#seriously that was our whole convo

[sinning-23]

Hot Tatted Uncles (Uncle!SukunaAu X Teacher!Reader)

I’ve fallen victim to the unkuna/uncle sukuna au so HAVE THIS

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“My uncle be fighting people.” Yuji hums, your gaze immediately shooting to the toddler.

“O-Oh really?” You gulp, knowing kids say the wildest things but after you’re first encounter with the pink-hair boy's uncle, you would put it past him.

“Yeah, he. He told me uh-um-.” The boy sniffed, wiping his nose with the back of his hand, to which you sigh and directed him to the sink as he continues his story

“Uh- he told me that he beat up this guy and he- uh he won and that the guy lost.”

You fight the urge to laugh, his sentence seeming so long and incomplete. Typical toddler.

“Well we don’t fight our friends right Yuji? You be good and keep your hands to yourself?” You encourage, ruffling the boy's hair as he smiles, one of the fronts missing.

“Yeah! We use nice hands.” Yuji repeats, leaving you with your thoughts as he grabs ahold of a car to play with.

Why would you tell a 2-year-old you beat someone up?! You sigh, scrolling through your contacts, making a note to speak with his father, even though the boy hadn't done anything, it's still concerning that he might feel as if that’s okay since his uncle does it.

It’s quiet for a moment, your other three students Nobara, Megumi, and Mahito playing together….and then it happens.

WHAM!

A still silence falls over the room and soon a roar of cries as Mahito holds the top of his head. In all honestly the child was a problem so whatever he did to get smacked over the head with a wooden block was probably warranted. But the bigger problem was that you biggest fear had come to fruition. Yuji, had hit and essentially started to fight with another child, as Mahito had hit him back. You’d definitely need to speak to his father now.

The rest of the children had gone home now, Yuji being your last child as you closed your classroom down. Your class usually ended around 6:00 and it was pushing 6:15 now. Just as you were about to make your courtesy call, the door opened with the jingle of keys and a throaty chuckle.

"Look at you, giving your teacher a hard time?" The tatted male asks, scooping up a giggling Yuji with a toothy grin. You, however, were far from pleased, giving a tight-lipped smile as he just barely glances your way.

"Hi, I'm Miss Y/n, Yuji's teacher." You announce, taking a tissue to wipe Yuji's nose one last time before he left.

"Uh huh," He responds, grimacing as you wipe the snot away.

"So, Yuji had a pretty good day today, but I did have to have a chat with him about..fighting and hitting other friends." You explain, feeling smaller under his sharp gaze. His face is tatted too, the thick dark lines running along his nose, cheeks, and jawline.

"You in here beatin people up?" He states sharply at the boy who only nods with a smile.

"Yeah! Like how you said you beat everyone up!" Yuji admits ith joy and his Uncle's face falls.

"Yes so, before Yuji hit the other child he told me that you...fight people and I told him that we use our nice hands. But right after that, he had-" "Hit another kid. The parents mad?" He asks, a bit troubled now, most likely mentally cursing himself for kinda causing this whole debacle. \

"W-well I can't really disclose that. The point is, please just chat with him and hopefully, he can learn that's not okay." You explain, feeling a bit more relieved since the convo went smoother than usual. And part of you was a little... flustered with how seriously he was looking at you. You couldn't help but look at his tatted and flexed arm as he moved Yuji to sit on his shoulders.

"Yeah, well, here have my number so if anything else happens and I'm picking up you can just let me know." He hums, pulling his phone skillfully from his sweatpants pocket and

Holy shit...

You think to yourself, seeing the print just faintly. You swallow, taking the divide and inputting yoi contact.

The pair leaves, Your heart trobbbing as you take a breath. Being any type of romantically involved with your students' parents was highly unprofessional...but the rules never said anything about hot tattooed uncles.

-in the car-

Sukuna buckled Yuji into his seat, passing the child a happy meal he'd picked up as payment for a job well done.

"Nice work. How bout next time you mention your Uncles got no girlfriend either." He laughs, backing out of the parking space with your number and a grin.

Authors Note; Ok yes i wrote this on a whim I swear I'm trying to finish the stuff I had listed on my update post lmao

Also might make a part 2 for this cause I freaking love this au

[seunghyunjigglers]

mama, a stray kid behind YOU ★ @seunghyunjigglers

ot8 skz members as brainrot memes!

author's note: we even included links for some of the less chronically online divas out there (generous much?)! a lot of thought and effort went into this and we hope you love and appreciate our firstborn child. tw: dark humor. betas, do not interact!

chan ★ "i'm the leader, i'm the alpha, i'm the one to trust"

unironically watches bad edits of himself and goes "ayeee" to hype himself up about being edited

comments under them on his secret account

his fyp is now most definitely infiltrated by alpha chan edits

let's be real the whole trend was probably what inspired wolfgang to be released

bites his lip bc he thinks it makes him look sexy and he just looks like he's eating his bottom lip

tries to do that thing where guys put their necklace between their lips and take pics to be sexy but the necklace falls down his throat and he starts choking

would deliberately start doing aegyo followed by serving face to show his 'duality' since apparently the fandom love it (poor guy doesn't understand irony still)

LOVES when stays talk about his gyatt and starts using it bc he thinks its just another normal word for ass and seungmin and felix almost throw up laughing at him

minho ★ "queen never cry"

genuinely thought 'lock in' was something to be taken seriously and does NOT take it lightly when chan tells everyone to lock in

his kinky ass also probably thought it was some kind of jail roleplay (jisung had to explain it to him)

has mewing competitions with himself in the mirror

makes 'minho never CRY 💜' the note on his alarm in the morning

thinks it’s funny when he recommends the ki sisters manga (where the meme comes from) to people as his favorite series and the poor author has to actually go on a talk show cause he blew it up with the internet

checks his notifications EVERY day hoping someone will edit him with that baby

accidentally comments “queen NEVER cry” under a sentimental skz edit on the official account and wakes up with several calls from his managers.. let’s just say it didn’t go over well

changbin ★ "gadagadegadagadao" (omega nugget)

he stumbled across this meme on felix's fyp one evening and thought it would make the best vocal warmup for his raps, didn't realise it was a joke and actually uses it before recording tracks

when he discovers its a meme he thinks its hilarious and makes it his whole personality

stops mid convo with people and makes the face and thinks he's so funny (everyone is tired of it)

orders mcdonald's for everyone and takes the time to draw the face on EVERY chicken nugget and couldn't be prouder of himself

genuinely thinks the song is an actual banger and has it saved as a sample for a potential title track

hyunjin ★ "donatella VERSACE"

only types like THIS 💜 and felix and seungmin are the only ones who get it

chan finds out and secretly changes his name in a groupchat with their managers and staff to "hwang HYUNJIN 💜"

he is tired but donatella is not

his gag christmas present for secret santa is boxers with ms versace herself covering his chocolate starfish and he has a wardrobe malfunction while wearing them at a show and EVERYONE sees

is actually really embarrassed when he has to explain what it means to her and she just nods and tries to smile with all her botox

after this she comments it on all her posts and he accepts that he’s never escaping it

jisung ★ "jiafei 'in my head' remix" (floptropica)

this man is always singing his lungs out in every skz code and somewhere along the way he saw an edit of him with jiafei's vocals in the bg

was actually impressed by her vocal skills and tried to hunt down her ig page, ends up on some fake floptropican fanpage but he doesn't know this because he has minimal survival skills

dms some loser message like "wow your voice is sooooo nice haha...i also like to sing lol...so do you like korean boys haha..."

owner of the jiafei fan account is a stay and thinks this is hilarious and catfishes the hell out of him for WEEKS, sends vocal edits and jisung unironically eats them up, he def sends back vms of him doing vocal covers to impress her

felix hears him singing a jiafei remix one day and almost shits himself laughing, jisung gets angry and defensive until felix reveals that jiafei is literally a meme

realises he's been catfished

blocks the account and gets sulky whenever any floptropican edit pops up on his fyp, but still sings the jiafei remixes quietly to himself (some habits are hard to break)

felix ★ "oi oi oi...baka" (freaky larvae)

recreates it and everyone takes it seriously and he has to make a video telling everyone it was not in fact a thirst trap

breaks up serious arguments like "we need to calm down...you're all being a bunch of...heh...bakas..."

searches it up one day to see if there's any other lore and accidentally discovers a yagami yato audio and gets traumatised

seungmin gets fed up by felix constantly repeating it so he comes up with a master plan and during one of their japan concerts says "oh, felix has been practicing his japanese lately...what's that thing you keep saying?"

i feel like he'd perfect that freaky expression and everyone is sick of him and changbin for randomly using them

picks larva on his turn to choose something for movie night and everyone comically (see what i did there) groans and gets up while he’s just there cracking up

seungmin ★ "saddam hussein hiding spot"

this guy saw a 'saddam hussein hiding spot' comment under jeongin's post and fell down the rabbithole (or rather, the entrance covered in bricks and rubble)

thinks its HILARIOUS because it's a historically accurate meme (nerd!)

definitely whispers it every single time he sees someone or something laying down and everyone is so fed up with it, also gets felix to do the voice since he can imitate it perfectly

uses it as an excuse to randomly start lying down during dance practices and when everyone complains he just says "why am i lowkey serving saddama hussein hiding spot?"

he'd take this shi so seriously like he'd be doing the math to figure out how much time to spend on each app each day so he can make his daily screen time average look like saddam hussein JUST to make the reference

jeongin ★ "that feeling when knee surgery is tomorrow"

someone makes a comment about how they tore their acl and have to get knee surgery and he goes "that feeling when knee surgery is tomorrow" and starts laughing

it wasn't very funny to said someone

probably has to make one of those formal instagram apology posts because of it (he sets the music as the bg for the original post but his manager makes him delete it and post again)

fake falls at practice and when everyone crowds around him all worried he says he feels like he might need knee surgery tomorrow and gets kicked out of the room

pays an insane amount of money to get everyone matching knee surgery knee pads for practice and absolutely loses it every time someone actually needs to use it and has no other choice

posts a fake hospital pic with “do NOT get your knee surgery from shein !!” on his secret account

asks for permission to change his pfp to the grinch and considers outing jyp when he gets told no

[kanmom51]

Having a conversation Jikook style

But seriously, this is not only Jikook, this is basically long term couple behaviour.

We hear the words coming out of their mouths, clearly talking about food, eating "something", all while their hands and facial expressions are telling us something else.

Those legs, JK really likes touching those legs.

We know JK has a thing with textures

Was it because they were nice and smooth? Were they perhaps shaved and he was enjoying that texture. Guys, don't laugh, this is an actual thing. A very neurodivergent thing!!

Or was the conversation as suggestive as it clearly appears to be?

See, what we are shared in these clips isn't the full convo though.

It does start out about food and poop, but imo strays very fast from that to something entirely different indeed.

JK saying what he did about JM's fate trying to eat something, ooh, the under-layering that followed was indeed delicious.

JK saying he's definitley eating something going in for the touch, palm out palm in. And cut!!!

And what about that hand gesture of JM's when JK says "I'm definitley eating something"?

I kind of feel like walking through door 2 but having it placed behind door 1, lol.

JK loves the texture but that whole convo at the end is most definitley suggestive.

Whatever it is, that guy in the back, the one that was looking at them (the others were not) he felt the need to not see it!!!

And JM's hand. At first I thought he was trying to move JK's hand away, but I don't think he was. I think he was trying to hold onto JK's left hand. Because he clearly was not trying to move away JK's right hand that JK felt the need to go in for an extra touch with.

Ugh, don't you just hate those Hybe editors cutting away at our Jikook moments??

Oh, and before I leave you, how about this little doozie? Seems like the official translations of the show are shit. Please do act surprised why don't you.

Sigh.

Yeah, seems like slowly but surely we are getting more and more posts about how the translations are not exactly accurate. Perhaps bro-ifying the conversations, perhaps just struggling with translating it accurately because of the difference in the languages, idk, but it's something we need to take into consideration. Not gonna make this any less entertaining, but definitley there will be things that are louder than what we initially think they are with the current translations.

Another example to that is what we see in this clip about JK saying: "You looked great when you got here".

Cause yeah, JK says "you looked pretty..." not "great".

SO PRETTY

not great.

SO PRETTY.

A term which we know JK has used in the past to describe JM.

[euniexenoblade]

re: egg discourse

i thought it was just people saying that specifically making jokes about someone being trans but not knowing it yet can be kinda invalidating and sometimes traumatic. are people actually saying you should never tell someone that they might be trans?

i dont really have a side in the debate it just feels like people are willfully misunderstanding eachother and its making my brain hurt

"making jokes about someone being trans but not knowing it yet can be kinda invalidating and sometimes traumatic"

Sure, but it also isn't for a lot of people. And, a lot of people I talk to say egg jokes helped them realize who they were. Though I do think part of this resistance to an egg joke is actually internalized transphobia at points (the idea of being compared to trans people is being treated as degrading in a lot of these people's arguments) the truth of the matter is different people need and want different things. Me making eggs jokes with my friends is not your friend group.

This is why the recurring complaint of our side is it's never egg jokes can make people uncomfortable, 'make sure your friends are cool with them before just doing them,' it's always complaining about trans women forcing cis men to be women or trans women being "transvestigators" or "similar to Christian missionaries." People who are uncomfortable with egg jokes are always projecting their discomfort onto other people, other friend groups, and portray harmless fun between friends as something abusive.

Like for example,

this is a projection. the egg jokes people are talking about happen among friends and stuff, but this person is doing a whole "never make egg jokes because people did it about me and made me feel bad" (oh woe is you, people thought you might be transgender, how disgusting to be a tranny). The majority of egg jokes are not about random ass people, it's within friend groups. And, if you don't like your friends saying them, tell them to stop. If they don't? Then stop being their friends. Also from that post

The underwater filter butchered that. I know you can't read it but I wanted to post it cuz fucking look at that. What the hell. Anyways,

This opposition to egg joke people always talk about strangers. As if we're walking up to random people on the street and making egg jokes about them. It's mostly contained to friend groups. This is just an inaccurate portrayal of what's actually being discussed, and I'm sure the op will be like "I'm talking about my experience!" but OP openly admitted that this rant was relevant to a random blogger complaining about an egg tweet a woman made about her own friend group that neither this OP or that blogger are part of. They are actually dictating how strangers are allowed to act and identify with this, not the egg jokesters.

Yeah, once and a while you get shit like "Aaron Bushnell seems transfem" which was a completely innocuous convo that no one would have seen if well known transmisogynists who accuse random trans women of pedophilia like three times a year hadn't found the post. It was a trans woman seeing herself in someone important in history, and even if someone said something inappropriate, the backlash was undeserved. Yall say embarrassing shit all the time and no one's running you off the web site for it.

I'm sorry this person and others seem to have a bad time with egg jokes (though most of the time, what they describe isn't egg jokes but that's a whole other thing), but their few experiences can not be used to determine a blanket response to something so many people actually do enjoy and find useful. I'm especially not gonna take a cis person's opinions on egg jokes seriously (since so many have seemed to gotten involved and think their opinion on this matters).

"are people actually saying you should never tell someone that they might be trans?"

Yes! That's like, the entire underlying premise of this! Like, 100% this is the backbone of every anti-egg joke argument. That's the entire concept of "egg prime directive." And, it's overwhelmingly weaponized against trying to help transfems realize themselves sooner than they would. From the aforementioned Bushnell drama, to the polls where a shit ton of transmascs voted it was ok to tell an eggy friend they might be a trans man but NOT ok to tell an eggy friend they might be a trans woman, to the newest drama where chongoblog whined about a random trans woman on twitter making egg jokes about her friend (which it was later revealed chongoblog misrepresented the tweet), the anti egg joke committee / "You can't tell anyone they're trans!!!" crew are always wielding this ideology against transfems / trans women but practically never against transmascs.

This is why it's constantly said that these posts and arguments are transmisogynistic in nature. "I'm a trans woman and I say eggs jokes are bad, so it can't be transmisogynistic you're just using that as a shield!" That's great but 1) maybe read between the lines, or read the criticisms you're clearly ignoring and maybe you'll see these people don't respect you 2) the whole "using transmisogyny as a shield" is like, classic transmisogyny at this point. We've been hearing that from anti-feminists, cryptoterfs, and trans woman hating google doc writers for a few years now and 3) you being complicit doesn't mean we gotta care about what you say.

"it just feels like people are willfully misunderstanding eachother and its making my brain hurt"

Oh, I'm sure this is absolutely the case. The problem is a bunch of transphobes are really who spurred a lot of this drama up earlier this year and instead of people thinking "oh these people have bad intentions I shouldn't boost this" they instead were like "Yeah! I don't like egg jokes!" and now we have to deal with trans women making egg jokes (normal, harmless, pro-trans and literally want to help trans people) being compared to transvestigators (a literal anti-trans hate group thing). The issue is people aren't treating us as people, and thus it gets returned in kind.

What's the answer to this? Mutual understanding that "some people need to be told they're trans," "some people don't respond well to being told who they are," "egg jokes can help people and be a fun joke for friends," and "some people are uncomfortable with egg jokes" can all coexist. But, honestly, I don't think we'll ever get there.

[aro-culture-is]

i’m like 99% sure you can ask for advice here so here goes

so, basically i have a queerplatonic/platonic crush on my band president. AND I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT KNOW HOW I DEAL WITH IT. so, for some context we started talking last year because i just joined the school and the bad and we started talking around mid-year and we weren’t that close orginally but there was this night we had a long, deep convo and after that we started to get really close. after two months, i started to have strong feelings for her (but not romantic) and i think it’s a platonic or queerplatonic crush and i didn’t really go to school and band that often for a while because of autoimmune disease and when i was there i tried not to make it seem like i’m too excited to see her which kinda makes me worried that she thinks i’m iggoring her but we text a lot so. anyway, even though we usually don’t interact irl that much [:(] we still do sometimes, and whenever my score has a rest i always look at her. especially when she has a solo. one time we went to experience this colleg band thing and i asked for a hug and she accepted❤️ i wanna hug her again. i do kinda wanna get touchy with her but not TOO MUCH, y’know? besides, i’m shy/nervous around her and anyway, she’s alloromantic. but anyway, today during our cca fair we kind of kept on kinda locking eyes (accidentally?? idk. but i know i was doing it on purpose) and it made my aromantic heart flutter

anyways so i don’t know what to do should i say i have a platonic/qpr crush on her? though i can’t tell which one it is…..

uhhhhh so, as a nonpartnering sort, I think I'm gonna give some general advice, and leave the specifics to the crowd.

broadly: do you know her views on queer stuff? could you casually bring up "oh, I was reading a queer story --", or if you know she's queer-friendly, "oh, out of curiosity, how many of the flags do you know?" type of stuff? Just, get a general vibe of her views of 1) queer people, 2) what she does and doesn't know or think she knows, and 3) if she knows about aromanticism, what she thinks it is and how she feels about aro folks.

I like to start there personally, because it gives you a lot better of a place to start a conversation about your own identity if you have a common ground on what feelings and definitions are being used. It's really easy, I find, for someone to confidently state they know what something is / what you mean, and be totally off base to the point that you're having totally separate conversations and don't even know it.

To use an example: in high school I had a friend who... lovingly, he grew up rich and sheltered, and probably only was not diagnosed as autistic because he was low support needs. His social skills were, lovingly again, as well informed as he could make them, but executed like a train wreck that most everyone attributed to "boy genius is a little weird". (He was, simultaneously, the heart throb of our school, and a lot of guys realized some queerness because of him, but that's a whole other funny story)

He was super nice about me coming out as trans, but clearly in a "he's confused but got the spirit" way. No idea what I meant, but he knew it meant a lot to me. A few weeks after that, he quietly admitted, "I thought it was about like, gender roles like cooking and cleaning and stuff, and I'm starting to get the impression I might not be right about that."

...

So, I now recommend everyone start with "let's get on the same page about what things mean" before having any big identity chats lol. It often leads to a quiet revelation on their side that you're guiding it to "Hi, I am that identity", but also puts it in a place where they're free to ask questions, and in my experience, treat it a little more thoughtfully and seriously than if it were a fly-by "heyyyyy i am aro and i am scared of this conversation, bye!" that can happen with enough anxiety. totally (/sarcasm) not speaking from experience.

hope that helps? from there, just... keep up communicating, leveling the knowledge field, and if a relationship is what you want, do the work. talk about what that means for you. ask what it means to her. talk about if that's compatible, and how conflicts might be navigated. if that goes well, congrats! if not, congrats! you've probably avoided the messier options, even if it isn't what you'd like.

[mizz-sea-nymph]

Attention: if you are not @hebemina then I advise you don’t respond to this cause just by that you’ll embarrass yourself by proving my points and being literal proof.

Id like to say that me and her where friends but during the time we where friends she had her weird moments and her alright moments especially when we first met, it wasn’t her acting like the adult it was me, funnily enough I started referring to her as a sister cause that’s what I do when I worry about how a person views me, it was clear I was uncomfortable and got my friend who remember the first encounter and how I reacted to this ask a while back, hell I even asked them how to respond to the ask cause I was in such a panic. When looking at it, I’m genuinely disgusted how she didn’t even apologise or better herself, everyone keeps saying she’s better but she isn’t and it’s really sad how harmful it is especially to the people she spoke with that she made uncomfortable.

(She was drunk and I was mortified and didn’t even know how to respond so I danced around it I’ll admit that but thing is she didn’t even apologize)

Now it’s hard to show this from the past cause of personal stuff but since some people already know about it I guess I just gotta grow some balls. I’m showing this from the past cause I came across it a while ago and got disgusted, I was a child and I was mortified so much so I asked my friends how to respond to it and was so ashamed and embarssed I thought I deleted this but luckily didn’t cause one can realize how horrid this is. What’s funny is a DECENT AND SENSITIVE AND CARING PERSON would apologise! You never apologized Mina! and this wasn’t the first time you got weird with me! Seriously! Atleast have the decency to say sorry! But not just this you’ve many times turned our platonic and happy convos to something straight up weird, I ended up deleting many on my blog cause of unlike you I feel embarrassed!

I went through a hard year and having someone like this disturb me online was the icing on the cake but of course I was too embarssed and scared to say anything about it cause I feared I’d be yelled at, by your followers, yeah allot of you made me not even want to stand up for myself and say “what you are doing is rubbing me the wrong way” despite her knowing my age, and despite me reminding her constantly at that time I kept saying “haha I’m in high school”. So to the people reading this, dont make her seem like she Dosent know the age of her followers cause she lurks, she lurks around even accounts she has now ignored just cause said acount has a different opinion then her.

Thought I didn’t notice? I easily noticed how you and @hanaiikiki or whatever TF her name is now stopped talking to me as a whole and started ignoring my existence, even when I was geniunely trying to be nice etc, you stopped when I voiced my opinion about Loki, Hana going as far as telling people she Dosent know me (girl I got ears everywhere, when I heard this I was shocked cause I thought we where good!) despite me clearly stating as a continuation I don’t care what anyone likes and Dosent like it’s the VICTIM BLAMING, that’s wrong and also rly weird. So I don’t understand why both of you would let a fictional character come between a nice mutual friendship, especially you Hana I geniunely liked talking to you I liked talking mythology and liked sending you asks, you where really nice and kind with me and didn’t weird me out like Mina but it’s clear you have no self identity what so ever. But of course, no worries! I have no need for you! I know who my people are and aren’t and you aren’t one of em that’s for sure. As for Mina, yeesh girl yeesh that’s all I got when it comes to this, cause again no self respect self shame or friendship is magic in this case, but then again you’re no use of me either so I’ll say I’m glad you don’t speak to me anymore cause you creeped me out many times :)

just cause someone hides behind a cute kind persona dose not always mean that’s what they are on the inside dishonesty is sm. I’m honestly so dissapointed so many here defend her and say she’s changed instead of her saying she has, let her speak for herself if she’s so much so as the adult she claims to be.Let her speak cause I’m amazed how everyone walks eggshells around her cause she’s “sensitive” that is a insult to sensitive people as a whole.

I’m not going to mention who cause I want them to rest easy cause they are dear to me and what they experienced today breaks my heart they’re so sweet and didn’t deserve any of this, but when Mina apologized to them, Mina used the excuse of “I didn’t know you where a minor” despite her MENTONING THEIR AGE! Everyone knows people that know what they’re doing use that excuse, they lie, they will always go with this excuse, don’t get offended and stop reading now Mina I ain’t calling you a pedo, I’m calling you a dumbass, a real big dumbass as a whole for that shit apology and excuse. A victim of harassment Dosent deserve this, and a “sorry” dose not make up for the trauma the victim suffered let alone this type of “sorry”.

(I’m covering the name cause I rly feel bad for who experienced this and believe the poor thing has experienced enough today of all days like good god I don’t even want anyone to comfort me I’m fine! Just show some support and love to this victim cause good god)

there’s a line with senstivity and irresponsibility, and if it weren’t for me sending a respectful i REPEAT a respectful I’m a respectful person that’s how my mama raised me, anon ask saying you shouldn’t interact with minors much cause they’re easy to influenced and they see what you post easily etc etc, the useless “minors do not interact” wouldn’t be there. Oh and it’s hilarious how you have it there and still interact with said minors? Sweetie? It’s not there for show! Lotus? Heldril? Goddamm new comers? Children copy and children get affected! And you’ve clearly traumatized and affected a bunch! If you’re a so called elderly care giver you should know how to care for others that aren’t just you, make it make sense!

Oh and let’s not leave this out the cake. It’s funny how you talk about masturbating in public and how you vent in public, letting literally people who are younger than you be your therapist, or witness you sexting IN PUBLIC keep it in the dms woman! have so shame! This isn’t red lobster you embarrassing yourself! I ain’t slut shaming you cause I’m the queen of sluts, I’ve been called a slut for years and I didn’t even know about it so don’t think I’m slut shaming you. But really How wonderful really! A nurse! Who gose through the struggle of whipping elderly asses for a living! Doesn’t go to a therapist and relays on people decades younger than her! Get a damm therapist! Be ashamed! Seriously take some responsibility!

Not to mention I still remember how people expressed geniune concern for you and you milked it and said “see you on the other side” who says that! I was one of those people! I actually worried? But I woke up and realized what the fuck is this? Are you serious??? Some of these people who are worried for you are younger by years?? Some even minors?! Get a grip??! Where’s the responsibility?? It’d be better to write about your horny thoughts on a blog strictly for NSFW! I deadass told you to in the anon ask cause you need to be responsible! And dont you dare post a “im sorry 🥺” post! I know your type and I know them well! Just by that post where you explained yourself about the whole issue of you saying you want to make out with a minor, says allot. You didn’t address the issue! You just said it’s okay to hate you! You didn’t even defend yourself! Well for one Mina, I don’t hate you, I just hate the way you act,behave and your personality as a whole because that “sorry” will never cut the anxiety and horrible memory as a whole, be ashamed a bit, it’s not funny to make everything sexual and as a adult you should understand that.

What you did to those mods and roleplayers? I’m still speechless and have Vietnam flashbacks when it comes to the public sexting good god, atleast as if it’s okay to do NSFW and sent a literal pic of you bust? I know dirty I’m the QUEEN of dirty that hand on your top pulling the shirt a little lower shocked me so much my eyebrows left to Saturn and had a baby with the planet! I’ve got eyebrow planet grandkids now that’s how shocked I was. Not to mention the mod was 19 you are literally a decade older girl- tf is this lore Olympus? I know you like lore Olympus but girl lore Olympus is lowkey shit no offence. Honestly no wonder the mod stopped roleplaying and deleted the acounts cause good god girl- atleast have the decency to ask?

It’s really funny! Just a big joke really!

I for one was a friend with yo!u until I realized your true colors, I’m disappointed and consider this pathetic. I used to think you were nice and kind but I was met with dissapointment you genuinely disappointed me, hurt me and not only me but many others, don’t beat yourself about it just accept the fact that you did and just remove yourself from said minors and ACTUALLY BE RESPONSIBLE, before you hurt even more people.

As for the ones reading this,

You all know me and I’m pretty sure this is shocking seeing me a person here on tumblr call out the so called sweet Mina but honestly, people! nobodies perfect! Are you kidding me?? Get it through your skulls! She isn’t perfect and I’m not saying to hate her I’m saying to stop treating her like a child! when actual children here are being harmed! I’ve seen minors on here who deadass have been affected by her! And nobody I say nobody! don’t you dare say she didn’t know what she was doing that’s a insult to the victims and disgusting in general.

Also it’s not the ror fandom that’s changing, this has nothing to do with ror, to anyone reading this know this, it’s the Mina fandom that’s changing, not the ror fandom I’ve been in the ror community long before her and if sm was changing I’d know.

I’m deadass saying this despite me being a decade younger then Mina, I’m not saying this as a friend, not as a friend cause I don’t see you as that anymore and will never will ever again, im saying this as a person who’s going to be honest with you,

Keep it real

Enough of this self cantered,narcissistic ,immature, shameful,irresponsible and selfish behavior, you should be able to expect opinions like this, stop hiding behind your followers and say what you have in mind Mina and DONT dance around the issue, I read your “apology” post when the Heldirl issue raised to light, you didn’t even talk about the issue in hand, you just said it’s okay to hate you! Three paragraphs!! don’t dance around this, and you know what, Don’t even respond if you plan on doing that, cause that just proves the point.

Just know I don’t respect you not just cause of you being weird in the past with me but also with others specifically others I care about, so don’t come crying to me cause I geniunely don’t care I know these types of etiquettes, a sorry will never cut shit like I said so call me a cruel bitch idc ig it’s fair 🤷🏻‍♀️ just know I DONT respect you one bit,good day.

Tagging

@amphitriteswife @tinyy-tea-cup @mono-supports-palestine @praisethesuuun @riseofamoonycake @brokensenseofhumor @monstertreden @heldril @lotusmybeloved @nicasdreamer @ idk

idk who tf else to tag aaaa 💀 but yeah that’s my take on all of this respect me hate me I don’t care I rather be hated for who tf I am then who I pretend to be and who I am is a person to keeps it real 🤨

[pixeldolly]

The Sacrifice - Part 3

"Evelyn? What's up?"

"It's Roman. He hasn't come home last night, or this morning for that matter. Do you know where he is?"

To Jacob's surprise, Evelyn sounded worried.

"No, I don't know where he is. I haven't spoken to him since yesterday evening after he dropped off Olivia."

"Oh...right."

Jacob almost rolled his eyes.

"Are you sure he's not just staying over at someone's place and doesn't want to be disturbed?"

"I thought about that, but he's not answering his phone either. And get this: I get a call from some guy who claims to be a director, says Roman missed the morning shoot for the commercial he's supposed to star in. Weird, right? He was quite excited when he first got the gig."

There was a pause while Jacob considered this. It did seem rather odd that Roman would simply drop off the map like that. Odd and, if he was being completely honest, a little concerning.

"I really don't know what to tell you, Ev...I have no idea where he might've gone."

"Okay. Thanks anyway, Jake."

The call ended, leaving Jacob to stare pensively at Olivia's face beaming at him from the lock screen wallpaper. Suddenly, the silence blanketing the apartment felt subtly oppressive, as if it concealed a terrible secret.

Jacob frowned, and shook his head to dispel such fancies. Roman was most likely fine - it had just been a few hours, after all. He probably had one too many drinks and was nursing a hangover or something.

He made a move to pocket the phone - then pulled up his convo with Evelyn instead and began typing.

The hours passed with no news. Jacob even tried calling Roman himself, only for his calls to go to voicemail. Curiouser and curiouser; Roman was usually quick in answering his calls, in case they concerned their daughter.

Little by little, genuine concern began worming its way into his heart and nestled there, gnawing at his peace of mind.

Not long after 6 PM, he got a message from Evelyn saying she and Ulf were on their way, and he spent an anxious hour and a half until they arrived.

"Hey, guys. Are....you okay...?"

"Grr - Yes...Just raw from the change. Had no time to eat."

"We'll be fine. There's half a deer in the icebox when we get back. Now, let's talk about what we came here to do..."

"Ahh yes..." *sniff* "A strong scent trail, we should be able to follow it without too much trouble."

Jacob was having second thoughts about the whole thing.

"Maybe...maybe we should go to the police? If we think something happened to him..."

"And say what? He's an adult, it hasn't been that long, and we have no proof anything's wrong aside from our gut feelings. Even if they do take us seriously, it'll be hours before they do anything. We could find him right now - hey there, sweetie! Whoa, you've gotten so big!"

"Okay, fine. But I'm going with you."

"I'm not sure that's a good idea..."

"Why? Are you saying you think there could be danger involved?"

"I don't know, Jake. That's the problem."

"Well, I'm going! He's my - he's Olivia's father. My mind is made up, Ev, so let's not argue about it. Ulf, are okay to babysit?"

Ulf looked at his wife with sudden alarm.

"Hold on, I thought we were doing this together."

"We only really need one tracker, and I know Roman's scent better than anyone."

Ulf didn't like the reminder, but couldn't deny she had a point. It wasn't his only objection though.

"And what if there is danger -"

"C'mon, that's pretty unlikely - This is Mistvale, for Watcher's sake! I doubt anything here could threaten a werewolf. Besides, someone needs to keep an eye on little Liv."

"You are the pack leader...but a husband can't help worrying."

"And you are very sweet to do so, but I'll be fine. Most likely scenario? We'll find Roman passed out on someone's couch and I get to kick his ass for making us worry."

"I do know you are quite proficient at ass-kicking."

"Damn right I am!"

The light and warmth of the building seemed to recede behind them all too quickly.

"This way."

Jacob was glad to have Evelyn's nose guiding them, because that damnable mist made it impossible to see further than twenty paces or so.

It made the streets seem even lonelier and dingier than they were.

[hawker-the-gary]

What does your drifter think about each hex so far?

Before I go into detail, I thank DE for giving the Drifter more personality options to work with in the messenger system they made. Sometimes I feel like in cinematics the Drifter is way too sassy/harsh for someone like Aki and I struggle to see her in game lmao

That being said! Here's what she thinks so far about each of them:

Arthur: He takes things a little too seriously, but Aki doesn't blame him for it. She wants to help him and be there for him, recently she's tried to get to know him better but he preferred to keep it to himself. She understands! She knows they started on the wrong foot, and were able to apologize to each other to move on. I just feel like them becoming buddies would take a bit but it would be worth it c:

Aoi: Oh, this is an interesting one since I made Aki Japanese a few years ago. I feel like the two would be able to speak with each other in their mother tongue, with the caveat of the generational gap. Imagine how much a language can change in centuries or millennia. This would lead to a couple of funny situations and misunderstandings, still Aki would see the way Aoi speaks in THE ANCIENT TONGUE OF HER PEOPLE fascinating. That being said, she'd find her bubbly personality endearing and like the loser lesbian she is, she'd fall for her quick but see her as unreachable~

Amir: She'd have a ton of fun to hang out with him. Aki gets along pretty well with chaotic and energetic personalities. She's the kind of woman who likes to have her peace and stay at home, but won't say no to going out. I feel like Amir would be the extroverted friend who adopts her as the introvert. Aki wouldn't mind this at all, especially if videogames are involved! (though she'd suck at them at first )

Lettie: At first Aki would feel intimidated, but soon enough she'd find a good friend in her! Funnily enough, Lettie was the first friend I was able to make. I guess it makes sense since in a lot of other stories, Aki is close to another exasperated medic named Zia. That being said, Aki doesn't know a thing of Spanish, so she'll find those words Lettie sprinkles in dialogue VERY confusing and may lead to misunderstands given the structure that Japanese and Spanish share phonetically speaking. (Aki:"Baba? but I'm not that old..." ). Still, Aki would find out that Lettie is easy to talk to and hang out with~

Quincy: Given how rude he is at first, Aki would straight up avoid him at first. I don't think she'd take the whole"you don't know what's like to be in a warzone"kindly given what our Tenno and Drifter went through in their timelines. She'd try to understand him but I can see how their personalities may clash sometimes (he got mad in text given my responses in character LMAO). Still, she's willing to help him in any way she can!

Eleanor: Enigmatic, Aki would have this fascination to get to know her better given how unique her circumstance is amongst the rest of the Hex. What's funny it's that she's the one member who'd know more about Aki's personal life than any other, given how the convos went.

WOW THIS IS A BIT LONGER THAN I THOUGHT I WOULD BE BUT I HOPE THIS SUFFICES LOL

[doukeshi-kun]

𝙙𝙖𝙙!𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙞 + 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙘𝙮

featuring ⨳ dad!nikolai + fem!reader (ft. oc kids: yuri, mari and karol)

contents ⨳ fluff, suggestive

notes ⨳ @quansoda based on our little convo :3

“Everything's okay, Yurochka? You need anything?” Nikolai asks as he tucks the blanket nicely on Karol who is already snoring softly. Yuri who is lying on his bed on the other side just hums sleepily.

“Turn off the lights, please...” Yuri mumbles.

“Of course, of course. Goodnight, you two. Don't look under the bed.”

“Dad, seriously?”

“What?” Nikolai acts offended, although his teasing grin is clear on his face. He chuckles at Yuri's face before he stalks to the door. He turns off the light and finally closes the door.

He makes one more round to check Mari in her own room. Certainly the girl is already sleeping soundfully, hugging her Mr Duck plushie. After he makes sure all windows and doors are locked around the house, Nikolai finally walks to his room, shared with you.

He sees you lying on the bed already, checking your phone. You notice Nikolai's walking in and smile at him. “The kids are all tucked in?” you ask.

“Yes, ma'am,” he says. He walks to bed and takes off his shirt. He tosses the shirt to the hanging rack in the corner before he makes a stretch. Your eyes trail over your husband's body. His shorts are hanging low on his waist. The lines of his muscles are visible and flexing for your view. Nikolai tugs the hair tie, letting go of his bun. His hair is getting longer each day—you remember the last time he trimmed his hair was three months ago.

Nikolai gets on the bed as you reach your hand out to him. Your hand brushes against his back, touching his hair. Nikolai looks at you with a small smirk.

“Yeah, baby?”

You smile, noticing that flirtatious tone in his voice. “I know that voice,” you remark, only making him chuckle. He leans forward to you as his hand rests on your stomach beneath the blanket.

“Hmm? What voice?”

“Oh, you. Pretend to be a fool at times like this?” you ask as your smile grows wider when you feel his hand trail further up to tease the underside of your breast.

You cling your arms around his neck, pushing your chest closer to him and he gladly cups your tits. Without any words needed, Nikolai kisses your lips, gently. He fondles you as he deepens the kiss. You let out a soft moan between the kiss—the warmth is getting hotter and you can feel the butterflies in your stomach as your hands move on his toned chest, feeling his heartbeat getting faster. Nikolai lets out a heavier breath as you break the kiss, only to resume kissing his jawline, down to his neck. Your teeth tug a bit of his skin, almost making him moan. He scoots closer as his hands slip up under your shirt, feeling your bare skin.

“Kolya—Ah!”

That one is not a moan, rather, it's a surprised gasp when Nikolai suddenly pushes you, just enough to put an arm-length distance between you and him. You look at him, wide-eyed, confused.

Then suddenly, Nikolai grabs the blanket that's covering his and your lower half. As the blanket is lifted, there lies your youngest son, sleeping between the legs of his parents, hugging his small bolster.

“How the fu—”

“Kolya, language.”

“Sorry, love. It's just...” Nikolai is in disbelief. Karol is on his bed—your bed, sleeping. He swears he just tucks this little one like ten minutes ago. He snores too, so how the hell did he even get here?

“He probably sneaked out when you were checking the windows and the doors...” you mutter, also in confusion. You nudge Karol gently and he whines.

“Karol, baby,” you say softly to his ear. Karol stirs and his eyes crack open a bit. He then crawls up to put his head on your pillow.

“Karol, let's go to your room. Mama and papa wanna sleep here.”

“Mmm, there not comfy...” Karol whines. He is already comfortable on your bed. You give Nikolai a regretful look and Nikolai just scratches his head, still baffled by the whole thing.

“I guess we will see what's wrong with his bed tomorrow... Haha,” you chuckle awkwardly as Karol tugs your hand to put it on his back, wanting you to pat him. Your hand softly pats his back. Nikolai purses his lips and sighs softly. He gets up from the bed, awkwardly rubbing his neck.

“I'll be right back...”

He rushes to the bathroom—he seems to have a rather pent-up problem with himself...

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[this-is-moony-lovegood]

I know there’a a head canon in buddie fanfics that Ravi is under the impression that Buck and Eddie are married, and since he doesn’t spend as much time with the A-Shift no one tells him otherwise. So what if one afternoon Ravi’s on shift and something is said to break Ravi’s little bubble of belief and he just goes, “Wait, you two aren’t married?” Hen and Chim are laughing their asses off while Buck and Eddie are shocked, and they’re like “what are you talking about? We’ve both been in relationships recently?” And Ravi’s like, “What? With who?” When they bring up Natalia and Marisol Ravi’s like, “I thought you were having out with Natalia for like a therapy thing post-lighting” and “Who the hell is Marisol? You’ve literally never mentioned her. All you talk about is your son and Buck!” Their convo ends up broken up by a call, but Buck and Eddie are so curious that they literally corner Ravi later, sit him down and ask him why he thought they were married, so Ravi just keeps listing reasons: the longing glares, family dinners, endless touching, etc. And that’s what spurs Eddie and Buck to actually start spiraling, like “Seriously? Have we been looking for this with other people this whole time when we’ve literally had it right in front of our faces?” I just think it needs to be pointed out to them for them to realize.

[o-uncle-newt]

Cabin Pressure Advent Day 9: Ipswich

IIIIIIPSWIIIIIICH!

In my opinion, Ipswich heralds a really key moment in the development of not just Cabin Pressure, but John Finnemore's (solo) projects in general- it's his first really genius episode in terms of plotting, where he first utilizes Chekhov's Gun with pinpoint precision while also building a watertight and well-structured plot that incorporates great character work.

He shows signs of it earlier in the show, obviously, but this is the episode where he first does it basically seamlessly. Douz is the closest, for sure, but the culminating moment of the plan, however genius it is, still handwaves away a few inconvenient questions like "is it any more legal to drive a plane on the highway than to take off without clearance?" Other episodes also have some good moments but the Chekhov's Gun placements are a bit obtrusive (Cremona and Edinburgh, for example).

(I'll make a note about Gdansk- it has some great Chekhov's Guns, but the plot is basically constructed AROUND them. That requires a lot of its own skill in plot construction, but is different than here.)

What I think is so great about Ipswich is that

a) the Chekhov's Gun is not just planted seamlessly, it's also planted unobtrusively- the masterful way that the number "nineteen" is hammered into our heads at the beginning, only for there to be a red herring appearance of the question/answer that puts us off our guard, and then that final moment of realization and resolution... it's just so good. Smaller ones like Martin's inner ear issue are also handled super well- we hear about it in a very specific context that is relevant to the plot and we don't even think twice about, only for it to come back in a new way later out of nowhere. Chekhov's Gun blends in perfectly with the decor.

b) everything is directly in the service of the plot, and makes sense. This is where there's the difference from Gdansk- there, there wouldn't BE a situation in the first place without some of those Chekhov's Guns that were planted (like the seven dwarves game), whereas here there is a very specific plot (how does MJN do when they need to prove their skills in front of regulators) and all of the Chekhov's Guns directly relate to that. Douglas's use of the "hey chief" line is hilarious both the first time and the second, and is used in utterly characteristic ways that also fit in completely logically with what they've been doing in this episode. There's of course a certain amount of coincidence that you have to allow because that's what makes it a sitcom episode rather than real life, but everything is still done incredibly realistically. (At least, from a human perspective- I don't actually KNOW whether the trainings are like that, but from what others have said they seem to be at least somewhat based on reality so that's cool!)

c) everything is directly in service of the theme! There is also a theme and it melds perfectly into the episode- who is the alpha dog. From beginning to end, we know that this episode is about power struggles, and the fact that something that just seems like a (fucking hilarious) joke- Douglas's whole "hey chief" routine- ends up coming back in something that he addresses, in a certain amount of seriousness, to Carolyn is just perfect. It shows what is only confirmed in the next scene- that Douglas knows who the alpha dog is. And, incidentally, one of the reasons why he knows this is his own realization that if they don't pass, it will "make him feel unemployed." He HAS to concede and that makes the moment only more powerful. (I'd also add that the "Marvin and Dougal" convo serves as a kind of textual evidence for Martin and Douglas, in this episode's power struggle, really being equal beta dogs, but that's not a Chekhov's Gun, just close reading.)

Anyway, I may be overly reading into any of this, but the upshot is that I listened to this, after listening to the prior eight episodes, and was just so massively impressed by the structural quality in a way that surpassed any of the prior episodes- but which I know, as an obsessive listener, is only a harbinger of some brilliantly plotted episodes to come- and the next one is, of course, the fantastic Johannesburg tomorrow!

[sylviesoothsayer22]

This Is What Happens When You Leave Two Crackshippers Starving and High on Copium

Summay:

Basically a brainstorming session between me and my friend that took a straight nosedive into complete lunacy that all began with a "Hey! Why don't we just give Wei Wuxian a high school reverse-harem AU? Wouldn't that be hilarious?!"

This was essentially the very first WWX-centric reverse-harem AU Heiyu (who you'll find on AO3) and I ever discussed. After checking the word count of that WHOLE freakin’ discussion, what led up to it and what conclusions were drawn, here are the results:

It had reached 6K+ words. We ended up crossing over with other danmei (TGCF, SVSSS and Word of Honor). The amount of pairings that would be produced if all the men in the harem decided to play human musical chairs would be 100+ pairings.

SO!!! Without further ado, I’m gonna go ahead and show anyone who's interested the whole discussion in its entirety, as well as the lore additions and you can all decide if you wanna pitch in, leave it be, or call Heiyu and I insane.

Here it is, the WWX-centric reverse-harem in Modern AU that nobody asked for!!! I hope you enjoy this!!!

Important Note: To anyone who's reading this thing, please bear in mind this is a DISCUSSION about a fic idea I had with a friend, Heiyu (also known as Jinyu). I just copy pasted our convo and you can see how that new verse expanded and was talked about. I briefly thought of writing an actual fic for this, but decided against it because it would just be so freakin' long!!! You'll understand what I mean in a minute.

Read at your own discretion, don't take it too seriously ('cause it's all crack anyways) and just have fun with the insane premise/pairings!!

((Discussion Start):

Sylvie-Laoshi: WWX is still learning the ‘quirks’ of each Calamity. 😆

Jinjin: He is new, he deserves some slack. 😌

Sylvie-Laoshi: My thoughts exactly. 🤣 Give him a break. He’s the equivalent of the new kid who transferred when the term was already half done. 🤭

Jinjin: Poor thing, it is good that the class president equivalent of the ghost realm is so inclined to help him! 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: Yes! 🤣🤣🤣……. If HC’s the class president, would that make HX the vice-president or the secretary? 🤔

Jinjin: Good question 🤔 HX is the secretary. Yin Yu is the vice president who actually does all the work 😜

Sylvie-Laoshi: Perfect. Absolutely perfect. 🤣🤣🤣 We all know Qi Rong will be the troublemaker/problem kid/head bully? And Bai Wuxiang? Maybe the boogie man? Like the school kid that mysteriously died in the bathroom? (I plan on having HC & HX stating that BWX is just a legend. No need to introduce him. 😑)

Jinjin: BWX can be the homeroom teacher? That is never seen?

Sylvie-Laoshi: I like where you’re going with this. 🤣 

Jinjin: And yes It is better if wwx stays away from BWX lest he gain an obsession for WWX too 😐

Sylvie-Laoshi: Uh huh. I can’t even IMAGINE how that would go. 🤢 What about Wen Qing and Wen Ning? The school nurse and the quiet kid in class? 🤔

Jinjin: If they are in high school then Wen Qing can be the member of the student council who is responsible for the maintenance of the infirmary (?) like an apprentice to the doctor or nurse there. Wen Ning is definitely the shy, bullied child in class

Sylvie-Laoshi: Not anymore he’s not! If the new kid, Wei Ying has anything to say about it! 🤣🤣🤣

Jinjin: Oh definitely!! WWX gained his bad boy reputation in this new school when he beat up the bullies and saved Wen Ning. What is the pairing here? Huaxian?

Sylvie-Laoshi: Why stop at HuaXian? 👀

Jinjin: Oh 👀…. How many in this harem?

Sylvie-Laoshi: It can be as many as you want! Provided that the ship doesn’t have fucking QR or JW in them. 🤢 Hua Cheng. He Xuan. Pei Ming. Xie Lian. Even Yin Yu (but secretly, because he’s too shy to acknowledge his own feelings)…..

Jinjin: Oho 👀…I see. Also, please keep wwx away from those two disasters 🤢 

Sylvie-Laoshi: We can even have characters from MDZS and SVSSS, if you want. I also wouldn’t mind adding other danmei if you’re up for it…. 👀

Jinjin: Like Wen Kexing…?

Sylvie-Laoshi: You knew where my mind was going!! 🤣🤣🤣 Would Wen Kexing be HC’s rival? 🤔 like originally WKX WANTED to be class president, but HC won by one vote?

Jinjin:That would be delicious!! I think at least from MDZS we can snag lwj, NMJ (?) Oh wait. we can make the Lan Bros actual twins who are in love with wwx 😆

Sylvie-Laoshi: YES!!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 If LWJ is in this AU, he’s gonna be competing with SO MANY strong opponents…. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Jinjin: Wait wait!! Factions within the student council!!

Sylvie-Laoshi: YES! Who’s on whose side/group/clique?! 🤔

Jinjin: Well all the above mentioned are already in the harem so....... I guess that work can be left to the NPCs?

Sylvie-Laoshi: No arguments here. The rest of the background characters can take care of the school. I’m just here for the drama! ☺️

Jinjin: Me too 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: We didn’t even mention the SVSSS characters!

Jinjin: Wait, who is nominated from svsss for the harem 👀

Sylvie-Laoshi: The Shen twins (Shen Jiu and Shen Yuan), identical twins, but people COULD tell them apart once you start talking to them. Shen Yuan is a lovable goof who’s waaaaaay into critiquing romance novels, while Shen Jiu’s the school Ice Queen who’s a bit of a fashionista. (But nobody says that to his face).

Jinjin: Oh… I....... I can't convey my excitement right now 😵‍💫😖😍 Two pair twins!!!! These two definitely!!

Sylvie-Laoshi: Also, LBH (without a doubt) the perfect straight A student AND Liu Qingge, the celebrity jock, whose a bit of a dum dum, because he fails to realize that there are girls (and guys) openly flirting with him, but he just thinks they’re being too nice.

Jinjin: I was going to add these two!! 😍 They needed to be there! Oh but we didn't decide what the characters of Tgcf harem members and MDZS harem members are. The shy nice baby -Wen Ning's friend- Xie Lian (?) HC and HX and YY are done.

Sylvie-Laoshi: Yes. Absolutely. 💯 AGREED! I never thought of these two being friends, but that’s PERFECT! Alright! I already mentioned HC, HX, PM, SQX, YY and XL. 

As for the MDZS characters… LXC, LWJ, NMJ and maybe Meng Yao? He’s not gonna be a bad guy in this one. Soooo….. 🤷‍♀️

Jinjin: WN and XL would just ✨vibe✨ And yup, I don't have anything against Meng Yao until he turns into JGY

Sylvie-Laoshi: Pei Ming would be the most obvious about his liking for WWX. He’ll just openly flirt with him in front of THE WHOLE CLASS (he should be the school’s playboy) maybe do some cheesy wall-slams, buy WWX lunch, just doing the most, but WWX is sometimes denser than LQG at times.

Jinjin: 💯 Agreed!!!!! Also let's make wwx from a higher middle class family. Not the poor uke troupe please.

Sylvie-Laoshi: Yup! Everyone here either came from New Money (HC, HX maybe PM and  Shen Twins too) or Old Money (XL, WN, SQX, the Lans and so on).

Jinjin: Agreed! Definitely!!

Sylvie-Laoshi: I always imagined WWX’s parents to be highly successful in (whatever) careers they have. So, DEFINITELY not from a poor background. But the whole cast is still ready to use their money to spoil WWX. 🤣🤣🤣

Jinjin: They are! 😂 And WWX in his head is like " guys I can buy my own lunch, you know that right? RIGHT?!!"

Sylvie-Laoshi: The whole freakin’ harem that WWX doesn’t know he has: “Of course we know! But we just reaaaaaallly feel like buying something for you today, okay?”

Jinjin: Think about so many people just floundering about school trying to catch a glimpse of wwx 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: This would spread to the rest of the student body like wildfire. Now WWX has the school newspaper trying to catch pictures of him/interview him. Asking him what’s his secret for catching so many fine specimens in the span of a few weeks. 🤣🤣🤣

Jinjin: Wwx in his interview, "I am so glad that I made so many friends so soon too! AND they are so caring!!" The student body reading this,"the ice queen? The disciplinarian? The president? The vice president? The demon lord? Where is the nice and kind aura here!!!!" 

Also! Also! We can divide the harem members in different classes! The mdzs in one, Tgcf in one and svsss in one! The other two classes are so jealous that wwx was assigned the mdzs class 😂. HC even tried to meddle with class allotment for wwx 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: Ohhhhh! What if HC (since I’m a hardcore HuaXian shipper at heart) was the first one to fall for WWX? Poor WWX got lost on his way to school and ended up on the other side of the town he just moved to, HC sees a kid wearing the same school uniform as him and sees that the kid is going in the WRONG direction, so chooses to help him out. They talk on the way and he starts developing a crush during their long trek to the school. 😍

Jinjin: Done! This is what happened! Also cut the poor boy some slack! He is new to town! 🥺

Sylvie-Laoshi: Soooooo truuuuue! 

Wen Qing (the bff who’s watching this shit show): Wei Ying! You’re supposed to be smart! We’re in the 21st century. There’s NOTHING heteronormative about this!!!! Use your head for ONCE IN YOUR LIFE!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭

Jinjin: Wen Qing is tired ok!! She had to listen to no less than three people asking her if they were sick because their heart was beating faster than usual and it hurts sometimes!!

Sylvie-Laoshi: It was probably SJ, LWJ and XL. All three of them can be so oblivious to their own feelings sometimes. 🤣🤣🤣

Jinjin: Exactly my thought!! 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: She then gets a visit from LQG asking for the SAME EXACT thing. Wen Qing is about ready to explode. 😆 If Wen Qing finds out about Wen Ning’s crush on WWX, would she root for him, help him out or just goes ‘it’s your funeral, hun.’? 🤔🤔🤔

Jinjin: She wants to quit!! When she sees Wen Ning entering the infirmary she feels dread creeping up her spine and when Wen Ning asks the same thing "Not you too A-Ning!!!!" 

Poor Wen Ning was just here because he has actual heart problems. 😭 Why did jiejie shout? Wen Qing felt so guilty, she forgot for a second that her didi was actually sick 😞

Sylvie-Laoshi: Oh my gooooooood!!! What a great punchline!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Jinjin: WQ roots for him definitely but this is without a doubt her first reaction~~

Sylvie-Laoshi: Undoubtedly. 🤭 What’s the story on how the rest of the harem fell for WWX? We already got HC covered. 🤔

Jinjin: XL definitely fell for WWX when he defended Wen Ning from the bullies, same for innocent WN. Lwj fell in love because wwx was breathing. LXC fell in love gradually when both of them enrolled for the wind instrument class. Which had devolved into duet sessions by the two of them…

Sylvie-Laoshi: I LOVE THIS! And it’s something that only the two of them (LXC & WWX) can share here! ❤️❤️❤️ What about WKX? 😏

I’m thinking that since WWX is well-read, they could have.. like a library meet-cute. WKX was practicing a recital for literature club, WWX walks by him and accidentally knocks over a bunch of books at the top shelf, causing an avalanche that would’ve fallen DIRECTLY on WWX’s head, WKX pushes him out of the way on time, and you get an accidental wall-slam moment with soul-gazing for a few seconds. Both of them are still processing what just happened.

Jinjin: WKX being the student head of the Library! Their sweet moments are all about books and that corner in the Library where the sunbeams hit just right in the evening giving it the warm, cosy feeling. (romantic too! Wwx just doesn't get this part🤭)

Sylvie-Laoshi: We’re gonna be stretching out the “he doesn’t know they’re in love with him” trope soooooooo much in this one. 🤣😭🤣😭🤣 

Jinjin: So true 😂 but it's so fun!!

Sylvie-Laoshi: Hmmm. What about the Shen Twins (specifically Shen Jiu) how would WWX manage to capture SJ’s icy-cold heart? 🤔🤔🤔

Jinjin: Let's take up the Fashionista troupe up 🤭 For a week straight wwx dresses so atrociously that SJ just goes up to him and " take my number, we are going to yours this evening you need some FASHION ADVICE for god's sake!!" (Wwx has nice clothes but not the sense of how to wear them and SJ is exasperated"

Sylvie-Laoshi: Oh my god. Yessss. And everyone in the harem interprets it as the Ice Queen finally making his move and decided to take their flirting up a notch. 🤣🤣🤣

And maybe Shen Yuan tags along for the SJ & WWX fashion show (since his poor twin doesn’t have any friends and he wants to encourage some kind of bond between his older brother and the new kid). He sees WWX’s book collection and just starts ranting over this book or that, WWX watches wide-eyed (for a guy who drops constant F-bombs, he gives some good critique!) and encourages Shen Yuan to keep going, following his advice on what to/and what NOT to read, while SJ’s brow’s twitching in irritation. Digging through WWX’s walk-in-closet for the best outfit combos.

Jinjin: SY and WWX are out there in the corner huddling over a book they read exchanging critique while SJ is in the walk-in closet obsessing over clothes. Once in a while he makes wwx stand in the centre of the room to see if the combo fits wwx's physique or not. 

Sylvie-Laoshi: First day with the three of them together and they've already got a nice and comfortable (almost domestic you might say!) dynamic down. 😂 😂 😂. 

Jinjin: The next day, everyone is blown away when wwx comes to school the next day. 

Sylvie-Laoshi: They all just can’t look away…. Some of them even secretly took photos on their phones as WWX walked by (HC, PM and LWJ definitely did at least). 🤭

Jinjin: 😂 😂😂 But the Lan Twins are not happy! The Shens are too close!! This is war!! ⚔️

Sylvie-Laoshi: It's the Lan Twins vs the Shen Twins! Gather up everyone! They're about to have a showdown! (SJ already voted that it should be a fashion competition first and then a musical one second). 🤣 🤣 🤣

Jinjin: LXC will have you know that Lans aren't old money for nothing!! They have an impeccable fashion sense!! LWJ in the corner already giving up on the fashion show and preparing for the music competition. He will win that one for sure!! (lwj is actually the head of the disciplinary committee, btw)

Sylvie-Laoshi: That's soooooo in character for both of them! Oh my gooooooood! 🤣 🤣 Also, I can't imagine a more perfect role for LWJ other than being in the disciplinary committee. 😂

Jinjin: I couldn't think of anything else. The Library was occupied already after all and so were the music lessons.

Sylvie-Laoshi: Truuuuuuueeee. We got so many young talents in this school... If it's not the most prestigious school in all of China, I'm eating my keyboard.....🤣

Jinjin: Oh it definitely is! 😂…What of NMJ, though?

Sylvie-Laoshi: Oooooooh! Could he be head of the wrestling club (who's already won a few gold medals)?! And XL a part of the fencing club? Or dancing. I could see him go either way, really. I don't know what roles they can have in the school committee, though. 🤔

Jinjin: Let's do it like this, XL has actually been a member of three clubs but was removed from two because of something or the other. Dance then fencing and now he is in the eco-club dedicated to the preservation of the environment in and around the school and city. NMJ, XL and the rest can be club representatives for their respective clubs. I can definitely see NMJ  being the school wrestling champion. He is one of those sports people who are already making a career in their fields

Sylvie-Laoshi: I love how you snuck in the 'thrice-ascended' god reference! 🤣

Jinjin: Can't forget the thrice ascended reference now can we 😌

Sylvie-Laoshi: NMJ’s already successful before he even left highschool! What an impressive young man, indeed! (Why does a part of me think that WWX would be a bit of a fanboy for this NMJ? Like kid!WWX was REALLY into fighting sports, wrestling was one of his favourites and now he gets to meet one on his way to becoming a national champion...?)🤩

Jinjin: Oh like a Yuri on ice idolization!! Just that wwx in not a wrestler.

Sylvie-Laoshi: I love how your mind works! 🥰. Ooooorrrrrr WWX just really likes fighting and asks NMJ on how to fight opponents bigger than him. This then evolves into them having semi-sparring sessions.... 🤭

Jinjin: Oh my~ 🤭 things can get quite hot in this scenario

Sylvie-Laoshi: Indeeeeed~ 😏

Jinjin: NMJ was not ready for the sudden heart disease he seems to have caught maybe he should go consult Wen Qing 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: This is gonna be a running gag. I just know it..... 🤣

Jinjin: Definitely 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: Ooooohhh! Here's an idea for an arc!

Jinjin: Oh…?

Sylvie-Laoshi: Poor WWX doesn't know which club to join!! He JUST transferred! And you're only allowed to be in one, but all his 'friends' are scattered in so many different clubs!

Jinjin: 😂 oh woe is he. He has so many 'friends' who should he join 😔

Sylvie-Laoshi: This can then evolve into lots of spats/arguments between the 'friends' where all of them try to sway WWX into joining THEIR club. *Gasp* LBH should be representative of the cooking club!!!

Jinjin: How could we forget!!

Sylvie-Laoshi: Sorry. We COMPLETELY forgot about him. (So many characters, man.....😅 🤣) 

Jinjin: Well no one is a contender in the lunch department now 😂 But the popularity of this man and his legendary dishes knows no bounds 😂 

Sylvie-Laoshi: Definitely. He is the unchallenged/unbeaten winner chef in this story. 😂

Jinjin: Well the lunch arc goes to LBH. He is the final winner. The music one will definitely go to the Lan twins.

Sylvie-Laoshi: The gardening/eco-club to XL.

Jinjin: We sidelined poor YY too.

Sylvie-Laoshi: Oooof. Yes. Poor YY! He would be the vice-president of his class, right? Since HC's president.

Jinjin: They were the student council president and vice president weren't they? That is why there was rivalry between HC and WKX. 

Sylvie-Laoshi: Yeah! We mentioned that a while back (best to keep our facts checked. So many different roles here!) 🤣

Jinjin: I think YY would fall in love if wwx picked the papers that slipped from his hands because there were too many. All with the angle effect in the background 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: That can be on WWX's first day at school! And then a cleaning closet scene would be their second encounter! 🤩 As in: WWX accidently made a mess during his 'try-out day' in the cooking club. Feeling flustered, he rushes to a cleaning closet and there he finds the cute, quiet kid that he ran into before, who's always following HC around like his personal secretary (even though that's supposed to be HX's job), Yin Yu. Currently napping next to the cleaning supplies. 

Jinjin: Oh please yes!!!! 😍 I can just see wwx thinking. Oh poor thing and then going to the supply closet and bringing over a blanket for YY. MEET-CUTE!!

Sylvie-Laoshi: YESSSSS! And YY was actually AWAKE, but pretended like he was still sleeping (he's a light-sleeper, because he didn't want a teacher to catch him napping in the closet. It would set a bad example as the vice-president) 🤭

Jinjin: And here starts the story of the shy vice president who didn't declare his love openly because he was scared of the president 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: Class president Hua Cheng would work him to death if he did. 🤣 🤣 🤣

Jinjin: He would 🤣

Sylvie-Laoshi: What of Pei Ming? How would their meet-cute go? 🤔

Jinjin: I can't say? He is a playboy after all. But it can go like this, PM flirting with Wwx and not expecting the comeback from wwx and then floundering through the conversation flustered JZX style. Wwx was a certified flirt in canon.

Sylvie-Laoshi: Like the smug player who didn't think he could be outmatched! 🤣

Jinjin: Exactly!! 🤣

Sylvie-Laoshi: Truuuuueee! And this would be the ONE time where he's 100% sure that a guy was flirting with him, since it's common knowledge that PM likes both guys and girls. 🤣 🤣

Jinjin: But wwx from then onwards thinks that PM is in a competition of out flirting each other

Sylvie-Laoshi: And doesn't ACTUALLY think that PM might be interested in him because OF COURSE he doesn't! 🤣 🤦‍♀️

Jinjin: Well PM this is Karma 😂 When the entire harem has confessed and has been accepted (way off into the future) PM still has friend status. The harem literally pitied him and told WWX that PM actually loved him. Please put him out of his misery.

Sylvie-Laoshi: The fact that PM (of ALL people) would be the last one to join..... That's comedy gold right there. 😂 😂 😂

Jinjin: It is 😂😂😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: Hmmm. Now all that's left are LBH, LQG and Meng Yao. How would their meet-cutes go? 🤔

Jinjin: I don't know 😔

Sylvie-Laoshi: Hmmm. Well LBH would be the representative of the cooking club. Meng Yao could be in charge of the school newspaper (since gossip and rumours are his bread & butter in canon) OR head of the drama club, since he's such an excellent actor. As for LQG, tennis or football champ (I'm thinking of a sport that's most suitable for his physique)....

Jinjin: LQG fits tennis very well 🤔

Sylvie-Laoshi: WE FORGOT HE XUAN AND SHI QINGXUAN!!! 🤯

Jinjin: Yikes!!!

Sylvie-Laoshi: Ironic that it's both of them together....🤣

Jinjin: SQX definitely has the friends to lovers trope. They have such playful personalities they just go with the flow into friendship and then evolve into some more as they spend time together

Sylvie-Laoshi: He and WWX honestly wouldn't have it any other way....😂

Jinjin: They wouldn't 😌. He Xuan can have his time to shine in the club arc where he is the secretary and has to introduce WWX to every club so that he can make a decision thus spending a lot of time with him. They are all serious conversation  and HX falls hard when he sees wwx smile be hyperactive but calm down and get down to actual business when it comes to important matters

Sylvie-Laoshi: Yes! HX would definitely love the non-hesitant, serious decision-making side of WWX, who also doesn't take himself tooooo seriously.

Jinjin: Wwx would be the kind of balance that Hx really appreciates.

Sylvie-Laoshi: You know what?! Let's have SQX be the head of the drama club (he seems like the hyperactive theatre kid type) and Meng Yao could be in charge of the school newspaper, while ALSO keeping the nasty rumours about WWX at bay (once MY falls for WWX that is 🤭 )

Jinjin: Oh we totally forgot the easiest way to MY's heart!! Wwx argues that his mother shouldn't be made fun of for being a single mother if it was the father that left him and that she is a dedicated mother who brought up her son all alone!

Sylvie-Laoshi: And from there WWX (unknowingly) got MY *locked* on him! 🤩 😂

Jinjin: He did 🤭

Sylvie-Laoshi: Now for LQG….

Jinjin: Oh…?

Sylvie-Laoshi: I'm thinking that during his exploration of the school, WWX decided to take ONE tennis lesson just to see if he's up for it (he knows how to play, but his skills are average). On that same day, LQG was supposed to have a fierce training session with a champion from a rival school at the same time as WWX's tennis lesson, but the rival delayed (and nobody told LQG)....So! LQG goes to the tennis court, on his A-game, thinking that the raven head on the other side was his opponent, served......and knocked WWX to the ground, giving him a concussion because he hit the ball too hard (WWX didn't see it coming). LQG had to carry him to the nurse's office. 🤣 🤣 It's soooooo dumb. But also soooooo LQG..... 😂

Jinjin: This would be so precious 😂 LQG would feel so very guilty after this!

Sylvie-Laoshi: HE WOULD! The next few weeks, WWX keeps getting mysterious packages of spicy snacks in his school locker and doesn't know who keeps putting them in there! (LQG asked around and found out that WWX likes spicy food. This is his way of apologising). 🤣

Jinjin: He is a bit emotionally constipated and can't say sorry to his face thus begins the take of the secret snack provider. One day wwx gets to school early and hides behind another row of lockers just to see who was leaving him snacks. When he finds LQG he shouts "it's you!!". Maybe both of them like spicy snacks and that becomes their bonding point.

Sylvie-Laoshi: Yeaaaaah! New head-canon for LQG!!! 🤣 🤣 Now for LBH, I think I FINALLY have a meet-cute for him....

One day, WWX woke up REALLY late (maybe it was right after the concussion episode and his body-clock hasn't fully recovered yet). He runs to the kitchen to prepare his own lunch-box (usually his mom would help him with that, but she already went off to work, probably thinking that WWX's ALREADY at school and not over-sleeping). During recess, WWX goes to the school's rooftop for some peace and quiet since his head was still pounding (cliche as hell, I know). He sits down there and cracks open his lunchbox, about to start a meal, when he hears a new voice exclaiming: "HOW did a simple congee came out to be THAT shade of red?!" WWX snaps his head in the voice's direction and finds another kid, just huddling there in his corner, several books open infront of him (doing HOMEWORK during recess! WWX thinks disbelievingly), inspecting WWX cooking style (or lack thereof). 

LBH nods to himself and asks: "You have anything after school?"

WWX: "No...?"

LBH: "Good. Meet me in the cooking club once you're done with your last class."

Jinjin: Cliche but nice!! 😆 Wwx was so bewildered with this person suddenly bossing him around and LBH was dying inside with each bite wwx takes of that red monstrosity.

Sylvie-Laoshi: LBH is probably thinking to himself that WWX has no taste buds. How else could he eat that and NOT gag?!

Jinjin: No gag huh 😏

I am so sorry 😂 It's just heavenly pillar  and no gag what was I supposed to think 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: Oh my god. You evil genius you~ 🤣

Jinjin: What evil genius?! I felt second-hand embarrassment from my own comment!! It was so.......*facepalm*

Sylvie-Laoshi: Don't worry about it.... This is a judgement free zone!!!

Jinjin: Thank you!!! *sigh*

Sylvie-Laoshi: Aaaaaaannnnnddddddd thus starts the arc of LBH TRYING to teach WWX how to cook, but somehow WWX just CAN'T get it right. LBH gives up and resolves to just cook WWX lunch everyday JUST so he doesn't accidently give himself food-poisoning! 🤣

Jinjin: The perfect house husband manners!! Mama wei approves 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: Oh my god. Wei Ying's parents would have a riot once they find out the complete shit show that's their son's love-life!!! 🤣 🤣 😭

Jinjin: They would 😂🤣😭. Wei Changze is having a crisis!! There are 10 too many sons-in law here!! His baby is in danger!! While Cangse Sanren is having the time of her life! She is making a ranking of all her son's boyfriends 😂🤣

Sylvie-Laoshi: WCZ’s ONLY baby at that!!!!

Jinjin: WCZ is thinking of moving to a different city once again 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: No! He's thinking of moving to a whole different planet all together!!! Somewhere that DOES NOT have any other man chasing after his precious boy!!!!

Jinjin: 😂😂😂. There is a sense of doom hanging over WCZ. I am sure he faints at some point 😂. 

Sylvie-Laoshi: Just once? I feel like he'll be fainting multiple times in this story~

Jinjin: No no this is the start of WCZ fainting side series 😂

I know we made the entire harem for wwx but how does it function in the modern world?

Sylvie-Laoshi: I have no cluuuuuuuuuueeeeeee 😭 😭 😭

Jinjin: Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

Sylvie-Laoshi: THEY'RE RICH PEOPLE! They don't go by the same rules that us peasants do!!!!

Jinjin: 😂 they don't!!! There really are too many 😂 I can't think of something feasible 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: What have we done....? Jinyu...? I think we took it waaaaaay too far this time!!! 😂 😭 😂 😭 😂 😭

Jinjin: Definitely not!! Everything is fair in love, war and fandom!!

Sylvie-Laoshi: I genuinely cannot think of a better slogan for dedicated shippers. You summed it up perfectly. 😍 How many are in the harem now? I lost count....😅

Jinjin: Okay, so there's:

LBH

SY

SJ

LQG

HC

HX

YY

XL

SQX

PM

LXC

WJ

MY

WN

NMJ

Anyone else?

Sylvie-Laoshi: WKX…

Jinjin: Oh yes! 

Sylvie-Laoshi: You know what?! Why don't we add Shi Wudu, Xue Yang and Zhou Zishu in there for good measure? At this point, adding more isn't gonna make things any worse (it has already went FAR PAST the insane stage) 🤣 😭 🤣 😭

Jinjin: Let's go! We are already in too deep 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: We've already fully embraced the madness~

Jinjin: Their dating life isn't going to be that difficult but adult life with a harem is going to be challenging. 

Sylvie-Laoshi: Maybe they can all mark their calendars? See which days they can have WWX to themselves...? 🤷‍♀️

Jinjin: Well two of them are going for international sports. They are going to be busy. Meng Yao is probably going to join the paparazzi; he is also not going to have much time. Lan twins are old money which comes with responsibility. Same for Shen twins. They will no doubt make time for wwx but work is not going to leave them be. WN is probably going to pursue a medical degree and we know the condition of medical students. He will be there but mostly tired. HC is new money and needs to keep up with his company and YY is of course with him. HX will have the same problem and he is alone so that's a greater problem. SQX is either going to be an actor or a model, both of which will take a lot of time. WKX (is he old or new money?) has a lot of open options but I think he will open a bookshop maybe with a dream of owning his own Library. LBH is definitely going to become a cook and his most time out of all of them.

Sylvie-Laoshi: Hmm. Both of WKX’s parents are doctors (since they were healers in canon) but WKX didn't wanna pursue the same career-path as his parents. So yeah. Let's go with the bookshop option. ❤️

Jinjin: Sweet XL is definitely going to be an activist with the UN or something. He is also old money.

Sylvie-Laoshi: That suits him so well! ☺️

Jinjin: All this to say they are all very busy and won't be with wwx at the same time except for maybe new years and Christmas and such festivals. They buy a big house contributing their own share from their first salaries and live in the same place (for wwx of course) 

Though we can say this harem has side canon pairings too. Or fanon.

Sylvie-Laoshi: Yesss! Let the HuaLian, Beefleaf, Bingqui (he can have both twins if he wants), WenZhao ships thrive at the same time! (And maybe they can mix it up a bit too! HC & HX, XL & SQX, LWJ & LBH and so on and so on. I feel like we're gonna need to make several charts JUST to keep track of all the pairings.... 😂

Jinjin: I think so too 😂 They’re all gonna be a big happy gen z family 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: Also, I counted how many harem members (if you include SWD, XY and ZZ) then that would be 19 boyfriends/lovers/husbands for our dear WWX. I do NOT feel an ounce of pity whatsoever!!! 🤣 🤣 🤣 

Jinjin: Neither do I 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: You know TWENTY men will be living under the same roof, RIGHT?! And we're not even including potential kids here!!!!

Jinjin: POTENTIAL KIDS?!! Let's go!! Make this a men can get pregnant verse!! (Not omegaverse). 

Sylvie-Laoshi: WWX shouldn't be the only one to get pregnant! We got several bottoms here too! They can take up some of the load (PLEASE for the love of god DO NOT make WWX birth out NINETEEN kids -at the least-!!!!)

Jinjin: We shall not!!!! That it why it's not omegaverse 😂

But how many couples does a 20 people group make?? 😀

Sylvie-Laoshi: This is why I suggested charts. Because there's NO WAY we can keep track of even ONE character crossing over to other pairings! And we're not even including throuples here!!!

Jinjin: OMG throuples 😱 Wait wait let me see how many couples that makes at least 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: The longer we talk, the more insane we're getting.... 😭

Jinjin: So I may have done a mostly right calculation and there would be 171(?!) couples if everyone is involved with everyone except for the twins with each other….

Sylvie-Laoshi: Oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.................................

Jinjin: I know right 🤣😭🤣😭

Sylvie-Laoshi: I feel like this is the kind of crazy project that a whole STAFF of fanfic authors need to work on to make it functional (while also high on crack)..................................

Jinjin: 😂 you think we are high on crack 😂😂😂 I can't stop laughing 🤣

Sylvie-Laoshi: I can't stop either 🤣

Jinjin: Just think, 171 pairings!! 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: We were JUST talking about Well Matched (one of my published fics)! Then I was the one who decided that WWX should have a reverse-harem. 🤣 😭

Jinjin: Oh shit we were talking about well matched!!!!

Sylvie-Laoshi: You remember that WangXian fic that went viral, had like a 100+ tags and basically broke AO3?! I feel like THIS idea would be JUST like that, if not worse!!!!

Jinjin: 😂 it would break Ao3!! But this time it would be the relationships column that is going to have 100+ tags 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: I don't know if it will even ALLOW you to put 171 pairings....🤣

Jinjin: 😂 well then the entire first chapter would be FILLED with pairing 😈mwhahahahhaha

Sylvie-Laoshi: SO TRUUUUUUEEEE! It will be filled with JUST WWX-centric pairings in the beginning before slowly but surely crossing over with other characters till the sheer monstrosity shows itself in all its terrifying glory!!!!!

I think....this is our craziest tangent to date..... 😵‍💫

Jinjin: Is there any doubt?!! 🤣 People are going to run away before reaching the second chapter. Unless they are as you said "high on crack" 🤣

Sylvie-Laoshi: Nope! I don’t doubt it one bit! And I don't know if I should be proud or terrified!

Jinjin: Now, that I can't answer 😅 somewhere in between? I think it shows that we had been fandom deprived as this was our conversation on a Tuesday evening…The most tiresome day of the week.

Sylvie-Laoshi: I have to say, that is a very accurate assessment… Let's just shelve this......goliath of an idea (I genuinely don't know if we can EVER revisit an idea this insane, but two rarepair-starved shippers can dream....🥺 ). 

Jinjin: They can dream alright. They already did. If there was a third person here either it would be someone as crazy or we would be getting blocked 😂

Sylvie-Laoshi: This was sooooooooooo fun. Definitely had my creative juices flowing like crazy. I had a blast! 

Jinjin: Tell me about it!! It was so fun!! 😂 Made my week I think I will think of this idea and get through this week easily 🤣

Sylvie-Laoshi: Glad that you can have something new to cheer you up whenever you feel down!!! ❤️ I think it's best that we call it a night. It's probably past 1:00 AM there. And I'm feeling pretty tired myself. But this was THE BEST thought experiment we've had!! I'll keep you posted for any future projects!

Jinjin: Good Night! 💤 Take lots of rest!

Sylvie-Laoshi: You too! Goodnight~

((Discussion End))

Further Lore for the Other Harem Members: 

1. Zhou Zishu (Word of Honor): Jinjin suggested that WKX and ZZS could be one of the few established couples before any of the reverse-harem drama happened. WenZhou were childhood sweethearts that officially started dating while in middle school. WKX was the one who introduced WWX to ZZS, after they both start catching feelings, they decide to ‘experiment’ by having an open-relationship (they are oddly one of the few ‘mature’ members of the harem). And thus starts the arc of the most ‘experienced’ couple in the harem taking turns wooing WWX. Sometimes double combo-ing by smoothly inviting WWX to after school hangouts. Since WenZhou lived their whole lives in that town and they’re just tryna show the ‘new kid’ around~

ZZS can be the head of a fencing and/or mixed martial arts club. Unfortunately, I don’t think there would be a club for alcohol brewing. Not in a SCHOOL!!!)

Also, ZZS can drink WWX under the table. I’m SURE of it!!! )

2. Mo Xuanyu (MDZS): Jinjin had the brilliant idea of making MXY an underclassman who joins a year after WWX and was bullied in his previous school for both being gay and having a teen single mother. It keeps to his canon-pathos, but thankfully he’ll find acceptance in the harem/this lunacy of a group.

3. Xue Yang (MDZS): It was suggested that XY could be a foster kid/orphan who got into the school via a scholarship. It makes him the odd one out who had to use his wits and genius and claw his way up to where he is now. He’s a loner, a guy who just likes to unsettle people with dark ‘jokes’ for shits and giggles AND is the head of chemistry club. Makes perfect sense, the most dangerous place in a school that one can imagine are near acids, fire, reactive metals and what not. And maybe he has a similar obsession with chemicals and explosions like Maomao from Apothecary Diaries. Could be a nice zainey reference to his canon insanity. The only other thing he would be obsessed with is WWX and maybe Meng Yao/JGY.

4. Nie Huaisang (MDZS): Another friend made a hilarious suggestion, where NHS is the one who shows up to meetings, but has no official job. Everyone wonders why he is there and when asked he says: “Da-ge is my ride.” (or something equally ridiculous). Everyone assumes since he’s the lazy little brother who has average grades and whines whenever he’s given any sort of task, that he’s just an unambitious wimp. But as it turns out he was behind several betting pools about who would date WWX first, what kind of dates they would be, who would start in-fighting within the harem first, who would WIN in a fight and so on. NMJ still wonders to this day how NHS made so much money (their parents refused to give him any more pocket-money as punishment for his shit grades). Also, imagine everyone's shocked expressions when they find out NHS sideled his way into the harem with hardly anyone noticing (he just couldn't standby and watch from the sidelines anymore. )

5. Shi Wudu (TGCF): Jinjin and I decided on a very (un)subtle canon reference by making SWD head of the swimming club. One of the most common clubs in schools + it TOTALLY won’t leave room for very wet and juicy descriptions. (Jinjin said it, not me ). For added tension in the harem, SWD was gunning for head of the fashion club, but Shen Jiu beat him to the punch and now SWD has a SJ-sized chip on his shoulder. Plus, SWD has been dubbed the school’s resident ‘bastard’ and ‘unapologetic villain’. 

This is due to what he apparently ‘did’ to He Xuan’s sister. Soooooo, anyways SWD used to date HX’s sister (briefly) THEN rumor had it that they had this big dramatic breakup where the sister ended up heartbroken, all these allegations would start circulating in the school’s rumor mill. How SWD would often blow off HX’s sister, forgetting to pick her up for their dates, if she sends him a text, he’ll respond hours or even DAYS later, how he keeps forgetting what her favourite snacks and one time gave her a candy that she was apparently allergic to. 

Essentially, the rumours say that he was a SHIT boyfriend and that resulted in all the girls and guys in the school saying that SWD is a “ No-go Zone”. Basically a “date at your own peril” kinda person. Aaaaannnnnndddd. Of course HX has a huge, deep seated hatred over the guy who ‘seemingly’ treated his sister like shit. BUT….As it turns out, they were ‘fake dating’. SWD was doing the sister a solid, so that she can go and date Yushi Huang and Ling Wen (who are in SWD’s friend group). HX’s sis wanted to hide the fact that she was into women because she was afraid her family wouldn’t accept it. Soooooo yeaaahhhhh …. . 

That’s all I could come up with. SWD is still a bastard because he’s perfectly fine being portrayed as the ‘villain’ in the whole school and deliberately hams it up. (It makes it easier for him to get rid of all the stupid girls who keep leaving him love letters. They can FINALLY leave him alone!!!) AND we can have the HX x SWD ship later on without it being super problematic (*whispers* like in canon….). Also, we can make HX’s sister older than him by two years. SWD is older than everyone by one year and still has one final year to go before graduating high school.

The Pet Owners in this Verse:

1. HX can have pet fish (because of course).

2. The Lans can have bunnies. (Jinjin brilliantly thought of Mama Lan running a bunny café. The Lan Twins visit the place to keep the bunnies company during closing hours + it’s one of their favourite places to do their studies in).

3. Ling Wen can have an owl (scholar god reference and all that)

4. Yushi Huang can have an ox (maybe she and her family own a couple of farms + livestock.)

5. Maybe the Shen Twins can have guinea pigs. (Because Shen Yuan fell in love with them as a kid and the only way he could get his parents to agree is if BOTH twins want it, SY looks at Shen Jiu with the biggest puppy-dog eyes he could muster, SJ caved and said ‘sure’ *sigh*).

6. Some of the characters' spiritual weapons can be cats (Bichen, Shuoyue, Ruoye, E-Ming, Suibian, Chenqing and so on). And HC, XL, LWJ & LX can have cats from the same litter that was abandoned in front of the school just before WWX arrived. The last two of the litter (Chenqing and Suibian) attach themselves to WWX . XL’s and the twins’ parents wouldn't allow them to take in the cats so they take care of them at the back of the school as a “bonding experience” between them. Bichen, Shuoyue, E-Ming and Ruoye can latch onto WWX like their owners did).

End of fic idea dump.

Author's Notes:

And then we never discussed it again. LITERALLY Jinjin and I very very rarely ever even thought about this lunacy of a brainstorming session. So, thank you to my online friends (specifically Jaq and Stel) for reminding me about this (cursed) gem Jinjin and I carved out months and months ago.

If there is ANYONE who wants to take this idea and run with it through the wall, by all means go for it. Just please remember to give proper credits!!! If anyone wants to jump in and CO-WRITE this monstrosity with me (i.e. become a writing member/choose a chapter and/or pairing you wanna cover) by all means feel free to DM me here on Tumblr or on Twitter @SylvieSays22 or even on Discord at sylviesoothsayer and we can organise something because….. I sure as shit can’t write this whole thing ALONE!!! Lmaooooo.

Special thank you to Heiyu/Jinjin for helping me give birth to this abomination and EXTRA special thank you to Jaq for REMINDING me of NHS and for that hilarious NHS-lore. Lol.

Thank you for going through this madness!!!! Feel free to drop a like and lemme know your thoughts in the comments.

Next post will be a proper fic/teaser, promise~~

[arabella-strange]

My friend and I were discussing why c3e118 just did not land for us, and mid-convo she asked me, 'What would you have changed? Where do you wish the story had branched off another way?'

Now, the campaign isn't over and I have been very impressed with how much the cast (including Matt) managed to weave together even very wayward threads in the final ep or two of c1 and especially c2. I'm also not interested in only enjoying fiction which plays out as I would have written it; very much the opposite.

But, given those caveats, here's what she and I imagined in response to her question:

Evacuate all the Ruidians. What if, instead of the mission to re-cage Predathos, BH had been given – or had seized – a humanitarian mission to save all the ordinary citizens of Ruidus? The characters don't like Luda, don't feel up to Predathos, but do want to protect ordinary people from being caught in the crossfire? Okay—let's take that seriously! If c3 is (as I suspect) intended to usher in a new age on Exandria, then the coming of a whole new refugee population from the Red Moon is a fantastic (and almost certain, now) narrative route. SO many fascinating narrative opportunities spring up: How do BH safely and secretly evacuate everyone? How do they live with the guilt if someone gets hurt in the process? How does everyone deal with the different species' jarring for space and resources as they (effectively) scramble for lifeboats off the Titanic? (The Downfall resonances would have been POWERFUL.) How, when they get to Exandria proper, do the various groups of Ruidians settle? Where do they go and what dynamics ensue? ----> But this is, I fear, the reason why CR did not want to or was not willing to explore this option, as such. Because the ethical and logistical problem of what to do with a massive displaced population who have been under an oppressive regime... seems a little on the nose, and (in a more unforgiving mood) risky for the brand. Could it have been a wonderful, poignant, humane, risky, helpful way to imagine the crises of our times? Yeah, IMO, it could. But that's off-screen so far, instead of center-frame.

Debate the checks-and-balances of power. I'm as tired as everybody else of hearing Ludinus talk. But, to me, the kernel of his spiel that actually still has merit is the debate about power. It's not about whether the gods are good, or liars, or both; about whether his trauma is blinding his judgment; it's sure not about Predathos. The most compelling piece is about whether mortal beings should accept a power structure which fundamentally has no checks and balances, no accountability, no mechanism for redress. If we could have had an actual ethical and philosophical debate -- with higher INT characters? more characters who felt strongly about the gods? players who decided to truly immerse their characters in this theme? -- it could have opened up SO many avenues for narrative. Because then, the ethics of new questions become central: What is an acceptable amount and use of power? According to whom, at what cost? What means are acceptable for redressing imbalances and limits of power? (On whose authority? The Concord?) What, moreover, do/should we do when we ourselves are never pure or blameless in exerting power to achieve our goals (after all, it's D&D, they kill people all the time): how do we live with our own choices, and still have meaningful opportunities and options for holding those who misuse or abuse power to account? What happens when someone with an ethical point is willing to do unethical things? Is there anything beyond reproach and, if not, how do we keep the goal of least-harm in compassionate balance with the realities of mortal failings? ----> Once again, I think... either consciously or unconsciously, the c3 we got did not want to explore the implications of all that. It seems like a pretty important area for 2021–2025+, for us to get better at answering these questions with nuance, with openness, with courage. So the fact that we're still just getting debates that boil down to whether Ludinus's ideas suck because he was willing to do horrible things? That could have been THE WHOLE MATTER TO RECKON WITH, and instead it's become a conversational dead-end.

'I wish the ring had never come to me.' In other words, the tragedy of protagonicity. Frodo and Sam show up at Osgiliath, exhausted, sunken with despair, literally unable to stay on their feet, and Sam looks out at the mid-battle desolation and laments, 'By rights, we shouldn't even be here!' [Yes I know this is not the same in the books.] YEAH, exactly!!! It SUCKS to be a protagonist! You wish the ring had never come to you, little nobody hobbit from the Shire??? Yeah, so do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. And it's a fucking tragedy, because Frodo is just some guy, he didn't ask to get the ring from Bilbo, he didn't ask to be special, he didn't want to have to trudge onward onward onward and lose himself in the process of saving the world. And yet it's a tragedy, because there's no other way it could go: the choices are to turn your back on the problem and 'leave Middle Earth to its fate,' in which case you suffer once when the world burns and twice when you must accept that you did not do what you could when you could; OR you put one foot in front of the other, you accept that you will be consumed whole by the process of doing the thing that enables the world maybe to survive, and you hate it, and you wish it were otherwise, but you have to try. ----> This is SO CLOSE to the BH situation, and yet, so far. If c3 was always just a bunch of indifferently god-less characters, why haven't we made space and time to explore the horror and the tragedy of this increasingly heavy, deadly, dreadful burden that fell on the most un-invested people? We needed more downtime (as so many of us have said!) to play out scenes with more than just Orym struggling with the powerlessness, the hopelessness, the resentment, the guilt, and in spite of these the determination to keep going. To hate it even in the moment of choosing it. Instead we got bickering, we got waffling, we got shrugging, we got some half-voiced discussions about being wary of having to be the ones to decide (muddled with the power/authority question from #2)... but the feelings of this burden of the least invested people having to go head-to-head with annihilation, we have barely scraped the surface of.

(There's also my personal frustration with the total unknown of Predathos. Huuuge diminishing returns on a Big Bad about which we know nothing, can't discover anything, won't learn anything, just gotta wait for the Big Reveal. It's one of my least fave things about several series of Doctor Who, because at some point, narratively, that threat gets pretty repetitive. Okay, we are all Pandora and we can't know what happens when Predathos gets out, or what it really is, or anything more. Sure. Cool. Fine. But it means we go into this final fight totally bewildered, unprepared, with no possibility of ever having been prepared. If it's not railroading, it's as close to that as an open campaign can get. Maybe Predathos is just Tharizdun, which will at least make some sense but won't change much functionally. But either way, because we didn't do a totally trippy conceptual campaign of 'How do you defeat nothingness itself?', we just have... a fight with... um, something bad which maybe will make sense in retrospect? There's very little emotional pay-off that way, and 118 felt like it had a pretty frustrating lack of sympathetic potential because of precisely this Predathos (TBD) problem.)

//

Like so so so many people have said, I think CR is amazing... AND being amazing does not mean the work should be sacrosanct. Criticism can be useful; critique -- the analytical examination of ideas and their implications -- is vital to our interpretations of art and society. Fiction empowers us to imagine the consequences of things we do not have first-hand experience with, to encounter other perspectives and things outside of ourselves. I'll be very eager to see how c3 wraps up and what insights, when it's done, the whole picture asks us to take away.

[aerodaltonimperial]

(crack treated seriously, inspired by a convo with @homoeroticgrappling. jack, darby, concussion protocols, and chipotle.)

"Just pick what you want on—"

"I'm deliberating."

"You are stalling, just pick one—"

"I don't know what I want, there's just so many options here."

"It's a Chipotle, Darby. They are literally everywhere. Just—"

"I just can't decide, I don't—"

"Do you want carnitas or beef on your fucking burrito, Darby?"

"Jack, has anyone ever told you that, like, first, you suck, and that second, you have no patience?"

"Jesus Christ, I cannot believe I am stuck doing this. Fuckin' concussion protocols that you keep ducking out of it, and I just won Anarchy in the Arena? I should be getting accolades. Instead, I'm being punished."

"You hit me with a bus, it's your job to make sure I don't scramble my brain by falling asleep."

"That is so not what this is about."

"No, you're right, I think it was the kicks to the face thing, but our satanic EVPs didn't want to do it, so they farmed it out to their new bitch boy."

"Pick a fucking meat, Darby."

"Beef."

"Hey, do you have any rat poison back there? He'd like a generous scooping."

"Fuck off, Jack, he makes, like, minimum wage."

"Could you please hurry up, this is the longest Chipotle run of my life."

"It's 1 AM and there's no one else here, it doesn't even matter."

"I'm literally losing brain cells waiting for you to decide—Jesus, Darby, pick some fucking vegetables, oh my god."

"That implies you had brain cells."

"I think you being this annoying means you don't have a concussion and I can leave."

"Nope, rules say you gotta stay and wait for an hour to make sure I don't fall asleep."

"You're not gonna fall asleep here."

"You sincerely doubt my spite, Jack. I'll sleep in that fucking guacamole just to fuck you over."

"Hopefully that's after he finishes putting it on your burrito."

"Oh, you gotta pay, too."

"What the fuck."

"Just pull out one of those fancy Elite credit cards I know you got shoved in your defiant jeans, man."

"Uuuuuugh, fine, move. Move."

"Dude, I said to use the Elite card, not your—"

"Shut up, and take your fucking drink cup, Darby."

"...I didn't ask for a drink."

"I'm gonna shove you in the queso."

"Fine, fine, god. You're so fucking grouchy. It's all that time with those douchebags, y'know. Are you gonna sit like three tables away, or you wanna sit down next to me and—oh, across, nice, we can play footsie."

"How long is it gonna take you to eat this?"

"Why, you got some kinda hot date waiting for you, Jack? Hope they like their midnight snacks flame-broiled."

"Ha, ha. You think your nose is broken again?"

"Does it look like it is?"

"I dunno, your whole face looks like shit."

"Wow, charmer."

"I didn't say it usually does, god. ... don't do that. Don't do that thing with your face, and that expression, do not—"

"So you think my face looks nice normally?"

"You're literally just putting words in my mouth right now. I absolutely did not say that."

"I mean, you kinda implied it."

"I did not, I'm tired, and I was set on fire today, so if anything, the only thing I implied was how much I hate you."

"Don't even fuckin' lie, you had so much fun."

"That's... not the point."

"Jaaaaaaack."

"Shut the fuck up."

"Here, eat some. I got you a spoon."

"I don't... yeah, okay, fine."

"Just save enough space for all that fancy room service you'll be ordering later. Champagne, and strawberries, and—"

"Yeah, i will not be doing that."

"Date unimpressed with bitch food?"

"I don't have a date."

"But Jack. You just won Anarchy in the Arena, remember? The accolades!"

"I am sincerely going to shove you broken nose first into your burrito."

"My face that you implied sometimes looks nice?"

"I did not!"

"No, but you are laughing."

"What does that have to do with anything?"

"Can't recall seeing you laugh since you've been back is all."

"... well, I guess there hasn't been much to laugh about. You know, with all the bullshit. And there was being on fire earlier, if you'll recall."

"Sounds hot."

"...god dammit."

"There you go again, fightin' it. Why're you fightin' it, Jack?"

"Why are you eating so slow?"

"Maybe I just wanna make it last longer."

"You know, we tried to kill each other earlier."

"Didn't succeed, though, so... whomp whomp. Guess we'll have to find somethin' else to do."

"Like eat Chipotle at 1 AM in Vegas?"

"... yeah. Like that. Or, y'know... you got a bed in the back of that bus?"

"What exactly are you implying here, Darby?"

"I dunno, you're the one playing footsie with me under the table. Good way to make sure I don't fall asleep, huh?"

"We have hotel rooms. We don't need the bus."

"Eh, not nearly as sexy, is it?"

"Boy, you're a cheap date."

"So you admit this was a date."

"Darby, this was a concussion protocol."

"Honestly, they seem like the same thing to me."

"You gonna bring your flamethrower?"

"Don't threaten me with a good time, Jack. And no. They kept it at the arena. Bitches."

"Are you done now?"

"You gonna take me home?"

"Sure, I'll walk you down the strip."

"Dirty."

"Fuck off."

"Guess we'll see how well the walk goes, huh? ... you're laughing again."

"I'm not, I don't even know how to laugh anymore."

"Hey, can you get cash out of an ATM from that Elite credit card? Let's go hit the casinos."

"Why, you feeling lucky?"

"Y'know, I kind of am."

[asherlockstudy]

Heya! I finally had a chance to watch the EB and had some thoughts on it, but I couldn't fit them in the reply, so I'm sending you an ask instead (it's probably going to be two due to world limit), I hope that's OK! :) My first thought was that OMG you weren't joking when you said it was complicated and basically just a big 'WTH are they even talking about…' throughout. In the beginning of the midlife crisis part, I thought 'oh Link is just being hyperbolic with the weird stuff, and he is probably trying to make it sound more interesting/fun or get attention', so I wasn't really taking the convo too seriously, until I started noticing that Rhett was getting into it, and not just to fill the time for the episode or wax poetic about his insights, as he often does, but like, a rhetoric. The first red flag was when he said 'there are certain social norms and certain ways we interact in the context of our community' out of nowhere. Why would the community be affected by it to the degree that Link should be careful? I mean Christy is one thing, because they are married and live together, but I got the feeling Rhett was talking about their public surroundings. Link sounded like he was talking more about sowing his wild oats and having fun with his remaining time, but the way Rhett framed it was more as though Link was about to do something illegal or at least very frowned upon. And I think that's part of why this whole segment sounded so disjointed, because there was this nondescript weirdness that Link wanted to get on, and it was never further qualified or elaborated (except that maybe it would be financially irresponsible, because Link mentioned that maybe he should go to a bank to get advice on safeguarding--at least that's how it sounded), but then Rhett made it sound like Link wanted to do something antisocial, or at least against the social norms established by their community, and it would result in Link getting completely isolated. This doesn't sound like your average Vegas bender/sportscar/face tattoo. The second red flag was the (and I do hate to say that because of what it might mean) not so discreet aura of manipulation coming from Rhett 'you are a father, a coworker…' and the 'manifesting your true self happens in the context of a community'. But Rhett, my man, why would that be a problem, are you implying that Link's true self is something antithetical or even reprehensible to that community? And how sad for Link to hear the equivalent of 'people won't like you if you show your self' (which Rhett even said outright, referring to Christy). And the subtle manipulation kept going: 'it [should] happen in the right context, with people who love you and respect you, not people who want to keep you from being a certain way' and then even more obvious 'if you are part of a team [and you do this] it's going to be harder to be part of that team'. I was literally staring at the screen in disbelief, because if that wasn't a covert manipulative warning, then I don't know what it was… And though Link said 'you're not keeping me from doing that, you're just giving me input', trying to sound resolute, I really think that what Rhett says will eat him up, even if he is resolved (he's also a very knee-jerk reaction, and impulsive person, so part of it has to do with his reactivity). And the third red flag was after that when Rhett saying 'do I want to be friends with that [example he brought up] of a person?'… WHAT. I mean where did that come from? It was honestly manipulation 101. I'm starting to think they have this dynamic that Rhett is only into Link when he is controllable, and I really think there is a lot of jealously underneath that (part1/2).

If Link is actually having a crisis where he's about to do something worrisome, and he deals by talking about it like it's no big deal, a true friend/caring lover/lifelong partner would see that and not give preemptive disclaimers in the vein of 'if you do this it's deal breaking, so keep to your lane', because obviously this approach will make a person on the brink double down on it even more. I don't know them, but Rhett's disingenuous commentary, and Link going 'la la la' in his head was jumping from the screen. I really think they were trying to broach a topic that they can't really put into words even in their private lives, so they are going circles around it, hoping that the other person eventually taps out. Also, it wasn't lost on me that Link was deflated afterwards, something in the way he was trying to laugh towards the end… I don't know what this big, mysterious weirdness that Link needs to express is, but the whole thing read to me like a teen movie where the nerdy kid caves in and hides his nerdy side to the bully popular kid he idolizes, and the popular kid knows that and represses him on purpose because he doesn't like the nerdy kid trying to break out of the school strata. I know I'm probably seeing things that aren't there, but the way that whole segment could make any sense is only if it's interpreted as a metaphor for whatever is really going on with them. In any case, it really reinforced my belief that Rhett probably had no intention of going along the tandem jump, or even at this point being a good encouraging friend. I don't think he has that big of a heart that he's doing it just to protect Link, he's doing it for himself, and this is the real question. Sorry for the wall of texts, but if you have the chance, I'd love to hear if this made any sense ^^;; Have a great rest of your day/night! (part 2/2)

ANSWER:

It was so valuable reading your input, not only because you see things that make me feel like I am not the weirdo crying in the desert but because you also provided additional, new ideas to entertain. There is not really anything I disagree or I think vastly differently about. I only refrain from considering Rhett straight away self-serving and not acting out of care for the most part. I don't disagree but it's maybe some sentimentality in me that still hopes in Rhett's mind he's trying to protect Link. Again, we don't exactly know what Link was truly raving about so technically we cannot judge Rhett just yet. I have to agree however that even in the most optimistic scenario it seems Rhett cares first and foremost for his own image and career and Link's interests and safety are secondary but, alas, so interwined with his.

You added to this a financial dimension that I had not taken into consideration. At the time of watching I thought this was some sort of red herring to cover the real topic they were discussing, much like they did by mentioning fleetingly hobbies and motorbikes. But you bringing this to the foreground made me think about it. What could be so financially irresponsible that could cause problems to Link's family, friends and business partners? Link is a very rich man and a big purchase - private islands notwithstanding lol - should not be it. It could be an investment but Link is financially frugal and cautious, I doubt he would take such a risk irrespective of Rhett's and his family's interests. Besides, there is almost an element of moral preaching in Rhett's stance, a legal purchase or investment would not justify this.

And then I remembered something that could be relevant, always thanks to you. This is something I haven't talked about almost at all. I have criticised many times how GMM has fallen to an irreversible loop of eternal food tests because they made the mistake to follow the clicks blindly and they created this type of audience for themselves. I have said how they must feel completely trapped in it as creators. Surely you will have noticed how frequently Link allows small jabs against their morning show. Have you noticed when they do something in GMM or GMMore, sometimes he will comment "Boy isn't this interesting?" or "Aren't you entertained by this?". He does this very often. Other times, especially in GMMore, he looks like he can't wait for the segment to be over. It actually happens very often. In their latest interview with Steve-O Link actually verbalized it, he explained how he feels trapped in what GMM has become, I think he said something like "he's squeezed in the corner". Then we have the time they seemed to have had a fight, shortly after Wonderhole. During those off days Rhett was really angry and made pointed comments addressed to Link like "That's his new motto, Stevie. I am not contributing" and "Now, this is teamwork, man" and more. (Recently it seemed Stevie also was temporarily at odds with Rhett and Link seemed irritated by her stance. I have noticed Stevie takes GMM very personally, she sees it almost as HER thing above all else.) So... what if Link wants to throw the towel...??? It's not that he doesn't want the creative partnership with Rhett anymore, not at all, but what GMM has become drains him. Furthermore, the merging of their identities with GMM and its popularity might be perceived by him as the obstacle to him exploring or expressing his true self and so he might have started becoming very negative against it. Rhett is certain GMM is their source of safety and income and the best provider of budget for their creative works so he thinks Link leaving GMM would destroy them. Link leaving GMM would cause a load of financial and legal issues he would have to take care of, it would cut him short of any income from the new episodes that is the biggest provider for his family, it would ruin the relationship of trust between him and Rhett and it would also cause enormous changes to GMM and Mythical (in which Rhett would like to keep working) and severe consequences for all the employees. Idk... it kind of fits? Maybe this is why Rhett stressed so much that he takes the most joy out of serving people by entertaining them and he is not considering stopping that... and that he would not be friends anymore with someone who does his thing irrespectively of anyone else.

And based on instict alone, it feels to me like Link just wants to drop everything and everyone, buy an RV and roam around the world (ideally with Rhett, but Rhett won't follow this way.)

[aspookycrow]

I don’t know where to put this thought because I usually just stick to theory, but I picture Celia with soft dark brown wavy-pattern hair, the kind that she likes to keep defined at work or on dates, but will frizz up a bit when she wakes up on a dewy side of the road, etc. I picture it grown out because her current priorities lean her away from frequent trims, at least long enough so she has to tie it back with a large scrunchie into a sloppy bun when she feeds Jack because otherwise he’ll get distracted and get food in it trying to play with it.

I bet Sam wants to touch it, and that Alice would, upon (subconsciously) clocking that, decide to engage her in a convo about what leave-in conditioner she uses and upon receiving fantastic advice begrudgingly switch brands, forgetting all about the choice until one day after inviting Sam over, when she experiences a flash pang of dread at the thought of him seeing it on her bathroom counter. She decides this amount of vulnerability is unacceptable so she conspicuously rushes in ahead of him and tucks it away in a drawer, even if he had been there for the whole haircare conversation and would have at worst said something earnest and unassuming (yet devastatingly intimate) like “Ohh right, yeah I remember Celia recommending that. How do you like it? I think it smells really nice.” like GOD how mortifying would that be

(author’s note: this would not actually have been mortifying in the moment because she would have played it off immediately with a dig, but leaving herself open to the potential for that sort of comment is a rookie move. Being recognized as Trying in front of a witness is an unacceptable liability to her aloof cool girl image, and she’d react in a flash to mock either him or whatever he comments on to maintain it. She’s keenly aware as of late that her brand of prickly is getting some seriously diminishing returns with Sam and could cause him to pull away further

…but she’d still do it though.)

Goshhhhh, but really. I love the comedy that’s generated when serious things are happeninggg in a story, but they’re happening to big dorks who are pretending to be cool so their hang ups are all mixed into their priorities. Genuinely human antics. We are but a tapestry of our failures and drives.

Also, I realize this mental image has much more to say about what I picture when I think of milfs than any sensible interpretation of the text and for that I’ll never apologize.