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HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR! 🧧 🥡🥢🪭🎊🏮🐲🐉 @itslovelymimi27

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Vietnamese Model♥️

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Your whole world will change when you finally stop hiding.

When looking at some captions, are you amazed at the caption, the picture, or both? Some people like only the pic, but may not resonate with the caption. Others may love the caption, but the picture is sometimes so ill-fitting. When I saw this picture being used in a feminization caption, I felt the former. I didn’t resonate with the caption so much, but I definitely loved the gorgeous woman in the dress.

Although I can’t conform if it’s true due to these image search engines being so flawed at times, it is said that the lovely woman in the picture is Tran Tieu Vy, a Vietnamese beauty pageant winner and model. This picture is a perfect example of a girl crush: not su much because I find her so sexy and pretty, but because of that envy and desire of wanting to be her in that image. From the dress to the hips and beautiful figure, all you can do at times is to just imagine being her. It feels so relaxing, but don’t forget it is still possible to get her features if you start soon, especially if you’re in the younger end.

[novy2sirius]

VIETNAMESE ASTRO BREAKDOWN

the tiger 🐅

𓃮 tigers friendly trine is with the horse and dog. their enemy sign is the monkey, but they should also avoid snakes

𓃮 tigers western equivalent sign is aquarius

𓃮 tigers power time is 3 am to 5 am. if you were born during this time frame you have some tiger energy in you and 3 pm to 5 pm would be your enemy time (based on vietnamese astrology)

𓃮 the month of february has tiger energy

𓃮 tigers are one of the most sexy signs in vietnamese astrology

𓃮 tigers must constantly be challenged in life and have a lot of goals, otherwise they will be very depressed and life will feel pointless to them

𓃮 tigers are very confident. they come off very confident even when they’re not feeling their most confident, to others. at times they can be egotistical when low vibrational though

𓃮 tigers are one of the most brave signs in vietnamese astrology

𓃮 tigers are pretty unpredictable. even to themselves. you never know what their next move will be

𓃮 tigers are short tempered. they get mad pretty quickly, but can also get over things quickly

𓃮 tigers can be reckless when low vibrational

𓃮 tigers tend to have strong and athletic builds. they make great fighters because of this

𓃮 tigers are competitive by nature. they tend to be great athletes because of this

𓃮 tigers can struggle a lot with anxiety

𓃮 tigers can be arrogant when low vibrational

𓃮 tigers are the most likely to cheat out of any vietnamese sign when low vibrational

𓃮 many tigers are rappers, boxers, and athletes in general

𓃮 tigers are one of the most likely signs to be a bully or mean-girl/boy

𓃮 tigers often have good health and live long

𓃮 tigers aren’t afraid to stand up for what they believe in, especially if it will help others, when they’re high vibrational

𓃮 tigers aren’t team players when low vibrational

[dollya-robinprotector]

FINALLY! DOLLYA CONCEPT

I'll have a little look back and remember how I came up with this current Sona design. The me of 2021 definitely would look at this and go "WTF???". When I search and place old drawings side by side for comparison, It's really been a process of changing my perspective on myself and constantly finding what I want.

It'll be very random and full of my old drawings, so if you don't mind a little rambling, welcome to go under the cut and go back in time with me!

Let's start with this design. As you can clearly see it was based on how I actually look irl, from the outfit, hairstyle to make-up.

Tbf this was not my first attempt to create a Sona, but it was a huge milestone because it's 2018, the year I got into my dream Art university and left home. My style completely changed, and this Sona showed it perfectly.

I drew this with my fingers, on my broken phone, to enter a Vietnamese clothes design competition, where we modernized some traditional clothes. What I did here is a modernized Nhật Bình. I won and got my design made into real clothes and sent to me. I'm still proud of it to this day XD

It was fun! I draw her almost daily, like how I do with Lya and Lyah in this blog. I used her to make friends with other artists. I even created a gender-bent version for her : D

But the uni life was stressful, especially when I entered my third year and tried to escape my parents' grasp. They were furious and threatened me, I started working extra and do commission to pay for my own living and rent, lessons were hard, and homework and projects were pilling,... As a result, I often use my sona to stress draw.

It didn't help much, my anxieties and insecurities kept adding to the molten fire inside me, and my overthinking got worse day by day.

But then at some point, I decided to separate myself from that sona. She turned into one of my many OCs, maybe more special but I no longer see my entire self in her anymore.

I have to thank my two besties for that. They pulled me out of my darkest moments and stayed with me. They remain to be my only two most important people in this whole world.

I started to "reuse" the sona appearance into creating many other OCs for many other fandoms I joined (Cookierun, HnK, FGO, KnY, Genshin,...). I had fun jumping between different styles lol.

The idea for the current design started to take shape when one day I drew her wearing a white delicate dress (I usually just do red) and a see-through sleep dress I just bought.

Something started clicking.

Then I became an assistant for an Ero Artist. Yup. I started to be exposed to more "sexy" character designs and tbh I just love those. I love drawing female characters already, but there's something something about cute and sexy girls in lingerie... If you know what I mean.

The design slowly became clearer. Cute and pristine-white, see-through lingerie, with little four petals flowers, and little bows, perfect.

The details still varied. They depended on the style I was using or my mood, whether I wanted to go into details or not. That's the fun of drawing your own design, let's keep it.

And here we are~ Maybe it's still not final, but I'm happy with it, and that's enough for me now!

If you've been reading this far, thank you and congratulations! I will send you a kiss and wish you a good day~~ Hope you're having fun scrolling on my blog~

[masagitusih]

Lust Bride My Le

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The 7th member

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(G)-IDLE. The group that always has bold concepts, each song made with an idea and a goal. The group that aims to prove Talents over Visuals to change the KPOP industry. Time and time again they prove it successfully. The group that started 4th gen. There's Soyeon the leader and producer who has been making songs for for (G)-IDLE long before they were even a group, Minnie who is considered the Siren voice of KPOP, Miyeon who is known as the princess of the group, Soojin who is considered the mom of the group, Yuqi who is known as Giant Dog Yuqi and the most social one, and Shuhua who is known as the boss baby of the group. But what about the 7th member?

The 7th member who caught the public’s eye from debut. She was recognized for her dancing skills and participating on a certain survival show. On this survival show it's where she met Soyeon and became close to her since not only did they come from the same building but they became closer on the show. She always had a certain vibe of sexiness to her since she debuted. If they weren't talking about her dancing they were talking about her Vocals. She had a sensual voice and it seemed to fit any concept no matter the song she was singing, but when she spoke her voice sounded more on the deeper side but not like Yuqi's. The complete opposite can be said when she raps. Her voice sounds deep and not sensual but more like a certain Dreamcatcher member.

The 7th member who revealed she can speak multiple languages. Despite being Korean she didn't become fluent in it til she was 16. Her first language is Chinese because she is not just Korean but also Chinese. She was shy as a kid so she often taught herself other languages as a way to pass time. She grew up in Wuhan, China despite being born in Busan. She moved to New Zealand with her sisters for 2 years which is where she learned English. She moved back to China due to home sickness. She can Speak Chinese, Korean, English, Japanese, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese, and French fluently.

The 7th member whose older sister is a famous actress who has starred in multiple K dramas, C dramas, ad movies. Her other older sister is known as TWICE'S 10th member. Her cousin is no other than BlackPink's Jennie on her mom's side.

The 7th member who is close friends with AESPA'S Karina. The 2 girls would be seen together at award shows, coffee shops, or just hanging out. The 2 would also promote each other's groups as well as be in each other's Instagram comments. It seems as though the girls aren't as close as they once were since they no longer will be seen together in public, rarely comment on each other's posts, and only smile at the other at award shows.

The 7th member who was asked who's her ideal type of guy and she instead answered with. “you mean my ideal Person because guy makes it sound like only one person when its not just guys I love.”

The 7th member who once made cupcakes for each of the members when they debuted along with little notes on how proud she is of them.

Kim Sooyoung, The 7th member of (G)-IDLE.

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I hope you guys can enjoy this series, please be nice about it

[romanarose]

For The Longest Time: Chapter 2

William Miller x Fem!OC (Lorelei Giang)

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Summary: Will finds out Lorelei is pregnant; Lorelei unexpectedly meets one of Will's friends.

Warnings and Content: Smut, PIV sex, oral fem receiving, mentions of weight. Pregnancy, mentions of abortion/discussing abortion, guns.

A/N: I wanna say, I am white, I am not Asian. I try very hard to make my oc's and characters diverse. I try to do as much research as I can in order to be accurate. If I say anything offensive ever, or incorrect please tell me! I do not have any friends who are Vietnamese but I have a friend of Asian descent whose taken a lot of time studying different Asian cultures who I try to go to when I can. I am not going to be upset if I am corrected.

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“Hey Will, watcha watching?”

Will was immediately aware of her change in voice. She spoke much softer… and he turned to her with slightly narrowed eyes. 

“Blue Earth.” He answered. “Thought you were going to bed?”

Lorelei had her robe wrapped around her, intentionally swaying her hips as she walked to him. She knew she looked good like this. Her hair was pitch black and even though she had set it in it’s curls a few days ago, they still held a natural looking loose curl falling around her shoulders. With the slightest make up she had applied earlier (tinted lip balm, bit of blush, the slightest layer of golden eyeshadow to compliment her honey brown skin, and just the most subtle layer of eyeliner) she doubted a man could noticed this. Man always say they like a girl who looks “natural” but have no idea what natural looked like. Lorelei liked to pretend she was above the opinions of men… but she wasn’t.

“Can’t sleep. Can I sit with you?” 

He smiled up at her. “Of course.” He was, however, clearly surprised when she sat down in her skimpy robe riiiiight next to him; thigh to thigh. He swallowed thickly..

She put on her best baby-voice, mimicking all she learned from rewatching Marilyn Monroe movies. “Do you like having me here?” 

He was eyeing her, she wasn’t sure her formerly fool-proof use of seduction was working. “Of course.” A pause. “Do you like being here?”

Lorelei graced him with a rare smile, leaning just a bit more and allowing her eyes to dart to his lips for just a moment. “Very much. I like spending time with you.” She continued trying her sexy voice but it didn’t seem to be working.

Will seemed immune to her. “Why are you talking like that? Are you feeling okay?”

Impossible, this one.

There was a moment when he leaned close that Lorelei thought Will was going to kiss her, but instead he was examining her skin. “Are you- are you wearing make up? Didn’t you go to bed?”

Lorelei dropped all pretense, sighing loudly as she flopped onto the couch. “Oh my god, William, I was trying to seduce you!”

Will sputtered out, choking on air. “Wh-what?” He turned to her in shock. 

“Yeah! You are too fucking nice to notice!”

“Is that a bad thing?”

“When I want to sleep with you, yeah!”

There was a bit of silence as Will considered what she said as Lorelei’s head remained flopped back on the back of the couch.

“Well. You could’ve just asked.”

Lorelei rolled her eyes as she sat up, groaning dramatically. “Oh my GOD!” Frustration, both sexual and with Will, boils over and she lunges in to kiss his neck, moving to straddle Will’s wide body as he pulls her onto his lap. “You are so painfully polite.”

“Well sorry” A suck on her neck. “I’m not jumping into your pants” A swipe of her tongue over forming mark. “Like everyone else.���

She pulled back at that, cocking an eyebrow at him. “Are you calling me a whore?”

Panic swept across his face as he tried to backtrack. “No nononononono I was just trying to be playful-”

“Relax, I’m just teasing.” She laughed, going to undo her robe to reveal the black underwear beneath. “I’m a bit of a whore, it’s okay.” Will went for her lips and she quickly dodged him. “And like a whore, I don’t kiss on the lips.”

The disappointment was evident on Will’s face, but he respected her wishes. “Understood.” Then, he allowed himself to look at the body presented before him. “Goddamn beautiful…” Wrapping his arms firmly around her bottom and lifted her up as he stood, thoroughly impressing Lorelei with his strength. At 5’5, she weighed 170 pounds and to Will, it seemed like nothing.

As he carried her into her bedroom, Lorelei tugged at his shirt and attempted to pull it up but Will stopped her; with one hand he held it down, his other arms carrying her full weight still with her legs wrapped around him. “Shirt stayed on.”

Again with the shirt… he had it on in all pictures, even at beaches or swim days, he never took it off when he worked outside (and boy, was she waiting for it… not that she watched him of course.) But Lorelei new better than to ask. She may be a bit of a bitch, but she wasn’t that much of a bitch. “Alright, seems we both got weird things.”

“Seems like we do.” He went back to walking and she went back to sucking on the pale skin of his neck; oh yeah, that was gonna show. “No kissing, shirt stays on. Couple of weirdos right here.”

With that, Will tossed her on the bed like she was nothing and Lorelei wasted no time taking her underwear off. She was not shy about letting men know what she wanted.

Will was not shy about diving in. 

He crawled up the bed and got right up inside her without another though, hands exploring her body as he lapped at her folds; William Miller knew what he was doing. 

He shoved her bra up and over her tits, reaching under her and unclasping it with one hand. “Take this fucking shit off.”

She did as she was told, happy to let Will take the lead for now. 

His voice softened for a moment as his blue eyes connected with hers, looking up at her over her mound. “Tell if I do anything you don’t like.”

“Yes captain.” She teased him. 

Will knew telling her he had made Captain by the end of his military time was a mistake.

“William,” She panted, hips bucking against his beard. “You’re fucking good at this.”

 “Oh princess, I’m not even trying yet.”

She was about to question what the fuck that meant when Will really picked up pace, tongue fucking her and only pulling back long enough to spit on her pussy before slapping it. 

“FUCK! WILL!”

“That okay?” He eyed her.

“Don’t fucking stop!” Lorelei grabbed his blonde hair, yanking him back down between her legs. He added another finger, furiously fucking her open and swirling his tongue on her clit; ever movement he made was accentuated by a loud smack of his lips, the wet squelch of her cunt being penetrated by his fingers, the scratch of beard against her public hair, all of which brought her gushing on his face, her thick thighs wrapped around his head and squeezing. Somewhere in the back of Lorelei’s head she worried she might hurt him in the way she wrapped her legs around his head so tightly, worried she might suffocate him… but from the way he gripped her thighs and continued to devour her, he seemed happy to die right there between her legs.

When he finally disengaged from her sopping wet pussy, William made his way up her body, licking a thick stripe up her tummy and stopping so suckle on her breast while she came down from her climax. Lorelei could tell Will was planning on fucking her like that, but she had other plans. With a push, she guided her back onto the bed. “I’m on top.”

Will could only smile at her assertion of dominance. “Yes ma’am” But when she began to climb on top, facing away from him, he stopped her. “What are you doing?” 

She was awkwardly half straddled, acutely aware of her asscrack spread open. “I wanna gonna ride you. Like, reverse cowgirl.”

“Oh.” He sounded disappointed.

“Is that okay?”

Quickly, he regained his composure. “Yeah! Yeah of course, whatever you want to do I just…”

“You juuuuuust?”

He blushed as he smiled nervously. “I just wanted to look at your pretty face is all.”

Well now, how could she resist that? Lorelei turned around, legs spread out around Will’s wide middle, grinding her core over his cock; she could get off just like this.

“You ready for me, big boy?”

“Been ready for you for months.”

Lorelei sunk down on him slowly, only able to take so much stretch at once despite ample preparation. The bed squeaked under her, the plush pillow-top mattress taking pressure of her knees so she could focus on the feel of Will; stretched by him, held by him, taken care off by him… she could get used to this.

But it was one night, she reminded herself. Just once. They weren’t dating, they weren’t in love, they weren’t even going to fuck buddies, just one night to scartch the itch and- OH

“You feel me princess? Your body making room to take me? You feel me up in your stomach?”

Forget her stomach, Lorelei was certain he was hitting her cervix and she was sure if she were to just cockwarm him, she’d cum just like this. “Fuck, Will…” Lorelei began to move, scooting on his pelvis to keep that sweet spot as his hands rested on her hips ever-so gently. “Fuck you’re in deep”

“I know, I know it’s a lot” Somehow, he didn’t sound braggy- just sincere, just very aware of his size and was intent not to harm her. She was going to give him the ride of his life. Lorelei began to bounce on him, hands bunched up in his gray t-shirt to keep ground, feel the way his hands would flex and grip on her skin. 

“You can  squeeze me, it’s okay.” She assured, but he was hesitant.

“Don’t wanna hurt you.”

She placed her hands on his, squeezing his fingers into her own flesh. “I like it.”

The way Will grinned at her as she road him was intoxicating, the slap of skin to skin damn near drowned by their repsective moans. In the past, with many guys Lorelei attempted to fake the sounds of pleasure, giving porn-y, fake sounds that the men just ate up, but there was no need for that with Will; he’d call her out on it anyway. She arched her back and moved to brace her hands on his muscular thighs, approaching her end quickly with the help of Will’s hands on her tits and clit.

“Gonna cum, Lore.” He warned, eyebrows pinched together in pleasure. 

“Cum inside, it’s safe.”

“Yeah? You want me to fill you up?”

“Please!”

Lorelei came as Will did, riding out her orgasm with his name on her lips and hi body shaking beneath her.

“FUCK!” William shouted. “Fuck, thank you, thank you, thank you…”

His spend fully inside her, Lorelei collapsed on top of him and Will took the opportunity to roll on top of her, fucking his cum back inside.

She thought she wasn’t ovulating, so she simply enjoyed the feeling of his cock plugging her up. Lorelei eventually kicked him out, cleaned herself off and immediately hoped he’d pretend it never happened.

Well, that was impossible with a positive pregnancy test in her hands.

Will was busy today, some volunteering duties at the VA and she was supposed to work a double but had begun puking, so they let her out a few hours early. How had she been this stupid? She was a nurse for fucks sack, an educated woman with a masters degree! Lorelei had paced her way out of the bathroom and into the living room, tears in her eyes and her mind racing. What is she going to tell her mom? Is she going to tell Will? Should she have an abortion? She was a single woman pregnant in America, all her family in Philadelphia and it’s not like they’d be much help anyway beside watching the baby… She wasn’t dating the father and she doubted Will wanted a baby. Maybe she should just take care of it and never say a word… 

But… part of her wanted this. She’d wanted a baby for years but life hadn’t granted her a relationship like that; a marriage. She wouldn’t even know what a healthy relationship looked like, her parents certainly weren’t the answer. She wanted a baby… but she wouldn’t do it alone. What did Will want? How was she going to tell him?

Well, she didn’t really have too. 

Will came home unexpectedly, looking in shock as he took in the scene before him. Lorelei in the living room, crying, holding a pregnancy test

They stood there for a long while, just staring… just looking at each other… before Will spoke.

“Is it mine?”

Lorelei nodded.

“Oh…”

“Is that all you have to say?”

“Are you keeping it?”

“I don’t know…” Lorelei watched him, trying to read his face but Will was good at masking; the military will do that to a man. “What do you want?”

“Oh… um… it’s not really my choice, is it?”

She rolled her eyes. “No, it’s not, but I’m asking for your opinion.”

“I don’t… I don’t want to make this choice for you, it’s your body-”

 “I know! I know it’s my body but I want to know what you want!” Why was she yelling? She didn’t really know, but she was frustrated. 

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry I just… I think… maybe if you also want to, and it’s okay, and I’d pay-”

“William.”

“I’d like to keep it.”

He wanted to have the baby?

“And you’d… be involved?”

Horror spread across his features. “Oh god yes, I wouldn’t just leave. Never.”

She wanted to believe him… Will was a stand up guy, but she never could get past her feelings of distrust. “And if I don’t want the baby, would you raise it on your own?”

“Lore, I wouldn’t force you to give birth-”

“Will-”

He sighed. “If it’s something you always wanted… Yes, I’d take the baby if you didn’t want to be involved.” 

Lorelei had no intention of giving birth to a child and never seeing it… but she needed to gauge Will. He was willing to be a single father… could you trust him not to run out on her and the baby like her own father had?

“Lore, listen, I’m sorry but I was running home to grab something for the benefit, they need it… I just need to drop it off so the auction can go as planned and I’ll be back, okay?”

Disappointment clouded her face. “Really Will? I just told you I’m pregnant and you have to leave?” Her voice cracked at the end… but Will had obligations.

“20 minutes, 30 tops. The grilled stopped working so I have to bring mine.” Will scrubbed his face. “I’m sorry but it’s a charity auction and-”

Will. Oh Will. Him and his charity work… how could she be mad about that? “Okay, go, I’ll be here.”

Will moved to the sliding glass door. “30 minuets.”

“30 minutes.”

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It took 10 before Lorele heard the door open, and she began to step out of her room when she saw who was there; and it wasn’t Will. The man was short, tan skin, dark curls and a gray and black beard starting to grow in on his face. Thinking fast, Lorelei went to her bedside drawer, pushed past her verity of self toys and grabbed the gun before sneaking back to the bedroom door, ready to tell the intruder to put his hands up when she was face-to-face with a gun herself.

“Don’t fucking move.”

Lorelei scoffed. “You’re not the only armed one here.” Their guns were both pointed and cocked at each other, and Lorelei was not afraid to fire.  

He was not impressed. “Who are you and why are you here.”

The audacity. “I live here, who the fuck are you?”

The man actually laughed at her. He laughed at her! “Nice try, carino, but I know whose house this is, and it’s not yours.”

Did he know Will? If he did, why was he intruding, and how did he get inside? She narrowed her eyes. “What’s your name?”

He hesitated, but gave it to her. “Santiago Garcia. Yours?”

“Lorelei” He didn’t need her last name. “That’s a point in your favor, I recognize the name.” One of Will’s military friends. Lorelei glanced over to the pictures on the wall where she knew Santi’s picture was and he looked quite different from the man in front of her… did a beard and grown out hair make him look that different? 

“Well’s it’s not a point in your favor because I’ve never heard that name in my life.” 

That caused Lorelei’s head to whip in his direction. “What?” Will didn’t mention her?

“How about you lower your gun.”

“Lower yours.”

“You know who I am now!”

Christ, this man was irritating. “But I don’t know why you’re here. Apparently you thought the house was empty, odd time to be coming over for a visit when you haven't been here in two months.”

Santiago narrowed his eyes. “You’ve lived here two months?” He shook his head. “I came to borrow his power drill.”

“Why?”

A scoff. “To build the barbie dream house”

She rolled her eyes right back.

“And how did you get in?”

“I have his security information and he has mine.”

Lorelei was tired of him.  “Call Will.”

“Are you gonna shoot me if I go in my pocket?”

���You already have for fucking gun out, what am I worried about, a garade?”

Santiago didn’t seem impressed with her either, but reached in his pocket, dialed Will and put it on speaker.

‘What’s up?’

“I’m at your house.”

‘Why are you- oh fuck, Santi, now’s not the best time-’

“Are you aware there's a girl here?”

Lorelei interjected.

“I’m not a girl, I’m a grown ass woman!”

Santiago made the closed mouth sign with his hands, and Lorelei debated kicking him in the balls. 

‘Pope I’m on my way back just stay there, I can explain-’

“Are you aware she has a gun?”

‘What?’

“Yeah we’re in a bit of a stand off right now-”

‘What are you-’ Will pulled up his in home camera’s ‘FOR FUCKS SAKE SANTI PUT THE GUN DOWN SHE’S PREGNANT!’

Santi and Lorelei locked eyes and slowly lowered their fire arms.

‘Jesus Pope you just bring a gun to my house?’

“I always have a gun.”

‘Why?’

“You know damn well why.”

‘It’s been 3 years, no one is going to- oh my god, never mind, I’m walking in.’

As he said, Will walked through the door, grabbing Santi and yanking him away from Lorelei. “What the hell is wrong with you!”

Santiago sounded indigent. “Me?! You’ve had a girlfriend for 2 months and you haven't told us?”

Lorelei interjected. “Not his girlfriend.”

“Oh-ho-ho, so the block thickens!”

Will smacked him. “She’s my roommate”

“Apparently a little more” Santi wiggled his eyebrows and Lorelei broke down crying, hating herself for this disgusting display of weakness.

Will wrapped his arms around her but she shrugged him off. “We found out today, Santiago, so can you give us some space?”

Santiago clearly felt a little bad. Will had mentioned he and his fiance were hoping for children right after marriage so maybe he had a connection. 

“Yeah, yeah, I’ll… I’ll go. Fuck, sorry.” 

Will moved Santiago to the pantry, handing him the power drill. “Sorry, I forgot you were coming over…” Lorelei realized Will probably thought the house would be empty for Santi, but she had come home sick. “Listen, you can’t tell the others about this, including Laci.”

A small tsk and Santi spoke quieter. “I don’t know if I’m comfortable lying to Laci.”

“You aren’t lying, just… just wait a little and let us do this on our own time.”

“But she and I don’t-”

“Santi, we aren’t sure if we’re keeping it, and if you tell Laci, she’ll tell Ben and then the whole fucking town will know.”

He stopped, mouth shifting as he debated keeping a secret from his fiance. “Fine, but I can’t promise to keep it from her for long, okay? Can I tell her about Lorelei?”

Lorelei interjected. “Can you stop talking about me and my fetus like I’m not right here?”

Both men turned to her but Will spoke. “Well, you answer him, then.”

Everything that had been boiling up inside for the last few hours was ready to explode. She was frustrated, she was pregnant, she found out Will’s friends don’t know who she is… oh and she had a gun pointed at her. “Will, up until 15 minutes ago I didn’t know I was your dirty little secret so I don’t fucking care what he says.” She turns to Santi. “Tell your little girlfriend I’m pregnant, if you gotta tell her I had an abortion next month, that’s your fucking problem, not mine.” Back to Will. “I want him and his gun out of this house, and I want you to leave me alone for an hour minimum before you talk to me about this shit again.”

With that, and with echoes of Will insisting she wasn’t a secret, Lorelei stormed into the bathroom to take a long ass bath.

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Will keeping her a secret.... what are we thinking about that???

If you've read the other series, you might be able to guess his reasoning and feelings behind it but

THEN COMES SANTI being fucking Santi. He's worried about the people's money who they stole that Yolanda warned hm about ;-; he wont let anyone hurt his family..... buuuuuuuut he's a lil gun happy.

You may be cool, but you will never be as cool as Lorelei.

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Starlight Boys (meta) (autistic infodump)

OKAY.

SO.

The Chinese TV station/media production company, iQIYI, produces various survival talent shows for pop music groups, right? Right! Pre-pandemic they had a VERY successful show, Youth With You. It was also successful outside of China. So when they did Youth With You S2, they did a girl group instead of S1's boy group, but they ALSO added Lalisa from the #1 globally ranked female KPop group, Blackpink, to be a judge. This, along with a greater percentage of non-Chinese trainee-contestants, gave S2 an even bigger international presence.

(Despite pandemic filming in 2020.)

S3 of Youth With You never finished; it was riddled with scandal, something about people's parents having undue influence? Or something??? I don't know, I do not read or speak Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese, or Thai. But the season was cancelled. That was two years ago.

So!

iQIYI has produced a new, explicitly global, idol survival talent show, Starlight Boys! This has a very international cast and a greater diversity of nationality among the coach-judges, called Guiders. iQIYI has totally dropped the Youth With You brand, despite its popularity and international reach. However, three of the finalists from the doomed S3 of YWY are contestants on Starlight Boys!

So I am trying to discern, through multiple languages I don't speak and at least six cultures I am NOT a part of, whether this is a consolation prize to the guys? Were they promised this when YWY fell apart? Is this supposed to be a nod at continuity, or an indication that everyone is getting a fresh start?

I fucking ADORE watching media in languages I don't know from cultures I don't understand! Finally, FINALLY, after four decades of trying to discern my own culture, I can use those tools to watch It's Okay To Not Be Okay, or The Uncanny Counter, or Starlight Boys!

(That is not sarcasm; I truly love watching media from cultures I am not a part of.) ***

In my observation, the rap coach-judges are pretty laid back, the vocal folks are strict, and the dance coach-judges are soul-crushing monsters.

There are YouTube compilations of Lalisa's term of YWY S2, and, like, her entire persona as an idol is sexy carefree tomboy next door. And as a judge? You can hear the brutal South Korean idol system speaking through her.

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It is fascinating seeing the difference between guys who have debuted once and failed, and guys with less experience. The "seniors," as they are called, the main difference is they know how to deal with stage mishaps. A newbie had trouble with his mic and was castigated for how he handled it - which was, he stopped dancing. The seniors just keep fucking going. Mic broke? Keep going. Costume malfunction? Keep going. One senior kicked his shoe off. He grabbed it and stuffed his foot back into it WHILE DANCING.

The thing is, the seniors don't get praised for this. It is just the expected baseline competence that is required.

The trainees from outside Korea are just awed by the Koreans who have had any formal trainee experience. The standards in KPop are so cruelly high, so damagingly strict, and everyone knows this. And everyone knows that the survivors who succeed are just, they are just cut from a different cloth, you know? You have to want to be an idol, body and soul, to even make it through a 12-week trainee camp, let alone surviving years in the dungeons. (Trainees who stay with a company for years but do not debut are said to be in the dungeon.) And you have to decide this as children. The trainees from China, from Thailand, if they are at all serious, they know they have to go train in South Korea. On the other hand! Everyone 'knows' that an American trainee is going to suck at dance, is going to struggle enormously with the erasure of self in favor of group, but that an American in your group adds, sparkle, verve, and an indefinable personality that can really make a group debut well. And everyone 'knows' that Thai members give the best Visual. And Japanese members will learn the fastest. It is fascinating, seeing the stereotypes re-enforced by the show.

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Pop idols must perform incredibly athletic dances while singing live, yep.

Now, there's actually nuance. All KPop idols can sing live while not dancing, and are often required to do so in variety shows, publicity tours, and during 'rest periods' in live concerts. There is also a thing, which is that there are four major live competition performance venues every week that host artists with a new release, called a 'comeback' in KPop. I don't remember their names. These are live performances. Full dance, full singing, full rapping, costumes, sets, everything.

For ALL performances where idols are expected to do their choreo, there is a backing track. There are four main types of singing live with a track, called the 'MR.' There's full lipsync which is hugely frowned upon. There is live with MR, which means the idols perform with the full song playing, including their vocals, but the idols sing over the MR when they are able, and they catch their breath and let the MR sing when they are not. There is pre-recorded live, in which the idols perform the song in the venue but only dancing like 50% intensity, right before the actual performance, and then they sing live over that. This means that when they do have to lipsync a few lines it still sounds live and real. And finally there is singing live with an MR track turned very quiet or an MR track that does not contain the main vocals. In this case the idol must sing as best they can, and when they miss a line it is just absent.

In Starlight Boys, during the initial placement performances, the guys sang with the fourth option, so it was very obvious when they had to catch their breath.

Idol frequently practice by jumping rope or running while singing, to improve 'stability.'

Idols are fucking ATHLETES, is what I am saying.

So, okay, here is a filmed dance practice.

That's NMIXX, and they are unusual for the fact that they sing during their dance practices.

Many idols have EDS or other hypermobility. There are industry-standard eating disorders, like in many sports. Many, MANY, idols, have anxiety conditions that cannot be hid from the public no matter how hard they try. It is normal for members of groups to go on hiatus for health reasons, and come back after a month or two. Many idols join companies before fifteen years old, and most idol performing careers end WELL before age 35.

The industry is a maw that eats children and spits out physically broken adults.

Watching a competition reality show, seeing these very very young men navigate the torturous system in order to become, well, an idol -- this is utterly fascinating.

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Genuinely how Hoshie is written in Atom: The Beginning is so infinitely frustrating. She's a character that really barely appears in the original series and had no backstory other than her role as Umatarō's wife and Tobio/Atom's mother, and I was so excited to learn she was in ATB. Or was until I actually read it. In ATB, she's very largely only there to appear a few times as his love interest and has really no reasoning FOR feeling that way nor any character traits outside of that. I'm still before the time skip chapter wise (and have some hope she will get more development after that time skip), but to ME to take a character that is that underdeveloped and you have an opportunity to really add a lot in there and don't? It sucks. It focuses so much more on the other characters that really do not have as much importance in the long run of the series (mostly original characters) and a lot of how the women are handled in ATB can be really rough a lot of the time (Ran as the exception, she's great, but it feels a lot of them are just there to be sexy set pieces. The way that they hyper sexualized Pink's traditional Vietnamese outfit is one of the worse examples of this (as you could write off the "sexy robot girls from Lab 1" thing as criticism of it, but in that case there really isn't much excuse to bring in) and while I'm glad it's not as prominent w Hoshie (because they quite literally draw her as a child and then have her show up later having gone through puberty, so thankfully they didn't get bad with it), it is still so bad. Like why do we have this character that is instrumental to the source material (as he said he based ATB as a sequel to Chronicles of Atom, where she is very important for that one volume and for Atom as a character after he is sold to the circus) and very not developed and all that is done w her is on par with how Naruto tried to develop romantic relationships (girl is in one sided love with the male protagonist and barely appears). You could have done so much, and so much that could have really helped develop the relationship in the future and helped flesh her out as her own characters with her own interests. She had a personality in the original and here, it is just being blushy and fawning over the protagonist and it is genuinely kind of insufferable.

[josiebelladonna]

hm. well, let’s see…

-my fics got more autobiographical while fusing worlds of fantasy, i.e., wrote/began writing some of my best work while saturn was in aqua

-my art got a lot honest, too. part of it being i’m working mostly by hand rather than digitization: i still do digital art but i’m having to be wise about it with the rise of ai and everything

-two very sexy men named joey and alex (joey at 0° degrees aquarius, alex at 4°)

-befriended amazing people

-started vocalizing more questions

-started “seeing things as they are”, i.e., people who are all talk and no walk, “fake it til you make it” is bullshit always has been and always will be, and things that are too good to be true, but also good people coming from all walks of life and small miracles in the strangest of places like bowls of soup or the twinkle in alex’s eyes or the way a cloud looks

-started standing up for things i believe in (supporting art and artists, supporting science at its root, taking care of your body, lgbtq+ rights and all things pertaining to sexuality, supporting people from different backgrounds, supporting men as well as women because there’s way too much cartoon “feminism” that’s just an excuse for people to be dickheads to boys and men while acting like girls and women are perfect in every way)

-started becoming really bored and disenchanted with “rockism” and i began paying more attention to smaller acts, weirder shit, and different genres without being all like “why isn’t this more popular?” out the gate in junction with the basic stuff because it’s buried in the same way diamonds are buried

-realized that i’m only a small part of an even bigger thing

-animals began warming up to me more (they always have but it was especially the case then; lots of cats and dogs, but also lots of birds, reptiles, horses, fish, billy goats, deer, elk, and even a couple of foxes?)

-gained 40+ pounds as of my writing this (30 in 2021, 17 last year, and i lost a couple so far this year: 40 pounds is still 40 pounds, and i can barely see my toes anymore when i look down 😅) and figured that it’s actually been a lifelong dream of mine to be very chubby, like i’ve always felt it in hindsight, from looking at my belly in the mirror and wishing it was fat to wanting dessert in a restaurant when my parents refused it. but i also want to stay healthy, like… i like wendy’s, arby’s, dairy queen, jersey mike’s, jack in the box, dutch bros., chili’s, el pollo loco, in n’ out, and outback steakhouse as much as the next fat girl but i actually prefer eating at home, and i eat mainly whole food at that, too—i like foreign food, too, mainly your asian stuff like japanese and vietnamese food. i’ve repressed a lot of desire out of fear of being judged for my weight (pluto is going to make me extra chubby? i’m kinda down 😆😋)

-shit got really erotic with me, like… more so than when saturn was in capricorn because it was all me in aquarius

-with my weight gain, i’ve grown very strong, like i don’t think i would have been able to shovel a pathway through 2-foot snow drifts for my mom, my dog, and myself without having this big, round “mountaineer woman” belly on me. i’m also way more flexible than i was in high school, too (i do miss riding my bike from home to the cafe nearby for coffee and pie, though)

-i’ve grown very disillusioned and displeased with mainstream culture, be it on tv or the internet, and i’ve just decided to go with my heart and what i like and i don’t care if i’m alone in it, too

-my intuition got absurdly sharp during that transit, too, like things would manifest to me after i talked about it in throwaway fashion or thought about it in fleeting detail

-been traveling a lot, usually to the beach or down to l.a., or even just doing “common people” type stuff like going to the movies or to a nice restaurant

-returned to things i loved as a kid that i sort of had to give up during my teen years like meteorology and comics and cartoons i grew up watching and horror and eating whatever i feel like (i had one of those little pies you get at walmart, blueberry of course + a piece of cake the other day: 8 year old me was in bliss!)

-discovered my heritage after not really knowing my whole life (i’m two parts latin, two parts from the british isles, one part scandinavian, and a tablespoon of baltic states: i always thought i was native american and german)

-my mom’s got saturn in aquarius, too, and during her own return, she picked up more hobbies like those diamond paintings, legos, and sewing (she and i are also big on funko pops, rocks, gardening, and books)

-she and i also got into a discussion about dreams in life a couple of times during that transit, how i want to make a comic book someday and go back into ceramics and art glass and working with my hands, while she wants to write and publish a novel and get more into carpentry

-problems with the house came up, too, like my stepdad dying and ownership of the house going into limbo, the septic backing up, the place being ungodly cold in the winter and hotter than holy fuck in the summer, and recently, losing the internet for four days

-saw a lot of weather during that transit, too, like… california is pretty much known for having nice day after nice day after nice day after nice day to the point of monotony, but i saw… snowstorms, the thickest fog i’ve ever seen, the brightest rainbows i’ve ever seen, awful heat waves, monsoon flows, hail, a couple of bomb cyclones, floods, hydrological outlooks, sleet, a shitload of rain, stupidly high winds, whatever tf was happening last spring when i didn’t put my winter clothes and warm blankets away until the end of june, snow up to my hip, the place actually looking like anchorage alaska at one point, and even funnel clouds

-the big thing is “acab” (all cops are bastards)… you know what’s really weird is i actually met a lot of cool cops during that transit, guys who were really good guys, like they were actually doing justice in front of me, a heavyset woman of mixed race. social justice should never be trendy, either: you stand for something because it feels right to you, not because it’s expected of you.

-i’ve also always known the power of lurking, just observing behavior, but saturn in aquarius really made me love doing that. there’s so much power in just watching people and seeing how they behave, especially when they think you aren’t around.

i should also mention that saturn was in my 8th house and conjunct my moon at one point, and i had my saturn return last month on the 17th, too! those transits get way too of a bad wrap, imo: questioning my sexuality and gender to the point of feeling overwhelmed and completely lost aside, saturn in the 8th is actually pretty cool at some points—in some cases, fun. and the saturn return can actually be the best thing to happen to you, too. saturn on the moon was kind of tough, though, like i often felt really robotic during that.