist born Angela Trimble was put up for adoption only a few months after she was ushered into the world in the summer of 1945. A loving New Jersey couple took her in, rechristened her Deborah Harry, and raised her as their own. She grew up in a suburb that she “never left”,  was voted best-looking girl in her high school yearbook, and oscillated within a social circle that consisted of “many of the same people” throughout her childhood. “I was somehow shy within that,” she recalls, “(but) somebody once said to me that being shy was an ego trip and a light went on in my head. I thought, ‘Oh, uh-huh, let’s have none of that!’”

Harry travelled by bus as a curious teen to nearby Greenwich Village, imbibing the febrile inner-city atmosphere. In 1965, she graduated from junior college with an associate of arts degree and New York’s allure became too enticing to resist. She decamped to the bright lights of the city and made ends meet with a succession of odd jobs, including secretarial work for the BBC, waiting tables and an infamous nine-month stint as a Playboy Bunny.

The period was a traumatic one, too, with Harry enduring an ex-lover-turned-violent-stalker and a near-miss with serial killer Ted Bundy (although Bundy’s identity is contested by others). In her memoir, she writes candidly of the time she was raped by a man wielding a knife while on her way home from a concert with Stein. Music offered a vessel for her creativity, and she spent time as part of girl group The Stilettoes and folk ensemble Wind in the Willows before her meeting with guitarist Stein which set the foundations for Blondie. Their classic lineup was completed by Gary Valentine (bass), Jimmy Destri (keys), and Clem Burke (drums).

“Somebody once said to me that being shy was an ego trip and a light went on in my head. I thought, ‘Oh, uh-huh, let’s have none of that’” – Debbie Harry

Although they self-identified as punks, the parochial and nihilistic mandate as promulgated by the genre’s militant diehards never fit Blondie comfortably. The group looked outwards from the moment they started, drawing inspiration from their cosmopolitan city. Their sound was a melting pot pulling at the seams of culture’s fabric, and they would weave their own patterns from it.

Harry agrees that their eclecticism was down to good fortune in coming from the “metropolitan area of New York” where they ingested “a lot of musical influences”. Taken as a whole, their catalogue bears this out. Blondie never stood still musically – yet never sounded like anyone else – and they loaded their songs with more hooks than a fisherman’s trawler. 1976’s punchy, eponymous debut married surf-rock textures with 50s girl-group sensibilities, and their palette had expanded exponentially by the time of seminal third album, Parallel Lines (1978). Eat to the Beat and Autoamerican followed, by which point they could boast flirtations with disco, rocksteady, funk, hip hop, and more within their enviable output.

When asked to pick one track that encapsulates the essence of Blondie, Harry opts for their 1981 US number one single “Rapture”. “What happens in ‘Rapture’ is very comprehensive,” she says. “It took a form of music that was, or still is, very modern and can be very political. Rap and hip-hop songs back then didn’t have their own songs. Rappers would just rap on somebody else’s music. (‘Rapture’) was crafted specifically for that rap. Until then that hadn’t been done. It was a breath of fresh air.” It stands as one of the things in her career that she feels “very good about”.

Blessed with the sort of features that could sell sand to the Saharans, Harry’s appearance caused a stir from the band’s earliest days. “That’s part of showbiz,” she says to me, trying to downplay it. “We always had an eye for that, the entire band. We always had an idea of making a look that represented our sensibilities and links to British pop and mod.” Maybe so, but it was Harry alone who was immortalised by Andy Warhol in one of his iconic silkscreen prints, and who posed for era-defining photographers including Robert Mapplethorpe and Anne Leibowitz.

Did the disproportionate attention she attracted ruffle feathers within the Blondie camp at the time? “Yes and no,” Harry remembers. “We were all happy that it was working. I suppose there was a certain amount of competition or jealousy but ultimately, no. I think that’s a better question for Clem or one of the other members in the band. Of course my relationship with Chris was so close that he was very happy about everything.”

The band’s wheels eventually came off after their muddy and unfocused sixth album, The Hunter, dashed against the commercial rocks in 1982. They had to abandon their subsequent tour after Stein became gravely ill with a rare autoimmune disorder, pemphigus vulgaris, that proved extremely difficult to diagnose. Blondie had no option but to bow out of the public eye, and they broke up quietly.

15 years later, with Stein fully recovered, the group reconvened and released a critically acclaimed and commercially successful comeback album, No Exit. They even topped the UK charts with lead single “Maria”, but faced tussles with erstwhile members at the time too. Former bassist and co-writer on “One Way or Another”, Nigel Harrison, and guitarist Frank Infante attempted to sue the rest of the band over their omission from the reformed lineup. And when Blondie were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, Infante grabbed the microphone to express his ire publicly.

Fast-forward to 2020 and the settled iteration of the band are working on a new album with John Congleton, who produced 2017’s Pollinator. Does Harry have a formula when it comes to songwriting these days? No, as it happens. “When a phrase or a sentiment makes me respond emotionally or physically, I write it down and I save it,” she explains. “At a certain point, I’ll sort of review things. A lot of times I like to just work with a rhythm track. Just a drumbeat or some kind of drone-y rhythm, a groove. Other times people will give me a rough sketch of some chord changes – an idea that they’ve got. I seem to work in a lot of different ways.”

Thanks to her effortless chic and timeless looks, Harry’s relationship with the fashion industry has been a mutual love-in since forever, and she recently announced a revival of her partnership with ethical fashion designers Vin + Omi – the duo responsible for her profane ‘STOP FUCKING THE PLANET’ cape worn at the Q Awards in 2016 and throughout Blondie’s Pollinator tour. They have teamed up for a new sustainable clothing line entitled HOPE, and her enthusiasm for the project is palpable. “I love Vin + Omi,” she says. “They are so creative and adventurous. They have this desire to prevail and do things that are smart and modern in terms of recycling and making energy count. I think that is brilliant.”

As a fledgling bee-keeper, the plight of the bees is also something close to Harry’s heart. It was one of the reasons why 2017’s Pollinator was, well, named exactly that. “You’re either being stung by a bee or you’re going to eat its honey,” she chuckles softly, marvelling at the absurdity of the contrast. “But bees and water are two issues we cannot escape from. We should be concerned with finding better ways of living, using our resources in the best way possible.”

Help is coming, she hopes, through the election of Joe Biden, who is “firmly attached” to the idea of helping the environmental cause – and she believes his ideas can help the economy, too. “I’ve been saying for quite a long time that solar and wind power are renewable (energies) that can create jobs,” she says. It’s a far cry from her feelings towards outgoing President Trump and his “daily infusion of bullshit” and “thunderstorm of endless diatribes”.

“One of the most exciting things about rock’n’roll was that it was about breaking the rules, and (‘WAP”) is certainly a part of that. It’s titillating and aggressive and it is part of what is exciting about popular music. The nature of what we try to do is to shock and entertain at the same time” – Debbie Harry

What strikes you when you speak to Harry for an extended period is not only her warmth, but her unexpected humility for someone so staggeringly famous. I reference a Bob Dylan BBC interview from the 80s in which he observed with sadness how his fame had the ability to change a room’s energy and how he missed seeing people act naturally around him. She paws the comparison away, saying she’s nowhere near famous “to the degree of Bob Dylan”, whom she calls “such a megastar”. This could sound like false modesty coming second-hand, but in person it feels like a sincere statement, even if it is a little bewildering coming from an international icon. She will concede, however, that she has “definitely noticed and felt something like that” and has often wished she could simply be “a fly on the wall”.

There is also an inquisitiveness that makes the conversation a more two-way affair than your quote-unquote typical ‘interview’. She fires questions back at you, not as a deflection tactic, but to expand and explore a topic further. This happens when conversation turns to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s ubiquitous “WAP”. A recent interview had her fangirling over the track, but Harry’s feelings no longer appear to be as clear-cut and she wishes to discuss the song further. “I love it and hate it at the same time,” she now shares. “One of the most exciting things about rock’n’roll was that it was about breaking the rules, and (‘WAP’) is certainly a part of that. It’s titillating and aggressive and it is part of what is exciting about popular music. The nature of what we try to do is to shock and entertain at the same time.” She pauses. “I don’t know. Everything is revealed and maybe sexual explicitness has come of age.”

Pushed about what she dislikes about “WAP”, she says she would “hate it” if any young girl or woman was hurt by the song’s message. “I think that, in a way, men have to know that women think like this, and that there is this component,” she says, “but I would hate it to mean that everyone should be treated like this. I don’t think anybody should be hurt by sex”.

Harry has long championed the LGBTQ+ communities. When she refers to her dearly departed friend and Hairspray co-star Divine as a ‘drag queen’ in Face It, she acknowledges the term in some instances is no longer accurate or politically correct. I suggest that it can often seem as though the evolution of our language is speeding up in the digital age – by necessity, of course – and ask her if online culture fills her with concern when it comes to using the right terms. “Yeah, (because) in many cases it can be a slip of the tongue, especially for an old dog like me! Things do move so very, very quickly. It is hard to keep up,” she observes. “Fortunately, I have a lot of godchildren!”

Speaking of younger generations, Harry likes to think she’d have coped with social media if she were coming up today, but is thankful that she had her “dark cocoon” in which to “bloom out of”, a place where she was able to “ripen”. “When you’re under the harsh glare of constantly being analysed, that shapes you whether you want it to or not,” she says. “It’s a germ or a seed that’s planted in your mind. It can take surprising turns and it can affect your growth. For good or for worse, who knows?”

“When you’re under the harsh glare of constantly being analysed, that shapes you whether you want it to or not. It’s a germ or a seed that’s planted in your mind. It can take surprising turns and it can affect your growth” – Debbie Harry

One thing that remains is her fierce level of self-criticism. “I always want to do better,” she declares matter-of-factly. “I’ve always been very critical of everything. I hear things or look at them and say, ‘Oh God, it should have been that (instead).” Maybe this hypercritical inclination is what still drives her forward. “I honestly don’t like resting on my laurels. I like working and I like creating. I always beat myself up about not being more creative or more prolific.”

When looking at the bounty of projects she has lined up, no one in their right mind could put Debbie Harry and laurel-resting in the same sentence. Aside from the new album, archival set and fashion project, the paperback edition of her autobiography will be released with a brand-new epilogue in April of next year. (Just don’t ask her what’s in it – “I don’t remember what I wrote. I’ll have to look it up!” she says with a laugh.)

The signs are that the musician is done looking into the rear-view mirror, though. Time may be passing, the tide may be higher, but Debbie Harry is doing more than merely holding on. Her eyes are locked to the future and she’s positively thriving.

Blondie: Against the Odds 1974-1982 will be released next year; Face It is out now via Harper Collins

[rimmsy]

the last time i posted a personal update on here was over 4 years ago and i don’t think anyone who cares still follows me here or will read this but i just want to shout into the void and have some kind of record of a time that also shall pass. 

a little less than 4.5 years ago i was 19 and i had just moved to wa with my boyfriend. i was happy and excited to be an adult and i was working at starbucks. it was hard sometimes, and we fought sometimes, but on the whole i was happy and i would do it again.

fast forward to now. i am 24. i am a manager for a local ice cream shop, i bought a car with said boyfriend late last year, adopted a bunny with him at the beginning of the pandemic, and very recently found a job in my field as an RBT. we also had plans for this weekend, for a trip to europe that got canceled by the pandemic that we were hoping to reschedule, and tickets to our favorite podcast in december. one of the happiest moments i’ve ever felt in my life also happened recently, when all three of us in our little family were cuddling on the couch. it felt like love. 

two days ago, he told me he wanted to break up. i was blindsided. i knew things weren’t perfect and it wasn’t like i hadn’t considered/talked about breaking up with him at various points in our relationship, but i still loved him and to me he was family and family doesn’t just give up and leave. so now i’m trying to untangle almost 4.5 years of living together and almost 5.5 years of memories with him in the span of two short weeks and then i’m moving back home to ca to be with my family. 

it hurts. i’m losing someone i thought was my partner, one of my best friends, my person, and part of my family. i’m losing the place i chose for myself as a home. i’m losing my apartment and my space and a lot of my things. i’m going to be far away from friends i love and who have been nothing but good to me over the last 4 years. i feel like the love i thought we had was a lie. i feel like a failure for moving back home, but i can’t stay in the place that has so many memories with him. i’m hungry and empty and sad but i can’t eat and i can’t make myself happy again without it just taking time and it fucking sucks. and, to be a responsible adult, i’m working out a two week notice at two jobs which also sucks because all i want to do is mourn and to pack and to say goodbye to this state and to my friends.  

on the other hand? this is the right choice, as hard as it is. our communication was never where it needed to be. i’ve been unhappy, both because of him and because of myself. we held each other back in ways. i want to know who i am as an adult, by myself, without the crutch of a partner i’ve been with since i was a teenager. there were things about him that i hated, and there was a reason we weren’t engaged or married even though we’d been together for so long. i had doubts about our future and now i can find my own path and future. i had been already been feeling like i was at the end of an era, at the end of my time in wa but i didn’t want to leave because it was easier. this is the kick in the ass i needed to start focusing on myself, and not on an “us” that no longer exists. i’ll meet new people, both friends and potential partners. i can and will be happy again. i wanted a change and now i’m getting it. i will heal and i will be okay and i’ve learned a lot from both the relationship and the breakup and i’m excited to see what is to come. 

so kris, when you read this again years from now, i really hope you are as happy (and happier) than you thought you were four years from today. you’re gonna be okay. i’m gonna be okay. :)

[hurlingturtles]

Boku No Hero Acadmia Omegaverse Fan Fiction!

I’ve been reading a lot of this particular fan fiction lately and the system on AO3 is just.... lacking. Wattpad is a little better but the fan fiction there is super amateurish sometimes (no offense Watts pad writers, I just can’t stand too much bad grammar). It makes me love the system on mangago even more, tbh! ❤️

So, hopefully this will help me remember what I’ve read, a hopefully brief synapsis, bits to trigger my memory, and notes about how well I liked it. So I’m going to be (hopefully) editing this post a lot.

I’m lazy and don’t want to explain omegaverse so just look it up if you don’t know. There’s also a lot of variations within the sub genre, not all authors follow every “rule”. For this list as long as there are alphas/betas/omegas and M/M then that’s good enough! I don’t care which ship it is as long as it’s super gay 😜

Primary ships:

Bakudeku: Bakugo x Midoriya

Tododeku: Todoroki x Midoriya

Kiribaku: Kirishima x Bakugo

EraserMic: Eraserhead x Present Mic

EraserMight: Eraserhead x All Might

(I’ll explain any other ships)

❤️First off, I’ve been writing a bit myself so I’ll shamelessly plug my own omegaverse: Omega Reborn by hurlingturtles on AO3 (Kiribaku, omega Bakugo)❤️

OKAY, enough explanation. Let’s go!

Bakudeku

Kintsugi by kacchansass - Kinda historical vibe, taking place in a time of tribes. Omega Midoriya’s Tribe is being taken over by alpha Bakugo’s tribe. 👍 Long incomplete 😭

Luck by 2degreesabovefreezing - Alpha Bakugo runs across an omega Midoriya with amnesia. Good 👍 Incomplete but feels close to the end 🤔

Fate Be Damned! by K1NGKYO- Omega Midoriya is forced out of his tribe and runs into alpha Bakugo on a dragon (Not Kirishima, which is kinda weird tbh). Good 👍 Long incomplete 😭

Games, Changes, Fears by Daiako - I remember liking this but it’s been a while since I read it. Bakugo and Midoriya get assigned by the government to be mates

Mina Approves of this Ship by SUSURRXUS - Long-running fic about omega Midoriya going into heat in the dorm and hooking up with Bakugo. I remember really liking this and it gets updated! 👍👍

The Hunt by greatcloudninja - omega Midoriya signs up for an annual hunt, where alphas “hunt” for omega mates in this forest. Bakugo is forced to enter into the hunt, not knowing Midoriya is there until he smells him. Side ship of Inatodo (Inasa x Todoroki) Completed and great! 👍👍

Off Limits by Mildlyashamed -Bakugo turns to Midoriya when he can’t take his ruts any longer . Incomplete.

Forced Attraction by jaegerackereri - Omega Midoriya and alpha Bakugo are bought at an illegal trafficking place and are treated horribly by their “owners”. They are forced to become mates but grow to care about each other. Dark but I liked this a lot 👍 Incomplete.

Reparations by Merrywetherweather - Tribes and stuff. Ummmm... I don’t remember too much, I should re-read.

what are the chances by yuutakun - Alpha Bakugo saves a suicidal omega who turns out to be the long-disappeared Midoriya in disguise who was kidnapped and raped by villains for years. VERY dark and angsty. Complete. 👍

Claim Me by ScientificallySinful - Omega Midoriya asks Bakugo to claim him so he can be a better hero. They discover they can’t just forget their new bond. Incomplete but recent updates 👍

Quiet Rapture by lalazee -Alpha Bakugo falls for omega bookstore owner Midoriya at first scent, but to his shock Midoriya can’t smell anything from a old nose injury and Bakugo struggles to woo him. I LOVED this! ❤️👍❤️

How to Train Your Shitty Omega by deanvspanties - Midoriya suddenly goes into heat when he’s though he was a beta for years. He goes after Bakugo, begging to be mates. Bakugo tries to resist but can’t. Eventually Midoriya gets knocked up. Long fic, complete 👍👍

I Run From You by Morpheel - Midoriya is an omega bunny-human hybrid and Bakugo is an alpha wolf-human hybrid who instead of eating Midoriya mates him and knocks him up. Lots of interesting animal behaviors, some of which made this less than romantic but still good. Short and complete 👍👍

Lost Omega by GreyDayMoon - Midoriya is a struggling omega in an ancient AU with tribes and prides who gets separated from his mom and when he’s lost Bakugo finds him and instantly decides to make him his mate, but not without some difficulty. Completed, loved it ❤️👍❤️

He’s Mine by Dracien - Alpha Bakugo has felt possessive of slightly older omega Midoriya his whole life, following him around and guarding him from other alphas. This story is pretty good, but I skimmed significant chunks of this because I didn’t have the patience to read through stuff that was a manga/anime re-telling. Complete 👍

Izuku’s Home for Wayward Pets - *not REALLY omegaverse but Bakugo is technically an “alpha” so I’ll let it slide* Midoriya helps rescue and rehabilitate abused Companions (human/animal hybrids, kinda). Bakugo was rescued from a illegal fighting ring and Midoriya becomes his foster “parent”

Take My Heart by Colourcubify- Omega Bakugo is fucking alpha Midoriya during his heats but not in a relationship with him, but he starts to wonder if he doesn’t deserve Midoriya’s devotion. Ongoing.

Tododeku

Lose Control by Mekabella21 - Omega Midoriya usually has Mirio help him through his heats but circumstances force him to mate with Todoroki and they find themselves unable to forget each other or ignore their new desires. Steamy. ❤️ Incomplete with recent updates 👍

Break Me Slowly by CorpsCommand2020 - Omega Midoriya is keeping his omega status a secret from everyone, including alpha Todoroki, who is drawn to him anyway. When Midoriya’s suppressants finally start hurting him they become mates. I skimmed a lot of this because it’s a re-telling of the anime, which bores me. This is complete but ends on a unpleasant cliffanger of sorts.

Kiribaku

Mating Season by Ailovlovyuu - Primarily Kiribaku but with a sprinkling of other ships. Bakugo is having a rough time dealing with being an omega. Incomplete, no update in many months 😭 Pretty good though! 👍

This Changes Nothing by vulcanhighblood - Bakugo’s first heat as an omega is triggered from a prank and he has a VERY rough time with his heats from then on but is determined to overcome is own body 👍 Complete!

Take a Chance On Me by Fanficismything - LOVE this one! Bakugo can’t become a hero because he’s an omega so he becomes a vigilante and gets flirty with Kirishima 👍❤️👍 Incomplete but recent updates.

Don’t Tell Me (What To Do), I’m Not Listening Anyway by vulcanhighblood - sequel to This Changes Nothing. Incomplete.

I Don’t Want an Alpha, But If It’s You It’s Okay by vulcanhighblood - Bakugo is an omega but everyone assumes he’s an alpha and he doesn’t disillusion them. Because Bakugo has been mateless for too long the government forces him to go to a “heat house” and he gets Kirishima to come rescue him from a horrible alpha. I LOVE this one ❤️ Incomplete but recent updates.

Communicate With Your Body by xX_KUUHAKU_Xx - Not sure if this *really* counts as omegaverse but it has alphas and omegas so I’m letting it slide. Bakugo, a normal human with no powers, finds and rescues a hurt merman, Kirishima. Complete ❤️👍

Don’t tell me what I need by TuesdayTerrible - Bakugo goes into heat, and struggles to accept that he’s an omega. He finds himself drawn to alpha Kirishima, who hates being an alpha because he has two knots 😮 Complete and sexy! ❤️👍❤️

Not a Mistake by MartyMcFly- Alpha Kirishima accidentally knocks up his boyfriend, omega Bakugo. They end up giving him up for adoption because they’re both teens and want to be heroes. I was disappointed with how easily they gave the baby up and how indifferent they seem when they meet him again when he’s a teen. Ongoing.

Studded by KTG- Bakugo is about to present as an omega and isn’t happy about it by if he “studs” an omega he will turn into an alpha so he’s a man on a mission. Kirishima offers to help, and Bakugo is surprised to learn he’s an omega. Completed one shot. Very nice! 👍❤️👍

EraserMight

A Foolish Flirtation with A Gentleman Alpha by eeearnest - I love this one a lot! Eraser and All Might start dating in secret but with the help from well-meaning friends. I love all the pairings in this! 👍👍 Incomplete but recently updated

Other

Vulnerable by Eccentric State - This is a tododekubaku fic. Alphas Todoroki and Bakugo discover that they are BOTH True Mates with Midoriya. They’re cute together, lots of steamy threeway sex. Complete ❤️👍

1+1 by Peasantries - Alpha Kirishima is shocked when he finds out that Bakugo is an omega when he goes into heat. Bakugo tried out a heat assistance service where alphasTodoroki and Midoriya work. The three alphas all end up his mate. Complete 👍👍

Cotton Candy by MomaRoxy - Denki presents as an omega and Sero tells him that he’ll be his heat partner. Denki finds out he has a rare illness that could kill him unless his unrequited love is returned. Incomplete.

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ACC Day 25- Freebie (Scents)

I cannot blame anyone but myself for my own lateness. Still, this was fun!

This one’s kinda weird because I just wanted to do an AU where everything was sorta okay. Ragna, Noel, and Jin are trying to reconcile, nobody’s dying, and Jin’s getting the mental help he needs. It’s self indulgent as hell and I am not even going to try and justify it.

Using Noel today! Which might be odd, since I realize I forgot to put her on my headcanons list in the first place? Which was very silly of me.

Graduation day had finally come to a close, and Noel gladly retreated to her dorms to escape the hustle and bustle. Of course it was a special day, for her and for all of her friends, but after a full day of talking and socializing, Noel was long passed being burned out, and she needed time to let herself cool down and just be by herself.

The dorm was half-dismantled when she returned. She, Tsubaki, and Makoto all had a lot of packing to do before they moved out, and the ship to Kagutsuchi was heading out first thing in the morning, so none of them had very much time left to put away everything.

It was going to be strange to be stationed out somewhere else. Torifune had been her home for such a long time now, and Noel wasn’t really sure if she was ready for so many changes all at once. At least both of her partners had been stationed in the same place. It was relieving to think that she’d still have that bit of familiarity, and since they’d all decided to share an apartment together, Noel would always be able to see them at the end of the day.

She could still feel Bolverk’s pull on her thoughts, keeping her emotions in line and helping her stay relatively composed. She left her guns on the desk and sprawled out on her bed, pressing her face into the pillows and letting out a deep sigh.

Noel was exhausted.

When she found the energy to move, she rolled onto her side and grabbed a teddy bear that was slumped against her sheets. The soft fur was comforting to the touch, and as she wrapped her arms around the toy, the smell of mint and lavender filled her nose. It was a gift from Tsubaki, in an attempt to help her girlfriend with her anxiety. In addition to the soothing smells, it was also weighted, which helped Noel ground herself and have something to focus on when she was nearing a panic attack.

Scents were nice. Noel liked using them to remind her of places. The smells that soothed her now always made her think of Tsubaki. Every time she was upset and clung onto her bear, it reminded her of one of her favorite people in the world.

”Whenever you feel upset, just focus on that, alright? Just take deep breaths. You’re going to be just fine. I’ll help you the best I can.”

Maybe that would be a good place to start on packing. She grabbed a small box off of the floor and gently placed the stuffed animal in it. After taking one last whiff of mint and lavender, Noel moved over to grab another toy that tended to stay on her bed.

It was a stuffed squirrel, another gift, handmade by Makoto. The seams were a little wonky, and it tended to flop over from the lack of stuffing to support it, but the material was nice to the touch, and the sachet sewn inside of it released the smell of walnuts. After hearing about how worried Noel tended to get when she was away for long periods of time, Makoto had made the plushie as something to keep her company while she was away. Now the scent of walnuts always made her think of her girlfriend’s bright smile, boundless confidence, and kindness.

“So you’ll always have someone looking after you, okay, Noellie?”

She tucked the squirrel away beside her teddy bear.

Recalling a sudden memory, Noel pulled open the drawer on her nightstand. A little red backpack clip was nestled in between forgotten hair-ties and other little accessories. It looked and smelled like watermelon, though the scent was just slightly faded. She’d won it at a festival game alongside the rest of Team Remix Heart. It was little more than a consolation prize, but she kept it for the sentiment of spending time with her friends.

”C’mon, Noellie, you’ve got this!”

“You’re going to stress her out, Makoto, calm down.”

“Don’t be such a buzzkill, Kajun, it’s a festival!”

“Not you too, Mai! Honestly…”

She wasn’t sure how often she was going to see any of them now. Kajun had gone back to Sector Seven, and Mai had left the academy early, without any sort of mention of where she was headed or why.

Before her emotions could well up, Noel put it away and moved on.

The one she pulled off of the dresser was the most recent, only unwrapped yesterday. It was a special present from her beloved big brother, a big chubby bunny doll that smelled like vanilla. Ranga had traveled out so he could see her graduate, and he’d passed over a shiny wrapped package that he’d claimed was supposed to be a housewarming gift for their new quarters once all three of them moved out. They weren’t sure how often they’d be able to see each other, but Ragna promised to keep in touch even if they were both busy. He’d given her a rare genuine smile, and a tight hug.

”I’m really proud of you, kiddo. You know that, right?”

Noel gave it a hug of her own, felt the smile come back to her face, and put the rabbit in the box.

With the memory of Ragna still vivid, she pushed aside her slaved-over study papers until she found a little pink blob lying on her desk. She hadn’t ever actually played a Kirby game before, but she could still admire how absolutely adorable the creature was, especially in the form of a strawberry-scented squishy.

She was pretty sure Jin hadn’t, either, but that hadn’t been the important part. It was meant to be an object of reconciliation, a small token given alongside one of the first conversations Noel had found herself in with him in over two years.

They’d always been estranged, but aside from knowing that the impressive major Kisaragi had let his position, he might as well have vanished off of the face of the planet. Noel wasn’t sure if she was worried or secretly relieved, but after being sent a sent an odd letter from Yamatsumi in his handwriting, she’d arrived to find that he’d checked himself into a psychological facility almost a year ago, trying to address his issues instead of masking them with brusqueness and anger. She wasn’t sure what she had been expecting. There was a definite softness to him that there hadn’t been before, but Jin was quick to mention that even after he planned to live independently again, he was still going to be taking regular therapy sessions. He wasn’t suddenly perfect, but Noel could tell that he had been trying incredibly hard.

When the nurse arrived to let them know that visiting hours were almost over, Jin had passed her the little figure, and given her hand a light squeeze.

“I want to get better, Noel. I’m going to make myself better. For all three of us.”

As much bad blood as they’d seemed to have, Noel really did want them to be a family again. As soon as she could, she wanted to visit him again.

The last toy she grabbed was distinct in not only being the oldest, but also the only one to have no intentional smell to it. It was a little doll, modeled after the Torifune Pandas that lived around the city. Edgar and Claire had given it to her shorty after her adoption, as a sign of their love and acceptance of her. It matched the tiny size of the real pandas, small enough that Noel could put it in her uniform pocket and gently pet it whenever she needed something to calm herself down. While it was supposed to be just a simple toy, it had managed to cling onto the lingering scents of home- the furniture cleaner her mother liked to use, with just a bit of her dad’s cologne. It was weird now, to stay in contact with her birth siblings and her adopted family at the same time, but they had loved her unconditionally, and in Noel’s mind, they were just as much her parents as anyone could be.

The little box was almost full. Noel held it close, taking in all the scents all at once, flooding her mind with memories of all the people she loved. Once she was sure she’d had enough, she folded the cardboard ears down and reached for the packing tape.

Maybe moving wouldn’t be so bad after all. Hopefully her new home would bring more special memories for Noel to cherish.

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Searching for your new favorite anime? Animation Force contributing writer Austin is back with his picks for the 2019 Winter Anime Season (continued below the cut).

Mob Psycho Season II

Source: Manga

Studio: Bones — Bones is a rightfully legendary studio and listing all their classics would keep us here all day. However, a small sample is worth recounting; they were responsible for both “Fullmetal Alchemist” adaptations, “My Hero Academia,” “Mob Psycho 100,” “Noragami” and “Ouran High School Host Club.”

Director: Yuzuru Tachikawa — Tachikawa entered the anime industry in 2006 and has since worked on big projects, directing “Mob Psycho,” “Death Billiards” and “Death Parade.” He has also directed episodes of shows such as “Kill la Kill,” “Steins;Gate,” “Bleach” and “Attack on Titan.”

Genre: Action, Comedy, Supernatural

Premise: Mob is an eighth grader with extraordinary psychic powers. He works for a fake psychic named Reigen who mentors Mob and uses him to solve supernatural cases. Mob’s brother has recently developed strong psychic powers of his own. All these characters come together to form a high tempo fast paced comedy.

Recommendation: Must watch, provided you’ve seen the original

The Promised Neverland

Source: Manga

Studio: Cloverworks — Cloverworks is a relative newcomer to the anime scene but are already making a splash. Recently they’ve directed “Rascal does not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai,” “Slow Start” and the “Persona 5” adaptation, as well directing parts of “Darling in the Franxx” and the final season of “Fairy Tale.”

Director: Mamoru Kanbe — Unlike Cloverworks, Kanbe is a veteran of the anime scene. He has worked on numerous famous projects: among them, “Elfen Lied,” “Cardcaptor Sakura" and “So Ra No Wa To.”

Genre: Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural

Premise: A group of orphans are given an ideal world with all their needs provided for them. But this is only a ruse; they are actually being raised as little more than livestock to be eaten by demonic creatures. After finding this out they only have a few months to escape.

Kaguya-Sama

Source: Manga- Kaguya-Sama is one of the most popular currently ongoing manga, sitting in the top 50 all-time manga on MyAnimeList.

Studio: A-1 Pictures — Much like Bones, the great works of A-1 would be much too long a list. However, a sample of some of my favorites that they have done are “Anohana,” “Wotaku,” “Erased,” “Silver Spoon” and “Servant x Service.” They excel at romance anime, in my experience.

Director: Shinichi Omata — Omata has a relatively small amount of work under his belt, which might be a cause for concern. His most famous credit is work on “Madoka Magica.”

Genre: Romance, Psychological, Comedy

Premise: Two top students have fallen in love with each other but there’s only one problem: neither is willing to confess that to the other. The show details the battle between the two students to make the other confess to them and become the submissive partner in their relationship.

Boogiepop Doesn’t Laugh

Source: Light Novel — Light novels have gained a bit of a reputation in recent years for being low quality cash grabs, but Boogiepop was made before that was a trend and is a high-quality source.

Studio: Madhouse — Madhouse is another titan of the animation industry. They have put their work into such greats as “Cardcaptor Sakura,” “Monster,” “Paranoia Agent,” “Death Note” and “Death Parade.”

Director: Shingo Natsume — Natsume has worked on numerous large projects, directing “One Punch Man” and doing key visuals on “Gurren Lagann” and “Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.”

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Psychological

Premise: There is a legend of a Shinigami (Japanese death demon) that can give death to suffering people, whose name is Boogiepop. The story follows a rash of disappearances at Shinyo Academy. Is Boogiepop to blame, or is something more sinister happening?

Recommendation: Watch unless horror/the premise is a turnoff for you.

Dororo

Source: Manga

Studio: Mappa — Mappa is a relative newcomer to the animation industry, having come up in 2012. But their quality is not in doubt; they have produced modern greats, such as “Kids on the Slope,” “Yuri on Ice,” “Banana Fish” and “Zombieland Saga.”

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi – Furuhashi directing this project is excellent news; he’s been the director of numerous extremely high-quality projects. He has been in the director’s chair for such projects as Hunter x Hunter, Gundam Unicorn, Mononoke, and Getbackers.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Premise: A greedy feudal lord sold his unborn son’s body parts to demons in exchange for power. When the son was born he was horrifically deformed and his father threw him into the river. The baby was rescued by a doctor who gave him prosthetics and trained him to hunt the demons and reclaim his body parts. Now he’s joined by Dororo, a young thief boy as he takes his journey of vengeance.

Recommendation: Combining a good studio with a great director and a classic manga, this project is the one I am most excited for after “Mob Psycho” and my early prediction for Anime of the Season.

Revisions

Source: Anime Original

Studio: Shirogumi — Shirogumi is a newcomer to the anime industry and doesn’t have any really recognizable projects under their belt. I hope this will be a first.

Director: Gorou Taniguchi — Taniguchi has extensive experience with sci-fi anime, having directed or storyboarded numerous entries in the “Code Geass” and “Gundam” series as well as directing “Planetes.”

Genre: Action, Sci-fi, Mecha

Premise: High school students are transported 300 years into the future and are forced to fight monsters in mechs known as doll weapons.

Recommendation: It’s CGI so it’s hard to say if the animation quality will be up to everyone’s standards, but if the premise and crew excites you, feel free to join me on this journey.

Doukyonin wa Hiza, Tokidoki, Atama no Ue.

Source: Manga

Studio: Zero-G — Zero-g is another newer studio, having first released anime in 2016. Their most famous work is 2018’s “Grand Blue.”

Director: Kaoru Suzuki — Suzuki is something of an unknown quality as far as directing projects goes. He’s been in the industry for some time, but he has mostly done storyboarding work.

Genre: Slice of life, Comedy

Premise: Atame no Ue is a story about a writer who adopts a cat hoping to find inspiration for his novels in him.

Recommendation: This one is hard to recommend because both the director and studio are relative unknown qualities. However; if you, like me, are a fan of cozy, slice-of-life shows like Tada-Kun, this may be your best bet in that genre for the season. I have high hopes that this will be a nice breather compared to all the other fast paced action I’ll be watching this season. 

Best recommended to fans of the genre who want something wholesome and funny.

Quick looks!

This category is for anime that I won’t personally be watching, but others should still take note of.

The Rising of the Shield Hero

This semi-dark isekai features an Otaku drawn into another world then branded a worthless and weak hero and soon labeled a criminal. Fans of other Isekai such as “No Game No Life,” “Overlord,” “The Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime,” “Log Horizon,” “Re:Zero” and of course “Sword Art Online” may find something to watch here.

Kakegurui

This anime is a sequel, so if you haven’t seen the first season, look that up. But the basic premise is students at an elite school for the privileged take part in dangerous gambling at night to cure their overwhelming ennui.

Endro!

This looks like the premiere example next season of a genre I like to call “cute girls doing cute things.” This time the “cute girls” are demon-slaying heroes, and the “cute thing” is mostly avoiding slaying any demons. If things like “K-On. Yuru Camp” and “Little Witch Academia” are in your wheelhouse, this may be the anime for you.

Domestic Girlfriend

This seems a bit lewd for my tastes, but others may approve. The protagonist is in love with his high school teacher and sleeps with a girl who turns out to be her little sister. Both of these women later become his stepsisters and he has to choose to pursue a romance with one, both or neither of them.

The Quintessential Quintuplets

Simply put, this is a harem anime about quintuplets. It’s not my preferred genre by a wide margin, but the manga it is taken from is quite popular, so I would be remiss not to include it. It is supposedly also a comedy.

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I swear I mentioned LVM a time or two to you but it's fine I can infodump about things

ASMLP in my newest brain bunny and is short for A Sharper, More Lasting Pain and takes place on a college campus (me? A college dropout? Writing about college kids? Wild). Magic requires many years of schooling and writing a thesis about in order to legally use and one mc is on her final year while the other has another left. Except, fun thing, the magic kiiiiinda super badly corrupts you, kinda like radiation poisoning? Except instead of dying, you turn into a monster. Pretty gnarly. Dual timeline where the one graduating turns into a monster and almost kills her best friend, and then after said attack where her partner is trying to figure out what happened to her and,,, yeah.

TWEfA takes up the remaining mental real estate in my brain. I know I've mentioned this one. I've been thinking about it more recently. Idk. Turning this one over and over like meat on a spit.

WTTV, short for Within These Twisted Vines. It's a short story but it's nearing publication and also it's very near and dear to my heart. MC is a devotee of a God from the Greek Pantheon (Dionysus). Her best friend/ex girlfriend/it's very complicated goes missing. Turns out she joined a Dionysian cult in the woods, and her and MC end up spending the rest of their days there lol

LVM stands for Little Vicious Minds and is kinda what I said on the tin but the longer explanation is two sisters had once been adopted by a prominent merchant woman/crime lord. One gets exiled and the other goes missing a few years later. The sister that had been exiled strong arms her way back into the city, seduces the merchant's daughter, and uses her and merchant's other criminal connections to dismantle her empire.

Have I wrote most of these??? Mostly no. But I still love them. I'm getting more into the rhythm of my life again so I'm gonna start trying to write again lol

Hi. If you see this please use it as an excuse to give me a brief summary of your wip or just scream at me about what it’s about

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KNOW THE MUN - for real! - THROUGH MUSE!

Tag muns you want to know better; repost - don’t reblog.

What inspired you to try/create this muse/s: I will admit, since a very young age I have been OBSESSED with the Alien movie and their XENOMORPH aliens. I love them, I think they are grossly cute. I held that love for a long time. THEN, came Final Fantasy 7! My father had the game and I watched him play it. I fell in love with Sephiroth’s character, Jenova, Cloud and the Cetra people. I loved them more than I should. THEN, came Kingdom Hearts 1, when I met my bby Riku for the first time. Now, come the time era when Fanfiction was KING. I used to write fanfiction like it was second nature, and I always needed parents for Riku. HNN, I shipped CloudSephy so much I made them his parents. ( Purely Innocent as first, oh boy ) Then an artist named Bunny-Boss created my ideal family. She had a papa Sephy, Momma Cloud and a little bundle of joy who happened to be silvered haired. Though she was a girl. I thought to myself, if others shipped and loved what I loved, why not do what my little heart wanted? So I mixed all the things I loved and cherished and created Riku. Now, back in the day, the fandom only saw Riku as this big, bad, buff, seme pretty boy that would dominate Sora at every chance he got. And he was perfect at everything, and only weak to darkness. WHELP, I hated thinking and following along with everyone else, so I made him an uke instead. And boy people HATED that, but I loved it. So TL:DR, I made him because of my love for Aliens(Xenomorphs), FF7 Jenova, Sephiroth, Cloud, Cetra people, and Kh1 Riku, and the need to piss people off about a flower loving Riku, who likes pretty girly things. 

What is inspiration for this muse/s: Usually it’s Aliens, really violent & gross aliens, flowers, space, torment, the need to save the ones you love at all costs, the wanting of being normal. Music is another big inspiration for me writing him, and visuals. I love the idea that living is a hard and painful thing to do, yet after all the strife one comes to realize that living is also beautiful. I also love the idea that everyone has a monster inside of them, just some have a physical form than others.

Thread/AU that made you really happy: It been a long time since I’ve rp’d with my old partners, but there was this one thread where Namine became his official sister. The AU Namine had gone through some tough stuff in her past, since she was an actual witch who made a wish. She was cracking, and breaking and stuff and Riku felt so HELPLESS and weak! I love that thread because it taught me to let loose with my muse, and that writing gore was not a bad thing.

Something really special on your wishlist: I write a lot of horror or alien like things, but my dream thread would be to write with a rp partner, a wedding. There’s so many one night stands and mini moments on here, ( not like that’s a problem ) that I wish to write him meeting the love of his life, dating them, loving them,and them getting married. Then I would love to see them grow old, and die -- yet they get reborn and meet each other all over again. That is my dream rp, an actual life between two broken characters mended through each other.  TD:LR A real wedding. Not one written between my muses XD Oh and CHILDREN!! I want them to have children!

Something you are looking for in short future for your muse: I am looking for friends, enemies, rivals, and just people he can call his family. If the fates should allow it, a nice mate for him who’s dedicated would be nice as well.

Share something related to your muse! Well, Riku deep deep down wishes to be like his mother above anything else. Most people would think he would like to be like his father, but he admires him and loves him. His mother on the other hand, is what Riku feels like a real mother should be, and that one day he would love to be just like him. Because to him, Cloud is strong and amazing, but is still soft and kind too. A person who went through hell, but is willing to still stand by their crazy ass husband and stop him from killing the planet -- or taking over it.

What do you think about character’s design/how did you come up with it: Riku looks no different from Kh2 Riku, to be honest. I just made him less edgy and sharp. Now when it comes to Jenoku, I imaged a horned, black, irky, goopy like creature that takes human form at will. I wanted something that looked creepy but with a reason, and a cause. I wanted him to look alien to any planet that has existed out there. And I imaged that is what the younlings look like on the Jenovian home planet. Tbh, there’s so much I want to do with that race of fighting alien people.

What your muse has taught you: Riku has taught me to endure, and though I am shy and closed off. He teaches me that being those things shouldn’t stop you from being a better person. Your monsters, your past, your pain shouldn’t determine your future and what you wish to make it. In a way, he’s my hero and he teaches me these things everyday!

What is roleplay to you: Role play to me is playing out any dreams, wishes, ideas, or anything a person wants -- or can’t do in real life. It is meant to teach, to inform, to excite readers of all ages and to utilize the art of creative literature. It is also a means of relaxation and should be treated as such. A fun hobby meant to let off steam, or to live out a dream or nightmare creatively.

Just say something nice about another mun!: I want to give a shout out to psidontknow and their Namine & Xion. Beforehand, I was so scared to write who I wanted, and to embrace my ideas for Riku. Yet, he’s always been on my side helping me push past my old limits with writing. They have been my friend for a long time, and never turned away my ideas. If anything, they have made a safe place on tumblr for me and only made me love Namine and Xion muses more than anything now. They were one of the few people, who truely made me want to write novella threads over and over til my fingers hurt! Though, their muses are now OC, I still see no difference in those beautiful characters they have made me love and cherish. I love our threads, I love our muses and I love our Au’s. I can’t wait til they come back so we can make even more amazing, ground breaking rps!

tagged by: @tokikukan tagging: anyone else who wants to <3

[deeeelightfuldee]

The person you had the strongest feelings for dies, do you care? I would be devastated. Even if we are no longer talking, it would destroy me to know they aren’t on this earth anymore.

Is there something you’re happy about at the moment? not really no. well, I mean I’m happy with a conversation thats happening.

Do you want someone dead? absolutely not

Do you ever wonder what your ex is up to? if it’s kile we are referring to, yeah. I’m getting a lot better putting it out of my mind. my other exes heckin no except for the other one I loved.

Have you ever fed or taken care of a stray animal? absolutely. we have adopted some from that method ahah

What is something you tend to worry about? people I care about. Like I worry that they’re safe, mentally OK, healthy, etc.

What is something you do that is unhealthy? hold on too long.

What is something you do that is good for you? I talk well about myself usually and I look for positives

What last caused you to force a smile? something in a video i thought was funny

What was the last video game you played? Was it fun? animal crossing. my controllers are SUPER whacked so it wasn’t too fun. I miss playing my games but I can’t afford new controllers yet

What is something not many people know about you? my assaults/history probably. I’m a very private person over all so i think most things people know about me are things they can see.

What word describes your basic style? classic

Have you ever been told you were going to Hell? oh a customer once told me that because they wanted a special ordered crib that day and it was a 12 week wait. so obvs a legit reason -.-

Have you ever wanted to kill yourself? .

If yes, what convinced you not to go through with it? ..

Have you ever rejected a guy, only to have him push the issue by asking “why?” and insisting that you just need to get to know him better? yessssss

Is there something that you believe everyone should do and you can’t believe that some people don’t do it (e.g., recycle or go to the dentist regularly)? brushing teeth or CHANGING THEIR SHEETS

Regarding the last good choice (healthy choice, kind choice, selfless choice, etc.) you made, what was your real motivation behind it? I made a choice to let go of a love that was destroying me. the motivation was like okay, i’m seeing he doesn’t love me, hes not going to love me. I’m spending my time, energy, and attentions to love him and I could be missing out on someone who loves me back.

What is something that you have had to practice at to get the hang of it? If you can’t think of anything, that’s okay, what’s something you are currently practicing at and trying to master? sewing

Have you ever gone to the store to buy something, like a video game, when it came out at midnight? never for me but I’ve gone with friends who were getting them -.- ridiculous

Regarding the last novel you read, was there a romance included? If so, was it central to the plot? yesssssssssssssssssssssssss and yes

Have you ever done relaxation meditations or listened to relaxation guides or positive-thinking/healing recordings? I’ve done that for school but not on my own personally

Do you have any interests that are also often shared by children? art, animated shows/movies, games

Is there something that could be a solitary activity but you really only like to do it with other people (e.g., watching movies, playing video games, etc.)? hmm, not really. I like going to tjmaxx & target better if I’m with someone.

Are you satisfied with the interior design or decoration in your home? Or do you think it needs a total home makeover? for the most part. because its not my money that pays the rent I def don’t get weird about it. but I like most ofit

Is there something that you’d like to own but you can’t find it anywhere? If not, can you a remember a time when you wanted something? Did you ever end up finding it or did you eventually stop wanting it? yes. I really want a particular type of coat but its hard to find.

Who makes you smile the most? hm. ummm... kile made me smile today he was bein a bit crass. it reminded me of how happy he used to make me. he used to be the one BY far that made me smile. these days its fairly even across the board.

What piercings do you want/have? I’d love to have my cartilage pierced again but it always gets infected because of my blood so i’m fine with what I have

What's your favorite website? probs tumblr.

Do you own a fish tank with fish? currently no

Do you like the movie 300? neverseen it.

Do you pop your knuckles? yup all the time

Do you have Photoshop? no its expensive

Do you use tinypic or photobucket? no

What’s your favourite song from the 1980s? if I had the effort I wouldlove to genuinely figure it out but I only have a quarter-butt effort rn

How about the 1990s? ^

Have you won anything recently? nerp. 

How often do you make Excel tables? What for? pretty much never.

What was the last baby animal you saw in the wild? probably a bunny

Are you always available or online? I’m usually available

Do you have dietary restrictions? Or do you just eat what you like? gluten sensitivity and dairy sensitivity

Do you prefer gold, silver or steel jewelry? Or no jewelry at all? I always loved silver because I think it’s so attractive but it turns out gold is VERY nice with my skin tone and since I have had to replace all my fine jewelry from kile with cheap stuff i can afford, i buy pretty much all gold.

Have you been binge-watching any shows lately? If so, what? I was on a gilmore girls kick but right now im watching bobs burgers.

If you dye your hair, do you do it yourself or go to a salon? i loved when I used to get it done professionally but its literally several hundred dollars and I just don’t have that. 

If you have any, do you like your in-laws? I don’t have any. < Same.

Would it bother you, if your partner had cut contact with their parents? yes and no. It would be hypocritical if I said omg yes, you should always be in contact with your parents --- because obviously I never ever ever talk to my dad. But for a lot of people I know.. they put so much blame on their parents for things that are fairly unjustified or unrealistic expectations for their parents to not be human-like and remain perfect. It destroys me because I have spent years crying and aching for a father figure in my life that to think some people just create unnecessary division is frustrating. However, if there is serious conflict and its a matter of safety (physical/mental) then absolutely no problem with boundaries.

Have you ever wondered whether you were adopted? hahahaha yes when I look like neither of my parents nor my siblings.

What’s the best physical feeling in the entire universe? honestly, loving and being loved.

Have you ever grown a berry bush? No

Have you done something new to your hair recently? I chopped about 15 inches off. 

Do you have bad anxiety? If so, do you take any kind of medication for it? no. anxiety really has never been a problem for me, thankfully.

One thing you’ve experienced that you thought you never would have? rape

What was the last thing someone said to you that kept repeating over & over in your head? i replay conversations from my split with kile despite my desire to forget it. 

How often do you have late nights out? pretty much never lol its just not my scene. I’d kind of like one or two a month but I don’t know anyone that would go out with me and it can be unsafe as a female to do so alone.

If you could, would you work from home? Do you think that would make you more or less productive? yes. I’m oriented to pretty strict self-discipline so it wouldn’t be a problem for me.

If you had the ability to change the weather, what would you change it to right now? either a really strong thunderstorm or cooooooooold weather

Is there something that you really need to do, but can’t seem to get motivated to do it? my motivation is completely there but my health is not

Most disturbing movie you have ever seen? i never remember names of them because i legit tune it out in my head.

Has a life goal or dream ever come true for you yet? If yes, what is it? If no, do you think you’ll achieve it? I always dreamt of going to college and doing well. I accomplished that (and then some!) I got into my dream colleges. I always wanted to travel by myself and I did. I always wanted to be in love and I was.

Have you ever had food poisoning? Yup.

What are you listening to? the freakin’ funniest song ever in bobs burgers -- the derek dematopolus song 

Do you think there will be a WWIII? I would not be surprised. there is a lot of animosity in this world

Has anyone ever asked you if you were emo? lol no. i’m a super smiley, happy person so it wouldn’t be expected of me.

Has someone ever liked you that you never thought would? definitely. Michael always throws me off my guard that he likes me. 

In all honesty, can a person be too nice? people always say yes that they get taken advantage of but I think those are two separate things. I believe you can be endlessly nice even with boundaries. I wish people aired on the side of overly nice than the typical overly rude

Has one of your friend’s boyfriends ever tried to cheat on them with you? in HS Is mental abuse really as bad as physical abuse? absolutely. the effects are devastating

Do you shop at Sephora for make-up? once in a blue moon. but only online

Zelda: Twilight Princess or Ocarina of Time? i never really played either

Do you own a rosary? no,I’m not catholic

[randomwoohoo]

Oh dear, it’s been a big while since last time I updated this story and I unintentionally made this chapter longer than previous ones, so... hope you enjoy and please comment. I would like to hear feedback~

Judy: Previously on Zoomorphia!

Nick: Good news! We made progress with the investigation of missing mammals. Maybe not much but every little thing counts. Am I right?~ Another good news! Hybrid’s fame has skyrocketed not only on internet but also mainstream media. If our alter ego is famous to such an extent that the big shots of forces held press conference, now that’s something~

Judy: I wouldn’t think that’s good. We accidentally made society suspect ZPD having some connection with Hybrid. It’s not like we intend to get the department involved, still each Hybrid form somehow adopts our traits to shape its appearance by itself, for example, ZPD logo on Police form’s helmet.

Nick: Oh and one more thing,... do DIB want to capture us for a research? If I get caught to be dissected, I’ll pass.

Judy: Of course not! They just want to investigate Hybrid… I hope.

???: I made a cameo in last chapter by the way!

Judy: Wh- Who are you!?

???: Now the chapter 7!

Nick: Hey! That’s my line!!

Fanfiction.net link

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In the morning, Judy woke up slowly with her eyes closed. She breathed in a scent of spring forest aroma, projecting an image of light green leaves dancing in the gentle first light surrounded by the fragrance of blooming lilies, which reminded her of Nick’s shampoo preference.

Despite the overwhelming strong aroma, there was distinctive soft musky scent, giving off sweet fresh earthy smell, that wrapped tenderly around her.

The gray doe rabbit steadily activated her other senses apart from the sense of smell.

A pair of opening rabbit’s eyes was adjusting to see clearer. Right in front of her was cream chest fur. Her body caught warm fuzziness. Something wet was nuzzling against the top of her head.

When she looked up, she eventually discovered that she was lying on the sofa with the asleep red tod fox giving her an embrace.

The doe should be embarrassed… She should feel nervous in a man hug... It is true that they are the best of friends but their relationship had not reached the point of two mammals to casually snuggle up. However, for some reasons, she found this situation soothing and… heart-warming.

Room ceiling lights were on, which led Judy to guess they might fall asleep together the previous night. It was not her first sleepover at Nick’s apartment though. She wished she could get up but she would not dare to unintentionally wake him up since his sleeping expression seemed so peaceful as she was gazing at his face.

The rabbit saw her fox buddy so playful yet genuinely caring. They were considerably close as if they were siblings. For her, the fox was like a kind brother by some means. This particular moment evoked her childhood memories of staying overnight with older brothers. Even so, they both were not kits anymore… Would brothers still hold their younger sisters like this when they all are grown up?

Speaking of brother, Judy suddenly recollected the case of Tadashi Hamada. Hiro, the little takuni, was very likely worried sick about his missing older brother.

Afterwards, Nick changed his position to lie on his back, finally letting go of Judy, so she was able to get up. First thing she did after such a pleasant slumber was going to turn off the lights in order to save the energy. The switch on the wall was slightly too high for bunnies. Therefore, she tiptoed to click the switch.

Sometimes later, Nick awoke from his sleep. He stretched on the sofa, then moved his paws around in searching for something. His eyes wide opened when he realized that beside him was empty. Instantly, he sat up with a start.

“Mornin’ sweetheart~” Judy greeted him cheerily while wiping her face with a towel.

It appeared like she had recently washed her face as her facial fur was still damp.

Nick did not reply anything. He just stayed silent and stared his bunny friend, which started to make her concerned.

“Nick?” Judy stopped wiping and called him worriedly.

He eventually regained his sense. “Sorry! I-I-” He began to stammer, pondering. At that moment, his stomach let out a loud growl. “-was thinking about breakfast.” The chuckling fox patted his tummy.

The doe laughed along with the tod, who subsequently “What do you want to eat? For a heads-up, there aren’t many greens left in my fridge right now.” implied he would cook food for her in spite of the lack of vegetable.

“Actually, I have a place in mind.” She said, throwing the towel over her shoulder.

“Okay, you’re the boss.” He agreed to eat out wherever his partner wanted.

That growl was perfect timing but it’s still weird… Nick stole a glance at Judy before getting ready to go out.

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Cass Hamada, mid-thirties female tanuki putting on a simple short sleeved v-neck, apron and her silver-turquoise necklace, was busy working at her cafe enthusiastically. Smile is a heart of service. She has to endure and keeps going no matter what.

Immediately after she heard a bell which rings every time the cafe’s door is opened, “Welcome~ Come on in~” she greeted customers automatically but when she turned to the door, “Officers!?” she was surprised to see Senior Officer Hopps and Senior Officer Wilde visiting her place. Both were dressed in civilian clothing.

“Hello Mrs. Hamada.” Judy waved her right paw to Cass.

“Is it about the case!? What can I do for you!?” She hurried towards the duo.

“It’s our day-off, so we come to have a meal here.” Nick tried to calm a cafe owner down.

“Oh, I see. That explained why your clothes are so casual today.” Cass’s face grew a bit depressed for a second. “Please take your seats.” Back in good spirit, she led the new customers to a table. Next, “What would you like to order?” she gave them the menu.

After both of them placed their orders, the tanuki went into kitchen, cook the food and serve the dishes to them without delay. The dish which the rabbit ordered was Tofu omelette with asparagus accompanied by a glass of fruit juice while the fox ordered Eggs Benedict with chicken ham and a cup of blueberry flavored coffee.

“Ahh, I know at this moment isn’t your working hours.” Cass’s voice conveyed uncertainty. The duo turned their attention to her. Nick stopped scooping food from his plate. Meanwhile, Judy held a tip of a fork between her lips.

“In case you two don’t mind, can we talk…?” Tanuki asked the officers.

Placing down the fork, the doe chewed food in her mouth hastily then swallowed and answered. “Sure.”

Cass was about to speak. However, she notice a customer raising one’s arm to get her attention.

“I’ll be there soon.” She spoke up to the customer across the cafe.

“Excuse me.” She told the duo, expression showing an apology for having to leave them.

Before she went to serve other customers, she walked up to the foot of the stairs at the corner of the cafe, then “Hiro! Come down a bit!” shouted to the 2nd floor.

“What’s the matter, Aunt Cass.” Hiro Hamada, a tanuki teen in blue hoodie, descended the stairs leisurely.

“Officers!?” Once he saw Nick and Judy, he dashed to their table.

Cass let her nephew have conversations with officers while she was back to work.

“Hi Hamada… kun?” Nick addressed Hiro. He learned that calling acquaintances by first name in culture Hamada family is from can be considered as rude. Thus, he called him Hamada kun, still it sounded rather odd for the fox.

“‘Hiro’ is okay by me.” Teenage takuni apprised calmly.

“How you doing, Hiro?” Judy inquired after him caringly.

Hiro dragged a nearby empty chair to sit on it. “So so, could be better.” He responded.

Seeing that Hiro looked faintly dejected, “Never told you this when we first met.” Judy came up with new subject. “You truly are remarkable! No kidding, being so intelligent that you’ve already graduated high school at a young age is genuinely impressive!”

She did not exaggeratedly praise him. In fact, she understated the boy’s capacity. According to what she had read about Hiro Hamada, apart from early graduation, he is highly innovative, capable of creating inventions some of which became famous online, thereby building his own reputation among scientific professions. He is undoubtedly a genius.

“If I recall correctly, you received an offer from Zootopia Institute of Technology, right?” Judy, still facing Hiro, slapped Nick’s paw when he attempted to snatch a bite of his buddy’s meal.

“Yeah. Tadashi referred me to the institute.” Hiro made both cops fall silent.

Nick and Judy turned to look at each other. They started to communicate with hand signals.

He’s even sadder than before!? Judy delivered a message.

Way to go, Carrots. Aren’t we supposed to be here to check them whether aunt and nephew are alright or not? Nick made a response.

I didn’t mean to upset him, Okay!? She countered.

“It’s fine. I’m aware you didn’t intend to bring my brother up… but I’ll take that as police haven’t found him yet.” Hiro sighed, gazing away.

“We will definitely find him! Don’t give up!” The doe encouraged the boy sincerely.

Tod did not say any words. He continued eating to suppress not only his hunger but also some sort of feelings bugging him as he was watching his overconfident bunny friend.

All of a sudden, a mammal cried for help outside the cafe. Apparently, there was a robbery going on.

“Sweet cracker!” Judy swiftly put money on the table “Keep the change” and subsequently charged out the front door.

Nick hurriedly paid his meal, “I’ll be back for the change.” then quickly followed the doe.

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The duo pursued a buck antelope who thieved a purse. The robber ran in a headlong rush down the sidewalk, disobeying their order to stop escaping arrest, almost completely ignoring his surroundings.

Consequently, he crashed with a wolf pedestrian. Nevertheless, that barely made him want to slow down. He kept on fleeing… or at least he tried.

“What’s the big idea, bub?” The white tundra wolf grabbed antelope’s horn.

“If you bump into someone, first of all, apologize, you dipbiscuit!” He grasped the thief’s wrist instead and went straight judo throw him to the ground. The dazed buck groaned in pain while lying on the walkway.

“Fudge nuggets, was I too harsh on you? But you are a thief, so it doesn’t matter anyway.” The wolf snickered at the recumbent antelope.

The duo finally caught up with the seized robber. Nick suffered a stomach ache after a run. Whereas, Judy experienced no pain from running after eating not much thanks to lack of appetite.

“Thank you for assisting with capturing, sir!” She showed her appreciation to the wolf whom she saw as a good citizen helping cops.

“With my pleasure, Officer Hopps~” The wolf addressed the bunny by her name, which shocked her to some extent before she realized she holds the title of the very first rabbit officer, being semi-celebrity; thus, it is normal for strangers knowing her name.

“Well, I gotta go. I bet you can take care of the rest~ Ciao~” The dog wolf released his hold on the antelope, and then departed.

Judy felt happy because the wolf prompted her to preserve faith in mammals. It was rather sorrowful when there were criminals in the time city was being threatened by monsters. Nonetheless, good mammals still exist too.

“I’m a thief, so it doesn’t matter?” The antelope mumbled.

“It’s not like I have any other choices...” He enunciated so clear the the rabbit and the fox pricked up their ears.

“Because of misfortune, Savage attacked my house. I lost everything, shelter, money. My entire works got shredded. I lost my job! Tell me what else should I do!?” He vented his despair, just lying on the ground, submitted to the cruel fate.

Sympathy toward the antelope made bunny cop reluctant. If what he said was all true, it would mean he was merely a victim of Savage attack.

At the moment of hesitation, there was a fox paw touching the top of her head, paw with familiar sense of none other than her partner. The weight put on her head caused her to remember her obligations and job duties.

The bunny cop hardened her heart, “Above all, return the purse. You have the right to remain silent-...” providing a Miranda warning.

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The purse-snatcher was brought to ZPD station by rabbit and fox police officers in civilian clothes. Since it was their day off, no one did really expect to see them at the station. Still, it was not totally unexpected because the doe is usually exceedingly diligent, performing duties even on days of rest. And for the tod, he generally tags along with his partner.

After others took over a robbery case, the duo were going back to enjoying the day off. Nevertheless, they did not certainly anticipate coming upon one of the most popular singers in Zootopia.

“Don’t you surely have any update about my missing dear friend?” A female gazelle queried desperately.

“B-But your manservant went missing a-after Savages broke in your mansion. Besides, th-that was roughly a year ago-” A chubby male cheetah faltered.

“I know he’s out there… somewhere.” She spoke little quieter, clenching her left fist.

Penny Gazelle, a famous Zootopian pop star, wearing shades and a cap which hid her golden hair and allowed her horns to poke out in order to disguise herself, so no fan would recognize her easily, talked with Clawhauser at a reception desk... again.

“Please-- Officer Clawhauser… Let me see Chief Bogo-”

“Ca-Calm down, Gazelle.”

“I beg of you, please...”

Following Savages intruding into Gazelle’s house, one of the servants disappeared.

Gazelle came in the police department quite often to inquire about the progress of finding her manservant.

Many, such as other employers, fellow staffs, friends and family members, discouragedly accepted a presumption that he may be gone since the monsters’ intrusion, whereas Gazelle had been believing her friend was still alive somewhere.

“Poor her...” Judy could not help feeling bad for the pop star.

“Indeed. I also feel sorry for Clawhauser.” Nick imagined it must be distressing for the fans like Clawhauser and Chief Bogo to see their favorite singer keep denying cruel reality and convincing herself to have faith.

Nick’s sympathy jogged his memory. “Incidentally, Carrots, mind if we visit a place?”

“I actually have a place I wanna visit now too.” She sort of got the impression her buddy was thinking of the same place.

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Just a few blocks away, there was a juvenile detention center where Nick and Judy were visiting the boys whom police captured when DIB specifically asked the pair for assistance with illegal night howler transport investigation in Sahara square warehouse district.

“Glad you’re doing well, kiddos~” Smirking fox folded his arms over the chest. He as well as the bunny sat around a circular table with five teenage mammals in visiting area

“Stop calling us kiddos, gramp.” James the fox lad, the oldest one among the group of teenagers, offended Nick to a certain extent that his left eye twitched slightly.

Nick started to get irritated whenever somebody criticized his age since he realized he was only half a decade away from becoming 40.

Notwithstanding, the ex-con artist was still able to conceal his true feelings expertly. “Drop that grumpy tone~ I’d rather be at Mystic Spring Oasis but Ms. Fluff dragged me here- Oww!” He exclaimed as Judy pinched his upper arm. “It hurts! It hurts! I’m joking!” bawled he. Judy released her grip from Nick immediately afterwards.

“We mean it that we’re glad to see you all are doing great.” She beamed at the teenagers.

“I wouldn’t say getting tranquilized then thrown into jail is great.” James looked askance at Judy.

“First, here isn’t a prison. Just to be clear; this is a youth detention center. Second...” The doe halted abruptly when she considered it might be better not to tell these kids that due to the fact they had some connection with John Silver, dangerous crime lord, making them stay where they can be guarded round the clock was possibly the smartest decision for their safety.

“Second what?” Thomas, a young buck rabbit, wondered.

The doe chose to change the subject. “Anyway, have your parents contacted you five lately?” She guessed the parents were definitely worrying about their children’s welfare.

The teenage mammals exchanged looks briefly before James spoke for others. “You may not know this but… some of us lost father, mother or both.”

“Huh!?” The duo were shocked by words they heard.

“Some disappeared, some were put in a coma, some even… passed away after Savages… y’know” He tried to carry on despite discomfort from talking about it.

“It’s okay. We get what you’re saying.” Nick told the younger fox.

These boys basically are on their own, huh? Judy pondered.

“Umm, any news about Jim?” Roll the raccoon ultimately uttered after keeping silent since the buddy cops came to pay him and his friends a visit.

Although Roll’s real name is actually James, he preferred being called by a nickname because there was the fox lad named ‘James’ too in their group, which might be confusing, provided someone called to James among them.

Judy got no idea how many relatives these boys had left. It seemed as if they only had each other. It’s just 6 of them. If one of them is missing, the rest must be anxious, especially the twin brother.

Both Nick and Judy gazed into one another’s eyes. They were well aware that their investigation had not made much progress. They had no clue where John Silver was and whether Jim Tuck, Roll’s twin captured by the crime lord, was still with him or not.

She blinked, then looked back at Roll, “Everything gonna be just fine. I can assure you.” encouraging him tenderly.

Unfortunately, the teenage boar raccoon did not seem more relieved or less distressed. The doe became awkward, meditating on what or how she should do or say to him, but subsequently noticed the adult tod rubbing his arm which she pinched previously. The way he acted undeniably drew her attention.

“Oh, suck it up, big guy.” Judy jested with Nick.

“It really hurted.” He made a whining fox noise.

“Poor dumb fox. I gonna kiss that spot later, so quit whining already.” She sarcastically joked around, pointing at the area she pinched before.

“If you say so, then you’d better pinch my cheek earlier.” He caused his best friend to blush.

Eventually, Judy understood Nick’s intention to light up the mood, still he made her embarrassed; hence, she punched his arm lightly while she was giggling.

Following that, she noted the young bear staring her and Nick intensely.

“What’s the matter, Edward?” She asked the bear.

“Nothing! It’s just… I know that you two officers are partners but… are you datin-Ouch!” Edward or Ed for short was interrupted by the skunk, the youngest mammal of the group, yanking bear’s waist fur.

It appeared the boar skunk rebuked he-bear for invading officers’ personal territory, but then, regardless of the doe’s chest tightening with warm fuzzy feeling, she did, of course, not take offense.

“We ain’t dating, still single.” Judy clarified.

“Officer Hopps is single!?” The buck was stunned by the older rabbit’s statement.

“Precisely~ But I’m 28 now. Am I not too old for you?” She joshed him comically.

However, it turned out the teenage rabbit’s face seriously reddened.

“J-Just teasing...” Judy promptly corrected his understanding, making others laugh… except Roll who went back to be quiet. When she took notice of him, she grew concerned.

-.. .- -- .- --. . ... / .- -. -.. / .- -.-. .... .

The (almost) whole day led the pair to reflect on many lives ruined by Savages. It was indubitably unignorable issue. As long as she possesses the power to help others, she will not hesitate to help them… No matter how…

During the time that both strolled down the street in Savanna Central, “Nick, let’s meet up with Fru Fru, so we can warn her about missing mammals and night howler trafficking.” Judy suggested sincerely.

“Is it a good idea?” Nick tested her.

“When it comes to underground world, Mr. Big has authority to manage situations more comprehensively than law enforcers.” She stated her viewpoint strongly.

“In this case, we will risk our jobs on the line, won’t we?” He kept testing her.

Nick highly believed that his partner was fully mindful of her position as police officer. Delivering police’s insight information to mafia can affect her status very much.

“Our jobs are to serve, to protect the city. We must take action no matter what. No time to be distraught over such subject matter.” She asserted.

“That’s my fearless bun bun~” He wore a sneaky yet proudful grin with half-lidded eyes.

Nick cast a glance on Judy. Even so, something else attracted his interest. In an alley between two buildings, there were a couple of mammals, an opossum and a pallas’s cat, acting suspicious, swapping each other’s gym bags.

“Carrots, 3 o’clock.”

Judy turned her head to the right, catching sight of suspects probably trading illegal stuffs in a narrow lane.

She together with Nick darted across the street, moving toward the alley. Luckily, there were not many mammals wanting to drive or ride their vehicles outdoors as of lately. Accordingly, the pair did not have to be worried about getting run over by cars on street.

At the time the potential criminals descried two figures coming their way, they ran deeper into the alleyway straight away, which convinced the duo more than enough that these mammals were guilty.

“Stop in the name of the-” While the bunny was ordering the criminals, her long ears picked up a distinct sound, a feral grunt.

She slowed down her pace, whereas the fox sped up to catch up with the pallas’s cat and the opossum.

“Watch out!” Bunny grasped fox’s shirttail just before a weasel leapt downward from above in front of the duo.

The weasel had the wild gesture, down on all fours, drooling, and also had purple fur. It obviously is a Savage.

Judging from the priorities, they needed to get rid of the Savage first. After finishing it off, they would chase the criminals later.

When the duo were confident that those mammals had probably escaped far enough not to see or hear the duo and the monster, they proceeded with transformation, putting on the morphers, MidniDriver, belts of which wrapped around their waists automatically.

Next, Nick pulled the tilted silver syringe on driver’s left side. “DRAW BLOOD” His blood filled up the syringe before being teleported into Judy’s syringe.

Judy pressed the syringe to “INJECT” inject herself with canine blood, resulting in Nick losing unconscious, leaning against the building’s wall then gradually falling on the ground.

“Transform!” She twisted the maroon handle sticking out on the right half. “IGNITE” Soon afterwards, the morpher device caused the blistering steam blast, changing the doe to a flamingo red bio-armored cross between two breeds, Hybrid, shiny metallic full body suit of armor on the doe figure, soft metal bunny ears, spiked fluffy fox tail, amethyst headlights for eyes, and last but not least, fangs with a pair of buck teeth pattern on muzzle part of helmet.

Hybrid hit the syringe two times “ACT-ACTIVATE” to activate the enhanced senses in order to find the criminal feline and marsupial; the united duo were able to locate them readily.

“Let’s get this over with. We have suspects to hunt down.” Judy said, keeping the guard up.

“You bet~ I don’t plan to waste my precious day-off.” Nick’s voice came out from the armored blend of a fox and a rabbit.

Nick launched Hybrid at the weasel, extending the claws, aiming to lacerate the monster’s flesh.

As it was, the Savage dodged the attack by inches. Hybrid landed staggeringly before whirling to maintain balance and strike again, still it evaded every attack by swaying from side to side.

“I’ve run out of patience.” The tod retracted the claws to throw a punch. The weasel ducked down, which went according to plan. Hybrid then kicked straight upward.

Savage flipped backward, yet both fox and rabbit did not feel Hybrid’s foot hit anything. This signified that it managed to avoid the kick.

“Is it just me, or-” Nick was about to complain.

“Is this Savage quite peculiar?” Judy took over Hybrid’s vocal organs to express her doubt.

“Gotta prove something real quick” She charged at the monster, lowering the torso, spinning around while leg sweeping on the floor.

Yet again, Hybrid failed to hit Savage . It jumped on Hybrid’s shoulders and then leapt off.

Standing upright, the mixed breed faced onto the weasel monster crouching near the senseless fox’s body lying close to the wall.

Nick and Judy were amazed by this Savage’s action.

In the past, they had certainly come across Savages keeping distance from Hybrid during fights. The duo knew well that these monsters are not mindless living organisms. They are capable of thinking and responding to their environment.

For all that, this one could come up with strategies, keeping its distance to a minimum, dodging the attacks. Furthermore, it did not try to fight back.

When Hybrid was full of openings, a great opportunity to assault, it just jumped over the cross-breed although it could have pounced on the armored mammal.

And importantly, the Savage did not even go after a motionless prey such as Nick’s unconscious body.

Overall, it appeared as if all this monster did was to… buy time...

Thereafter, Hybrid’s enhanced hearing perceived van engine sound clearly, two vans to be exact. They were going to depart subsequent to each picking up two different passengers, which could suggest that the duo would lose those criminals unless they made a move.

“Oh, no you don’t.” Nick gripped driver’s handle, intending to twist it forth twice in order to become Hybrid Archer form.

Archer form would allow them to fire tracking arrows curvedly from Hybrid’s position to the vans.

No sooner had the fox changed the form than the weasel sprang at Hybrid.

Hybrid let go of the handle and struggle to get the Savage off the face. However, the monster clung onto the mixed-breed real tightly.

All of a sudden, the weasel Savage puffed up, pupils glowing hot purple, before it burst apart. A gushing boiling mist erupted. The explosive force blew Hybrid away to the wall.

The armored mammal fell down, sitting next to tod’s body, feeling dizzy, ringing in the ears, dim vision, owing to explosion. As a result, the duo were unable to detect the criminals’ whereabouts any longer.

Even though they were almost out of commission in that period, they were responsive enough to discern surroundings like pedestrians passing the mouth of the alley.

With the Savage being gone, they should detransform before any mammals saw Hybrid and passed out Nick together. Judy was going to pull the syringe.

“Not yet, Judy. You’ll receive damage if we detransform now. Wait a moment.” Nick, taking control of the body, stopped Hybrid’s left arm.

Judy agreed with him, thereby waiting. 1.. 2.. 3.. 4- While counting on to ten in her mind, she as well as Nick heard sirens of SCU vehicles.

Both conjectured the event might turn out worse if SCU managed to capture them. Therefore, 5-6-7-8-9-10! Judy quickened counting numbers and pulled the syringe once she reached 10.

Soon afterwards, Wolford, a member of SCU patrol team, chanced upon the familiar doe and tod in casual wear leaning against the wall in the alleyway as his team van was running past the lane between buildings.

He asked his crewmates to stop the van so that he could get off the van.

“Wilde! Hopps! Are you okay!? What happened?” Wolford rushed to see his police friends.

“We’re good.” The fox gave the rabbit support to stand.

“We happened on likely illicit trade.” She answered, informing only partial truth, keeping the Savage and Hybrid part a secret.

It was lucky for them that they had done detransformation and also put MidniDrivers away earlier than the dark brown timber wolf’s arrival.

“Where are SCU folks heading off in such a hurry?” The fox changed the topic to avoid any further questions about their situation from the wolf.

“SCU got several reports that Savages are going on a rampage in Rainforest District, plus battling with Hybrid!” Wolford claimed.

Nick and Judy traded a perplexed glance.

Savages are battling with Hybrid in Rainforest District…? They questioned how it was possible since they two, who could morph into Hybrid, were here in Savanna Central.

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[hamonsurveysoverdrive]

Knife

Have you been to the emergency room/hospital in the past three months? No. Are you still a virgin? I have two kids. Are you okay with that? ...Yes. What is your least favorite thing about the same sex? Nothing, women are amazing. What about the opposite sex? Most things. Have you ever seen a bald eagle in person? No. What are you feelings on adoption? I think it's a difficult situation that should not be taken lightly, and is not the cure-all for unwanted children. Have you ever been vomited on? What about in vice versa? ...Again, I have two kids. Have you ever thought of yourself when you were younger and thought, "Man, I was dumb!"? Of course I have, and if you haven't, you're still too young. What is one family member you wish you were closer to? I wish I was physically closer to my sister and she didn't live in Alabama. If that counts. Why do you do surveys? Something to do. Do you think the way someone dresses is a reflection of who they are or how they act? In a way. The way someone dresses is how they choose to be received, which is revealing in some ways. Do you like the Jonas Brothers? I don't care. Which do you prefer: a kiss or a hug? I like both. Where do you keep your socks? In a drawer. Do you believe in sex before marriage? I mean, it exists. What is the scariest thing you have ever experienced? Childbirth. Do you ever think about what the rest of your life will be like? I try not to anymore. What is your favorite television show? Friends, Frasier, Breaking Bad. Would you give up half of what you now own for a pill that would permanently change you so that one hour of sleep each day would fully refresh you? Do I get to choose what half I give up? What is your best experience with drugs or alcohol? What about your worst? I'm a recovering alcoholic, so my best experience with drugs and alcohol is quitting. If you were confident that their choice would be a good one, would you be willing to have your parents select your spouse? If not, why not? No thanks. Do you think your friends believe your sex life is better or worse than it actually is? I have no idea what my friends think about my sex life. When and where did you lose your virginity? Since then, what was the longest time you've ever gone without sex? I was fifteen, and it was in the dressing room of a JC Penny's. I'm not sure. What is your biggest fear about making a total commitment to someone? Nothing. Do you think that your life is exciting enough to be made into a movie? Do you think anybody would actually enjoy it if it were a movie? I don't know, not all movies are exciting. If you were the opposite sex, would you be attracted to you? I have no idea, I'd be a different person, wouldn't I? Have you ever walked around your house naked? Yes. What's been in your mouth today? Water, Dr Pepper, candy, Ramen, Whataburger, a sandwich, French Onion Soup, lemon tart, strawberry Newtons... I quit smoking, so I'm eating lol Do you ever talk to your pet like it's a human? Yes. Do you know any guys who wear eyeliner? Probably. Do you prefer proflie pictures of you by yourself or with someone else? Either or. What did you last say outloud? Idk, no one else has been awake for like 8 hours. Have you ever abused Smarterchild? I don't know what that is. Do you go on webcam when strangers ask you to? That situation has literally never happened to me. What do you think of Basshunter and the story he tells through his music videos? Whom????? Has anybody ever been threatened by you? I don't know. Have you ever made yourself throw up? Yes. When you're in a store with someone, do you ever wander off and leave them talking to themselves? Not purposely... Have you kissed a random person for money? No. Has anyone ever paid you for sex? Nope. Has someone of the same sex ever hit on you? Yes. Is there a celebrity you hate, but everyone else loves? Probably. Did it bother you to find out that Santa, the Easter Bunny, and the Toothfairy were not real? No. How many times have your brushed your teeth today? Once. Do you laugh at the number 69? Sometimes, honestly. When did you last go to the movies? WHY WOULD YOU ASK ME THATTTTTT Miley Cyrus: Love her or hate her? I really like her, now that she's doing her own thing. Have you ever sent your boyfriend/girlfriend out to the store to buy something embarrassing for you? Not my current boyfriend, but yes. Have you ever watched Little Britain? No. What does your last Facebook update say? "Apparently since I quit smoking I just snack all the time now." Do you and your boyfriend/girlfriend fight about stupid little things? Not real fights. Have you had sex over 100 times? Yes. Do you have any fruit in your fruit bowl right now? I don't have a fruit bowl. Do you keep letters from your ex? No. Do you have a Twitter account? No. If yes, what does your last tweet say? N/a Do you ever call a penis a cock? Sure, but not often. Have you ever licked someone's nipples? Yes. Are your parents funny? Sometimes. Do you think dreadlocks are awesome or gross? Awesome. What's something scary that has happened to you recently? Medical procedures. Have you ever had someone admit to being in love with you for a long time? Yes. What do your feet look like right now? ...Like they always do? Is your boyfriend/girlfriend in the popular group at school? I'm 32 years old. Do you look good when you wake up? Not especially. What can you hear right now? Sleepy Little One by Kupla. Have you ever hooked up with somebody, knowing that they had a partner already? Yes.

[tonxstark]

The initial overseas Cocos user: How to release the overall game to Viber, a platform with 1 billion users?

With the increase of the wave of ultra-casual games at home and abroad in recent years, a growing number of domestic and overseas game manufacturers are discovering the value of the track, in order to effectively avoid the heavy large-scale games gathered by large companies and focus on more It is ideal for innovation in the field of various casual games and social apps that reflect the creativity of gameplay. One of the earliest overseas users of Cocos Creator, Groovy Antoid from Lebanon, is really a small group of 6 individuals. Since 2015, it is rolling out many fascinating and fun informal games in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, and contains also earned a good income. Bitcoin Currently, they're spending so much time to bring HTML5 games to the popular instant chat software Viber. We are fortunate to invite Mohamad Kotob, the lead programmer of Groovy Antoid, to talk about their sport development history and work at home opportunities on Viber. Interview Record Hi, can you introduce yourself to our readers? My name is Mohamad Kotob and I am the lead programmer of Groovy Antoid. Groovy Antoid is a start-up game advancement studio of Techstars, headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon, authorized in the United States, the target is to create a unique, sophisticated, fascinating and quirky combined casual game. One of our works, "Body fat Bunny: Endless Hopper", has already established a lot more than 1 million downloads so far, and is widely loved by players. It has won 2 awards at IMGA MENA 2017 and was chosen for the Indie Prize display award at the 2017 Informal Connect USA. That is an endless horizontal jumping game, the protagonist is a cute rabbit, you can test the player's skills of timing. We have received a huge selection of email messages from enthusiasts expressing their like for this adorable rabbit. These achievements have got more enhanced the eyesight of our whole team and the inspiration to create more appealing game characters. When did you first enter video games? I have already been a brilliant gamer since I was a kid. Fortunately, there exists a father who is as fanatical about technology when i am. He bought a computer when I has been very youthful, but I quickly monopolized it (the strength is cheating, excellent). In the long days and nights, I performed arcade games, simulation games and Flash games, from RPG to RTS, and then to MMO. Finally, I couldn't assist but start understanding how to make games by myself and search for programming resources on the Internet. How did you obtain into this market? Actually, before joining Groovy Antoid, I have been engaged in sport development for many years with some other independent programmers. Creating interesting games is an exciting task, and I have already been exploring "trend" systems and motors to find the most suitable technology for the project. After completing many different types of projects with various tools and engines, by chance I joined Groovy Antoid, a separate team. Groovy Antoid started as a project initiated by amateur game developers with enthusiasm. They utilized to make games together just for enjoyable or game advancement competitions, and they have developed right into a professional game firm. You are one of the first users to use Cocos overseas, why did you choose us? After evaluating several other options, we found that Creator provides the nearly all mature engine/editor experience overall and made a decision to use Cocos Creator. For us, it is essential that designers and creative designers have an user interface to integrate video game art and UI design. The design of the engine is also very intuitive. If the developer has encounter with other motors, its internal architecture is simple to grasp. What type of video games are mainly utilized to build up Cocos Creator? We've been using Cocos Creator to create casual games with innovative gameplay. With the effective cross-platform abilities of the engine, these games could be simply deployed to several instant game systems (Viber, Facebook, etc.).

After using Cocos Creator, we can focus more on game development and quickly construct games for all your targets we need after the tools are in place. We have used Cocos Creator to complete all the work from arcade form drawing games to physical item stacking games; we've also used keel components for character animation, and the tweening system for complex visible effects. Generally, we have been able to utilize the mature element library that is included with Cocos Creator to complete a lot of work. Cocos Creator "general" components could be reused anywhere, that is quite convenient. I like this very much. This helps it be very simple to include localized parts, any person in the group can attach it to the label and hyperlink it to our localized string. In addition, you can also use more advanced features to increase the UI components, such as the box will expand once the label width changes. Benefiting from the JavaScript ecosystem, integrating external plugins in addition has turn into a breeze. We are able to adapt the prevailing shapes-gestures library without having to create the algorithm ourselves from scratch. This also implies that we are able to make our own scripts as standalone plug-ins and reuse them in the project. Running the game directly within the browser can also speed up the iteration speed, and help the usage of the net console to simply debug concerns to find errors and places that need optimization. Is it possible to introduce Viber to Chinese developers? Viber is an instant chat software program with an increase of than one billion registered users and is popular overseas. Viber is a pioneer in the IM industry for many years, and they adopted features such as for example stickers and voice notes much sooner than almost every other popular platforms. What is the opportunity to develop the overall game with the Viber team? We think that the real-time game industry has great potential, and the Rakuten Games and ViberPlay groups will always be very open up and supportive to designers. Viber includes a big and healthy consumer foundation, and through their SDK to help ViberPlay achieve seamless development. They also provided us with beneficial suggestions on how to best develop and deploy multiple instant game systems once the ecosystem is not yet mature and steady. We have been developing instant video games for ViberPlay video games for pretty much two years and have launched many games on the platform. This collaboration brings us the chance to reach hundreds of millions of players, supportive suggestions from the ViberPlay team, and a comfortable advancement and deployment process, especially when we use Cocos Creator for development. Furthermore, with the advantage of the system, we can immediately attract a large number of users without the marketing, and when we promote marketing, we are able to get thousands of users. Many game systems have too many games, leading to many video games never getting the required exposure. The ViberPlay and Rakuten Video games teams have ensured that the platform is well managed, and customers can simply obtain high-quality new video games and make them well-known through ranking improvements. What challenges should developers find out about when working with Viber? The ViberPlay platform is still an HTML5 game platform. Developers have to optimize their video games to get a smaller package size and shorter loading time, and to make sure that it works easily on a variety of different devices. A large number of users want constant updates and real-time services, and quick iteration is vital for instant public games. At this time, Cocos Creator has taken us a huge help. It greatly decreases the bottleneck between art and code, making it possible to iterate quickly in the advancement procedure. Everyone on the group can integrate their work without waiting for programmers. Making use of Cocos Creator to build intended for Viber is very simple. We have a one-click button to instantly export from Cocos Creator utilizing the command line, and add the mandatory SDK, and upload the final zip package to Viber for deployment. Actually, the Cocos Creator tool can be recommended by the programmers of Rakuten Games and ViberPlay. They often shared the very best internal resources and suggestions with us. Do you have anything to say concerning the future? We will continue to use Cocos Creator to build up HTML5 and cell phone games, and make great games that we are proud of! Personally, I'm very happy to see that WebAssembly and WebGPU have shown great potential in the field of browser games. As a studio, we have been constantly developing and creating our next exciting sport, so keep tuned in! The above may be the overseas information that Kotob brings us. It is great to see a lot more designers realize their desires through Cocos Creator. The Cocos engine provides the best tools and the most comprehensive platform for game programmers to release games, allowing developers to target more on the quality and growth of games, and easily achieve one-click release and full platform deployment. We will also bring you more posting from overseas programmers from time to time, and partners who wish to talk about are welcome to get hold of us on any time~

[changephase]

When you get this, please respond with five things that make you happy. Then, send to the last ten people in your notifications anonymously. You never know who might benefit from spreading positivity!

5) Vidja games -  Whether it’s console or MMOs, although I only own a Wii U at the moment. I used to have an XBOX but uh. That’s a long story involving a freeway and the XBOX. *ahem*  I otherwise like how I can sit and zone out inside a video game, and an MMO is where I’ve met some of my dearest friends! 

4) Animals - I had a pipe dream of working as a vet’s assistant because I just... click with animals better than I have with humans. I just realized I couldn’t bear having to watch them die, so I opted out. I currently own one rabbit (once I have a permanent home I plan on adopting another so they can be a pair) and live with one cat and three dogs (this year it was two cats and four dogs but... they were old and passed on, unfortunately.) My bun is otherwise an adopted, half-blind two year old lions head rabbit, who is a fluffy, fussy boy. But he’s a cute fussy boy. Who is also a HUSSY BUNNY BOY.  I luffles him. :> HIs binkies give me life when I’m sad. No lie. A BINKY BUNNY IS A HAPPY BUNNY. 

3) Music - I think this one is kiiiinda a given. Who doesn’t love music? I love a rather eclectic variety, spanning a variety of genres, ages and cultures. And yes, especially musicals. Recent new finds on music have been Agnes Obel and Boy Epic: 

2) Artsy craftsy things! I like fixing things and working with my hands, learning how to make crafts like jewlery, or dream catchers. Feel-good things that people like receiving, to brighten their lives you know? I’m like, barely adept at sewing but I can sew a reasonably straight line and can cut cloth to patterns! Soon I might be picking up knitting so I have something to do while I binge-watch TV shows on Netflix. It’s a work in progress... 

1) My partner and other half of me, @nathanielgraves​. I think when you’re in love, and happy, it’s easy to just yap about the person you’re in love with. Cause, I could write MLA formatted essays on how much I love them. How comforted and secure I feel with them. How well we communicate, even without words. Sometimes it happy-embarasses me, and I turn a bajillion different colours, when I can tell people honestly that we’re one of those high-school sweetheart couples and we’ve been together for 11 years. I can’t see myself without them, they are the perfect side to a bad day, the warm hug just before I fall asleep or comforting touch when I wake up in the morning. Or the ability to wrap my arms around them while cooking, or give obnoxious kisses while they’re trying to game, or tickle their feet when distracted on their phone. 

TL;DR: They are my #1 happy making person/thing in my life. ♥ Llama knows best! 

[creativeashproductions]

Anguish // Bucky Barnes

Summary: AU where Reader is an FBI Agent and best friends with Detective Nat Romanoff. Everything changes when Bucky and the reader meet each other. Soon Nat has to decide what’s more important…her happiness or her best friend.

Characters: agent!reader x detective!bucky, Natasha Romanoff, Sam Wilson, Steve Rogers x nurse!Sharon, Wanda x Vision, Pietro Maximoff (mentioned), Nick Fury (mentioned), and Peggy Carter (mentioned)

Words: 2692

Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel or the characters involved. This is also an AU in which the Avengers are actually detectives.

Warnings: Swearing, talk of death, injuries, infertility by car accident, PTSD (mentioned), and ANGST with just a hint of fluff.

Author: Caitsy

A/N: to hold you over till Sunday, April 23rd when I will be finished packing for home! Requests will be OPEN ON SUNDAY

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Normally it should be one the happiest days to watch your best friend get married but for Natasha it was the exact opposite. You had been best friends since you were roommates during your police academy days having bonded as the daughters of former officers. When you went to different cities for jobs you had kept in contact and celebrated when Nat made detective and you worked your ass up into the FBI. She was so happy when you took your two weeks off following a botched operation landing you with a bullet to the shoulder.

During those two weeks you had met one of Nat’s co-workers and friend Bucky Barnes at a game night. It was held at Steve Rogers house in Brooklyn, he was a recently transferred detective from Bucky’s childhood, and Steve’s wife Sharon. Sharon was an ER nurse going back to school to become a Doctor. Nat had straight away invited you over not expecting to have you bond so well with everyone.

“I’m Y/N Y/L/N-“

“Agent Y/L/M, dumbs.” Nat laughed poking you in the side. You giggled.

“I’m an FBI agent. I’m on medical leave, got shot chasing a drug dealer.” You laughed nodding to the sling holding your left arm.

“I’m Steve Rogers. Transferred Detective, this is mine and my wife’s home. Sharon’s finishing her shift at the hospital.”

“I’m James Barnes but you can call me Bucky.” A man with brunette hair and piercing blue eyes smiled from his spot, “Steve’s partner.”

“Sam Wilson.”

“Nat’s partner right?” You questioned. 
“Yeah ever since this ass dumped me for his best friend.” Sam teased pushing Steve a little. Steve chuckled shaking his head in response.”

“Wanda and Vision can’t make it. They have parent teacher interviews with their son Pietro.”

“Not to mention tomorrow is the sixth anniversary of Wanda’s brother Pietro’s death.” Sam sighed, “Damn I miss that idiot.”

Everyone was sitting around a table filled with drinks and snacks as they each decided to play a board game with set rules that were based around a drinking game. You bowed up playing due to the medication you were prescribed for the wound and you noticed that Bucky wasn’t playing either.

“You aren’t playing?” You questioned leaning back.

“No…uh…I can’t.” He said nodding to the couch, “I got back from war three years ago. Suffered from PTSD and I self mediated using alcohol. Nat finally got me to see the therapist at the police department. Bruce Banner and we worked out a plan.”

“Are you an alco-“

“No. I came close so I’ve sworn off alcohol until Dr. Banner and I feel like it’s safe.” Bucky admitted, “I don’t usually tell people this.”

“I can’t drink because of medication.” You sighed nodding to your wound.

The week after meeting everyone Bucky asked you out and you couldn’t resist him so you began to see each other. The day you were leaving to go back to work he dropped you off at the airport, Nat was working and he had the day off, and you became official. You both kept the relationship to yourselves for the first couple of months until you decided to transfer to the New York FBI office once you both found it hard to celebrate your first anniversary with work schedules.

Splitting time between Washington, DC and New York City became a hassle so when you were together for almost a year and half Bucky asked you to move in with him with a key and a ring.

“We’ve been together for over a year and we’ve been talking about our future. So will you my best friend, confidant, and love of my life marry me? Move in with me and let’s tell everyone. We can find a house to move in after the wedding and begin our life, so will you become my wife?” Bucky asked opening the ring box during the dinner in your apartment in Washington.

The proposal was simply asked because Bucky wasn’t one to get really emotional. It wasn’t his nature or personality and the amount of decorating he had done to your apartment made up for it. 
“Of course!” You exclaimed hugging him tight. The ring was exactly what you had dreamed of and he knew you so well. Beside it was a key to his apartment.

A few days into moving in together you had called Nat to let her know you were in the city and she had jumped for lunch. She wanted to tell you something important too. She was excited to tell you that she was planning to ask someone out from work. She had fallen hard for his eyes and humour along with a shared interest.

“Y/N!” Nat exclaimed pulling you for a hug at the nice restaurant owned by your mutual friend Vision and his wife Wanda.

“Oh my god!” You responded hugging your best friend tight, “I think this calls for some wine.”

Nat agreed as you sat down catching up as you chose what you wanted to eat. You both knew what you wanted  but it was tradition to choose a desert to share at the end and you never got the same desert.

“Thank you.” You both said handing the menus to the waiter.

“So how long are you staying?” Nat asked taking a sip of her wine.

“That’s the thing. I moved here two days ago, I’ve been settling in and I had taking a tour of the office.” You smiled as Nat’s grin grew larger and larger. She could act anyway with you and you couldn’t care which made her comfortable.

“Are you serious?! Oh my god!” Nat exclaimed as she blushed with her news.

“What about you? You sounded excited when I called.”

“I fell for someone recently and I’ve decided to ask them out.”

“Ooh! Tell me more. Who is he? Someone I know.” You teased her, “I never fought I would see the day that Natasha Romanoff would fall in love.”

“Shut up.” She giggled, “You do know him and I’m not telling until I know if he’ll go out with me!”

“You know how I mentioned I was seeing someone for the past year and I’ve kept quiet about it for personal reasons?”

“Yeah?”

“We’re engaged!”

Nat’s jaw dropped in shock as the news sunk in, she had no idea you and this guy were this serious. It didn’t stop her from squealing and pulling you into a tight hug. She gasped at the gorgeous ring settled at home on your left hand.

“Oh my god!”

“We’re having an engagement party tomorrow at Steve’s place, when I accidentally let it slip to Sharon she demanded that it happen at the Roger’s home.”

Nat was late to the party from processing a young woman she arrested on her way back to the precinct. She had been trailing the girl ever since Sam and her had figured out she was the one responsible for killing the prostitutes because her husband left her after a string of hookups. The woman snapped and killed the females she believed took her husband.

“Sorry we’re late!” Nat announced hanging her coat up in the closet like Steve had always asked her to do.

“No problem Nat.” You grinned pressing a kiss to Nat’s cheek, “Bucky and I are happy you could make it!”

Nat’s stomach dropped when Bucky’s arm came around your waist with a loving gaze resting on the side of your head. Her breathing quickened as the heartbreak began inside her and everyone was unaware of it happening. Before the tears could be seen Nat straightened her spine and placed a guarded expression on.

“Congrats!” The words were bitter on her tongue but she couldn’t help but hate you a little bit.

This was the final nail in the coffin of her believe that she didn’t deserve love or happiness. Every relationship burnt her in the end from the man that left her because the danger she faced. Her first serious boyfriend had dumped her because it wasn’t working out and her last girlfriend dumped her because she found out she was straight.

Nat had a rough life from the moment her father died in accident on duty when her mother was six months pregnant. The shooter hadn’t been found and was probably well respected for killing a successful senior detective. Nat’s mom died in childbirth from unexpected complications leaving her to be passed around family members until she was one. She was then placed in a bad orphanage that sold children to desperate parents. It wasn’t until her adopted father Nick Fury and his wife Peggy were on their honeymoon did they stumble upon the orphanage when the head of it was arrested.

They saw little two year old Nat with her fiery red hair and big innocent green eyes standing with a ratty stuffed bunny with tears rolling down her dirty face. Nick immediately knew she was the child he wanted. Peggy was unable to have biological children and she wasn’t full ready to have kids so soon. They had only gotten married for god sake.

The first decade of being adopted by the Fury-Carter couple was happy with training in different kinds of martial arts and languages. Nick was extremely caring for his little girl while Peggy was more distant. It wasn’t until Nat was thirteen did Peggy grow closer to her daughter. It came to shattering stop on Nat’s fourteenth birthday when Peggy and her were coming home from Nat’s ballet recital did their lives change forever. Nick was working when he got the call from the hospital.

He rushed to the hospital where his wife was laying waiting to be identified officially, she had died on impact. Seven hours Nick waited in the waiting room as his only child and the apple of his eye battled for her life. His little girl died on the operating table twice before she was stabilized and resting in her room.

“Mr. Fury? I’m Dr. Charles. I have some news.” The female doctor said motioning to the seat, “Your wife died on impact when the truck slammed into her side of the car. In the few seconds before the car was t-boned she shifted to take most of the force. This saved your daughter from dying, this is what we see in a lot of car accidents. The parent instinctively moves to protect their child even if they don’t think about it. It was reflex.”

“She does.” Fury breathed as he tearily focused on his wife’s smile in a memory, “How’s Nat?”

“Natasha suffered internal bleeding, a broken ankle, her spleen ruptured, multiple broken ribs, the other ribs are bruised, her right arm is shattered from her elbow and down. That’s not all.” Dr. Charles said scrolling through her tablet.

“There’s more.” Fury mumbled.

“Natasha turned to see her mother and the force caused whiplash but we lost her twice during surgery and we were unable to repair her uterus fully. The trauma had caused Natasha to become infertile.”

Nick was never the same following the day. He focused solely on work and hired nanny’s to care for his daughter. It tore Natasha up when Nick turned his back on her and she in turn focused on getting on with her life.

Natasha standing by the door of your wedding suite watched as your cousin and you mom helped you into your wedding dress. It was a gorgeous dress that fit you perfectly and quite stunningly like it had been sewn and designed specifically for you. Which was also sold cheap because your rich aunt was a close friends with a ton of high class fashion designers, closest with Vera Wang herself.

“Oh baby.” Mrs. Y/L/N cried pressing a kiss to your cheek.

“Mom!” You giggled, “I’m only getting married!”

Nat hid the bitter smile before it could appear and instead focused on tying the lace ribbon that would keep her heels on. She spent her time in the sidelines unable to fully commit to the duties of being your best friend and in the fairytale emotions you didn’t notice. Your cousin however caught on pretty quick.

“Hey Nat! One of your curls isn’t sitting right.” Mary said walking over, “I’ll let Auntie help Y/N and I quickly put that into place.”

“Thank you.”

“You won’t if you mess anything up on this day. I know your legs are begging for Bucky’s face between them but if you even think about ruining anything I will end you.”

“Threatening a police officer?” Nat glared refusing to take off her smile.

“Oh no sweetheart. You didn’t know? My Dad is pretty high up the chain in politics. One call and I can end your career and push you into the need of prostitution and even then…nobody will want anything to do with you scantily clad broke ass.” Mary hissed fixing the hair that was already perfect, “There you go! Y/N! We’re ready!”

“Oh my god.” You gasped as your Dad got up from his seat on the couch, “It’s time. I’m going to throw up.”

“Maybe your best friend and number one shipper of your relationship has some encouraging words!” Mary fakery smiled at Nat, “Right Natasha?”

“Y/N, you’ll do fine. This is the best day of your life and it’s the same for Bucky. Nothing will go wrong.” Nat said feeling the inner depression at losing even the smallest chance with Bucky.

“Ain’t you a sweetheart!” Mary giggled patting Nat’s hand, “Okay places people!”

“This day is the rest of the my life and in a year Bucky and I will be hopefully pregnant with our first-“ “Bucky wants kids?” Natasha gasped shocked.

“Yeah. We already have names picked out, he’s really excited. We bought a house in Brooklyn just a couple blocks from Steve and Sharon.”

Natasha felt even worse as the words settled uneasily inside her. When the group, before Y/N met everyone, the conversation of children came up. Bucky had told the group that he would never have kids in the world that was terrible. That sparked a fire inside Nat that would build over the years they knew each other.

The wedding was beautiful with the warm love between Bucky and Y/N Barnes lighting up the entire venue. Nat was itching to talk to Bucky, screw Y/N. The girl got everything in life without much trouble while Nat only had Bucky to lean on. Nat could settle with being the mistress if Bucky wanted, besides Y/N wouldn’t have to know.

“Don’t.” Mary said taking a sip from her flute of champagne.

“I-“

“You were. I meant what I side. Get it through your red skull you bitch. You had your chance since you met him and he probably didn’t even really talk to you. He wants children with Y/N. I think it’s time you left the party and maybe even the city. Start fresh.”

Nat watched as Bucky snuck up on you to wrap his arms tightly around you and playfully nip at your neck. Pushing past her emotions Nat saw the light blaring full blast in Bucky’s eyes and that was something she hadn’t seen since they’re first day on the job. Your smile was larger than life and she knew right there what she had to do.

“You’re right.” Nat bit her lip getting red lipstick on her front teeth, “I can’t live my life watching her be happy with him like I should have been.”

“Good answer. Your bags are packed from the cabin and waiting in a limo. Break your phone please on your way and don’t come back to the city.”

Nat flashed a smile towards the happy newlywed couple before two larger men walked in front of her. When they passed fully you and Bucky could no longer see even the glimpse of the redheaded woman in your lives. She was gone in a blink of an eye leaving only memories in her wake.

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