#so excited for the new eps. ♡♡

[thunderstomm]

In my Heath Burns G3 era... he's so cute I can't. They couldn't give me this picture and expect me NOT to change my profile pic. !!

If you don't like G3 Heath that's your loss, he's literally the silliest guy and I love him.

[h4m1lt0ns]

HEARTBREAK SYNDROME.

episode eleven :: “REDBULL FANS”

꒰꒰◌‧₊ ⬪˙⋆ pairing ︴various drivers x y/n

꒰꒰◌‧₊ ⬪˙⋆ genre ︴social media au / irl snippets

꒰꒰◌‧₊ ⬪˙⋆ summary ﹔musical releases resume and so does the drama.

꒰꒰◌‧₊ ⬪˙⋆ face claim ﹔ wonyoung jang (28)

꒰꒰◌‧₊ ⬪˙⋆ warnings ﹕ excessive cussing, none.

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ylnestate U&U no. 44 will be released tonight at midnight. ‘Grandstand Girl’ is the 44th mini album by ﹫y/n and features artists like ﹫theweeknd, ﹫justinbieber, and ﹫champagnepapi. All songs (apart from Trust Issues) were produced and written by Y/n in the past couple months as she’s currently working on her biggest record yet, so stay tuned for that 😉⭐️!

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y/n SEBASTIAN VETTEL PLEASE COME BACK 💔 adopted another papaya fucker and a williams kid ft. fernando rizzlonso and sir lew 🩷

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[cuteandhughesy]

CUTEANDHUGHESY ➱ NHL MASTERLIST

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under the cut you will find all of my works linked, as well as the upcoming works that will be published in the near future !

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Luke Hughes

➱ ceilings (1/2) ✿ ✯ ⚠️ ♕

➱ ceilings (2/2) ✿ ♡ ✯ ♕

✎ you are a bet for luke and his friends, but that doesn't stop you two from actually falling in love, luke just prays you never find out the truth.

➱ when the seasons change ✿ ♕

✎ each season comes and with each one, you're falling deeper in love with your best friend. (4 + 1 series)

Jack Hughes

➱ the great war ♡ ✯

✎ during a friends getaway to the hughes lake house, you are faced with the ongoing struggle of trying to get along with the middle hughes brother. the 3 times you were sure you and jack hated each other + and the 2 times you aren’t so sure.

➱ cool ✯

✎ after your breakup with jack, you thought your EP release party would be dreadful- especially after your single about him is the biggest hit. what happens when you see him at the party and all past feelings come rushing back.

Nico Hischier

➱ i’ll be home for christmas ✿ ✯

✎ nico hischier acting as your fake boyfriend to try and get your family off your back this holiday season seems like the perfect solution - or so you thought.

─────TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS─────

Matthew Knies

➱ you are in love ♡ ✿

✎ being john tavares' sister was easy. also easy is being apart of the toronto maple leafs admin team, loving your job and being apart of lifelong friendships. not easy is having your brother invite the newest leaf to live with you all - especially when he is your new crush.

➱ I guess they call it fallin’ ♡ ✿ ✯ ♕

✎ you and matthew promised yourselves once you took each others virginity's, nothing would change. fast forward 3 years - between casual hook ups and spending all your time with one another: you can't help but fall deeper and deeper in love with your best friend.

➱ 5 times ✿

✎ where a fan creates a mini compilation of all the times you and your boyfriend, matthew knies, were seen kissing and being cute on camera.

William Nylander

➱ yours ✿ ✯ ♕

✎ you enlist williams help in trying to get his best friend kasperi kapanen’s attention. with a combination of practice dates, dating lessons, injuries and hiccups, william is determined to get you the guy - if you still want him that is. (in a world where covid didn't exist)

➱ wedding season ✿

✎ ever since you and william started dating , the two of you have been attending friends and teammates weddings - and everytime you can't help but longing for you own wedding.

➱adore you ✿

✎ the 5 times fans were more excited about meeting and seeing you rather than your boyfriend, william nylander.

➱ I can see you ✯ ✿ (in progress)

✎ 2016: fresh out of college with a degree in sports journalism and media studies, you are quickly hired by the toronto maple leafs team. you meet william nylander, a cute rookie on the leafs who instantly takes a liking to you. 2024: as the years go past, you and william are constantly testing the waters - seeing how far you can push the limits of your professional positions. now, with leaked messages and pictures on twitter, you are uncertain how your relationship with william will be taken.

➱ us. ✯

✎ you work as one of the assistant chefs for the toronto maple leafs organization, often taking charge and helping with team buffets and meetings. your job is hectic and crazy and you wouldn't give it up for the world. william nylander can relate, and his role on the toronto maple leafs is his top priority. when the two of you end up falling for one another - and pushed away from each other, the job becomes more complicated.

➱ wonderful christmas time (in progress)

✎ you and william living through the christmas eve traditions with your kids - as well as frantically preparing for santa's arrival

Simon Benoit

➱ dazed & confused ♡ ✿ ✯ ♕

✎ working for the leafs social media team was nothing short of uneventful - especially when the leafs new french defence man is adamant on making you flustered.

─────BOSTON BRUINS─────

Jeremy Swayman

➱ never let me go ♡ ✿ ✯

✎ jeremy thought he lost his chances after charlie beat him to you - but years later with jeremy becoming your best friend, a weekend at the carlo’s lake house may just prove otherwise.

➱ the alchemy ✿

✎ having your own sports podcasts was one of the most enjoyable and rewarding jobs you could ever have. when a particular episode with the bruins goaltender blows up - you are jeremy are pushed together to film more videos. it doesn't help that everybody is shipping you two together - making your growing crush on him become harder to mask.

─────MICHIGAN WOLVERINES─────

Mark Estapa

➱ let it happen ✿ ✯⚠️

✎ fighting for the best seat in a university classroom with mark estapa wasn’t your first choice - neither is having to tutor him in the midst of it.

─────NEW YORK RANGERS─────

Matt Rempe

➱ sleepover ♡ ✿

✎ your roommate and matt's roommate are hooking up - leaving you with no choice but to stay with matt during your shared schools trip (college!au).

➱ I can do it with a broken heart ✿⚠️ ♕

✎ after a gruelling breakup with you boyfriend, you thought taking the opportunity to teach some nhl players how to figure skate for the nhl youtube channel would be the best distraction. after seeing who your assigned player is though, you're not sure if it'll be as easy as you thought.

─────COLORADO AVALANCHE─────

Mikko Rantanen

➱ this love ♡ ✯

✎ you and mikko used to hook - up, but after an argument, your arrangement ends, leaving nothing but sour greetings between you both. It doesn't help that mikko is your neighbour - and everything seems to end up with you on each others doorstep.

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Vince Dunn

➱ baby please come home ✯ ♡

✎ you’ve always had a crush on your best friends older brother even though you’re pretty sure he isn’t that fond of you. so when your parents flight gets canceled while they’re away on holiday, you are graciously invited to spend the christmas holiday with your best friends family - vince and his sour attitude included.

──────VANCOUVER CANUCKS ──────

Quinn Hughes

➱ is it new years yet? (in progress)

✎ friends with benefits is great in theory but when the holiday season approaches, you begin to believe that may no longer be the case.

─────UTAH HOCKEY CLUB─────

John Marino

➱ under the mistletoe ✿ ♡

✎ john can't help but keep his hands off you, resulting in a very scandalous christmas party sneak off.

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fluff ✿

smut ♡

angst ✯

trigger warning ⚠️

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[starlightskyshine]

Takara's treasure!

I've been missing them a lot, so I just finished rewatching the whole series, with so many thoughts and feelings, I decided to write about some details and things I really like about the drama and some interpretations!

Takara leaves the marbles that Taishin gave him in plain sight, away from his collection and in a place where he can always see them. Love that every time he thinks about him, misses him, and always watches them, that Taishin only has eyes for him??? that he wants Taishin with him all the time??? put him in his pocket???

Taishin slowly making his world bigger. How we start with just the photo of Okame-kun, a familiar place, then in EP 3 is the same picture but now with the marble that Takara gives him! New, exciting things, then in the final episode, in his second year of university, he is now more comfortable, he has a new bigger picture frame, his friends, and the picture with Takara now that they are boyfriends, Okame-kun and of course the marble.

Also the parallel of Taishin talking to his mom, between EP 1 and the special episode, how she first tells him to be careful, not to hang out around the "wrong" crowd and in the special how he reassures her that Tokyo is not that scary :')

The scenes that don't appear in the series but are in the opening?hopefully with the new DVD/bluray (˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )づ♡

I love that we get a new pic added with each episode at the ending :')

Every time they kiss, Takara holds Taishin's face/neck, like give Takara a mic, we need answers

The size/height difference, in the manga and drama, nailed it! especially in ep 7 when they enter the ramen shop, like you can barely see Taishin behind Takara. I also love the details in this scene, Takara taking the chair out for Taishin and passing him the chopsticks!!!!

How Takara first leaves the marbles on top of the pouch they came in like he wants Taishin close but the uncertainty, fear(?), he then puts them in another place, closer to him and now in a glass dish, Taishin having a more permanent space in Takara life, he wants Taishin to be close to him despite all!;;; and at the end of the special episode Taishin marbles are now mixed with some of his(?) :')

Taishin wears a lot of blue during all the episodes, the bird that he wanted to show Takara during their first date was a small blue bird that it will you happy if you can see it, perhaps, they didn't see them that day, because the little blue birdy was already at Takara side making him happy. (also the way blue has been part of Takara life too? in his happiest moments! His grandpa is wearing a blue jacket when he gives him the Ramune and the marble, when they go hiking together for the first time, now small Takara is the one wearing a blue jacket)

Takara slowly adding cushions to his bed until it's finally two pillows, I didn't noticed before and thanks to this post (I'm crying, thank you so much for this info) I can't stop thinking about this, the details ಥ‿ಥ

I love that in the drama they gave Taishin buying/wearing the earrings more importance than in the manga, I still can't get over how Takara looked at him at the end of episode 2 (⁠´⁠°⁠ω⁠°⁠｀⁠)

I love Taishin's mom and her radishes, please I need to see her finally giving Takara one, also adored that the radish she didn't give to Taishin childhood friend, Daisuke, made it all the way to Tokyo with Taishin, I laughed so much when I saw it peeking from Taishin bag when he entered the apartment because it was indeed Taishin backpack that she was putting it in lol

Love how the shop owner knew what was happening from the beginning, mvp

Talking more about colors! Is so nice how we get from one pallet of colors for each character until they start mixing together. Takara mostly uses muted colors, Taishin is the opposite with his bright color wheel until we can see Takara wearing brighter colors, while Taishin is using more black/grey, even the cups they drink!

Love their communication and how much they can tell with just their eyes (the director was so right in describing Yoji's eyes as treasures and Eito's as marbles). They make each other so happy and always reassure one another :') <3

Also, just a random fact! Yoji and Eito were the main leads in different music videos for the same artist! Meant to be! Casting director, I hope you had an awesome bonus! (⁠・⁠–⁠・⁠;⁠)⁠ゞ

[emeryhiro]

My Thoughts on TBOC SDCC Panel & Interviews

First off, I felt like a kid again watching Melissa and Norman on an SDCC panel for the first time and was overwhelmed by so many positive emotions ♡

Regarding what was covered during the panel and what I'll be sharing my thoughts on, in this post, I'm going to try to keep it brief and only talk about things that are new to me compared to what I heard during the Tribeca panel and in my thoughts post on it [here].

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Zabel on his responsibility with the show:

Firstly, Zabel is actually pretty funny, and every time he speaks about the show I find myself trusting him more and more and feeling more confident that he knows what he's doing. I especially loved how he said, and I quote:

"There is a responsibility to live up to the standards of The Walking Dead, the standards that Norman and Melissa had as actors creating these characters. So that's the part where you wanna make sure that you don't let anybody down, you don't let the fans down, you don't let the actors down, you don't let the history of the show down. You have to at least try to maintain the same standard and hopefully maybe even push it forward."

Melissa, on her return to the show:

It was wonderful hearing her speak about how much she missed Carol and how excited she is about, and I quote:

"getting to go forward in France, where [Norman] set the roots, thank you very much. I had some things I had to do"

and how France will be a catalyst for all sorts of changes for Daryl and Carol.

I love how much she said she enjoyed the role of an EP, and I have no doubt she's brilliant in it. My main thought here is that I really hope that, like Lauren and Danai, she also has the chance to direct an episode in season 3, because whatever she touches will end up being Gold.

Norman on Daryl and Carol's bond:

I loved how he described their bond as cosmic and beyond tangible. Carol can sense that there's something wrong with Daryl even from across an ocean and vice versa, which is so true to their characters. They don't need to say a single word for the other to understand everything they're thinking and feeling.

Also, when he said:

"He's starting to lose that feeling cause he's been there so long,"

Melissa's face and reaction had me laughing out loud. What do you mean, Norman? Can you please elaborate on that for us?

If I had to guess what he means, I'd say it links to Daryl's self-esteem and his idea of self-worth. As I've mentioned before, it's obvious to me that the longer Daryl has been away from Carol, the more he's regressing into his old self and habits, and I think this feeds into that. I think he doesn't believe he's worth being loved, searching for, or crossing the Atlantic for. And that sense of security and confidence that he'd built with his family in America is slowly climbing away.

In comparison, Carol has always been one of, if not the strongest, characters on the show. Yes, she is struggling without Daryl, but the moment she's told his life is in danger, she has this overpowering sense of motivation and strength that she'll do anything to save him.

Norman on his favourite scene (The Reunion):

The words he used to describe the reunion scene and how he felt about it really had me in a puddle... especially the comparison he makes at the end, and I quote:

"When we meet, when that finally happens, there's a build to that that happens, and we worked really hard to make that scene what it was, and that kind of was fireworks going off inside me"

This is the sweetest description of the scene, and I don't know if my heart can handle it.

Additional moments I loved:

I love how both Melissa and Norman keep checking on Louis to make sure he's okay.

Norman calling Melissa his partner in crime, describing how excited he was for her to come back, watching her work, and Melissa's reactions to his words 😭❤️‍🩹

Overall, I just love how they appreciate, support, and genuinely love each other so much ♡♡♡

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Thank you for taking the time to read this. We're so close to having them back on our screens, and I'm so overwhelmed by the excitement for the new season!!

I'd love to read all of your thoughts on the trailer and panel, whether in response to this post or a post of your own; I can't wait to read it ♡♡♡

[goth-mami-writer]

💙Reserve💙~(pt.2)~

~(Au)Leon Kennedy × f!Reader drabble

~[Continued by request]

~{Find part 1 here} @exquisitelion

(Taking requests for new drabbles. Send me your ideas, and I'll tag you in the upload! 💙)

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《~ A week later.

It was early that morning when Leon received a call regarding a bust in progress for a crime ring across town. Some of the individuals involved were suspects in your case. He couldn't leave you at the house alone safely, so every time he left for a call, you played a ride-along in the backseat.

Unfortunately, every time this happened, you had no good warning, and had to come with no preparation.

Leon approached the horde of police cruisers that were circled around an open freighter in the dockyard. Agents for the bureau were confiscating the contents endlessly in large bags and totes, and there were men knelt to the gravel being questioned in handcuffs. But they were silent, unwilling to offer any information regarding their business or identities.

The chief of police approached Leon's side, asking him quietly if you were with him.

“Yeah, she's asleep in the cruiser.” Leon replied.

“Bring her.” His boss said with his head tilted to the people being detained in front of them,

“She might recognize someone here. That'll help us with info since they wanna clam up.”

Leon sighed, turning to head back to the car where he had you locked inside. Or so he thought. He cocked his head over to see that outside of his back passenger window hung your clear platform heels still strapped on your feet as you undoubtedly slept. Your ankles were crossed as they fell over the side of the car, and he sighed, watching other officers on their walkies give the sight a curious glance.

You'd just gotten off work, so he knew you were exhausted but leaving you to sleep alone at the house didn't sit well with him. He wanted to scold you for opening the window when he wanted the doors locked but he popped his head inside to rouse you awake softly,

“Can I ask a favor?”

You smiled in your sleep hearing that and murmured sleepily in a tease to encourage him to choose his words better,

“In front of everyone?...Hot.”

You reached your ankle up to rest atop his shoulder lewdly since he was leaned over into the cab, and the thought of your legs around him made him jump with a jitter of excitement. It was also embarrassment since there were others close by. But your long legs were one of the features he found the sexiest about you.

He chuckled and carefully put your legs back inside before opening the door. His palm meeting your thigh even momentarily made your skin crawl and your eyes opened. He leaned in the car to help you up from the backseat and you grumbled tiredly when he became face to face with you,

“You owe me breakfast for this.”

“You'll get whatever you want.” He assured you in a grunt as he pulled you forward.

Leon held the small of your back when you came to your feet. He walked you across the gravel lot and it felt endearing to be so protected beside him. You chuckled somewhat evilly as you followed close by behind him and replied before meeting the chief,

“Don't tell me that.”

~

That night, you heard Leon come home and he went straight to his bedroom that doubled as his office. You hated that he kept his work in his bedroom because it made him prone to not sleeping well. He'd get up all hours of the night to write something on his whiteboard or find a case note within one of his files.

He was working himself to death.

You made a meal downstairs, knowing the noise and the smell of food wouldn't even bother him. You made a small plate and brought it upstairs when it became almost midnight. You knocked on his door, letting him know you were coming in, but he stayed silent.

He sat with his MacBook in his lap at the foot of his bed, crouched on the floor in front of his rolling whiteboard. You sighed seeing all the case documents pinned to the dry-erase board, tiny scribbles of probably late night epiphanies surrounding each thumbtack and photograph.

This was insanity. He was working twenty four hours a day at this point and there was no way even a salary could be this rewarding.

“You've not eaten.” You told him, trying to entice him to at least come downstairs but he shook his head as it rested in his fingertips, telling you he was fine.

After setting down his plate, you came to lay in his bed for the first time. You had only been in this room a few times in the week past but never for this long. He turned his head slightly, only letting his eyes move to see you now spread on his duvets. Your red silk night slip trailed up your thigh as your knee stayed propped up and he softly bit the inside of his cheek to the sight. He wondered now if you wanted to keep him company, but right now, he just couldn't afford it.

“Le-” You said softly from atop his bed, calling him by his affectionate nickname,

“-you've been staring at the same thing for hours.”

“I'm missing something.” He muttered exhaustedly with his eyes glued to the board,

“I feel like it's right in front of me.”

He stood up, wincing to the pain in his back from sitting on hardwood and he continued to stare at that board that you wanted to roll into the hall and let fall down the stairs. Nothing would get solved with him running himself into the ground and you wished he knew it too.

“Killing yourself in exchange for a breakthrough isn't going to make the mayor lick your boots any harder, yanno?” You mentioned, turning your eyes in his direction as you faced his ceiling.

“It's not….just the mayor-” Leon groaned, rubbing his shoulder as it ached from sitting so long.

You were surprised by that comment. He always mentioned making the mayor of the city happy as being his number one goal. It seemed different now and your interest was piqued. But you remained at ease on his mattress, feeling as he sat beside you with a huff.

You rolled onto your stomach, growing closer to him on the bed as you asked from your curiosity that had grown,

“Then what else are you looking for? Because you've got quite the monkey on your back for a cop not even close to retiring, not yet at the peak of his career and not graced with a woman at home to warm his bed at night.”

Leon looked over, wondering if you'd made your punchline yet and you finished with a sigh as he gave that look when he was becoming unenthused.

“You're on the brink of a burnout, Leon. Take a break- I don't care if we just eat ice cream in our pajamas and talk shit. You need it.”

Leon half smiled, not quite ready to give in, then lied on the bed opposite to you. You watched as he covered his tired eyes with the heels of his palms most likely from his exhaustion. Quietly, you rose from the mattress and turned off his overhead light. Your steps were quiet as you traveled back to the bed with an idea in easing his frustration.

He felt you crawl back into the bed, but suddenly and careful, you sat now on top of him in the dark. He called out your name but all too late as you were determined now to do something about the world of stress he carried.

“Tell me how I can help you. Since you won't tell me why you're so strung out on working to death.” You whispered from above him and he squirmed feeling your warmth and weight on top of him once again. Something he missed after he'd had it once.

You planted your palms down on either side of his torso, leaning towards him in a way that ignited his many feelings of finally indulging in what it might feel like to touch you. Something he still wasn't committed to doing before this work was done. But he couldn't ignore this anymore. The want for you now gnawed at him more than this workload.

He rose slightly, propping up on his elbows as he looked up to you in the dark. Your hand gently petted his chest and he felt the fire in his belly that had been burning since the moment he first saw you. He sat up straight, keeping his eyes up as finally he let his hands touch you more intentional and slow when he wrapped your legs around him.

Your ankles locked behind him, and your face softened realizing that he wasn't holding back now. He was letting go slowly. He wet his lips as he held your waist against him, making you wrap your arms around him too when your heart raced in the thought of actually kissing him.

He held your chin, taking the last breath he needed to convince himself to do something this crazy. Your lips met almost unsurely, he stopped only for another second before he finally let himself close his eyes. You kissed him gently at first until his hands shook as they cupped around your curves from behind, gripping the roundness of your ass when he felt it under your slip.

Softly, you moaned as he poured more of himself into the embrace and your fingers tangled into his bedhead. His mouth was soft like petals on the inside of a flower and your heart felt soft too at their touch. You breathed heavily and felt as his mouth moved low, kissing under your jaw then lower to your neck.

He rested his forehead in the center of your chest, not willing to move forward because he knew he'd have you all night…. and into the morning. The desire was too strong. His breath was panting from the labor his heart was performing to beat so quickly. You held him against you to steady him, feeling yourself begin to shake now in a sense of amazement.

“I'm doing this for you-” He said in the quiet between you and the silence only met with both of your racing pulses,

“Fuck the city. Fuck the mayor- I just don't wanna sleep…. knowing there's someone out there waiting to put you next on their list. And I'm not gonna stop until they're cuffed or dead. Whichever's fastest.”

Your brow furrowed from the sincerity he had and you tried not to let your lip quiver. In your line of work, you were always thrown away after use. One face to the next and here you sat in the lap of someone wanting to save you again and again. You half smiled, nodding in understanding that if in fact you were falling in love with him before this, you had in fact fallen face first now.

He thought you must've been stuck on what to say before you brought your hands up to his face. Your thumbs brushed his cheek as you said murmured and soft,

“You're gonna have a lot more to worry about if you keep talking to me like that. Like how you're ever gonna peel me offa you after you nab this guy.”

“I think I could convince you.” Leon mentioned with a growing smile to finally participate in the back and forth of your playful banter as he looked to your lips again, growing needful for another kiss.

“Yeah?-” You asked before obliging him with a flirtatious wink as you leaned in to kiss him,

“You'll need a warrant, pig.”

He chuckled amidst your hurried kiss now, making you hum happily in the enjoyment of feeling his smile against your lips. He felt calmer already. Your kiss and your heat to warm him was like a heal-all. As you felt him level back to reality, you knew you wanted this always and it felt burned into you like a brand now.

You wondered in that moment, unbeknownst to him, if maybe you had the chance to be the woman warming his bed, awaiting his retirement - riding through the peak of his career. Because tonight felt like a taste. And there was no amount of money that could buy it. Even if you worked in that club as hard as he did in this room. 》

[guided-by-stars]

Do you like ISAT? ⭐️ Are you looking for more media to get into? Did you stumble across this post because you’re into one of the other projects mentioned here? (If yes, play In Stars in Time!!)

I’ll be dividing this up into sections based on the content in various Acts, so spoilers for each individual section below! I’ll be trying to avoid as much spoilers as possible for the other projects referenced here, for obvious reasons, but some concepts and thematic threads will be mentioned in order to give context.

This isn't a complete list, I'm sure I'll think of some perfect things to add here after I've posted it...Also sorrry most of these are video games.

Long post, so it'll be under a cut (But PLEASE PLEASE take a quick glance at the visuals/pictures I've provided and see if anything looks cool!)

If you’ve played up to Acts 1 & 2:

⋆ ˚｡⋆౨ৎ˚ Madoka Magica ⋆౨ৎ˚⋆ ˚｡

Okay, this one's a little obvious if you know a bit of anything about both of these. It's definitely the most well known piece of media on this list. Puella Magi Madoka Magica, also known as PMMM or Madoka Magica, is a magical girl show. Directed by Akiyuki Shinbo & Yukihiro Miyamoto and produced by Magica Quartet, it centers around magical girls who have to battle witches, and only gain their powers through contracts with an alien being. This also gives them one wish. ***MINOR spoilers for Act 4 of ISAT, skip if needed...Wishes, huh? Powerful and dangerous wishes, huh?***

The writing has a lot of depth to it, the bonds between the characters are interesting, and the narrative weight they have placed on their shoulders to save the world...well!

I have an important other reason why ISAT fans may really enjoy this series, but it would spoil a lot of the series... so first, some visuals, because this show is beautiful.

Okay, now spoilers for Episode 10. These are pretty big spoilers, so avoid if you care about that sort of thing. I don't personally think it ruins the series to know about beforehand, but you do lose some of the surprise. ***Spoilers for Ep. 10 of PMMM, skip if needed: Well! It's a timeloop show. Specifically a timeloop centering one person who's terrified of loosing the person they love and prone to obsession.***

You can watch it on Crunchyroll, or you could watch it illegally on a few different pirating sites, it's not exactly obscure. There's the series, but also multiple movies. There's also a new movie coming out in 2025! Exciting!

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ 1BitHeart ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

1bitheart, created by Miwashiba and produced by PLAYISM, is a ?visual novel? I suppose. There are other mechanics besides just talking to people (mystery solving, gifting, walking), but that's the best way I can describe it. In 1bitheart, you experience the world through Nanashi's eyes, a severely agoraphobic guy. I feel like if you like Siffrin, you'll probably find him interesting. Honestly, I don't have much more to say here...just that the vibes of this game feel like something many ISAT fans might enjoy.

If you like dialogue and character building, then maybe give it a look! There's one more spoilery reason why you might find it interesting, but it's a major spoiler for BOTH games...so. I'll leave that for you to discover.

Visuals:

You can buy 1bitheart here:

☆ The Endless Empty ☆

The Endless Empty, created by Erik Sheader-Smith, is another artistic RPG game with themes of suicidality, imagery of stars, and a fascinating battle system. It's very...scrapbook diary nightmare anatomical textbook, if that makes sense. It's short, inexpensive, obscure, and delightful, in my opinion. Guys. This is good.

Visuals:

Buy it here:

𓐟◇ OFF ◇𓐟

I see a lot of people around who are into both ISAT and OFF!, which I find supremely unsurprising. Both are created by French devs (OFF by Mortis Ghost), steeped in that background, unique RPG battle system (many enemies in this game are basically Sadnesses), limited palette (and often black & white) and [killed for spoilers].

I find the translation writing fascinating, personally. There's a lot you can dig out of here.

Visuals:

Get it here:

๑ï🌧Mr Rainer’s Solve-It Service🌧๑ï

Easily the most obscure game on this list, Mr Rainer's, created by Etherane, is an incredible game that's more of a visual novel than a text based adventure. The worldbuilding of the story is fascinating, and the characters are compelling. The story ends with SO MANY unanswered questions and mysteries, which is another reason why it fascinates me so.

Like ISAT, Mr Rainer's is a game pretty much entirely in black, white, and red, about an amnesiac hooded figure who doesn't remember their past and is INCREDIBLY fucking hungry constantly, a story with multiple endings, a story about identity and belonging and being the only one of your kind in a strange land, a story about grief and life and touch and connection and cycles of pain...

Please give it a chance, I have absolutely nobody to talk to about this game. It's only 5 hours and it's only (around) five dollars...

Visuals:

You can get it here!:

If you’ve played the whole game + 2Hats (DO NOT READ ON IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE 2HATS!!! I AM WARNING YOU!!!):

⚂ ⊹.🂱 Yugioh (Specifically the Toei series and Duel Monsters)⊹. 🂱 ⚂

Well! Here it is! The series about friendship, "other you's", "you see everything I do and you know how my body reacts to things", "you’re me but also not me but also another me but also you’re NOTHING like me", "facade sees facade in the eyes and Knows" and [spoilers for Yugioh redacted].

Guys if you don't gaf about card games, in the Toei series they are an extremely small aspect of the show and other games (like Tamagotchi) are similarly important!

It's got a fucked up by grief and trauma guy who does morally grey stuff and is fixated on his own past and really does just deep down Want to be Useful!! It's also got a codependent protector who really needs to be protected! It's got GAMES!!! SO MANY GAMES!!! and DRAMA!

Visuals:

(Toei)

(Duel Monsters)

Watch Toei series here: (WARNING!! THE EPISODES ARE NOT IN ORDER! BE CAREFUL!)

You can watch Duel Monsters many places, both legally and illegally.

⟳⏱︎ Start Again, duh! ⏱︎⟳

If you've only played ISAT but not Start Again (You know who the dev is...), you might think there's little of value there besides additional dialogue, but you'd be entirely wrong. Not only is this LOOP's story (and valuable to examine because of that), but the House is quite different, there's unique art, and there's different endings as well. PLAY START AGAIN START AGAIN START AGAIN: A PROLOGUE!!! YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT!

Visuals:

Get it here:

✧♥ Hello Charlotte series ♥✧

Hello Charlotte, also created by Etherane, is an incredible series, and one of the three most impactful game series I've ever encountered. The amount of unexpected developments that happen...I couldn't possibly understand where the game was going until everything clicked at once. Personally I think it's a masterpiece of storytelling.

Another artistic RPG maker game- so of course the art is beautiful. There's a battle system...in one of the games...yeah it's rudimentary. It's more of an exploration/puzzle game than anything. It's more of a STORY than anything. I would really really really hate to spoil this game, but what I will say, is there's a reason why I put it in the 2hats section. A very good reason. Pleaseee check it out it's so much content for so incredibly cheap. Criminally cheap. You will become incredibly attached to Charlotte.

Visuals:

Get the first game here (name your price!):

EP 2:

EP 3:

[puppy-phum]

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH ♡ — with love; from all the couples of our skyy 2!

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as always when it comes to edits like this, i want to ramble about things. so here i go, sharing my thoughts and my love for these couples:

red – patpran red as a color is all the things intense and fiery. it's passion and love and desire, excitement and energy and power. it's also danger and aggression and anger. it burns, no matter how and with what emotions. thinking about these couples, it was very obvious to me that red would be pat and pran. they are intense. they wouldn't be here, together, if they hadn't been so strong about it. if their love didn't burn everything in front of it. in our skyy 2 they might've settled a bit more but the fire is definitely still there.

orange – guncher orange is about positivity and having fun. it's playful and enthusiastic, full of spontaneous ideas and action. it also provides emotional strength. watching the whole of a boss and a babe – where gun and cher collide and then teach other about all these new things and feelings – and then their our skyy 2 eps where cher is still helping gun learn about Emotions seemed to correlate with orange a lot. they're a playful couple full of silliness and fresh ideas. but they are also incredibly warm and understanding towards each other. they're strong bc they have each other.

yellow – akkayan yellow is about happiness and joy. it's the cheerful color full of sunshine and summer heat and hope. but it's also the color of intellect, idealism, and creativity. akk and ayan seemed to fit this part of yellow so well i hated to change it to anyone else. their whole dynamic is based on clashing ideals and understanding them, of curiosity towards the world and others, and figuring out new things. also, i do wish for their happiness and for them to have joy. them getting that gives them and us all a lot of hope in this cruel world.

green - kluendao the color of youth and growth. despite not being the youngest couple in our skyy 2, kluen and dao give me this feeling of newness. they seem a bit unsure of where they stand after the struggles of getting together, but they're slowly growing, together and into each other. their our skyy 2 eps were, in this sense, about taking the next steps in their joined life, so green seemed to suit them. there is also the theme of luck: they're lucky that they found each other again after parting ways once.

turquoise - phuphatian turquoise is a serene color. it connects to the feelings of calm and peace, and stabilizes our emotions and minds. phupha and tian have always had this sense of calm to them despite the drama of their lives. they also feel very mature despite their silly argument in our skyy 2. they support each other, find comfort in each other. they are always able to rely on having the other one there when they need it. and after that proposal? it's forever, baby.

blue - palmnueng the first image i made for this set, as palm and nueng's relationship seemed to so strongly scream for blue. it's the color of safety, loyalty, and trust. it makes us feel calm and protected. it boosts confidence and also inspires honesty. with these two, all these things seem quite obvious. they're a couple willing to both die and kill for each other, and they trust the other with their lives. i guess that's also part of the deal as soulmates like our skyy 2 made them in the episodes, so i don't think i need to explain to this that much more.

purple - tinngun in most cases, purple as a color relates to royalty and mystery. out of all these colors, purple was the hardest to place bc of this. but it is also the color of imagination, inspiration, and fantasies. which, when you think about the whole of my school president and not only their our skyy 2 eps, is the core of the tinngun relationship. their story is full of fantasies and imagination, and they both inspire each other to do their best. the hint of magic only got added in with the concept of multiverse which makes their story only that more inspiring.

pink - puentalay the most obvious one out of all of these but no one can probably blame me for it. puen and talay are just the epitome of pink; of love, romance, care, compassion, and acceptance. there's a hint of playfulness in this color too which is absolutely fitting for these two. i also personally like that this became the last image of this set. they feel like the fitting crown to end this whole journey.

i know this set is late considering we're already over halfway through this month but pride is every month anyway. we all deserve to celebrate who we are and how beautiful love is in all of its forms every month. so i am simply telling you all to be happy and remain colorful ♥

[jung-koook]

jeongguk and namjoon's birthday next month 🥹 even though I always get really down in september because it's also my birthday month (I always have an existential crisis this month lol), I also always get so excited for their birthdays. 🥹 there are only a few days left until the episodes of 'are you there?!' come out. I've already marked it down so I don't make any appointments on the eps days lkasakss my schedule will only change if something very important happens. I miss making 1018191809 sets and I hope to make a lot of gifs of their new show. 🥹 I feel like the show is going to make us miss them even more but I'm so excited for it. 😭😭😭 anyway, good morning, good afternoon and good evening/night ♡

[sungtaro]

rules: link your most popular and your favorite post from each month of the year (you can skip months if you want to!)

tagged by @baekhyunnybyun @neonsbian &. @yunogf <3

JANUARY

most popular: xiaodery during omy era

favorite: i do love that one but it's gotta be wayv as reductress headlines

FEBRUARY

most popular: xiarms i guess 😭

favorite: my pristin v get it set + of course, dejun with little pineapple <3

MARCH

most popular: this xiaojun

favorite: my semantic error ep 6 set ! tbh i feel like it could've been way better but it has a special place in my heart . my bestie and i literally stayed up bingeing the whole show until 2am so it's very dear to me

APRIL

most popular: boyfriend kun

favorite: omy tracklist remains one of my faves of all time

MAY

most popular: xiaojun 'gimme your new album' teaser

favorite: girls never die mv set, + i will tie it with my impossible mv set, since this was the month i officially entered briizeville !

JUNE

most popular: 'new ride' xiaojun set my beloved

favorite: by a LONG shot, probably my favorite of the entire year, my wayv give me that magazine spread . this is the last time i can remember feeling so inspired and excited to work on something like this ... i miss that energy bad 😭

JULY

most popular: yuta w the chick on his head please no one interact with this further as it's currently at 666 notes

favorite: riize lucky gfx

AUGUST

most popular: hendery at waterbomb

favorite: jaehyun roses mv set

SEPTEMBER

most popular: kiss from jaehyun i love him so much kms

favorite: riize 'riizing' tracklist set

OCTOBER

i made only one set this entire month and it was ab6ix donghyun in nvked mv 😭 this was when work was really starting to burn me out and briizeville was up in flames 🤠

NOVEMBER

i only made 2 sets lmao and the most popular was sohee on the mama red carpet , but my fave was cravity family hug <3

DECEMBER

i'm hoping i'll have more to post this month (ambitious) but for now the rankings stand at

most popular: xiaojun high five ending fairy fancam

favorite: my sweet angel jihoon pls stream last night by treasure

this year it's progressively gotten more difficult for me to find the time, energy, and inspiration to create. moving into 2025, i'm actually picking up classes again while i'm still working full time and have plans to travel pretty much every month of the year, so ... i honestly don't see that changing 🥲 but being a kpop fan is still a huge part of my irl life, i have a bunch of concerts lined up (i can't wait for treasure to finally come to the US omg) and i will never fully leave tumblr ... i love u guys and i don't see myself ever fully giving up this space that i know i can always come back to when i'm ready and have things to share. thank you for being here with me this year ♡

tagging along to: @ikjun @myungjaehyun @dojaejung @originalvisual @kimsuyeon @pookiez @ohmyminsung @antonleez @isabelleadjani @dreamaze and anyone else who wants, if u want !

[pepeshiagent]

How's everyone liking the new Life & Death EP so far? What are your thoughts about it?

Personally, I haven't been able to see the new neighborhoods yet, but am excited to see them after seeing all of your pictures and playing around in CAS.

I hope everyone has a great week ahead! Eat well, create memories, smile often.

Thank you all CC creators. ♡

[thatgenericwriter]

The Death Of Me || Jake Peralta

Paring: Jake Peralta x gn!reader

Summary: working at a karaoke bar that is a known hangout for mafia members was not an ideal job but a handsome newcomer might make it all worth it

Warnings: swearing, angst

Word Count: 1.5k

P.s. takes place during season 2 ep 1

༶•┈┈୨♡୧┈┈•༶༶•┈┈୨♡୧┈┈•༶༶•┈┈୨♡୧┈┈•༶

The karaoke bar you worked at was a known hangout spot for a know Mafia family....but it was the only job you could get. It wasn't so bad you took care of them and they took care of you. They tipped in hundreds and were always nice to you. You knew what they did and you knew it was wrong, but you had no other option.

Everything changed, however, when a new guy showed up with your regulars. He looked nothing like the rest of the family, no dead look in his eyes, rather he looked excited to be here.

"Y/N! We need a round of shots for our new friend here!"

"Coming up!"

You send the new guy a smile before going behind the bar. Before he gets pulled into the booth, you make eye contact one last time and he sends you a smile that makes your knees weak.

'No you cannot get involved with him! He is obviously a part of the family and they are bad people.' These thoughts snap you out of your giddiness as you place the drinks on the tray.

"Okay! Who's ready for shots?!"

You pass out the drinks slowly getting closer to the new guy until you are right in front of him. He gives you his sickly sweet smile once more before opening his mouth.

"Hi, I'm Jake, and God you are beautiful!"

'Fuck'

After his introduction to you all those weeks ago, you knew there was no way you wouldn't fall for this guy. And you were right.

Jake had become a new regular at the bar and you couldn't be happier. Every time he came he would bring you a new gift. One time it was a beautiful bouquet of flowers, another was a matching jacket to the one you tried to steal from him the week before.

Along with the gifts, each visit brought even stronger feelings of attraction to Jake. You learned about his past life as a cop, about all of his ex-friends and the shenanigans they would do. The pranks, challenges, and overall goofiness that happened. But you also learned about how much he loved them.

When he told you about getting fired and about his friends leaving him, you couldn't help but hug him. Once he held you back, you knew that you were in deep.

Over the course of getting to know Jake, you also saw him changing to fit into the family. His appearance, actions, and words were beginning to match those of the people he surrounded himself with. Leading to you saying something to him one day as you sit on his couch in his apartment.

"I don't like your hair like that."

Jake looked over at you in mock offense, placing his hand over his heart and scoffing at you.

"Do you know how long it takes me to get my hair like this every day?!"

You roll your eyes at him and his drama queen reaction.

"I'm not saying it's a bad look on you. I just think your natural hairstyle looks the best on you."

He gives you his signature knee weakening smile before leaning in close to you. You feel his breath on your neck as he whispers in your ear.

"I'll stop if you say pretty please."

Shivers get sent down your spine and you look up at him as he moves back enough to see your face.

"Pretty please?"

You see something flash in his eyes before he launches at you, attaching his lips to yours. Almost desperately he bites and licks your lips until you give him what he wants and open your mouth. You let out a small moan that gets swallowed by Jake's mouth on yours.

Unfortunately, you have to pull apart for air. You sit panting and stare at Jake watching as he leans back onto the couch and runs his hands over his face.

"God, why are you so fucking hot?"

You let out a slight chuckle before moving to straddle his lap.

"I think it's you who's so fucking hot."

..........

After that night, you two could not keep being pinning friends. He officially asked you to be his girlfriend a few days after your "wild night" and you don't think you could have said yes faster.

All was going good until the night of Angie and Marco's wedding.

"Why are you so jumpy tonight?"

Jake looks over at you shocked before denying the accusation almost immediately. You give him a questioning look before shrugging it off.

When a group of old men that Jake seem to know come over he quickly whispers in your ear.

"Do not leave my side no matter what."

Shocked to stare at him before he is immersed in a conversation with the men. You do as he says, however, standing very close to him as he talks. He suddenly grabs your hand as a group of S.W.A.T officers raid the bar.

They grab Jake and start to drag him out the back door. He tries to fight them off screaming at them to let him go and for you to follow him.

Scared out of your mind you follow him out and watch as they throw him into a van. Before the doors close you hear him speak normally.

"Hey, Captin!"

It was a sting. He never got fired. He was playing everyone this entire time. He was playing everyone. He was playing you.

It all made sense now. Every time he would ask you about the family randomly, when he would stop talking about the precinct whenever someone would walk by, even why he started to date you. It was all to arrest them.

You had already started walking away when you hear Jake's voice yelling for you.

"Babe, where are you going?"

You turn around and he stops when he notices the tears in your eyes.

"How could you Jake? You used me to get information! You played with my head! I loved you! But all you wanted from me was to use me to get closer to the fucking mafia!"

"No! Wait! Y/N it's not like that! I~"

It was too late. You didn't care anymore. You were already walking away before he could say anything more. You hear him coming towards you before his name is yelled from the van.

You hear him stop before his footsteps start to retreat back to the van. You sob harder realizing that he didn't love you.

............

It has been two miserable days since the raid. Two days since your heart was smashed in half. Two days since you had seen Jake.

You have locked yourself in your apartment. Barley moving from your spot on the couch and you haven't stopped crying. You have tried so hard not to think about Jake, but it was nearly impossible. Everything reminded you of him.

His scent lingered on your pillows, his clothes left on your floor, and even the jacket you were wearing was gifted to you by him. It was impossible to not think about him. Especially when the people outside your door are talking about him....

'Wait what?'

You open your door to see four people huddled together.

"Uh.. Can I help you?"

They jump apart and stare at you dumbfounded before one of them flashes her badge at you.

"I'm Rosa. This is Amy, Terry, and Charles. We work with Jake and need to talk with you."

"No."

You try to close the door but a foot wedges it back open.

"Please just hear us out."

You look up at their desperate faces and sigh in defeat before letting them into your apartment.

...........

'Why am I here?'

You don't know how they convinced you to come to this stupid party, but here you are sitting in a booth waiting for Jake.

All four of them spent an hour convincing you that Jake actually loved you and wasn't just using you for information. Of course, you didn't believe them at first, but when they told you about how moppy and annoying he was being with his constant talk about you, you couldn't help but believe them.

So here you were listening to Captin Holt's speech waiting for your cue to reveal yourself.

"And with that, we have one last surprise for you."

Everyone parts to allow Jake to see you. The moment he locks eyes on you, he is practically tackling you to the ground in a bone crushing hug.

"I love you so much."

"I love you more, Jake."

He pulls apart enough to look at your face.

"Impossible."

You both smash your lips together in a heartfelt and emotional kiss... that is very quickly ruined by Charles hugging both of you.

"And moment ruined."

You giggle at Jake before giving him a quick peck on the lips.

"Let's get this party started!"

Everyone agrees and heads for the bar, but you stop Jake before he can leave.

"You look so fucking hot with the busted up lip and eyebrow by the way."

You give him a wink before walking towards the bar. You hear Jake groan while walking behind you.

"You're going to be the death of me."

[miraofhearts2point0]

things i tweeted whilst rewatching aib s1 (part one: eps 1-3):

- Arisu is so funny fym youre homeless. you walked out of that house yourself

- lowk forgot Karube has a girlfriend in the adap

- guys im so excited to see my wife (Shibuki)

- "you are poor" kills me every single time

- this show is so camp i forgot i kinda love it

- Arisu's Sunny Climate shirt is such a good piece of foreshadowing

- EP2 WHO READY FOR ARISU AND USAGI AND KARUBE AND CHISHIYA AND TATTA AND AGUNI?!

- "it might be a good idea to act like Shibuki did" why am i giggling kicking my feet over a straight ship bro

- Chishiya waving at Aguni and Aguni not giving a single fuck is still the funniest thing ever to me // "thats nasty" im in tears

- i love that at least once a year i revist Alice in Borderland and say the same shit about it but it still feels new to me

- Arisu constantly looking like a wet cat is so endearing

- this.

- im supposed to waych ep3 tonight at some point but im dreading it bro. this is the worst one (emotionally!!)

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- Netlfix putting an ad in the middle of the 7♡ is so crazy

- two ads during the 7♡? did Matsushita Enji set this up? what is the reason for this cruelty

- the acting in this ep is top notch Kento Yamazaki Emmy/Oscar/other major award when

- "hide well, sheep" should i just kill myself

[pommpuriinn]

♩♫❤️¨*:·. MAKING OF BLACK MAMBA EP

SYNOPSIS: Bang PD has decided to give Joohyung the chance to shine with having ideas to let her become a solo artist that has full creative control. But with Joohyung’s commitment to TXT will she even take the offer and balance everything on her shoulders.

ᵕ̈♡˳೫˚∗ JANUARY 2022

Tubatu just finished their end of the year performances and are currently on a short break before recording new songs for future projects. Eunha came to the dorm with a surprise meeting for Joohyung, who was currently under her sheets fast asleep. Finally sleeping in after months of working was the greatest until someone has to come in and ruin it. “Joohyung,” Eunha whispered, gently rubbing Joohyung’s back trying to slowly wake her up. “Joohyung-ah I’m sorry but you have to wake up.” Eunha did feel bad for waking her up. “Mm?” Joohyung moved slowly around her bed. “Bang PD is calling you in for a meeting.” Eunha started running her fingers through Joohyung’s hair trying to fix it. “Are the members up too?” Joohyung queationed, with her eyes still closed. “The meeting is just for you.” Eunha answered. “Why?” Joohyung slowly sat up while rubbing her eyes awake. “It’s a surprise~” Eunha sang while shaking Joohyung trying to wake her up even more. “I’ll wait in the living room.” She got up and closed the door behind her.

Joohyung got dressed before heading inside her bathroom to do her morning routine. They stopped to grab their matchas before heading to the Hybe building and meeting everyone. “Did I get trouble?” Joohyung whispered, aa they pass by security. Eunha chuckled, “no I think it’s something you’ll look forward to.” Eunha opened the door for Joohyung to go in first, Joohyung gave a quick ‘thank you’ towards Eunha before bowing her head at everyone as they got up from their seats to so the same. “Joohyung it’s been awhile.” Bang PD smiled at her. “It has. Our schedule is pretty hectic.” Joohyung sat down and cross her leg over the other. “So I have some exciting news for you today.” Bang PD gathered his papers. “You’re such an amazing artist and we value your hard work and everything you had to put up with since the beginning. With that being said we want to ask if you are interested to be Tomorrow x Together’s first soloist?”

Joohyung’s eyes widen immediately she never really thought about debuting solo since she was chosen to be in the final line up. “Oh…um I firstly want to thanked you for thinking about me.” Joohyung nervously chuckled. “With full transparency if I do take this opportunity I would really want full creative control. I know what I want and I know how I want it to sound and look like.” Joohyung really wanted to stand her ground. “I do believe you will make something great and I don’t doubt you. But the only thing is we really want to release your project January of next year, so you would have half the year to write and record and the another half to do jacket shoots and film your mv along with the process to make the albums.” Bang PD laid everything out for Joohyung who was listening intently to all the information. “But this is on top of all the Tomorrow x Together already existing schedules that you have to attend.” A staff member added. That was the thing that’s sitting behind Joohyung’s head is the amount of pressure she was going to face if she takes the opportunity. This is also another dream for her and is something she wants to do. “I would like to accept it.” Joohyung answer made everyone sigh in relief.

“Amazing. I do want to say we have hired a new small group of female producers that I think really suit you and could help you with your project. If you like of course.” Bang PD threw the suggestion to Joohyung. “We could set up a session at the studio.” Joohyung nodded. This solidified new beginnings and new hardships for Joohyung.

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TWO WEEKS LATER

Joohyung made her way to her brand new music studio which will the place where she meets the new producers HYBE hired. Eunha gave her a heads up that she’s there with the girls already. “Don’t be awkward Joohyung. Don’t be awkward.” She mumbled to herself while she walked down the hallway. Joohyung made it in front of the door that was now labeled ‘Jooie’s Place’, Joohyung gave soft knocks on the door before twisting the door handle opening the door. “Hello~” the new hires immediately stood up and gave little bows towards Joohyung. Joohyung covered her mouth with her hand shocked at how pretty the three girls are. “Hi, I’m Joohyung.” She shyly waved at them making them laugh at her shyness. “How cute~” the short blonde haired one cooed causing the other two to agree with her. “Ok, now that Joohyung arrived we I can introduce everyone.” Eunha announced. “Joohyung this is Winter,” the blonde bob one. “Giselle,” she has reddish brown hair with bangs. “And Ning Ning I think she’s our youngest producer.” Eunha finished introducing everyone to Joohyung. “Our trio name is Aespa.” Giselle added.

Everyone took some time to get to know one another which was going well, Eunha was relief that girls were vibing and were actually fond of each other. It didn’t take long before they started discussing about Joohyung vision for her solo project. “I have a couple unfinished songs and beats we can work with.” Joohyung went straight to her computer that had everything on it.

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MARCH 2022

It’s been a little over two months now and almost everyday Joohyung meets Aespa in her studio constantly working and perfecting the first two songs. “Let’s work on ‘Aenergy’ first.” Joohyung felt like something was missing as she played the song out loud. “I like how powerful the song is, but I want to add like a fun aspect to it. Maybe we can play with the ‘Joohyung rocket puncher, Winter Armamenter- towards the end of the song.” Joohyung put out her input. “How about we kinda hype ourselves up like ‘Winter your hands in the air, Giselle your hands in the air!’” Ning Ning threw an idea out there. It was like a lightbulb went off in everyone’s heads and they immediately went in the recording booth.

The reason why Joohyung wants the three girls including their name ‘Aespa’ on her tracks is because she genuinely likes them and can see how passionate they are of their art. Joohyung even included their name in her title track ‘Black Mamba’. As they moved on to working on the main track which didn’t need much work, but layering Joohyung’s vocals on top of each other. “Unnie your voice is crazy!” Winter spoke through the mic. Joohyung laughed, “thank you I try.”

“I honestly think it’s perfect and done.” Giselle announced giving Joohyung a thumbs up. “Yay~” Joohyung was so happy and proud of all their work. “Now the part where I dread the most is coming.” Joohyung could already feel the pain her body is going to be in sooner or later. “What part?” Ning Ning was curious. “I have to submit the first round of the two songs so the team can hear it, especially the title track. Then I have to start figuring out choreo with our choreographer and dance for hours on end.” Joohyung explained.

Along with working on her solo project Joohyung also has to work on ‘Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child’ thankfully for Joohyung it’s only an EP After finishing in her studio Joohyung quickly said her ‘goodbyes’ to her girls and made her way to TXT’s main recording studio.

“Noona~” Kai and Taehyun sprung up at the sight of Joohyung entering. The group have been taking extra care of Joohyung and how much supporting her since she told them the news. At first they misheard her and thought Joohyung was leaving them to become a soloist, which almost ended with all of them crying. But Joohyung quickly reassured them that that’s never happening and wouldn’t leave them. “You should take a nap before it’s your turn.” Soobin said, as he started clearly the long couch. Joohyung gladly took the opportunity. The members worry about Joohyung because she’s doing 10x more work then they’re doing right now plus seeing their schedule for year doesn’t help. The comeback in May and the tour starting in July. Joohyung immediately went to sleep it was like her body was dying for her to take a nap with all the all nighters she was pulling.

“Even though they gave her a year to finish everything that isn’t enough time with all our schedules that they’re making her attend to.” Taehyun sighed, as he rubbed Joohyung’s leg softly. “I wouldn’t be sad if she didn’t promote with us for this comeback.” Kai just didn’t want Joohyung to overwork herself and wanted her to focus more on her solo. “Me too, but Joohyung doesn’t want to disappoint moa nor us. She’s stubborn and she wouldn’t allow that.” Soobin shook his head ‘no’.

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APRIL 2022

“Let’s run it again.” Joohyung announced to her team. During the last week of March Joohyung the her choreographer started working on the dance for ‘Black Mamba’ after Bang PD approved on the first two songs they finished. It was now 3 in the afternoon and everyone started at 8 in the morning, sweat was running down her forehead which Joohyung quickly grabbed a clean towel to wipe off the droplets. “It’ll be the last time for today.” Joohyung smiled at her female backup dancers feeling really appreciative of their hard work.

After perfecting the dance everyone besides Joohyung and her team got to enjoy the rest of their day while Joohyung has to make her way into another practice room. “Hello everyone~” Joohyung greeted everyone in the room before throwing herself into Beomgyu’s arms. “I’m tired.” Joohyung mumbled into his chest. Beomgyu wrapped his arms around her tried body squeezing her a bit. “Sit this one out. Your cheeks are red and you feel warm.” Beomgyu was trying to convince her. “No.” Joohyung stubbornly refused. “At least promise me you’ll come straight home and rest. No going to the studio, no working just laying down ok?” He wasn’t really asking her, but more like telling her. Joohyung weakly nodded and continued holding on to him already shutting her eyes.

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MAY 2022

In a blink of an eye ‘Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child’ was released and breaking records. Moas loved the album, the concept photos, and TXT’s new dark look. Joohyung did end up getting a bit sick during the promotional period, but thankfully nothing too major. Soobin kept on giving her vitamins while Yeonjun would buy her healthy meals and juices making sure she never lack nutrition. As much as Joohyung hates to admit she really relied on the members during this time. Which didn’t bother them at all they wanted Joohyung to relied on them for everything and anything, since Joohyung always knew puts on a brave face and hides her emotions so she doesn’t burden people or the group. She never wants to disappoint.

Not only were the members huge help moas were too. They could tell something was a little off of Joohyung, and the members did say during a group live that Joohyung didn’t attend to that she was feeling a bit sick. So moas made sure to send her ‘get well soon’ messages on weverse and on twitter. It made Joohyung day reading all the encouraging messages. It gave her more confidence and motivation to continue performing on stage.

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JUNE 2022

By this time promotions ended and it was getting closer to the start of tour, so now everyone was practicing the set list along with outfit fittings. Joohyung and Aespa finished the final two songs for her ep ‘Black Mamba’. Everything was approved and it was time to start the photo shoots for each version so the albums could finally get made into physical ones. Joohyung would sometimes leave early from practicing and get home late from the photo shoot site. Slowly but surely the weight on Joohyung’s shoulders were lifting off and she could finally feel lighter. Before Joohyung would sometimes come home crying because of stress and tiredness that was building up inside her. Finally seeing moas in person from all around will really help Joohyung and really distract her from all her worries.

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JULY 2022

The Act: Lovesick tour went well minus Beomgyu getting sick in New York. Joohyung felt alive again as she pushed all the solo project stuff away and lived in the moment. She even got permission to announced that she was going to have a solo debut in the LA show. It was tiring month but it was fun.

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SEPTEMBER 2022

Just after the Japanese leg of tour ended Joohyung went straight back to Korea to start filming the MV. Filming took a total of 3 days to film and of course the members visit the set throughout the 3 days to show their support.

(I don’t want to write much because I plan on making a separate post about the MV filming)

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DECEMBER 2022

Hybe officially confirmed the release date of ‘The Start: Black Mamba’ coming out January 1st. Life was still a bit hectic like always with finishing TXT’s second tour back in October, announcing another mini album coming, along with preparing for Joohyung’s music shows performances.

Preorders were now opening and with just one day alone Joohyung’s first EP was breaking records with the amount that was being purchased. Fans and non fans were trending hashtags on twitter even making tiktoks talking about how excited they were to listen to it and get the physical album.

[tomboyyyaoi]

SOOOOO many more thoughts than last week ok

how much time has passed since ww's experimentation? i like the idea of him not ageing faster but just ageing to a certain point and continuing from there? or ageing to a certain point then being stuck like that? but bc the time is indeterminate and we dont know how old he was when he was sent off (kinda like the manga) im gnna keep assuming hes an adult and not caring♡ not my problem♡ also of we take the fact rollos whole thing was 20 years ago and the doctor still looked the same in both wolfwoods and rollos flashbacks then??? idk, im not jumping to anything yet, the time is still uncertain just like it was in the manga and honestly? thats fine by me im absolutely smelling an age discourse revival and i will be killing myself im abt to be so brutal with blocking new fans i can tell

nick been smoking that zaza since he was fresh out the womb

livio and nicks relationship. im bawling. they r brothers. im on the floor...

legato giving me mean twink vibes for this version im actually loving it hes such a petty insecure bitch "dont talk about my hair" *breaks nicks spine* LMAO i love him, he made me giggle, i love a petty gay villain whos genuinely a threat

meryl REFUSING to let the investigation go. her boss is like "its getting a little too dangerous for us we better scoot back 2 office" n shes NOT having it, her reckless driving and complete dismissal of whatever rob says, i love u queen

THE BACKSTORY SEQUENCES and wolfwoods hallucinations were animated so beautifully... omg.

not enough of livio yet to get a read on his characterisation but. please be a little similar to the manga at least. please.

lil nick n livio r so cute. they r so little. putting them in the blender.

rob couldve entirely been like "no meryl we need to go back" but the fact he still let her drive and still let her pursue the steamer with his only protests being stern warnings tells me hes a little curious to know what the fuck vashs deal is

wolfwood and vash absolutely fucking screaming at eachother. couples quarrel♡

i am SO excited for BDN next week

seems that the gung ho guns are basically blended with the eye of michael at this point, it did click they havent been calling them the gung ho guns so i assume they just. merged them together. pretty cool, not a bad choice

vash being quite cold toward meryl n rob, his honestly really mean response to wolfwood calling them his buddies stabbed me in the heart a bit, but is that a coping mechanism for him to not get attatched or is it an actual effect of him forcing himself to detatch from people so its easier to leave them. ouu. it hurted me a little. it did. EVEN WOLFWOOD CALLED HIM COLD FOR IT AND HE JUST KILLED A MAN LIKE. YESTERDAY

ok thats all i can think of rn gnna go watch the ep again see u all next week

[gayhoediaz]

Very sad to see you go and I am gonna miss your writing but ultimately fandom is for having fun and if this isn't enjoyable anymore I am glad that you are choosing to step back and engage with something that actually excites you💖 I hope this fandom calms down eventually but who knows atp

i appreciate it, mwah ♡ like i said, i still have endless love for the show itself and i’m not going anywhere as far as the source material goes, and i’m still happy to talk privately about it (and i’m sure there will be some posting around the last two eps because i’m still watching live) it’s just the fandom itself, and especially being creative within it that’s not fun atm. it’s worse than it’s ever been, and it’s something that i have absolutely been anticipating for years - like. we knew this was gonna be a mess, but that doesn’t make it any easier to see it happen.

what usually happens is that new waves of people come in, and stir things up, and then things calm down, but honestly i don’t see that happening any time soon this time around, sadly. tensions are just so high. i can curate my dash all i want (and i do) but it’s still just. jfc. i’m tired of it.

hiatuses are usually a lot better, but i mean. we’ll see.

♡