#she has to propose now smh

[bigredsartt]

THIS IS BASICALLY HOW IT HAPPENED YEAH.

"so how did you two meet"

she messaged me on tumblr and we became obsessed with each other literally immediately and now we are bound by the red string of fate

[emotionaldamages]

boyfriends boyfriend- charles leclerc

°☆° y/n is charles gf but pierre is charles "bf"°☆°

pairings- charles leclerc x reader

authors note- the french is google translated

masterlist

y/n l/n

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y/n l/n the gfs and the bfs

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username kika and y/n are just the best wags

username i'm obsessed with them

username they're so hot i can't

username y/n is charles gf, but pierre is charles bf, while kika is pierre's gf but y/n is kika's gf

username that was just too much

username are they in a poly relationship?

username nope its just a little joke

username NEW MOVIE OR SHOW OR SOMETHING PLEASE

lilymhe I miss my gfs

y/n l/n we miss you too😓

alex_albon hello??

danielriccardo they look like they just woke up smh, they couldve atleast been prepared

y/n l/n I'm saying

charles_leclerc we literally were ready before you love

pierregasly exactly we were ready before you all

francisca.cgomez yeah no

username yea cool story. more red carpet looks

username the scenery is just chef's kiss

username we need more girls getaway adventures

y/ngasly

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y/n l/n oscars♡

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username holy mother of love-

francisca.cgomez loml🥰

pierregasly she isnt the one you kiss

y/n l/n hate to break it to you buddy..

pierregasly shut up , that's why i have charles

username AHDUDHEJE

username charles can u fight

username mother is just wow

lilymhe MY BABY IS SO FINE

alex_albon hello again??

username chefs kiss

charles_leclerc ma belle fille

y/n l/n me no speak french, me only speak espanich

username fell onto my knees in the middle of my living room

username fainted

username God has favorites

username oh to be charles

username I need my inhaler, you took my breath away

y/n l/n

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y/n l/n vacations, and my home town sayulita, mexico(last two photos)

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username we love a multi cultural queen

username I need a vacation

username i just find it hard to believe she's even real at this point

username I'm obsessed

francisca.cgomes we need a girl's getaway now!

y/n l/n I second that!

lilymhe I third that!

carmenmmundt I fourth that!

heidiberger_ I fifth that!

charles_leclerc

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charles_leclerc date night

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username parents

username they are so cute

username can you adopt me pls I'd do anything..

pierregasly what a couple

username CHARLES AND HER

username shes looks like a little kid exploring

danielriccardo bring back a fish

y/n l/n danny...

username they are my parents they just dont know it

username how did a man who races in circles pull her

landonorris I wasnt taken because?

y/n l/n your in a different country??

charles_leclerc he still wanted to be invite amore

landonorris yea I couldve still been invited

y/n l/n

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y/n l/n ah yes the daily life with formula one

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mercedesamgf1 delete that-toto

y/n l/n no thanks grandpa

username we need a baby leclerc

username love everyone flipping you off

username charles hiding is everything

username carlos is just 😫

pierregasly your annoying

y/n l/n you're*

username I love that pierre and y/n argue like siblings

username date me instead of him

username y/n is serving

username proposal now.

francisca.cgomez

liked by y/n l/n, heidiberger_, and 827,863

francisca.cgomez pov the plans made it out the groupchat

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y/n l/n I fell off the quad seconds later

username I love them

username I'm trying to hangout with them

username I need better friends

pierregasly come back home

charles_leclerc give me my girlfriend back

carmenmmundt no

lilymhe no

francisca.cgomez no

heidiberger_ no

y/n l/n I'll be back soon love❤

username they really left their mans at home

username I need a vacation school is stressful

charles_leclerc

liked by y/n l/n, landonorris, and 2,937,872

charles_leclerc I got my girlfriend back

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username I LOVE U GUYS

username pls give me a man like charles

username true love is everything I want

username i’m so happy that you guys found each other

username the sweetest couple ever

username some of you don't understand, but they are my parents... they just don't know it, but they are

username F1 IT COUPLE

username where can i get a charles of my own?

username i'm obsessed with them

landonorris guys those are my parents

danielriccardo we need a mini leclerc

pierregasly finally she wont steal my gf

y/n l/n oh gasly you just wait

alex_albon your screwed

y/n l/n you're* but better watch ur back to albon

georgerussell63 tell your gf I said thank you for bringing my gf back in one piece

y/n l/n always a pleasure but shes mine😌

[queen-of-reptiles]

𝚂𝙴𝙲𝚁𝙴𝚃𝚂

description: in which lucy bronze and the england captain feel like four years is long enough to hide a relationship especially since they have just won the euros

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Lucy Bronze x female reader

this is all fiction!

warnings: fluff, a 4 year age gap and sarcastic lucy and reader

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y/n just posted

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y/n It's set in now. Five days later, and it has set in.

This team, these girls, this journey has been nothing short of amazing, determined and fantastic, I have been so incredibly lucky to be able to be a part of it.

Thank you England,

Thank you football,

Thank you Lionesses.

And I'll tell you what?

The kids are alright x

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username1: SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU BACK IN BARCA!!!❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙

username2: I'm crying omg 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

username3: best england captain EVER ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

leahwilliamsonn: Such a sap, but the best captain we could have asked for ! ❤️

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y/n: Couldn't have done it without my best friend/vice captain holding me up! ❤️

lucybronze: <3

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y/n: <3

keirawalsh: I will never get over you and Sarina cutting your wedding cake ... 😭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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y/n: shoulda seen the proposal ;) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

stanwaygeorgia: I'm still crying at your dance moves in the locker room 😂😭

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mbrighty04: fucking decked herself 😂😂😂

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racheldaly3: just laid there for a sec too. 😂😂😂

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1maryearps: "I'm okay, just tired of how life hates me" - y/n after just winning the euros 2022 and decking herself in the locker room. 😂

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username4: HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH

jillscottjs8: Still crying even now !

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y/n: the look on your face was worth any pain we went through! xx

alessiarusso99: Just Buzzin' ❤️

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y/n: Buzzin man

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ellatoone: just buzzin dude

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alessiarusso99: hate you both sm smh! 🙄

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lucybronze back to Barca!

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username1: ayyyyyyyy!!! VAMOS BARCA!!! ❤️💙❤️💙

username2: SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU BACK IN BLUE AND RED 💙❤️💙❤️

username3: ArE YOU DATING Y/N!!

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username4: I think they're just friends! 🤷‍♀️

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username5: NA they are dating! They live together!

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username6: AND? people can live together without dating

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username7: EYES DON'T LIE 😩

keirawalsh: lovely picture of me there, thanks!

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lucybronze: welcome mate! 😁

y/n: that photo of me, really?

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lucybronze: had to give the fans something to thirst over 👍

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y/n: i hate you sm 🙄

marialeonn16: happy to have you back! ❤️💙

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y/n.bronze: Here is a thread of instances which confirm that Lucy and y/n are together in my mind - the bottom of the thread is where it gets good!

How Lucy looked at her during the post match interview after beating Spain??? Like, her eyes were literally heart shaped??? I want that!

When y/n was knocked over during the Sweden game and Lucy didn't even hesitate to square up, her face was so worried, and she only stopped when y/n GRABBED HER HAND?!

Ellie, in a livestream for City YESTERDAY saying that she would stay with Lucy and y/n, confirming they live together - which we already thought!

Then going on to say they have a spare room - even though Lucy has said multiple times she lives in a two bed apartment and y/n has never said anything about her 'place'!

The fact when y/n scored in the Sweden game she ran at Lucy first??? AND JUMPED ON HER

The fact y/n left ARSENAL - her childhood team - to go play for Barca only months after Lucy had and she even admitted in an interview LUCY WAS A BIG PART OF THAT DECISION

when Lucy called y/n in an interview the other day and she answered with 'hi my love???' LIKE????

THE FACT THAT THE MOST RECENT BARCA TRAINING PHOTO Y/N HAS LUCY'S TRAINING TOP ON - AND WHEN KEIRA NOTICED SHE MOVED SLIGHTLY TO PLACE HERSELF IN FRONT OF THE NUMBER SO THE CAMERA COULDN'T SEEE

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fr I need friends that dedicated to hiding my relationship

LASTLY - the fact they went on holiday together after the euros after Ibiza, and the photos ... the PHOTOS

okay, I'm done, they're soooo dating, thank you.

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username1: omg this is so good!

username2: ELLIE SAID WHAT?

username3: omg this is Sherlock level of deduction ability

username4: THE PHOTOS???????? IS THAT THEM

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y/n.bronze: 'rumoured' to be - but look at the hair! It is SOOOOO y/n!

username5: nahhh Wonze for life!

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username6: how can you read all of that and still pick the wrong answer?!

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lucybronze sunshine in my life, even when the sky is dark...

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alessiarusso99: her body looks so good here omg 😭😭

ellatoone: 😏😏

mbrighty04: this feels illegal omg 😳

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racheldaly3: TELL ME ABOUT IT

y/n: 😶

leahwilliamsonn: heheh 🙂

Lj10: this is sweet :)

keirawalsh: sunshine and hair goals apparently 😚

stanwaygeorgia: hmmmm 😌

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y/n.bronze: OMG LUCY'S NEW POST - IS THIS CONFIRMATION???

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username1: AND ALL THE TEAMS COMMENTS???

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username2: the caption? the photo? the comments? the lack of tag?

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username3: they have to be together?

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username4: SOFT LAUNCH SOFT LAUNCH SOFT LAUNCH

y/n.bronze: THE NEW TATTOO! IT IS A STRAWBERRY ON HER SHOULDER - lucy uses the strawberry emoji allllll the time!

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username5: it has to mean something!

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y/n idk what you guys are on about - we're just friends ??

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lucybronze: I know right?

username1: UMMMM? 🧐🧐🧐🧐

username2: went from soft launch to MAYBE HARD LAUNCH realll quick?

username3: but like this makes me feel as if they aren't dating?! And that this is just a joke !

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username4: yeah this feels like they are laughing at the rumours

keirawalsh: two besties, that's all I see

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y/n: I know, how odd ! 😁

alessiarusso99: it is weird!

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marialeonn16: I agree! So obvious!

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ellatoone: SAME!

leahwilliamsonn: I thought it was so obvious as well.

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lucybronze: People loveeeee to talk ig 🤷‍♀️

username5: I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE 🥲

y/n.bronze: okay, this has thrown even me off I won't lie!

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username5: maybe we were wrong?

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y/n.bronze: I really didn't think so tho ...

alexiaputellas: clearly just amigas 🤷‍♀️

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lucy.bronze Happy four years 'best friend' ;) xx

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y/n Four years of the best 'friendship' I could have asked for xox

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y/n.bronze: FUCK ALL OF YOU - I WAS RIGHT

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username1: 4 years ... 4 goddamn years

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y/n.bronze: I KNEW IT - I FUCKING KNEW IT !

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y/n: that you did :)

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y/n.bronze: omg

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okay really did enjoy this one - (hope this is what the anon wanted) the amount of Lucy Bronze content and fics I have queued is kinda worrying but I have been a fan of Lucy since she played for SUNDERLAND

which is insane that's a bit too long really

my gay ass

but I am a die hard West Ham Fan and a Sunderland fan (due to my best friend WEST HAM TIL I DIE FORST AND FUCKING FOREMOST) - I know, it is hard - so it is insane how long I have been a fan of her but I reallyyyyy enjoyed writing this and I enjoy writing these actually.

When I originally started drafting these they were just for myself and when I posted LJ's I thought no one would really see it - so to have people be so kind and so happy to request has really made my smile!

So thank you for your support! And more incoming!

Love

Queenie xo

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[candyhoiic]

Hazbin Hotel Roleswap Au but my Take on it (Part One)

Lilith

Still disappears for seven years but guess what she’s back!~ but she forgot the milk smh.

Where did she go? Who knows but it wasn’t Heaven this time!

Lilith and Lucifer were officially divorced before she left for seven years with Lucifer being the one to actually initiate the divorce.

To deal with her divorce, she writes songs like a lot of songs. Some are good, most of them are umm well there something for sure. She also travels which she says is the reason she went missing for seven years. It’s partially true…

She tells a lot of partial truths.

She doesn’t talk much to Lucifer these days, but Charlie can at least reach her in the au. She’s not winning any awards for Hell’s greatest ex-wife, but she is still slaying as a mom- well kind of.

She’s involved in the Hazbin Hotel supporting her daughter. She has some hopes that sinners can be redeemed but has no interest in being redeemed herself even if she could be.

While she supports Charlie, she does it remotely, never actually stepping foot onto the property until Lucifer does due to not wanting to be outdone by her ex. They end up fighting for parent superiority like Alastor and Lucifer did in Hell’s Greatest Dad but this time it’s Hell’s Greatest Parent (spoiler alert neither of them win).

Lilith is more of a goofball than canon Lilith is but just like canon Lucifer she has her serious moments.

She supports Chaggie before it’s even official just thought y’all should know.

Lucifer

Meet your much more serious king of Hell.

He takes his position seriously and is more hands-on in Hell’s politics. Goes to almost all overlord meetings to stay in the know. Calls his own often enough.

He still can’t stand Alastor in this au but is more lowkey about his distaste for the radio demon.

He’s better at keeping his cool and more mischievous. Honestly, think of how everyone theorized Lucifer would be from what we saw of him in the pilot, and you have this au’s Lucifer.

He initiates his and Lilith’s divorce due to their conflicting views towards sinners. Lucifer grew to hate sinners while Lilith could never bring herself to even grow indifferent towards the sinner’s plight. She stood up for sinners and questioned his authority more than he cared for. She also reminded him too much of his past and the way he used to be.

Lucifer is a much more bitter man and was Charlie’s main caregiver when she was growing up.

However, he has a rather distant relationship with her despite spending more time with her than Lilith did. Lilith told Charlie stories of the past much to Lucifer’s displeasure as he did his best to hide the past from her.

Still has a rubber duck collection but it’s way less extensive and he hasn’t made a rubber duck since before Charlie was born. Sometimes he even forgets they exist so they’re just collecting dust.

Fun fact: He was the one to actually propose exterminations. :) Everyone thinks it was Heaven’s idea including Charlie and Lilith.

What a hypocrite! Because he still comes to ‘help’ the hotel. Lowkey tries to sabotage it and doesn’t care for Vaggie. He thinks she’s a bad influence on Charlie. Vaggie isn’t his biggest fan either.

Charlie

Still the princess of Hell, but now she’s more jaded yayyy! /sar

Charlie doesn’t really believe in sinners being redeemed, but publicly supports Vaggie’s hotel because she dislikes the fact that anybody from heaven has any sway over her kingdom, and deep down still cares for her people despite her father’s teachings.

Charlie’s relationship with Lucifer is much more strained in this au than in canon. She still loves her dad, but they never had a close relationship. Lucifer treats her more like his protege than his actual daughter.

Charlie's relationship with Lilith is still strained as well, but Lilith is more open to being affectionate with Charlie and reaching out to just talk. Charlie appreciates it but also still holds a grudge over Lilith leaving her for seven years with little to no contact

Charlie is more feared by Hell’s citizens and methodically silences most of the opposition towards the hotel. She isn’t above forcing people to come to the hotel, but out of respect for Vaggie she doesn’t coerce sinners into becoming guest.

Much more involved in Hell’s politics like her father.

A lot of sinners owe her a favor, but she has yet to ever actually own a sinner’s soul.

Vaggie

Still an ex-exorcist but in this au Charlie already knows of her past.

Charlie still ‘saves’ Vaggie in this au, taking on a more direct role as she’s responsible for scaring off Lute and Adam before they can kill Vaggie. Vaggie still loses her eye and wings though.

However, Charlie doesn’t do this out of the kindness of her own heart, but rather because Charlie sees potential in having an ex-exorcist owe her a favor.

In exchange for Charlie saving and sheltering her in her castle for the rest of the extermination, Vaggie tells her all about Heaven and angels. As well as reluctantly agrees to owning Charlie a favor of her choosing which Vaggie is swindled into being contractually obligated to follow through on when the time comes, or she’ll lose her soul.

Once the extermination is officially over Charlie politely kicks Vaggie out of her castle, cryptically mentioning she’ll be watching her.

Vaggie doesn’t see Charlie again until after she starts planning on starting the Happy Hotel to redeem sinners. Charlie originally appears to put a stop to Vaggie’s plans, but Charlie ends up helping her get the project off the ground.

Charlie and Vaggie aren’t officially dating in this au until sometime after the main story plot takes off, but they are good friends with Vaggie having a crush on Charlie.

However, when the time comes for their relationship to take a more romantic turn it’s Charlie who initiates it by annulling their contract to show Vaggie she was serious about wanting to court her and be equals.

Their romance is way more of a slow burn in this. With Charlie being very serious in wanting to do right by Vaggie and doing the whole courting gifts and wooing thing.

Vaggie’s personality in this au is more of what you would expect from a typical angel. She’s more trusting and less prone to resorting to violence despite her ex-exorcist past.

She also wasn’t that great of an exorcist when she still was one and was actually well known among the ranks for being one of the worst in all of history, which is why unlike the original au Adam was going to just kill her.

Angel Dust

In this au, Angel Dust takes the place of Valentino as the overlord of lust.

However, he’s a standalone overlord who doesn’t form an official alliance like the Valentino did with the rest of Vees in the original world.

He’s besties with Vox similar to how Rosie and Alastor are in canon.

Him and Cherri Bomb are still friends and Huskerdust will still happen because I said so.

Angel Dust's father was the first official sinner he killed as an arising overlord.

Angel Dust owns his brother, Arackniss’ soul and has him as one of his main porn directors since he knows sexual content, especially gay sexual content, makes his brother highly uncomfortable.

Later on, he gives Arackniss an option to continue to have his soul owned by him or Arackniss can join the hotel and actually try to be redeemed, and if he's successful Angel will let him go.

He doesn’t own Valentino’s soul. Although he and Valentino still have history as Valentino had sought to once take him down and become the overlord of lust himself, but ultimately fails and falls to Vox, who now owns his soul.

Vox did offer Valentino’s soul to Angel Dust, but he declined, creeped out by the man to even want his soul. Although Angel Dust does take pleasure whenever he gets to witness Vox putting Val into his place.

Angel Dust is a better boss than Valentino thank God. He cares for all the souls he owns but isn’t afraid to treat them with a firm hand when needed.

Has a bit of a sadistic streak to him to sinners who he doesn’t own. A master manipulator, who can command sinner’s forcefully by summoning translucent strings which anchor into their limbs to manipulate their bodies to do with as he pleases. Takes a lot out of him so he usually depends more on the fact his venom can make people more open to suggestion.

Still can summon guns because of his mafia roots hehe

He still has Fat Nuggets! Valentino gave him Fat Nuggets when he was trying to get on Angel’s good side so he could betray him later on. It didn’t work out for him like I already mentioned but it did bring Fat Nuggets to Angel.

[silverflqmes]

ignore that im on my selfship account it’s luma lmao

some selfship questions for u and tooru <3

•does tooru get you flowers? if so, what kind?

ldoes tooru like to read books with you? or does he secretly collect all your favs and binge read them?

•what shows do you watch together?

•have you guys had any thoughts on marriage? (sorry if this makes you uncomfy i’ll note it for the future)

•do you guys match icons on like tumblr or insta?

•what couple do you resonate you and tooru with? like for example me and scara kinda resemble harley quinn and the joker (minus the toxicity)

•what video games do you guys play together? if you play genshin together, who does he main / what team does he use and do you do cute genshin couple things?

hi luma! no worries, i figured it was you😭 woohoo selfship questions, i’ll do my best to answer those<33

— tooru is the flower giving type!! i think he’s the kind of person to read into flower language and symbolism cuz like, it’s tooru.. he never does anything haphazardly and always wants to provide the best, so he definitely looks into their meanings before choosing accordingly depending on the occasion or mood<3 red roses are a common ( given their symbolism for love and passion ), forget me nots are also some he frequently sends ( often as a reassurance to me, along with himself ), daisies ( he remembers how i used to really like them as a kid, and brings them as a reminder of those times ) and a combo between lily of the valley and larkspur ( they’re the flowers of our birth months<3 )

— i think he would show interest in what i read and i would beg him on my hands and knees to read my favs, specifically the folk of air series, to scream with him!! bonus if he decided to annotate and swap copies with me so we could read each other’s comments<3 furthermore, he serenades me to sleep by reading on stressy nights :’) and just cuz his voice is so<3

— definitely star wars oriented shows.. the clone wars has consumed us wholly and we have not recovered from the siege of mandalore.. sitcoms FOR SURE, i love friends a completely normal amount, seinfeld too, modern family, big bang theory, king of queens, etc. anyway, other than that we’d probably watch a lottt of slice of life / romance anime since it’s super comforting and silly<333 although some shonen anime make certain exceptions ( owari no seraph my love ) OH AND CARTOONS BC OLD SPONGEBOB HUMOR >>>

— TOORU IS DEFINITELY A MARRIAGE KIND OF GUY and like same i want marriage too but later down the line cuz i wanna enjoy the youth and sillying around of dating.. but i think we would unironically refer to each other as husband n wife.. and act like a married couple.. proposing is gonna be a challenge because he wants to do it but i ALSO want to do it like babes let me get on my knee pls and propose to you like the king you are smh

— i don’t think tooru would be on tumblr, maybe he would be if he indulges in my nonsense.. so probably instagram!

— we are anakin and padmé for sure and take turns, although misaki and usui are definitely us too, as well as kuronuma and kazehaya ( THEY MAKE ME SO EMO AND NOT NORMAL )

— we play a lot of wii and ds games together pre timeskip, specifically super mario bros, mario kart, mario party, wii sports, just dance — all that jazz, and i would have begged him to indulge me in my tekken addiction despite the amount of times he would get his ass handed to him BAHAHAHAHA ( he’s petty bc i use asuka since she counters attacks ) now post timeskip, we would definitely play ssbu because it’s just sm fun ( a-and um um sephiroth…. ) — now i would get my ass handed here instead.. and of course we cannot forget the hit game GENSHIN IMPACT!!! bro mains either tartaglia, ayato or alhaitham because i am not normal about them and he makes it a goal to tease me using them.. think he probably uses vaporize a lot to stick to my synergy or spread; as for couple things, we definitely take each other to pretty locations we found or help one another with grinding / quests. if there are also co-op games, those too!! for the rest, we’d probably take turns on ffvii since it’s single player and i have a tendency to throw a controller at someone when things get too heated.. prepare yourself tooru!! especially if sephi is the final boss..

[maebyshifting]

my descendants dr!

𓆷 ━━━ background info ━━━ 𓆷

firstly i haven't even watched descendants until last year when my friend forced me to and i absolutely fell in love with it

my favorite movie is def the second one, but my ranking goes two, three, then one. uma's crew brings exactly what it needed and i love them so much

in general my favorite character is evie i love her <3 mwah the older sister figure i never knew i needed

𓆷 ━━━━ about me ━━━━━ 𓆷

my name is raye fitzherbert and i am the child of rapunzel and eugene!

we are 18/19 and auradon is a university instead of a prep/high school

ben and i are basically like siblings as our parents are very close - unfortunately auradon believes we're arranged to be married since we are so close

i have a cat named sunny and she is an actual ray of sunshine i love her so much

here she is :)

i don't have any siblings, which is why ben and i are so close since we're only children

my wardrobe consists of a lot of yellow + lavender + light blue combos

i have a dagger that i have on me at all times just in case and know how to sword fight/use it

i look more like my dad but i have my moms eyes and freckles :)

𓆷 ━━━━━ extra details about my home + auradon ━━━━━━ 𓆷

while there are dorms in auradon, i do not have a roommate right now but i can request one if i want

in my home castle my room is up in the tower and is full of artistic doodles from my mom and i and its a lavender and sunny aesthetic

lots of purple and yellow if that makes sense (yellow is my favorite color even in my cr so it makes sense for me)

speaking of yellow my dorm at auradon is more yellow than lavender because its my favorite color :)

there's a lot of majors but i have no idea what i want to major in yet so i'm still figuring it all out

we actually use magic in auradon! i think magic is so central and our parents definitely passed their magic onto us so we get to use it

also in carona we have a lantern ceremony for my birthday and it is so beautiful i get emotional every time

so we celebrate my birthday and the day my mom was found, there's other festivals as well to celebrate things like harvest and fall <3

𓆷 ━━━━ timeline ━━━━━ 𓆷

i am shifting to the first movie, specifically the day that the vks are coming to auradon!

i love to meet people and experience all of that so i get to meet the vks with ben and help show them around

nothing really changes in the first movie, mal doesn't drug ben because that was wild but ben definitely has had a crush on mal for a while now

i convinced him to propose his vk plan <3

in the second movie i also go to the isle with ben and we both get kidnapped!

i made a tiktok about this but i literally follow him and wind up being taken as well- oops

but hey thats where i meet uma's crew!

and harry but thats not important rn-

third movie i'm with jane for her birthday and meet up with everyone in the woods like in the movie

so yeah other than that its like super close to the movies

i can't wait for after the third movie though timeline was because it's going to be so fun with all the villain kids in auradon with us

especially uma's crew <3 i love uma so much i respect the hell out of her

𓆷 ━━━ relationships ━━━━ 𓆷

as i already said, ben and i are basically siblings auradon doesn't agree rn smh

we speak to each other in french when we don't want others to know what we're saying

also as stated before ben has a HUGE crush on mal

because we've been doing research on the isle so he could propose his idea to his parents

anway

i'm really good friends with jane and my friend sol :) idk if they're on tumblr but they are my shifting best friend and we script each other into our drs so we can meet

anyway sol is chad's twin and they're cinderella and prince charming's kids

her and chad are very close as siblings, brains and beauty frfr

i haven't met any of the vks yet but i hope to be really good friends with them :)

especially evie and uma's crew

but like i'm excited to meet everyone

lets talk about harry hook

i like to script scenarios so if you're not into that feel free to ignore this! i like to jot the ideas down so it finally leaves my head

sooooo harry has a little crush

that's the best way to explain it

so while ben has a crush on mal, harry has a little crush on a certain princess and doesn't think it'll ever happen until the press interview said princess where they state that ben and her are more like siblings not arranged lovers

so yeah :) descendants two is going to be fun

audrey doesn't like me or mal

she thinks i'm in the way of her families plan for her to be queen but i'm literally like go! take him! i don't want ben!

but he has eyes on mal so she doesn't like that either

other than that i'm very close with my parents and ben's parents

also gil and i are going to be best friends. i haven't met him yet but that's my goal because he also speaks french and is so naturally funny

𓆷 ━━━━ extras ━━━━━ 𓆷

in this dr we do still sing and dance which is so fun

my dance partner usually was ben, but after the vks arrived it turns into jay

jay gives older brother vibes idk he makes me feel safe

there's a ton of balls as well where we dress up and wear our crowns since a lot of us are princesses/princes

here's my crown :) its like a mini version of my moms crown but in my mind its more stylized to fit the yellow/lavendar theme i have

i think that's everything i can think of- if anyone has any questions i'd love to answer them!

i love talking about my drs and this one is so special to me because the world is so amazing and i love the music so much

also if you have a descendants dr please tell me about them!

[thegreymoon]

Lighter and Princess

Back to Lighter and Princess. Episode 21 and we're still on the fucking flashback 😫

***

Did this creep just kidnap Li Xun's sister??

***

Yeah, this will end poorly.

***

OH JESUS CHRIST, SHE GOT HIT BY A TRUCK.

***

Well, there goes Li Lan, and just as things were starting to look up for her. God damn it.

***

Yeah, this bastard has now caused the deaths of two women.

While he is technically not at fault in either case, both of these women would still be alive if it were not for him. Li Xun will end him.

***

And the shit abusive husband is now blaming Li Xun for her death, smh. Also, that poor child she had with him. Now he will stay with his abuser of a father forever. Li Lan would be so sad if she could see.

***

I can't believe the flashback made me cry 😭

Poor Li Lan. Poor Li Xun. Fuck poverty.

***

LMAO, she proposed to him.

BE NORMAL, SAY YES!!

But we all know he won't because he has an evildoer to kill.

***

Fuck that bitch and her approval.

Go no contact, Zhu Yun, until she learns some basic boundaries.

***

Yikes. He totally sabotaged the meeting with her parents on purpose.

[cinamun]

Man idek Indira playing with hers and Charlie's feelings is exasperating to the extreme, but Charlie's comment annoyed tf outta me alhdakdj calm down boy!!! She already said no and if she's lying to herself she needs to figure it out!!!!

And MAYA MY GIRL WHO HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG EVER IN HER LIFE she deserves so much better than bearing this uncomfortableness because of something NOT HER FAULT @ DJ meet me in the parking lot for an ass-kicking!!!!!!

Godamm I think Maya and Dira need to ditch both boys and learn how to be SINGLE and ALONE (EXTREMELY POSITIVE) for a time, like maybe a girls holiday to a new world or smth and absolutely NO DICK just take ur vibrators and enjoy your own company lsjfkadjskdlsjdskdjskdjsjdjskdieofndjdkskfslfjskd im losing it Cin!!!!!!!

I mean, I *think* Charlie was talking to Jerri about the whole proposal being good luck thing and I bet you anything Hope chimed in because Dira been spilling all the tea to her sister about how thirsty she got this lil boy. But I still kinda ship it so imma be quiet lmfao

Now MAYA?? Sis got a heart of GOLD to still show up for the family of the boy she loves but caught bare-dicked on the living room couch with no-gag-glenda smh

*shakes you* KEEP TOGETHER FRIEND!!!!

Readers we need a plate of wings and a double hennyapple STAT!

[arlerthardt]

❤️‍🔥 soukoku fics i wrote ❤️‍🔥

(with badly written summaries)

leaping to the sound of your heartbeat

it's basically just chuuya taking care of a very drunk dazai with lots of fluffy and domestic soukoku moments

it's very fluffy that i cringed sometimes like omg i wrote THIS????

garlic butter seared lobster tail

chuuya is trying to catch his cheating boyfriend on action so he follows him to a restaurant but he ends up reviewing the food with a stranger (spoiler alert: yes, dazai is the stranger)

i wanted to make a no power au for a while and now i finally did it yay!

in a world of boys she's a gentleman

a childhood friends to lovers skk fic where chuuya is basically the woman of my dream while dazai is being an embarrassment that even i got a second-hand embarrassment while writing

this was inspired by a taylor swift song and idk why i shot them with the yuri beam it just seems right

damn, a commuter line has a matchmaking function too now?

basically it's single dad chuuya and dazai being absolutely head over heels for him (+ his daughter) since the very first time he looked at him hashtag relatable

this story is my first fic written in mostly dazai's pov and ngl i think i might write a lot more because i love being whipped for chuuya it's fun

endless longing, eternal promise

chuuya and dazai actually having a serious heart-to-heart conversation and being honest to one another. they have a fun dynamic here despite their... unique first meet. they were a pining MESS but they sorted everything out at the end

contrary with the title, this is probably the silliest fic i wrote so far they're so stupid smh and this is like the combination of fic i wanna write, college au and (silly) marriage proposal

this list is obviously ongoing i will add more as i write more fics and trust me i still have lots of wip on my google docs so wait for me my beloveds 🤍

[silviakundera]

Lighter and Princess ep 36 - the finale!

What Gao Jianhong explains is honestly what I had assumed: Li Xun's sister's death and the ramifications ruined 2 lives, not 1. Geo Jianhong obviously never expected her to die at that hotel. (It was an accident, not even Fang's fault either as much as a POS he is.) But just like LX wasn't thinking clearly, neither was GJH- he was panicked and also consumed with guilt. Objectively, it was an unconnected accident. But she wouldn't have been at that location if not for Gao. So he just triples down on being the villian. Ok, I'm a monster. So be it. I'll play that role to the limit. Maybe this is how I finally win. After all these years, I think he's still been feeling guilt over Sister Li Lan's death. He can't stop being the villain because he doesn't believe in his own redemption. And this gets all mixed up with the resentment and hate that persists because of his inferiority complex.

This doesn't absolve him of anything, btw. He's a bastard who has stolen from & stepped on more amateur game designers; caused Li Xun mental anguish, betrayed his trust in a disgusting manner; abused his wife, blackmailed Zhu Yin with 'social death'... He tried to send Li Xun back to prision. Objectively a trash person.

But it's consistent, layered characterization. It's an explanation. I was glad to see the subtext I'd interpreted become explicit text.

gawwwwdd but I'M EVIL in that it's so satisfying for Gao Jianhong to hear that Li Xun has the inner strength & capacity to forgive him and let go. ("Impossible! It's me. It's me who wanted to step on him. It's me who stopped from from standing up.") BWAHAHAHAHA you fell short yet again, you pathetic man child. He bests u in everything. ❤ And now you're living for him, at his command.

They got the name back \o/

The biggest surprise in this drama is how I ended up loving class president Fang Shu Miao. Just a minor character but it's fun that she grew up into an awesome lady and good friend.

smh but up to the very end, this drama still trying so hard to convince me that ML is handsome lmao sorry I have eyes, no. Love u anyway rat boy 😍🐀😍

The Flying team scenes in the finale really were too perfect and made me so emotional. Mr Dong is still the boss! They're all shareholders! Eating ice pops again, the sacred tradition 😂😭

Mr Dong: "Your daughter is my boss now. She works for herself."

asdfghjk (whispers) it's true tho

99% of the time I dislike the "this company is my found family" storyline tbh. I've seen a lot of toxic situations in rl, especially young lgbt who were rejected by their families and had nowhere else to go, only to be taken advantge of. But this drama has been a big exception to that. A group of odd balls who aren't loyal friends at the start (originally out for themselves) but go thru adventures together. My favorite flavor. And now Mr Dong is defending Li Xun as an elder, when he has no one else to bring to the table. This drama earned it! (And it helps that the protagonists are clearly the leaders of this gang now, no power imbalance.)

"Mom, this is our home. You have no right to interfere. You have no right to make the decisions." 👏👏👏 i love herrrrrrrrrr

After Zhu Yun's mother makes an absolutely disgusting declaration (to an orphan whose parents & sister are dead) that she must marry her daughter to someone "with a happy family" of an equal social status, and invites him to bring his parents to meet them... It's now Li Xun's turn to be an absolute badass and instead of centering his own pain and insult, simply points out that he knows Zhu Yun has the ability to change the world, but her parents just want ZY to obey them. It's her parents that are wronging HER most of all and he sees that. Maturity!

I love how they roll. She suggests they have a baby because 30 is the right age, but then they'd need to get married. He's like ok, let's have a baby. And then a couple days later buys them a house. She's basically quasi proposed to him and then they just decide to get it done. Very them.

The marriage certificate guys' FACE. "You have many family members." !!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭

The marriage was absolutely perfect. Loved the final group picture and that their friends gathered to support them in lieu of blood family.

I normally don't get attached or care too much for supporting characters. But Lighter & Princess and A Journey to Love broke that mold for me. Sorry Ren Di, though you are smoking hot I never could care about your angst. But the friend group really endeared themselves to me.

What a truly fantastic story from beginning to end. Never falters. I feel like modern cdramas have a bad rep compared to kdramas but there are some real gems. note to self: make a modern cdrama rec post this year

[rubbertig]

thinking about how laios definitely has a weird big weeb man crush on toshiro and its just tickles me sooo damn much

like hes so obsessive about wanting to know more about him and where hes from. he would keep shuro UP late at night with questions upon questions. and this is coming from LAIOS. the guy who has very little interest in people and things that don't involve monsters so its Very Telling

and i love how butthurt he is that shuro liked falin but didnt actually like him. like in that magic mirror comic where hes desperately trying to find an alt narrative where shuro liked him lmfao.

and now apparently in the post-end comics laios wants to take falin's place after she finally rejects shuro's proposal???

like COME ON?!!?!? you CANT tell me thats normal interest!!! LOL

but whats really funny is that im willing to bet that if someone questioned him like "hey do you have a thing for shuro or something?" he'd sincerely be like "huh?" and genuinely confused because im certain he doesnt think bout the implications of this desire in him even as hes saying he would gladly marry shuro if he were in falin's place smh

[royalsunshinehotel]

Fortnight (Dr. Chatterjee x f!Patient! Reader)

A/N: Ugh, I could watch him blink all day. smh...

Ugh, people. You shuddered in the suite you’d been sentenced to. It was made out of something that wasn’t quite stone, but not metal either. However, it was ugly, and you were certain that no mentally compromised person could get better with such dismal decor. 

It was a shame too, because this corner of the earth, you’d heard, that beauty wasn’t lacking. 

Tossed away by your parents, for turning down the proposal of a young nutmeg magnate from America, you supposed this was what life looked like for you now. How tragic. Reviewing in your mind, you had to stand by your decision, because the boy couldn’t have been more than fifteen. However, being the youngest child of an impoverished Earl, you must be a buffoon. 

Maybe you were mentally ill, and everyone was right? At least this was less boring than your home, at least you were out of your house! 

But what you hadn’t prepared for, was an obvious consult. In your ‘suite’, you had a single window alcove, you had been able to bring a large, fluffy blanket, and to the untrained eye, the room would have been vacant. 

However, the doctors and nurses here were paid to be ‘keen’, and you couldn’t have such luck. 

Two men walk into the room, one you knew, Dr. Marshall, African-british, wide eyes, and a sharply knotted bow-tie, carrying two folding chairs. You liked him well enough… but the other doctor… Well, he was quite handsome. 

“My name is Dr. Chatterjee, my colleague has brought me here to consult on your case. I hear you’re new to the facility.” You huffed at him, under your fluffy blanket. Your mother had taught you to curtsy, or at least get up when someone enters the room, but your mother wasn’t here. 

“I am. It’s wonderful.” You kept a bit of ice in your voice, just to keep yourself focused. He was tall enough, slicked back hair, neatly-trimmed mustache, and a light British accent. Perhaps he was local, but was sent away for school? 

“Are you feeling well today?” He asked, in a polite and even tone. The sun from your window reflects off the gel in his hair. 

“I feel well every day.” You responded, in the exact same tone. 

“I’m not sure I believe that.” 

“You shouldn’t, I’ve been exiled, I’m sure Dr. Marshall has said as much.” He hadn’t, but Dr. Chatterjee had read an action-packed file on you. 

“What would you like to have happen in the coming weeks?” 

“What?”

“In the best-case scenario, where would you like to be within the next month?” What an odd question for a doctor to ask, you thought. 

“I’d like you to take me to dinner, Doctor Chatterjee. I’d never been outside Cornwall before I came here, and now I’m in India, still eating beans on toast!” Something warm spread in Zenday’s chest. Oh no, he thought, he shoved the warm feeling down. 

“Anything else?” You blinked at him. Was he taking your orders? How utterly refreshing to not be moved around like a thing, and not a person! 

“I’d like some white lightning.” You blink, face totally neutral, gauging his reaction. 

“What on earth is that?” chirped Marshall, genuinely curious. 

“Haven’t the faintest idea, I heard it on the radio.” You wrinkled your nose at his companion, writing on his clipboard with a large, squeaky pen, WHAT IS WHITE LIGHTNING? 

“Have you been coping with the transition alright otherwise?” She hadn’t, it was clear to see, underneath the massive blanket you had shrouded yourself in, that you very much were not alright. Zenday hoped that you wouldn’t try the ‘stiff upper lip’. 

“I’m tired all the time and my head hurts.” You pouted to yourself,  and Z sighed. 

“Have you been drinking your water?” Z knew the answer, Marshall did too. 

“No, it makes me sad. I wish you had tea here.” 

“English or Earl Grey.” 

“English Breakfast, with a raspberry scone if you don’t mind.” You almost stuck up your nose at him, but he smirked at you. 

“And you’ll eat it.”

“I asked for it, didn’t I?” You sassed, still a bit too subdued for the Doctor’s liking.  

“Good.” 

A beat passed between the three of you, and you stared a hole into the good Doctor, taking in his lovely features, especially a sharp nose…

“How am I doing, Doctor Chatterjee. Have I gone mental?” Marshall chuckled a little to himself, “Remains to be seen, I’ll confer with Dr. Marshall about next steps.” 

The two men stood, pausing for another moment, before you softly said, “Doctors…” as a farewell. 

“Ms. LN. Try to get outside today. It’s lovely. 

“I will.” 

And with that, the two men stepped out into the hallway, leaving you in the windowsill with your blanket and your thoughts. 

ZZ felt Marshall inflate next to him, with words, obviously, and the two nodded to you before stepping out of the room. 

“She looked at you like she was gonna have you for supper!” 

“Huh!” Zay huffed, “The facts remain the same, it appears our patient is confined as the result of a failed marriage proposal.” 

Marshall nodded, “When an American asks, a woman must be crazy to deny it.” 

“Ugh…Americans…” the doctors groaned in unison. 

“I’d say, besides the abrupt confinement, she’s alright. Anxiety, possibly a touch of depression.” God knows it was warranted. 

“Sounds right to me, anything else?” Marshall prompted, scratching away on his clipboard. 

“I’d suggest increased time outside in the sun for her fatigue, the altitude can be quite taxing for someone brought here so suddenly.” ZZ’s mind was spinning. 

“It’s about two weeks to adjust to the altitude, isn’t it?” asked Dr. Marshall, flipping through papers on his clipboard, scrawling out notes on his conversation with Zenday. You were here as an act of retaliation, medically, there was no reason to keep you in the hospital.

Dr. Marshall, his friend, was a kind man, and would be your advocate, but what’s another ally? Could someone really have too many friends in one place? 

“Yeah, a fortnight,” replied Zenday, and upon your release, maybe he’d have you over for supper. 

[im-out-of-it]

part 4 of season 1, episode 8 continued

48. I think this is where I left off- anyways, Simon is about to be a vampire all due to a choice clary made for him. I mean, he’s dead but she never thought about what he wanted

49. and then has the audacity to look “disgusted” when he drinks. GIRL HE NEEDS BLOOD TO SURVIVE (maybe more scared but you know what a vampire is)

50. I will give her a few things- she is dealing with a lot but it doesn’t excuse being self conceited about things and making this decision purely for your benefit. like clary knew she wanted Simon for her. she never once thought about his needs and how he would recover from this. simon isn’t going to be around his family without wanting to drain their blood like she didn’t think of what that would do to Simon

51. don’t get me wrong, I like Simon but clary didn’t think of how he would process this new change, as well as downworlders are seen as inferior to shadowhunters, AND the fact he can’t go out in the day without burning. I don’t think she really thought this through

52. also weird how easily overtaken Camille is. she’s one of the most oldest and I would say powerful vampires. and here she gets overthrown. clary slaps her and she does nothing??????? this is as bad as TVD and the originals with the plot armor

53. here comes Alec with a proposal just when he was about to have it all smh it’s okay to get down on your knees Alec, but you’re doing it for the wrong person

54. I do think clary cares about Simon but I think she takes great advantage of him, and thinks more of herself. I don’t see clary being there for Simon as much as he is for her. I mean she literally chose jace right in front of him at the seelie court.

55. so hodge invites the forsaken into the institute and Alec has to pay the price AGAIN

56. and now Simon is disgusted with himself because of a choice that was made for him, and off he goes. at least he’s fast now lmao

okay, so there we go for episode 8. we left off with 56 but thank you for joining the we love show Alec meeting and whatever the purpose of this is and stay tuned for the next one 👏🏼

[yooglefics]

Hello friend! Coming to with The Casual Type theories to help with the writers block :) Does the drama have to do with a redhead from the club OR Bogum 👀 Omfg y/n goes on a date with Bogum because Yoongi goes out with the redhead BUT it’s simply to make amends and he sees y/n at the same restaurant and gets furious and eats her out in the restroom stall and says that she belongs to him and to screw the casual type. OR her roommate is the redhead or the girl that had the same smiley face as her that was with the baseball player. No ? Okay. Also I know you’re asking for a character name and I think it would be fun to write in ELCAPITXN ( Yijeong) especially since you’ve been wanting to write him in more fics and since you mentioned that Yoongi is bi maybe he’ll express that he finds him attractive or he’s his ex or something of the sort. I can’t wait to see the couple evolve and hopefully heal each other.

Yay, hellooo! ^-^ ♡

Omg I just realized there's a lot options for potential drama, like I wasn't even thinking about redhead from the club ( I need a name for her too smh ) or Bogum right now. BUT there's something involving them in the furture tho 👀

FRIEND WHERE DID THAT CAME FROM??? I'm kissing your head right now because this theories are top notch 👌 but also the restroom stall one took me by surprise hahah. I don't see casual!yoongi being that jealous but if he were I would definitely take this as prompt idea. Also, is one of your theories that he would be the one to fall first and say screw the casual??? 👀

The roomate being the girl with the smiley bracelate was something I almost did!!! When I was first imagining the fic, but then I decided against it and thought about other plot alternatives and hopefully making the fic not so predictable, and so... We are stuck with Subin the cock blocker 😂

I don't want to spoil the whole thing, but I would say that two people that you mentioned are involved in the drama I was talking about and I can't wait for you to read!

Aww yeah, I wanna write more El Capitxn!! And you know what? I might take this idea for a wip because is good and I like it! But I decided that Yijeong in the TCT!verse is Jay, the friend from the club that says hi and calls the redhead over, so he can't be a crush or ex in this universe, unfortunately </3. But we will see him again at some point, I already have a blurb of that because El Capitxn keeps attacking me every time I open Instagram, I hate him >_<

As for names, I'm looking for one for a female character. At first I thought Jia but is too similar to Jay and I think it also could be confuse with Mai??? Idk. Maybe Evaa? Or Ha-ri and the face reference can be the main actress from Business Proposal 🤔

Thanks for the message, friend! It did help and now I'm going to continue writing the Jay interaction asdf. And thank you for your interest too, can't wait to share more of this couple and verse with all of you!!! ♡

( ↑ actual footage of my reading your message )

[waldensblog]

Reading Siege and Storm

So since I got into his fandom via the show first, I had decided to wait until I watched season 2 before reading Siege and Storm (and Ruin and Rising). I’ve seen the show, posted about my thoughts, etc. so now it’s time for my book reactions: 

Below the cut is the full extent of my thoughts, but here’s the TL;DR: I like seeing Alina progress towards a more ruthless and morally grey character as she becomes more and more like the Darkling; I wish the Darkling was in the book more, but enjoyed the tether scenes I got (and chapel kiss) and still ship Darklina even where I don’t always like his actions; I liked what Nikolai brought to the narrative and ship Nikolina too; I see a lot of Darkolai/Darknikolina potential in this narrative and the books are further fueling this; I dislike Mal.

Alina: As in the first book, Alina frustrated me at the beginning, as she drags herself around, feeling like she is “useless Alina”, growing weaker and sicker, all the while pretending she’s happy, and then later, when she literally begs Nikolai to rescue her from the Darkling, she ends up concluding the chapter with something like “What have we gotten ourselves into?” smh. She’s definitely at her best when she’s at the Little Palace again - sleeping in the Darkling’s bed, taking his job as leader of the Second Army, growing more and more like him while flirting with Nikolai (Oh the Darknikolina of it all). I love seeing this change, this progression. She is definitely a reluctant hero, and honestly, a bit of an unreliable narrator when it comes to her own feelings and thoughts - particularly when it comes to Mal. I like that she isn’t a traditional hero though - she’s getting more and more grey, as she is tempted to be more ruthless to enact change, and I like that she recognizes it too - that she did abandon those people on the skiff to die, that she did nearly murder someone with the Cut for a slight.      The Darkling: I wish there was more Darkling in this book. He was prominent in the beginning after catching up to Alina, but then his role is severely reduced and he pops up here and there in the tether (until the end) - probably to make room for Nikolai to get into Alina’s heart, just as the Darkling did in the first book. It’s obvious that Alina still very much has feelings for him - at the beginning she says she’s having nightmares, but her description of her being happy there, using her powers, and his lips on her neck suggest otherwise. Every time they touch there’s a sensation that goes through them both, a powerful attraction they can’t seem to shake. And the tether shows how she longs for him - he can’t be there otherwise. I think he very much hates that he loves her, and I think she’s stuck in the same place. They don’t want it to be true, but they are soulmates. That chapel kiss at the end really seals that to me - the way she describes it, it’s a longing she didn’t have with the others. They are eternal, each other’s balance, and honestly their breakup is becoming everyone’s problem. Throughout this book, she is becoming more and more like him. There was a very Darkolai bit for me in the book too where after Vasily proposes to Alina, she wonders if the Darkling had to fend off nobles and proposals too - which of course, put in my mind the image of Nikolai proposing to the Darkling to form an alliance and coup the throne. Oh the possibilities... It probably goes without saying, but I don’t agree with 100% of his actions. He is still my favourite though. Nikolai: Nikolai is a fantastic addition to the narrative, and as in the show, I love what he brings to the dynamic, especially when it comes to the Darkling/Alina and him. My dude literally decided to shoot the Darkling and jump ship like a madman. Wild. It probably goes without saying that I don’t agree with his actions 100% of the time, but overall, I do enjoy his character, and it’s obvious that Alina gets feelings for him as the book progresses and they spend more time together. What I like about they dynamic is that she’s actually happy when in his company most of the time, and we hit a point where she clearly wants to kiss him (she says so herself). I couldn’t help but notice that the Darkling never appears to Alina when she’s with Nikolai after that initial time in the fold. So I think her feelings for Nikolai are strong enough to keep the Darkling at bay. And if we’re on the Darkolai/Darknikolina theme... she compares him to the Darkling a few times.

Mal:  So I definitely dislike Mal. At his best he’s kind of just there, and at his worst he’s actively dragging Alina down or being a sullen grumpy drunk. When they were in Novyi Zem, he was at his happiest, apparently (as he says later in the book). But when in Novyi Zem, he’s working a labouring job, day in day out, while Alina grows sicker and weaker, and he thinks that was “doing something worthwhile” - because apparently being at the Palace, working on building alliances, an army, etc. is absolutely nothing. Literally no fucks given for the state of his country, like he brings nothing to the table and only takes. Honestly I’m reading him as like a drug to Alina - he’s actively bad for her, when she’s with him she often gets sicker, weaker, and is blatantly unhappy despite her insistence that it’s not the case. She’s co-dependent on him, and there’s a fair few times I read her “love” for him as not actually love at all - but as an addiction. Knowing from the show he’s the firebird - that can also probably explain the addiction, as she is actively growing power-hungry. I also noticed - and evidently, so did the Darkling, but the Darkling appears when she’s with Mal or alone - meaning he isn’t keeping the loneliness at bay, he isn’t “home” like she claims, and I’m not sure her feelings for Mal are all that genuine - the Darkling wouldn’t be there if they were, right? Mostly, I just wish he would just leave the narrative altogether. 

[nhlgossips]

setting aside mat’s relationship with maya… i just want to let it be known that maya has sooooo much potential if she stays single. like she’s still young, looks good, and comes from a rich family who lives in nyc. like i want to be her. why would she want to settle down with a man who plays for the new york islanders, who’s gonna retire from hockey at age 36. he’s not as good as mark messier who works for espn bc of how good he is. who’s to say ppl are gonna wanna work with him after hockey.

also, based of her feed and the people she hangs around with… she likes to party and hang with friends. to me, mat seems like he wants to settle down NOW. he mentioned in an interview that he wants kids like i wouldn’t be surprised if he proposed to maya in the next two years or so. and maya… babe if you’re reading this, DO BETTER. don’t settle down with this man. don’t you see how horribly hockey players age?!?!? like he’s gonna look like your dad in a few years SMH 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

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