#slinky kinda guy idk

[theartingace]

so I had a revelation about the subconcious shape language I was using for my SI5 gang designs based on how I viewed them in S3..

[istherewifiinhell]

havent talked to ppl for long enough that its now inconsequential opinions time

theres one of those incognito polls i saw about clothing coverage preference and one it used the words reveal/show off or hide which i think is not very good. its sort of on both ends having connotations i dont personally like. like well ofc ppl DO use clothes to hide or show off their body. but they might wear clothes that cover more or less of their body for other reasons. number one obvious one i think is. weather. but also sensory reasons, personal believe/perference, and ofc general aesthetic and comfort. i just think using hide/show is a different question from the neutral: how much [coverage] do you prefer. its motive based. maybe thats the data they DID want tho idk.

ALSO. im on my garment structure tirade again.

i think the number one clothes dichotomy is clingy vs structured. which exists independant of the tight vs loose binary. personally i hate clingy clothes. number one example of clingy i can think of is some long sleeves i have in a very slinky knit fabric. extrodinarily soft but they just kinda pool onto you. i could sling em off and they would fall like dizzled honey. absolutely liquid fabric. and clingy tight i feel like i all those elastics that dont stay put on all your squishy bits cause they can resist their own tightness/constriction.

structured obivous could be a nice sturdy work pant or something. but also like tight things that actually Stay On Top of your body i think, like nicer compression stuff, or lighter weight fabrics that flow but arent warping under their own weight. and well idk im real bicep lenght tshirt and knee shorts guy for minimum coverage preference but thats also cause thats the clothes i can find that have the features im looking for u know?

[thezfc]

I didn’t watch the VMAs bc idk the majority of people performing, let alone those nominated. But I watched a few of the performances — Demi Lovato, Shakira’s VMA Vanguard medley, and the 50yrs of Hip Hop performance.

Shakira’s was weird bc she lip-synched like the majority of it and not well lol. But the funniest thing through all the videos was the camera kept cutting to 🐍 (bc they always do 🙄) and this awkward ass vanilla cream creature was trying so hard to rock out to all of them. 🤣 Swifties are thanking Demi for a clip of 🐍 mouthing “got a taste of the cherry I just need to take a bite” — okay? Lol. We all know she can’t dance for shit so I’m cracking up every time they show her trying to be all slinky sexy like Shakira or trying to bop with the hip-hop guys.

She had a drink in her hand most of the time so I’m wondering if a little bit of it was that she was kinda tipsy but my lordt. She’s so awkward.

Drunk or not she’s always an awkward attention whore at awards shows. It was unwatchable.

[pompadorbz]

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If your task was to give me the most trouble, you're absolutely winning, anon. The first thing I thought of was "Oh! Mice!" which seemed very obvious until I remembered that mice are FAR too close to rats for comfort, and I knew this would be a DR au. So, you can probably imagine why that didn't really work out. I am not doing that for reasons I hope are obvious. So I kinda had to think a bit out of the box here (pun incredibly intended). SO HERE IS WHAT I LANDED ON. Ishimondo centric au. Once again its a fantasy setting of sorts because thats fun. They're like, these beast hunters!! Theyre the local fantasy exterminators!! They make traps for these things!! If there's a beast of some kind rampaging the town, theyre the ones you call for help! They probably each have their own reasons for starting this stuff and they're likely both revenge-centric; my idea is for mondo, some thing killed Daiya, and for Kiyotaka, his family trained beasts but they fuckin. broke loose and destroyed the town as well as their reputation. very straightforward. My thought is that these beasts are a specific kind that are incredibly mysterious (Im thinking like. slinky void black creatures that can maybe shapeshift idk) to the point where Kiyotaka and Mondo's business aid heavily to the research of these guys. But theyre also big fucking softies. So when they find out that one of the beasts they've killed was caring for her young at the very same time, they are presented with the age old moral dilemma of "do we kill the baby animal? OR. Do we raise it and face the trials and tribulations of sudden unplanned parenthood?" They do the latter. obviously.

[mouthsfullofsharpteeth]

I am here to add onto your mh animal headcannons because I love that kinda stuff. I think they are all pretty spot on, but consider this:

I really like your hawk idea for Brian but I have always seen him as a Coyote. Kind of a scraggly animal but they are known tricksters in media almost like a fox but more gruff and wild. He also just has dog energy. Like bro was probably a golden retriever kinda man before shit went down. Him as a cackling Coyote just mmmm. Makes sense.

Tim is hard, but i always stray away from bears for him. It just doesn't fit to me or make sense. He would be either a Black Wolf, a Wild Boar, or something along the lines of a Badger. Black Wolf because he is predatory and mysterious and all that jazz. Also if he was a Wolf it would make the main totheark guys a nice pack of dogs to tie it together. Boar or Badger because of his aggressiveness and his tackle everything mindset as Masky and his leave me alone demeanor. I could go on and on but I won't.

Jay is so much a little slinky rodent but also a blue Jay because uhh. Jay. BLUE JAY. GET IT AHAHAH. But like legitimately because it just fits him. Especially the curiosity they have. Also since blue Jays are in the corvid family it makes sense since those birds usually are known to follow wolves.

Alex as a buck is great. Love it. Same with Amy.

Mouse Jessica is on par with Mousely. We love it.

Sarah I can also see as a rabbit but honestly owl is great.

Seth as a white wolf is great but for him I imagine a smaller dog such as a fox. If we are to all agree on the seth is the third totheark member then its fitting because He's very intelligent and misleading and also a trickster. Also foxes are in many legends and stories so it just adds to the mystery.

And buh buh buh buh

New animal headcannon

The Operator!

This one is not at all well thought out in my head and I really want to see what other people think for it.

My first thought is a bald eagle just because they are bid symbols and because of the white face. But something along the lines of a vulture could make sense as well. Or even a big ass snake. Idk. Some sort of large predator that seems like the rest but is just wrong. Trying to think of animals that are tall and blend in with the woods. Deer come to mind cause the antlers look like branches but we already have two deer. Maybe an elk? Too bulky tho. And then the obvious answer. A swarm of white hornets. That would be a cool way to tie in the name. Idk. Help me out here.

If you read this then kudos to you. Thank you for listening to my ramblings. Enjoy. :)

OHHHH YES i love these. now that you mention it, coyote brian is such a good idea, i do really like that. I also like your idea of totheark being a little dog trio lolol, tho idk i just love tim being a bear so much i cant help it. big and fluffy, looks so cute and huggable. but could kill and maim. And jay as a blue jay is also one i considered lolol. but omggg i love your idea for the operator being a vulture, but i also get what you mean about something that just doesnt fit with the others. hmmm. I know @mersei47 had the idea of the operator being a hunter which is FUN and i do love, but if we're making them all animals.... hm. i also considered a moose or an elk because i really like the antler imagery. maybe a moose? or vulture? unsure...

but yes, i definitely enjoyed!!! loved reading this

[crypt1dcorv1dae]

Hard part of making fursonas when you're fat is like sometimes you wanna do an animal that isn't typically fat at all and it's like. How do I marry these two shapes to look right together.... How...

Like when I was super skinny I usually drew myself as like, a lanky ass fox (I still like the design I had actually he was cute) but my style when I draw furries/anthros is SO SHAPEY that like... Trying to change that design to be fat or chubby would look completely different and some of the shapes that were like quintessential to the design would change because... Like... Fat deposits in those areas.

Like foxes are such angular pointy creatures it's hard for me, personally, to figure out how to make it make sense on a chubby body... Like cats and bunnies and some dogs are already very round creatures, you can chubby them up easily, and I very often do! I LOVE drawing chubby characters (not in a fetish way, but more power to ya if you're into that) and I love drawing anthros, so I do both fairly often, but some animals I just STRUGGLE to change the body type on without kinda just losing the features that make it recognizably THE SPECIES ITS SUPPOSED TO BE

Like, anything long, angular, or slinky is hard to add weight to without just... Making it look like a different animal, sometimes!!! It's kinda frustrating especially for making your own sona, like I WANT my sona to be accurate to my body type cus I dont want to pretend I'm something I'm not, but the animals I feel connected to are often like... Foxes, weasels, things that sneak around n stuff... Idk it's hard!!!!!!

Maybe I'll just be a fat lil raccoon from now on. I do have lil hands that I do intricate things with a lot. Lil raccoon who crochets.... Ye....

Honestly not even anthro just a fucking normal raccoon, that's me already

My other point still stands tho!!! It's frustrating for me to draw some species with some body types cus it just... The shapes kinda.... Clash????? It's like trying to draw a capybara ripped as fuck, like those shapes don't blend!!!! Capybara is NOT jacked capybara is a fucking wide friendly guy, maybe strong but still soft too!!! Or like trying to turn a literal bear into a twink. Bears cannot be twinks they are BEARS. AT LEAST MAKE THEM FAT EVEN IF THEYRE SMALLER

[nervousmistycat]

tag game time!!

Disclaimer: I'm bad at saying stuff so the answers are gonna be a bit short and maybe weird? idk

01) Are you currently in a serious relationship? uuuh yeah? kinda? my qpp is so awesome so yeah

02) What was your dream growing up? idk, at first I wanted to be a therapist and stuff, then a designer for many stuff, and now I'm just here

03) What talent do you wish you had? doing everything right the first time, cause I've quit so many hobbies for the sole reason I wasn't excellent first try lol

04) If someone bought you a drink what would it be? probably coffee? or a matcha drink. Actually, now that I think about it, my beloved once bought me my favorite drink from my fav place unprompted so yeah.

05) Favorite vegetable? uuuuh, first that comes to mind is broccoli

06) What was the last book you read? I was about to start a series but I already forgot the titles so that's fun

07) What zodiac sign are you? taurus I'm pretty sure

08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? only the basic earring ones, I want more piercings, still not sure about which tattoos specifically but i do want some

09) Worst Habit? everything lol

10) What is your favorite sport? I don't play sports, but to watch it would be ice skating

11) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude? honestly, kindof pessimistic but i would say its more of a realistic one

12) Tell me one weird fact about you. I'm pretty sure I have a shit ton of health problems but going to the doctor in general makes me have anxiety attacks so I won't go willingly LMAO

13) Do you have any pets? MY DUDE!!!!! he's just a little guy who has no thoughts (yorkie dog)

14) Do you think clowns are cute or scary? I think they are just there, but some of them have some amazing makeup skills (I could never)

15) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be? I just want to be a racoon or a cat.

16) What color eyes do you have? very dark brown

17) Ever been arrested? not yet.

18) Bottle or can soda? cans, so i can take the opener thing off the top and collect it.

19) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it? just put it into savings cause I'm too indecisive to use it on anything instantly

20) What's your favorite place to hang out at? idk, probably in my egg chair so

21) Do you believe in ghosts? i belive they are just little guys

22) Favorite thing to do in your spare time? nap

23) Do you swear a lot? sometimes? its kinof weird because sometimes i'll be like a sailor but other times i forget those words exist

24) Biggest pet peeve? being a bigot

25) In one word, how would you describe yourself? myno

26) Do you believe/appreciate romance? i read a lot of fanfiction so

27) Favourite and least favourite food? lagasnga or however that's spelt and least is onions (the texture BLEGH)

28) Do you believe in God? i think it would be funny that every single one of them is in a shared space, so all religions are kindof right and wrong at the same time

29) What makes you happy: my friends

30) Currently listening/the last thing you listened to: heatwaves LMAO (I swear it's ironic)

31) Favorite place to spend time: idk, my phone?? dont really have a physical place

32) Favorite lyric: you know the one from the crane wives, curses

33) Recommend a film: uuuh, idk the truman show?

34) Recommend a book: THE LUNAR CHRONICLES

35) Recommend a band, a song, or album: uuuh crywank is good

36) Recommend a TV show: genloss

37) Where are you from, and do you still live there? Where have you lived? im in the same place ive always been

38) Do you have any pets or animals in your life? How did you find/get them? ma dog, we adopted that guy from a friend of my father

39) What's the most unusual thing you've ever eaten? idkk ants? dirt? sand?

40) How did you 'find' fandom? wellll, i was on amino

41) Make a list of 5 things that you see without getting up. my bolillo purse, a creeper, a garfield plusie, a slinky and a ball

42) How do you style your hair? i just hope it looks good when i wake up

#tag games

[3k626ekful7ozxujar43keiw236in2h]

fkn hate my shitty leeching connective tissue crashing my flesh prison I’m hauling enough emotional labour for my ligaments to hold nothing together they have done jack shit my whole life and I want them out

[harlowhockeystick]

OKAY in honor of 6/9 I present to you my angst creation. I’ll drop in 3 parts throughout the day bc it’s kinda long and itll build the slow burn. This first part is just ~setting the scene~ but the smut and angst comes in the following parts -🍒

PART 1/3

So it’s the beginning of the season and the Pens are hosting a sort of gala in partnership with a hospital in Pittsburgh to raise money for their staff and patients. Because he’s coaching now and is a worldwide legend, they need him to be in attendance and give the keynote speech. Obviously age gap Sid is incredibly excited when he hears about it. Given the kind of guy that he is, maybe he visits the hospital and likes to spend time with the kids there. Or maybe he’s sentimental because that’s where the twins and Cash were born. Either way, when he finds out he can’t wait to tell his lady, especially so he can see her in a beautiful gown.

In my mind reader has some badass job, maybe she’s a human rights lawyer, maybe she’s a surgeon..idk something cool and essentially makes age gap Sid the trophy husband. She’s in the home office, concentrating on the computer when Sid walks in to behind her chair and bends over to wrap his arms around her and kiss her cheek from behind. “Babe.. there’s gonna be a gala” he says in between kisses down her neck. “That’s great babe, but im busy” reader is not sharing his energy at first because retired Sid is soooo domestic but bothers her all the time. He misses having something to consume his identity. “But you know what that means” he grins into the crook of her neck and she mumbles “what” as she scrolls. “We have to get a babysitter and you get to wear a sexy dress” and his arms snake downwards and she squirms. They both look at each other with excitement because damn, they love being parents and their family is perfectly complete now with Cash but boy have they missed getting down and dirty pre Cash and especially pre twins.

So in the coming weeks before the gala Sid spends his spare time (which he has plenty of) getting fitted for the most delicious suit and reader picks out the sexiest slinky black dress to wear. We are talking a one-shoulder, silk, black gown with a very suggestive slit up the leg, of course with red bottomed shoes, red lipstick, and a designer clutch. Reader is a bombshell of course and when the day arrives, she has a glam squad get her ready at home and Sidney is banished to the spare bathroom to shower and get dressed. He’s obviously waiting downstairs for her with a single red rose because he’s age gap Sidney Crosby and he has to spoil his lady and get the mood set, after he drops the kids off to a neighbors/family friend’s house for the evening. When reader descends down the stairs it’s the movie moment: she is serving all the looks tonight and age gap Sid is a starving man. His jaw loosens and eyes widen, he almost drops the rose. “What? Do I look okay?” Reader obviously plays into his reaction because she thinks it’s fake but with Sid, it never is “holy fuck” he mutters under his breath. When she reaches the bottom he grabs her and pushes her against the wall, savoring her for a bit. They make out like teenagers for a sec but as soon as Sid’s hard-on presses into her, she has to push him away because she knows they’ll never get out the door and she can’t wait to hear Sid’s speech tonight.

So Sid drives them in rover and they look like a fuckin movie, with his one hand on the steering wheel and other clasped in her hand in her lap. Every once in a while at a red light he’ll pull her hand over and pepper kisses on it. When they arrive, reader goes to the bar and Sid gets caught up in greeting donors and that’s when the drama starts. Of course the rookies are lined up ready for a drink at their first real event with the team. And some of them are more excited to get drunk than others. There’s one in particular who has had a few too many scotches and is nursing his fourth of the night at the bar when reader walks up. She politely says hi and orders her dirty martini, but rookie has other ideas. He swoops in and immediately introduces himself and grabs her hand and kisses it; Sid notices from across the room immediately and if reader could see him, she’d see that his fists were tightening because he has never liked rookie—he thinks he’s arrogant and doesn’t work hard enough. Sid can’t break away for a few minutes but he watches from afar and by the end of the interaction, he’s fuming…jaw tightening, cursing under his breath. He just has to stand there and watch rookie flirt all over his perfect wife. But the longer that he watches them, the more his anger fuses into a different type of jealousy, because for a second he wonders if reader wishes she was with someone younger, like rookie. But by the time this thought has crossed his mind, his current conversation he was roped into ends and he watches reader lean into rookie and whisper something, with her hand going up to cup his ear so nobody around can hear. And that’s when Sidney breaks, and he storms over to her and so rudely, yet warranted, intercepts their conversation and drags reader away to sit down at their assigned seats/table for dinner. “What the fuck is that” is spits as they walk and he possessively wraps his arm around the small of her back, dangerously far down. His mind is going to the worst—when in reality reader was being sassy and was leaning in to dramatically tell rookie to go fuck himself for trying to flirt with a married woman, nevertheless Crosby’s girl. She doesn’t have time to explain herself because sid cuts her off “I don’t even want to fucking hear it but we’re dealing with this when we get home”

All throughout dinner Sid scowls and is short with his responses. When it’s time to give his speech is stares at reader the whole time, pinning her with his dark eyes and his jaw clenched. He is so beyond pissed about the interaction because he doesn’t fully realize what happened, and he’s emotional thinking about how reader could be with anyone, but especially someone like rookie. Sid drags her out before the event is even over because as soon as he’s sober enough to take her home, he’s going to leave. Reader is buzzed, borderline drunk, and she’s upset because she hasn’t had a chance to explain herself and what happened but sid is so stubborn and isn’t giving her the space to elaborate. It’s silent in the rover for a good few minutes until sid rasps out to break the silence “I don’t want to fucking hear it. But tonight you’re gonna learn that you’re mine, you belong to me, you carry my children, you sleep in my bed, you wear my ring on your finger. Only mine” or something else insanely possessive and slightly toxic. Reader knows that they have an incredibly healthy relationship and is immediately turned on.

Now…cherry anon speaking: I am more of a reader of smut than a writer. But I imagine that as soon as they walk through the door, they’re ripping off each other’s clothes. Like, sid literally rips her beautiful designer gown and she is just in shock but he growls something like “I’ll buy you a 1000 newer, more expensive dresses but you’ll have to earn it” and is frantically pushing her down to her knees and obviously she needs him in her mouth just as much as he needs her mouth on him. They fuck right there in the entry hallway and then on the stairs and then finally in their bedroom. It’s a mixture of sid taking charge and then reader asserting her dominance, she obviously has to take charge once they get to the bedroom and tease him while she rides him. And then he takes her once last time and is saying things irrationally emotional like “he’ll never fuck you like I do, he’ll never give you kids like I do, he’ll never get to cum in you like I do, his cock could never make you feel this good” and that’s when reader truly gets a feel for what Sid is thinking. So after she leads him to the shower and they have passionate shower sex and they’re muttering sweet things to each other and once they’re done, they both feel so much better. They end up snuggled up with each other in bed and reader explains how she was actually telling rookie to fuck off and sid ends up laughing. He also tells her a little bit more about his insecurities and she helps affirm him and is also like “babe… we’ve been together for so many years, we have three perfect kids and you have a massive cock…If I wanted someone else I would’ve already left but why would I when I have YOU’ and he’s such a smiley babe and they fall asleep spooning but not before sid can mutter “Thank GOD the kids aren’t home. We should do this more often”

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HOLY SHIT ANON THIS IS PERFECTIONNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!

[erikjohnsons]

Idk how i feel abt you feeling the need to specify sammy g is the ferret. Like isnt that obvious but now im also considering possibility of ej as a ferret. He is kinda slinky guy

Ej could never be a ferret but i would like to put him in a plastic tunnel maze

[usamey]

1, 4, 7, 9 + the new f/o you're fixated on 😊

XELLE OH MY GOD YOU ARE SO POGGERS THANK YOU FOR ENABLING ME

aNYways, bs under cut so yer not forced to read this :0)

1. What’s the first reason that comes to mind when you think about why you love your f/o?

HE’S SO FUNNY!!!!!!! But not like “oh haha what a jokester! :)” It’s more of “what a strange little man...” AND I LOVE THAT. Like show me some other nutjob that collects spores, mold and fungus. He STRAIGHTENED a SLINKY. How odd can you get? *sigh* He’s such a weirdo😚😚😚

4. What’s your favourite physical attribute of your f/o?

His epididymis. UM- probably his height or his hair. He so Tall and Lanky but in a Built Af™ way. His hair is so STUPID like WH- WHY WOULD YOU STYLE IT LIKE THAT??? WHOS THE HEAD OF WARDROBE DESIGN CUZ YER ABOUT TO GET YOUR ASS BEAT. But there’s something so unmistakably 80’s about it, which i just ADORE.

7. What colour do you associate with them?

Okay while not technically a colour, I have heavily coded him as Grey in my head. But not in a boring, bland kinda way. ...Okay maybe a little boring but that’s not the point!! It’s just one of the only ‘colours’ he can stand, and it’s also the one he looks nicest in🥺🥺🥺

9. What’s a phrase that makes you think of your f/o?

Idk if this counts as a phrase but “pretty fly for a white guy.” DHDJJSJSNIDK WHY ITS JUST SO FUNNY TO ME. Like- WHITE BOYYYYY D U D E HES WHITER THAN MAYONNAISE ON WHITE BREAD ITS SO SAD SBSBSBSBBS this phrase is used Purely Ironically tho bc he is Lame and Very Much Not Fly

[crashdevlin]

Bah Humbug!

Author’s Note:  Written for @avengerscompound ‘s Cards Against Humanity Challenge. My prompt was A big brain full of facts and sadness. I was really just wanting someone to save me from my job when I started writing this and I was gonna make it this super smutty thing, but I couldn’t smut because... IDK, it just wouldn’t happen, so this is not the best thing I’ve ever written... 

Summary: Y/n meets Tony Stark at her job and somehow catches his attention. Y/n’s a bit of a Grinch, but when Tony Stark invites you to a party, you go.

Pairing(s): Tony Stark x Reader

Word Count: 2868

Story Warnings: implied smut

You weren’t a fan of Christmas. You’d been working in retail since your first job at fourteen years old so you’d had your fill of jingle bells and gay apparel and if you never heard ‘Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer’ again, you’d die happy. You hated Christmas, so how did you end up spending your Christmas Eve at the biggest, craziest, loudest Christmas party on the East Coast?

Tony fuckin’ Stark, that’s how.

You were working the jewelry counter at the big box retail warehouse you hated to call your place of employment when you met him for the first time. There was no way to not recognize him, but you didn’t mention it as he approached the counter.

“Let me know if there’s anything you wanna see up close, sir.” Polite greeting, let him know you’ve seen him, but don’t be pushy. You kept your distance, not crowding him.

He nodded in acknowledgment and leaned down to look at the watches. “What kinda commissions you make here?” he asked, not looking up at you.

“None. It’s just one of the ways we keep our prices low, sir.”

“That sucks. I’m looking at this Breitling.” He jabbed his finger against the glass. “My friend wants the Galactic 36 Rose Gold one and you guys are the first ones who’ve had it.”

You walked forward, going to your tiptoes to see which watch he was pointing at. “We’re the only ones who have it because that’s a two year old model and most of our members can’t afford to drop $12,000 on a watch, so it’s been sitting around for a while.”

“So, if I buy out the whole case, do you get to go home early?” He looked up at you with a smile and you got a little lost in his whiskey-colored eyes.

You chuckled. It wasn’t the first time someone had made that joke, but this was Tony Stark and he might actually do it if you gave the encouraging answer you usually responded with, so you shook your head. “No. Fortunately, or unfortunately, I know about 85% of the positions in this place, so if you bought us out, they’d just have me shut down the register and… put me on a forklift or something and that is not something I want to do in a dress and heels.”

“I feel like that’s somebody’s kink, somewhere. Not mine, that I know of. Can I get this watch?” He said it all very quickly and it took a minute for your brain to catch up and cause your cheeks to warm as you pulled out your case key and started to pull the watch out. You walked to the register and rang him up, marveling at the way he managed to get the e-payment from his smartwatch to work on a card reader that never took Samsung, Apple or Google Pay. “So, if Happy doesn’t like it, do I just bring it back to you, y/n?”

You kinda loved the sound of your name on his lips. “If your friend doesn’t like the $12,000 watch you tracked down specifically for him?” You laughed. “Yeah, you just bring it back to the jewelry counter. If you hold onto the receipt, it’ll make it easier on us to return it, but we can do a return without it.”

“Yeah, but are you gonna be here if I have to come back?”

You shook your head. “Unlikely. I’m usually not jewelry. Like I said, I know most of the jobs in this place, but I’m usually a floor associate.”

“Where on the floor?”

You set the gift bag with the watch down on the counter in front of him, smiling across the glass at him. “I’m usually either stocking or cashiering in our liquor store, Mr. Stark.”

“Oh, so you do know who I am.”

“I got your name off of your membership card. Should I know who you are?” you teased, smirking.

He chuckled. “So this place has a package store, huh?”

“Yep. Turn right at the exit. It’s right there.”

“Bet’cha don’t stock my scotch.”

“I won’t take that bet, ‘cause I’m certain we don’t.”

He smiled, picking up the bag. “Well, it was good talkin’ to ya, y/n. I’ll have to check out the liquor, just in case.”

“Okay. You have a good day, sir.”

The next time you saw him was a couple weeks later, when he came strutting into the liquor store like he owned the place, which it seemed like Tony Stark felt like he owned every room. “Hey, y/n! You really do work everywhere, don’t you?”

“I did say that I was usually in the liquor store, didn’t I?” you responded, with a smile, excited that he remembered you, remembered your name.

“Yes, you did. You have Blanton’s?” He pointed at the steel shelf with the 750ml bottles and strode over as a tall, broad-shouldered man walked in with a flatbed cart. “Nobody has Blanton’s. This is a $200 bottle of bourbon.”

“Oh, really?” You knew that. Of course you did. The first time it came in, it was gone in an hour because it was so cheap. “Well, I mean, not here, it’s not.”

“So, this is what we get for them not giving you commissions, huh? $68 Blanton’s.”

“Yes. That’s exactly how they get you $68 Blanton’s, by not paying a living wage or giving raises, commissions, or real benefits. Oh, god, you don’t know the Waltons, do you?” You grimaced.

“Nah. Not all billionaires know each other, you know.”

“How am I supposed to know that?” you responded, shrugging.

“Hap, you got the list?” The broad man held up a tablet as Tony picked up several bottles of the bourbon. “Go ahead and start loading it up.”

“There’s a list?” you asked, as he set the bottles on your counter and fiddled with the horse and jockey on the stopper. “Stocking up your wet bar or are you hosting an event?”

“Christmas party,” he answered.

“Oh, sounds… fun.”

“Liar. You’re a Grinch, aren’t ya?”

You pursed your lips. “Little bit, yeah. You wouldn’t know this, but Christmas sucks if you work… you know, a rea-… non-superhero job.”

“What, you don’t have family to be Christmas-y with?”

You shook your head. “Not in New York. Everybody’s back home in BFE.”

“Middle of nowhere, huh?”

“That is what BFE means. Management won’t approve time off in December so I can’t go home. Might be part of why I’m a Grinch, but it’s mostly, you know… working in retail.”

“So, you don’t have plans Christmas Eve?” Tony asked. You shook your head. He tapped the watch on his wrist. “Then, you’re coming to the party. FRIDAY, add Miss y/l/n to the guest list.”

Your eyebrows went up. “How do you know my last name?”

“You were such a help with Hap’s Christmas present and I felt bad you weren’t gonna get rewarded for it, so I wanted to send you a card, but I can just give you your card at the party.”

“You just assume I wanna go to your party?” you asked, as Happy walked up with a flatbed full of liquor.

“Of course you do. Just so that you could call home and tell them you got to go to a party at the Avengers Compound.”

“And if my family thinks the Avengers are a bunch of vigilantes who should be arrested for taking the law into their own hands?” You signed into your register and grabbed the scan gun.

“Even more reason to come to the Compound. Give those jerks in BumFuck Egypt something to gossip about.” You shook your head, chuckling as you started to ring up boxes and boxes of bottles of booze. “I’m serious. I want you there, y/n.”

“Yeah, I’m sure I’ll fit right in with all the superheroes and super-geniuses and supermodels that are gonna be at your party, Mr. Stark,” you said, sarcastically.

“Don’t fit in. Who wants to fit in?” He swiped his watch over the card reader to pay for the liquor and you set the receipt on the counter in front of him. He smiled as he picked it up. “Thursday. 6 o’clock. Women wear red. If you bring a date, he’s gotta wear green. Dress code.”

“Of course rich people’s parties have dress codes.”

“See you Christmas Eve.” He walked out before you had an opportunity to argue any more and you were faced with the question of going to the party or sitting in your pajamas having a Doctor Who marathon on Christmas Eve. But who could pass up the opportunity of free booze, free food, and the chance to tell everybody back home that you weren’t a complete failure at life.

Which is how you ended up in a slinky red dress on Christmas Eve. You took an Uber to the Compound. You knew you were going to be drinking and you didn’t even want to be tempted to try to drive home at any point in the night. You waited in line to get in, your stiletto boots already hurting your feet as you stood, wrapped in your thick coat. You were mildly surprised when they actually let you in at the door, almost not believing you were actually on the list until the doorman allowed you through.

You checked your coat and headed, immediately, for the closest wet bar. There weren’t as many people as you’d expected, but the people you could see? You recognized almost every single one of them. Models and actors and heiresses and scientists… and superheroes. It seemed so surreal that you could see Steve Rogers laughing fifty yards away, that the redhead dancing in the far corner was most definitely Natasha Romanoff, that you could see Clint Barton watching her from a perch on the back of the sofa closest.

You were on your second drink when Tony approached on your left side, the bartender immediately handing him a tumbler of whiskey without prompting. “Wow, y/n! You look good. I mean, I already knew you looked good out of the blue smock, but you went all out… with the makeup and the hair and what’s that perfume?”

“Something cheap. It smelled a bit like Eternity, half the price tag, so…” You shrugged. “You, of course, look amazing as always, Mr. Stark.”

“You’re off the clock and at my house. Call me ‘Tony’.”

You smiled, biting your lip slightly. “Okay, Tony.”

“So, you likin’ the party? Highlight of your life?”

You laughed. “Yeah! I mean… it’s a party… with a bunch of people I don’t know and have absolutely nothing in common with, but… sure.”

“Uh, yeah, you don’t need to have anything in common with these people. I only invited you for me, anyway.”

You blanched. “What?”

“Yeah, I was hoping you would show up alone and, hey, here you are.”

“Wait, are you hitting on me?”

“Since the moment I met you. They grow ‘em oblivious in BumFuck Egypt, huh?”

You scoffed, a bit overwhelmed. “Uh, I don’t know about, um, oblivious. I just… I mean… you’re Tony Stark. You’re Iron Man. I’m… Minimum Wage Barbie.”

“I’ve had plenty of Barbies. You’re better than Barbie.”

“How do you know?”

“I’m a good judge of character.” You raised your eyebrow. “Okay, I’m usually a good judge of character. Sometimes, I get blinded by people I have history with. I don’t have history with you, so I can be objective about the fact that you’re hot and smart.”

“What now?” Your eyebrows shot up. “How could you possibly know anything about my intelligence?”

Tony smirked. “You’re joking, right? You know who I am, don’t you? I got access to your high school transcripts and your SAT scores. You shoulda gone to college.”

“I didn’t have the money for college, Tony. I never have the money for anything.”

“Yeah, you need a better job. Speaking of, come with me. Let’s get your Thank You note.” You followed Tony as fast as you could on your stiletto boots with two drinks in your system, ending up in his office a good minute behind him. He was sitting at his desk, a cream-colored envelope of thick paper in his hand. “Here.”

You licked your lips and leaned against his desk as you slid your finger under the edge of the envelope. “What is this?”

“An appointment with my Head of Human Resources.”

“I- what? You wanna hire me?”

“Definitely. I’ve looked into your background, y/l/n, and you deserve better than what you’ve got now.”

You scoffed, shaking your head. “I can’t accept this, Tony.”

“Why not?”

“Well…” You smiled and set the envelope on his desk. It might have been the alcohol, or it might have been the attention Tony Stark was paying you, but you suddenly felt very bold. “If I work for you, I can’t sleep with you.”

“Says who?” he responded, smiling. “If you promise not to sue me, we’ll be fine.”

And that’s how you ended up waking up alone in Tony’s King-sized bed. You knew that, once upon a time, this would’ve been the point where Pepper Potts would guide you out. You, instead, elected to guide yourself out. You dressed quickly, grabbing your boots from under the bed and pulling them on.

“Mr. Stark’s in the lab, Miss y/l/n. He requests yer presence before you leave the Compound. Do you need directions to the lab?” the accented A.I. FRIDAY asked.

“Oh. Uh. Yeah, I guess.” You followed FRIDAY’s directions to Tony’s lab and watched him through the glass for a few moments. He was tinkering with something, some component of one of the suits. You weren’t sure what it was and it didn’t really matter. What mattered was watching Tony Stark, the real Tony. Not Iron Man, or the false persona he put on to keep people from getting too close lest he be betrayed again. You were getting to see Tony as he was when he thought he was alone, and that Tony was sad. “Hi,” you greeted, finally entering the lab instead of just watching.

“Sleeping Beauty awakes.”

“You look like you’ve been up a while.”

“Yeah. I’ve trained myself to live on four hours of sleep. You look great, though. That dress looks even better the second day.”

“Thanks. I mean, I wasn’t exactly expecting to wear it Christmas morning, too, but-” You shrugged. “How are you, Mr. Stark? You looked, uh, off when I walked up.”

His perfectly sculpted eyebrow raised. “Off?”

You took a deep breath, unsure if you were welcome to share your insight. You barely knew the man. But… you were screaming his name six hours before. “You’re sad. You don’t show it, but you’ve got, like… a big brain full of facts and sadness.”

“Definitely got a big brain full of facts, but I don’t agree on the sadness. I’m me. What do I have to be sad about?”

“I could start listing things, but I feel like it’s not very nice to bring up someone’s regrets and fears.”

“Who cares about nice?”

“Generally, I do.” Tony smiled, softly, and set down what he was working on. “And I think you do, too, Mr. Stark.”

“That better be you preparing for calling me that at work, because I'm stealing you from the Waltons. I won't take ‘no’.”

You scoffed a little. “You really want me to work for you, Tony?”

“Yes. For me, with me, under me, whatever you want. Just… don't go back to your old job. They don't deserve you. I bet not a single one of them has ever even made you scream.” He put his hand on your shoulder, catching your eyes. “Tell me none of your bosses have made you scream.”

“In frustration, maybe, but not the way you did.”

“See? You deserve a boss that will tend to your needs while also attending his own. I am that boss.”

You sighed. “I'll sit down with your HOHR, but I'm sure they're gonna take one look at my CV and laugh.”

“Put me down as a reference and you'll get hired.”

“To do what, though? Tony, I have a high school diploma and no marketable skills.”

“You've got plenty of skill and if this were Nevada, they'd be completely marketable, but… we can give you an entry-level position as… my assistant.”

“Oh, really?” You smirked. “You want me to be your assistant? Isn’t FRIDAY your assistant?”

“I could never take the place of a flesh and blood assistant, Miss y/l/n. I think you’d make a lovely PA.”

“I thought Happy was your flesh and blood assistant.”

“Then you could be Happy’s assistant.” He ran his hands down your arms to take your hands in his. “Come work for me.”

“Can you promise I’m not gonna hate my job?”

“Nope! Happy’s gonna make the job tough. But I can promise I’ll make it worth your while.”

“How could I say ‘no’ to that?”

And that’s how you ended up in a new job, with a new relationship, for your new year.

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[the-queen-of-ships]

The siblings are kinda like a hierarchy to me like idk much but Tiger beats dog/wolves in the food chain.

But a cat vs a dog, a cat is gonna give chase which kinda suits Whitney and Greyden since Whitney did technically run away from Greyden and Greyden chased him away.

Also I'd like to bring up that cats are very slinky, they're more agile than dogs so dogs have a harder time catching them. Cats are technically known as the one with brains out of the two but dogs appear more kinder. I mean Greyden appears to be 'loved' even the Polygon King thought he seemed like a good guy while he didn't like Whitney even before he cursed Calpernia.

Blacquelyn, I'd imagine to be a smaller critter. Maybe a bird or hell even a rat. Something unsuspecting but also dangerous.

I mostly pulled rat from the Tom and Jerry troupe. The dog chases the cat and the cat chases the rat but Jerry the mouse is always triumphant in most episodes. And the dog rarely wins in any episodes.

Also the parents being turned into snakes is interesting bc snakes can eat bigger prey than them.

Just a weird question:

If Whitney is a Cat/Tiger.

Greyden is going to be a dog.

But will Blacquelyn be?

It's a weird scenario question, I don't personally think Blaquelyn will be cursed but as a personally thing. What animal would she be?

I already headcanon the parents as snakes if Greyden did curse them tho.

[internetdetectives]

August 3rd, 2019 - Chat with Moonman

moonman31 8:38 PM: “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82DJUDS_S7Y”

moonman31 8:38 PM: "I’m here”

Slinky stinks 8:38 PM: "any memepage on 2019 ^^^^”

moonman31 8:39 PM: “thank you thank you”

moonman31 8:39 PM: “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKFYrRLL__0”

Slinky stinks 8:41 PM: "the theme that plays when you figth with greth at the end of the genocide run”

Slinky stinks 8:41 PM: "v a p o r l o v a n i a”

otherLiam 8:47 PM: "ayy moonman”

moonman31 8:47 PM: "yo”

otherLiam 8:48 PM: "Do you mind if I ask you kind of a bummer question? I hate to harsh your mellow but it’s important.”

otherLiam 8:48 PM: "Sorry to just spring that on you.”

moonman31 8:57 PM: "uh ok buddy

otherLiam 8:58 PM: "Thanks.”

otherLiam 8:58 PM: "What happened to the rest of the Internet Detectives in your timeline?”

moonman31 8:59 PM: "this is uh”

moonman31 8:59 PM: "yeah wow”

moonman31 8:59 PM: "ok”

moonman31 8:59 PM: "well ok”

moonman31 8:59 PM: "the internet detectives were pretty active for a while”

moonman31 8:59 PM: "I wanna say until late 2017”

moonman31 8:59 PM: "maybe early 2018”

moonman31 8:59 PM: "and they just disappeared.”

moonman31 8:59 PM: "well most of us”

Slinky stinks 9:02 PM: "wow, im sorry to hear that.”

ARGdov 9:02 PM: "Jesus”

ARGdov 9:02 PM: "Who was left? You and anyoen else we might know?”

moonman31 9:04 PM: "uh yeah, there was me, IA, Yugi, and Nocta”

moonman31 9:04 PM: "those were the only ones who didn’t vanish”

ARGdov 9:06 PM: "Wait”

ARGdov 9:06 PM: "Yuki?”

moonman31 9:07 PM: "no, Yugi”

moonman31 9:07 PM: "He was the spanish guy I mentioned before”

ARGdov 9:07 PM: "Oh, ok..that does not ring a bell”

ARGdov 9:07 PM: "Ah”

Slinky stinks 9:07 PM: "sorry im outdated, who is exactly yugi”

moonman31 9:07 PM: "He was def spanish because his english was not great and posted spanish memes”

moonman31 9:07 PM: "but he liked Yugioh, so”

otherLiam 9:08 PM: "We haven’t met Yugi yet, Slinky.”

otherLiam 9:08 PM: “That’s terrible, man. I’m sorry that happened. You say they “vanished”. “

otherLiam 9:08 PM: “Do you mean like, they just left the group and didn’t come online anymore, or full on missing-person-case dropped off the earth irl?”

Slinky stinks 9:09 PM: "ah, also, im so sorry about that”

ARGdov 9:09 PM: "Im wondering, then”

moonman31 9:09 PM: "I can assume they are dead because they vanished.”

moonman31 9:09 PM: Most of them have grieving families.”

ARGdov 9:10 PM: "Do you know what ID was doing at the time?  What were they incestigating”

Slinky stinks 9:10 PM: "well if we follow the time, late 2017 was when…”

ARGdov 9:10 PM: "Im gonna check our records, see what we were doing at the time”

moonman31 9:10 PM: "I’d rather not think too much more about it to be honest with you. But I’ll answer what I can manage.”

Slinky stinks 9:11 PM: "sorry about that”

ARGdov 9:11 PM: "Thats understandable”

moonman31 9:11 PM: "That being said I don’t honestly remember what the goal was at the time, I always had a foot somewhere else doing other shit.”

Slinky stinks 9:11 PM: "when the video . was uploaded”

ARGdov 9:11 PM: "Im just wondering what was different, in your timeline”

otherLiam 9:11 PM: "Yeah don’t push it man, I know this is hard. I hate doin’ this to you.”

ARGdov 9:11 PM: "It seems like it was several things already”

Slinky stinks 9:12 PM: "around the Un 2017 i guess”

ARGdov 9:12 PM: "But if we can pinpoint more details we can better understand whats going on and how we can help”

moonman31 9:12 PM: "a lot of stuff seems the same as far as i can tell, except the names of IDs and various events are dramatically different”

Slinky stinks 9:12 PM: "what was IA name on this timeline?”

moonman31 9:12 PM: "also I’m under the impression there was no Nocta in your perspective of the group”

Slinky stinks 9:13 PM: "yeah, kevin was…”

Slinky stinks 9:13 PM: "not here”

ARGdov 9:13 PM: "So the person were p sure Nocta is was never in ID”

ARGdov 9:13 PM: "He was a member of the LC, kinda ascended and became a master of Jid, where all the ascended souls were kept”

Slinky stinks 9:13 PM: "yeah”

ARGdov 9:14 PM: "So thats uh…notable. It raised a lot of questions”

moonman31 9:14 PM: "as far as IsocelesAssassin I’m pretty sure he’s CircleHunter to you guys”

ARGdov 9:14 PM: "Oh wow”

ARGdov 9:14 PM: "That”

Slinky stinks 9:14 PM: "ah”

ARGdov 9:14 PM: "Makes sense”

Slinky stinks 9:14 PM: "the name”

ARGdov 9:14 PM: "But is still kinda freaky”

ARGdov 9:14 PM: "Wow”

Slinky stinks 9:14 PM: "yeah”

ARGdov 9:14 PM: "Yeah lol”

otherLiam 9:14 PM: "When did Nocta join your side’s ID?”

Slinky stinks 9:14 PM: "ive thougth abou it this morn lol”

ARGdov 9:14 PM: "Im wondering, then”

moonman31 9:15 PM: "Uh Nocta joined us kinda late”

ARGdov 9:15 PM: "Did an event take place on 11/11 at any point by you guys?”

moonman31 9:15 PM: "after the bullshit with youshouldnthavedonethat.net”

moonman31 9:15 PM: "like in 2017”

moonman31 9:15 PM: "early 2017”

ARGdov 9:15 PM: "That went down for us mid to late 2016”

ARGdov 9:15 PM: "But im assuming it was more or less the same bullshit”

ARGdov 9:15 PM: "Were still not sure what happened there”

moonman31 9:16 PM: “no the shenanigans with that line up”

moonman31 9:16 PM: "as far as I can tell”

moonman31 9:16 PM: "Nocta dipped in shortly after”

moonman31 9:16 PM: "in early 2017”

ARGdov 9:16 PM: "Hmm ok, maybe Im misreading something.”

ARGdov 9:16 PM: "Nonetheless”

ARGdov 9:16 PM: "So, im wondering”

ARGdov 9:16 PM: "Things got kinda weird after all that by us too”

ARGdov 9:16 PM: "Like were all still a little lost. Timelines converged, history mightve been changed, etc”

ARGdov 9:16 PM: "Early 2017 wouldve been when our greth got wrapped up in everything more seriously, i think”

otherLiam 9:18 PM: "I think it’s important to know what exactly happened in your side’s version of that event, since it seems like that’s where shit diverged.”

otherLiam 9:18 PM: "Did you guys vote to use the kill switch?”

ARGdov 9:19 PM: "Thats a good question”

ARGdov 9:19 PM: "Did you guys vote yes on the kill switch?”

moonman31 9:20 PM: "Honestly”

moonman31 9:20 PM: "I am gonna have to talk to someone about that”

moonman31 9:20 PM: "I can’t really remember.”

ARGdov 9:21 PM: "Alright, well, let us know once you find out :/”

moonman31 9:21 PM: "When most of your friend group dies other shit seems irrelevant even when it clearly is.”

Slinky stinks 9:21 PM: "yeah dont worry”

ARGdov 9:21 PM: "We get it”

ARGdov 9:21 PM: "Youve been through”

ARGdov 9:21 PM: "A lot”

ARGdov 9:21 PM: "More than any of us”

Slinky stinks 9:21 PM: "that is some hard shit, so if you dont remember, we understand” 

ARGdov 9:22 PM: "Weve been involved and have been trying to help and save people but despite all that weve never truly suffered or been put at risk”

ARGdov 9:22 PM: "And once you were on AO im sure things didnt improve”

ARGdov 9:22 PM: "Which reminds me- how did you get invovled with AO?”

otherLiam 9:22 PM: "Like I said, don’t push yourself. Find out when you’re able.”

moonman31 9:23 PM: "Well Nocta sort of dipped out for a bit from ID. After that happened all the scariest shit went down.”

moonman31 9:23 PM: "I tracked him down myself and idk, I joined in because I wanted to see how he was doing.”

moonman31 9:23 PM: "I thought it was important to keep the connections that were still around going”

Slinky stinks 9:23 PM: "makes sense”

moonman31 9:23 PM: "Anyway he had set up a shittier version of AO by that point.”

ARGdov 9:24 PM: "Yeah.”

moonman31 9:24 PM: "I was worried about him but the more he let me in the more parallels with stuff I’d seen before, but more real to me. So I felt, in the crumbled spirit of ID that remained, I had sort of a g o d l y responsibility to make sure shit didn’t go too far.”

moonman31 9:24 PM: "Seems I failed lol.”

ARGdov 9:25 PM: "You tried, and thats whats important”

ARGdov 9:25 PM: "This is cold comfort I know but theres no way everyone can ever be saved. And those losses arent your fault”

moonman31 9:26 PM: "anyways the spirit of WH from my world lives in on in basically just me and IA now, though he’s… different, now.”

moonman31 9:26 PM: "Anyways I’m gonna bounce.”

ARGdov 9:26 PM: ”…alright”

moonman31 9:26 PM: “This was also fucking depressing.”

[loveump3]

10 songs tag!

I got tagged by the lovely @onlyoongi to share 10 songs! thanks pal :o) (sorry it’s a few days late though ;____;) so here are 10 songs I’ve been enjoying recently:

“That Girl” by Jung Yong Hwa: this came up in my new music mix last week and let me just say Thank God bc idk if I would’ve found it otherwise, and damn is it a good song. that chorus will be the death of me, between the chirpy keyboard riff and the heavy bass and the catchy-as-hell melody. add a feature from Loco, who’s one of my favorite K-rappers, and you’ve got a real jam. also Yonghwa’s voice is soooo nice (it reminds me of Jun. K’s!), and the little bit of choreo is so cute.

“I Like It” by CLC: I’m loooving CLC’s newest comeback—the title track is so gauzy and soft and beautiful?? I wanted to share this b-side though because even though it goes so many places, they all really work for me, and I can’t stop listening to it because of that. there’s the Hyuna-flavored rap parts, the candy-pink first verse and pre-chorus that feel very CLC to me (with a little bit of “I Got A Boy”-era SNSD), and then the chorus, which has hints of f(x) to me? and it’s got this overall sheen of “Mr.Mr.”-era SNSD. ugh it’s just all so good; CLC never disappoint. the rest of the mini is great too, 100% recommended.

“Difficult” by ONF: ONF are one of my fave debuts this year!!! their title track is so fresh and sweet and catchy, but again, I wanted to share this b-side because I haven’t been able to get it out of my head. this song is so bright and bouncy, especially the horns at the end of the chorus. this track just feels like… a cold grapefuit-flavored pop after a long summer day?? lol that’s very specific, but it’s that kind of refreshing to me.

“Fly High” by Dreamcatcher (I had to link to the dance version bc that choreo!!): another home run from these girls!!! god, I will never get tired of their adrenaline-rush-guitar-heavy-anime-intro vibe. I love the dark, whispery pre-chorus, the soar of the chorus itself, and the lightness of the bridge… it’s all just so good. this totally needs to be the opener for a show about girls who ditch their various after school clubs to save the world by fighting demons.

“Only U” by Laboum (another dance version bc this choreo is so cute): listen, I could go on forever about how fun this song is (Yulhee’s rap?? the horns?? the “baby I baby, baby I like it”?? the “dance time!” before the bridge??), and I could go on even longer about Laboum in general, but I’m just gonna quit while I’m ahead and say that my girls have done it again!! the queens of joyful bops, and the new queens of summer.

“ABC (Middle of the Night)” by VAV: VAV are soooo good. their other comebacks from this year, “Dance With Me” and “Flower,” are also great (esp “Dance With Me”), but “ABC” is the one that’s been stuck in my head recently. so happy and charming, especially the chorus, which just feels so euphoric. and it reminds me of “Baby” by ASTRO, which is another one of my favorite comebacks of 2017, so that’s a nice bonus :o)

“Jelly” by HOTSHOT: Hotshot were one of my initial favorite groups when I got into kpop a couple of years ago, so I feel like I’ve been waiting ages for this comeback, and man did Hotshot deliver. that choreo should be illegal, and the chorus? unreal, and should be illegal as well. baby please don’t gooooooooooo

“I’m Here” by HALO: more people need to be talking about this song!!! and about Halo in general. imo they’ve never had a bad single, and this song is no exception. their cute concepts are great, but I love that they did something a little more mature this time! the horns are so good (lol can u tell I’m a fan of horns in a song), the rap is great, and overall I just love how the song feels kinda slinky and “come hither”? it’s kinda saucy and I’m into it. also the choreo is gr8 (this version shows it so well!)

“Boys” by Charli XCX: I’d heard about this song bc I saw gifs of Khalid and Jay Park in the video, so I finally checked it out and I like it a lot!! the song is so pretty and pinky and dreamy and the music video is the same, and I do love how the mv pokes at the male gaze and puts the guys in the place of most music video girls; it’s a delight to see soft boys for a change. I also love how diverse the guys in the video are!! they’re not all skinny white boys, which is so nice to see. and all the boys are so pretty :—)

“Aaja (feat. Ali Sethi)” by Swet Shop Boys: I actually found them through the Charli XCX video! I was watching it and at this part I was like “ooh who’s that cute guy on the right with Riz Ahmed?” I do some digging and find out that he’s in a group called Swet Shop Boys, and then when I look up their music I’m like “that’s?? Riz Ahmed rapping??? hell YEAH.” not only is their music great (I love the way they blend the sounds of hip-hop with more traditional Indian instruments), but their lyrics are razor sharp—they tend to deal with racism and how Heems and Riz experience that as South Asian men (for example “T5” is about racial profiling at the airport and it’s Brutal). godddd they’re so good, I’m in love. also I love how heavy Riz’s British accent when he raps! it’s fun to listen to.

also honorable mention to “I Don’t Like Your Girlfriend” by Weki Meki which I’m not including bc I literally just checked out the mv and I already had this post written up so I didn’t want to change it lol but the song is so. good.

sweet Jesus this got so long ;___; I just love talking about music ahhh. anyway, I’ll tag @seonyein @anyhao @blotthis @ilyerim and @gotpeach if you’d like to do it! lol don’t feel obligated to ramble like I did though ^^;;

[lassieposting]

Romance head canon ❤️ in all the fan fiction I read its Valkyrie initiating the relationship/kiss👄 , her flirting. I read this piece and it was like from ghastly POV and he picked up on the way skul 💀look at her. Want some head canons of skulls POV. 👀

oho do i have some shit for you

seriously anon i think this might be the longest fucking post ive ever made

the way i read the books, skul starts to realise he’s in the process of falling for val when she’s 17-18. which is dodgy in some parts of the world, and idk where you’re from anon, but in my country the age of consent is 16 so i’m cool with interpreting it like that

the first instances of like, gentle flirting, from him are in death bringer and kotw. 

1. “You’re late.” 

“I’m beautiful.”

“You’re always beautiful.”

“I’m always late, too.”

skulduggery is from the 1600s, and flirting back then was not as obvious as it is today. this is roughly the time where he starts complimenting her regularly on her appearance. “you’re always beautiful” is a pretty safe compliment to give any girl, especially a girl like val who’s fairly vain and aware that she’s beautiful. i think here he’s kind of. testing the water? like not openly flirting with her, but more seeing whether she’s receptive to that kind of comment coming from him? whether he should bother to keep them coming? because if she’d responded here with an immediate awkward or disgust reaction, or if she’d kind of gone “that’s a little weird, skulduggery” i bet you none of the other semi-flirty stuff in the books would’ve gone down. he would’ve backed off, immediately

but she doesn’t. she just accepts it - we don’t get a physical reaction from her, but he keeps the compliments coming so there was probably some vaguely positive physical cue, i.e. she smiled at him or something, and says, “I’m always late, too.” The ‘too’ acknowledging that she knows she’s always beautiful. Thank you. Which let’s be real, is a response to half-flirty compliments that he’s probably used to from china. She’s not told him to fuck off, so that’s a positive.

And then he’s treated her to a gorgeous dress. 

2. “The dress was long and slinky, strapless, silk and chiffon. Her shoes were gorgeous”

I’m sorry, but if you see someone as a surrogate child, you don’t buy them a sexy dress. You just don’t, it’s inappropriate and wrong. And yeah, you might buy a dress like that for your platonic friend if you know that’s your friend’s style, but val isn’t a regular dress-wearer. so chances are, he bought her something he’d like to see her in, and hoped she’d like it. It’s not mentioned in the book, but it’s also possible he had to actually buy her underwear at this point. “Long, slinky, strapless” dresses usually require panties that don’t leave underwear lines, and strapless bras. Since val isn’t a regular wearer of slinky clothing or dresses, chances are she doesn’t actually own any suitable underwear for this dress. So either she went without, which would’ve been kind of uncomfortable for her during the whole nonsense with melancholia that went down at the requiem ball, or skulduggery bought her underwear to wear with the dress. 

how does he even know what size she is? either he asked ghastly, or he paid a lot of attention to that naked reflection. 

“I thought I’d spoil you,” he says. We know skulduggery spends a lot of money on the important woman in his life. China says he used to bring her priceless books and artifacts which would’ve cost him an arm and a leg, and it’s probably safe to say he bought her outfits, too, while they were together. He doesn’t seem to spend his money on people who don’t matter to him (as much). You don’t see him splashing out to get tanith a set of protective clothes, and he doesn’t so much as take elsie through the burger king drive-thru. Yet, I googled how much it costs to remodel a house and the answers I’m getting are all in like the £40,000 to £75,000 bracket, which might be out, but since I know nothing about house renovation, I’m gonna run with that. So he spent over £40,000 on doing up his house so val could essentially live there and spend more time with him. You don’t spend that kind of money on someone you’re not planning on having there long-term. 

He also implies that he would’ve gone to Ghastly to get val’s requiem ball dress if he hadn’t been so busy. ghastly’s clothes are implied to be expensive. it’s one thing for skul to buy val protective clothes - she’s his responsibility, and he wants to keep her safe, it’s an understandable expense. but splashing out just to buy her a fuckin expensive dress tailor-made by ghastly just to spoil her? dude got feelings

i mean let’s also take into account that that was what dudes did in ye olde days, right? they were the primary source of income. in 1600-whatever, the girl would’ve moved in with the guy, put her own touch on the home, and it would’ve been her husband’s responsibility to “keep” her; to pay for her clothes, her food, her entertainment, etc

What’s val done in the past few years?

“Moved into” skul’s house - not full-time, but it’s implied she spends a lot of time there, put her own touch on it via having it entirely fucking remodeled to suit her, what with having the bathroom, kitchen and bedroom put in, and spent a whole lot of skul’s money. he spoils her. in exchange, she makes his house into a home - probably just by being there, bc lets face it this is val and she’s no domestic goddess. but it mimics, i like to think, the way he would’ve treated his wife. money no object to make her happy

if you look at it like this, he’s basically treating her as though they’re in a relationship already. i doubt he’s actually taking that seriously and deluding himself that they’re a thing, but again, he’s testing it out. how does she react to him treating her like this? does she have issues with it? is she comfortable? and she’s totally chill with it, so another positive

There’s also this:

3. “Now she had her own bedroom, there was a bathroom with a huge shower and a kitchen with a fully-stocked fridge.”

So not only did he refurbish for her, but he refurbished with quality. Which, yeah, it’s skulduggery, he’s got expensive tastes, but tbh i think he let her pick out everything. which means she picked all this expensive shit that looks great but cost him a mint and he doesn’t care, bc this is how he shows affection

4. “sometimes she wondered how much money she’d cost him with her insistence on refurbishment”

So refurbishing was val’s idea. The fact that she wanted skul’s house changed for her probably came across as like. not flirty, exactly? but to him, she’s saying that she wants to spend more time here. more time with him. she wants his home to be her home. he probably saw that as encouragement, tbh, he was so happy about it? 

then in kotw, we have this:

5. “Remember that sorcerer who went missing?”

Valkyrie raised her head off the pillow even as she woke. For a moment she didn’t know where she was, then she recognised the house on Cemetery Road…

“Patrick Xebec,” Skulduggery said, standing in the morning sunlight that streamed in through the window.

he’s. in her room. while she’s asleep. at this point, they have no boundaries. skulduggery would’ve been raised that to come into a young lady’s room while she is abed is just. not done. the only woman it would’ve been appropriate for him to do that with would be his wife, or a lover - women he’d essentially share a room with anyway (don’t quote me on this, but i think a lot of couples in his era had separate bedrooms as standard? and then just slept together when they wanted to? because a lot of marriages were out of convenience and not love?). but im pretty sure there’s also another scene of him doing it again - coming into her room before she’s up and waking her up by talking at her - so either he’s just utterly lost his sense of propriety over the years or he’s so comfortable with her and she with him that they no longer have that boundary

6. “She took a quick shower, dressed, and Skulduggery had a bowl of cereal waiting for her when she emerged.”

so not only is he a-ok with coming into her room while she’s still in it, they’ve also got into a morning routine with each other. he makes her breakfast. it’s wonderfully domestic, a little gesture of affection in his very understated way. skulduggery is an over-the-top personality who doesn’t do emotions very well, and val has no subtlety. he’s treating her like he’d treat his significant other, but because he hasn’t actually smacked her in the face with a brick stamped with “I LIKE YOU” in big letters, she’s not picking up what he’s throwing out there

it’s also worth mentioning that like. in death bringer and kotw, he starts touching her a lot more. hugging her, or letting her hug him. that scene where he pushes her up against a wall and kinda feels her up to check if she was shot, even though she’s wearing protective clothes and so he knows none of the bullets would’ve hurt her. that bit in kotw(?) where she gets stuck in the hole and he has to pull her out. it’s pointed out on the skulduggery forums in the valdug thread that if you pull someone out by their underarms, like he tries to, you’re gonna touch boob. you just are. it’d be shockingly difficult not to. and again, no negative reaction from her, not even an awkward joke

again, for the most part of skul’s life, male-female physical contact was very limited. he didnt touch her very often for the first half of the series, and i think that had a lot to do with the fact that in his mind, it would’ve been inappropriate. touching is something you do with the girl you’re courting. so like, he’ll hug her if she needs to be hugged, or comfort her if she needs it or whatever, but there’s no casual touching. but in the last four books, he touches her an awful lot. because he is kinda courting her

kotw i think is the point where skul stops dodging around on the edge of flirting, and starts actually flirting. and tries to let her know he’s got feelings for her, because he’s a whole lot less subtle in this book. there’s this whole exchange: 

7. “It’s just, if you were feeling somehow…unattractive…”

“Sorry?”

“I don’t mean unattractive,” he said quickly. “I mean, if you were thinking that maybe you’ll always be alone -”

“You think I’ll always be alone?”

“That’s not what I meant.”

We know that when skulduggery was alive, he had a stutter. this isn’t a stutter, but he’s definitely nervous, and you can tell? i can count the number of times skulduggery was visibly nervous in the books on one hand. he’s a very confident, very self-assured man. but this is the first time he’s kind of made it obvious to val that he likes her. this is him kind of going, i’m an available romantic prospect, valkyrie. but she doesn’t let him get it out, she won’t let him finish. he phrases it wrong and loses his chance.

8. “I was only trying to be sensitive.”

she’s hurt him. she won’t let him talk, won’t let him tell her how he feels. she “doesn’t need him sensitive”. she’s kind of. pretty much completely dismissed that he’s also a person with feelings, and she’s hurt him.

9. “you can’t run from your feelings!”

“i can walk from them.”

he doesn’t deny that there are feelings to walk from. by now he’s picked up that valkyrie is dense as a fucking wall, so the flirting is getting a little bit more obvious. and even though she just hurt him, and he’s now kinda pissed at her as a result, he still acknowledges that he has feelings

and then, in lsodm, we get this absolute fucking gem

10 “tight trousers don’t count.”

he’s given up, everyone. this is outright flirting, it even sounds flirty on the audiobook, he knows he’s not fucking getting anywhere and now he’s just not even bothering to be subtle

and then, going totally outside of canon, i like to think that the Big Reveal is essentially skulduggery says something even more obvious than the tight trousers comment, and val kind of pauses and goes, “are you flirting with me?” and skulduggery is just like

HAVE BEEN FOR THREE YEARS NOW BUT THANKS FOR NOTICING