#so i noped out of the game for quite a while haha

[yanadolls]

Hi sweetie, can you write abt bllk boys getting jealous/possessive when the teammates try to be friends with reader, please??

NOT ALLOWED!

||| FEATURING: NAGI SEISHIRO, REO MIKAGE, ISAGI YOICHI, RIN ITOSHI X FEM READER

||| CONTENT: jealousy, fluff

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REO MIKAGE ౨ৎ

reo never claimed to be a calm guy, especially when it came to his lover. however, he was typically lenient with nagi whom was his best friend. he could easily put up with his whining, laziness, moodiness, and even carrying him around and forcing him to practice. but the one thing he couldn't handle was how clingy nagi could get with you- his precious girlfriend. the two of you weren't even necessarily friends!

"mh, y/n. can you not move? i'm gonna game over.."

nagi huffed when you tried to move from sitting on the floor, the tall man slumping half his weight on you while tapping away on his mobile game. he just found you comfortable, that's all. you were small and cute, and a very accessible resting chair. even if that was all nagi's intentions were, reo was quite literally tweaking out at the sight from across the room. his eye twitched a couple times, jealousy flowing through every single vein in his body.

'does he like my girlfriend?'

'oh god, what if y/n leaves me for him?! nagi's taller than me!"

'that stupid whiny baby just pisses me off sometimes! go rest on chigiri or something!'

'i'm gonna rip out every single strand of hair on my head if this goes on any longer.'

what made reo snap was when nagi sighed heavily, burying his face in your shoulder once he died in his game.

"mh. we should hang out sometime. you seem pretty cool."

nope, that was the final straw.

reo abruptly stood up, walking towards the two of you and practically yanking you out of nagi's hold, making him fall onto the ground. the white haired boy immediately went to complain, but reo shut it down.

"she's not going on a date with you, nagi! stop trying to steal my girlfriend from me!"

not even close to what nagi had said, nor what he was trying to do.. before he could say anything in retort, reo was pouting and dragging you out of the room, arm tightly wrapped around your waist. he kept that serious and gloomy look on his face as he walked out to his car with you. reo was going to keep you home for the next week, determined to keep you safe and sound from the sights of any men who may have wanted to steal you from him. the purple haired man would probably have a total breakdown if he saw you with another man ever again, especially nagi (even if he trusted his best friend deep down).

"babe? are you-"

"I'M NOT JEALOUS!"

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NAGI SEISHIRO ౨ৎ

"..."

nagi was silent, clutching his phone in his hand as he intently stared at the scene playing out in front of him. the one time he had decided to invite you to his practice game, reo took it upon himself to be a damn gentleman to you- opening doors for you, complimenting you, laughing and talking almost the entire time with you. of course, the rich man just wanted to get along with his best friend's girlfriend and make a good impression, but maybe, he was a bit too much without even realizing it..

"y/n, haha! it's no wonder nagi likes you so much, i totally understand it now. i really get it."

what the hell was that supposed to mean?

a pout came to the sleepy striker's face, an unfamiliar feeling washing over him. was this how it felt to be jealous? quite an annoying feeling, he thought. before he could stop himself, nagi was already walking towards the two of you, and without warning he hugged you tight from behind and tugged you against his chest, burying his face into your neck. right in front of reo.

"y/n..." he whined, "come.. don't want you to hang out with reo anymore. 'ts such a hassle to see."

"huh?" reo blinked, looking pretty confused by his best friend's words.

neither reo or you could say anything else before nagi gently took your hand in his, pulling you away from the now very puzzled man. nagi dragged you to the changing room before groaning in annoyance, cuddling you on the bench.

"baby, what was that-"

"shush. don't talk to reo anymore.. it's a pain to feel like this cus i like you so much. please only talk to me."

you couldn't help but smile- nagi was so cute, all pouty and jealous. you had never seen him get like this before, and you'd be lying if you said it didn't make you feel a bit more special; it proved that nagi really did love you a lot. your boyfriend could be a handful sometimes, but he was worth it at the end of the day. nagi kept you close to him, not letting you leave his embrace for the next hour. he wanted it to be very well known that you were his, and his alone.

♡

ISAGI YOICHI ౨ৎ

"tch." isagi clicked his tongue as he watched bachira get a bit too touchy with you. his stupid best friend knew exactly what he was doing- purposely trying to spike up the blue eyed man's jealousy for the hell of it. there was not real reason to do this, other than the fact it would be hilarious. bachira did know how to ragebait people pretty well..

"nyahaha! y/n, you're so cute!"

the hyper man spoke in a loud enough voice for isagi to hear, grinning ear to ear like a child on christmas. meanwhile, you were pretty confused since you had never met bachira prior to this.

"oh, um.. thank you."

"noooo problem! say, wanna hear a secret?"

bachira glanced over at isagi, who was silently raging, before leaning in to whisper in your ear, his lips dangerously close to your skin.

"isagi's about to be sooo mad~"

on cue, the egoist had marched up to the two, wrapping his arms around your waist and practically throwing you over his shoulder as you yelped in surprise. isagi glared at bachira with jealousy burning in his eyes, to which his best friend burst out laughing.

"we'll talk about this later, bachira."

"haha! whatever you say!"

isagi carried you out of the room, lips pursed in a straight line. he headed towards the exit to take you home- but not without glaring at any man who looked in your general direction, first.

"yoi! c-calm down, i'm pretty sure bachira was just trying to get a rise out of you!"

isagi scoffed, his fingers gripping your thighs a bit more.

"don't care. he should know better than to get so close to something that's mine."

isagi was a totally different person when he was on the field, and when he was jealous. the sweet, man friendly was no where in sight.

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RIN ITOSHI ౨ৎ

isagi was chatting with you, oblivious to the storm that was brewing inside rin. it was now hitting the 30 minute mark of your conversation with him, and deep jealousy was bubbling up inside your emo boyfriend. had the shorter man realized that you were rin's girlfriend? nope, not at all. if he had, he probably wouldn't have entered in your vision in the first place as he definitely didn't want to cause more trouble between him and rin, as the two already had a rivalry of some sort.

"y/n, was it? that's a pretty name." he said with tinted cheeks, giving you a kind smile.

"oh, thanks! i appreciate that a lot."

"y-yeah, no problem..!"

'i'm gonna punch his teeth in.'

the man seethed silently, glaring intensely at isagi. who did this irrelevant piece of trash think he was- getting all flustered around his girlfriend? he was putting him in his place, right now.

"move it, npc number five."

rin practically shoved isagi against the wall to get to you, wrapping his arms around you and darkly shooting a mean look at isagi, who was just recovering from the random act of violence.

"ow- oh, rin? are you two..?"

"she's mine, you moron. did you think your half baked compliments would seriously woo her? you're more pathetic than i thought."

isagi was used to his blunt and rude words at this point, but was definitely surprised by the fact you and rin of all people were dating. he immediately backpedaled.

"no! i wasn't trying anything, dude.. i just wanted to be friends."

"you can't do that, either. someone as bland and boring as you doesn't deserve to talk to her. don't go near her again."

isagi put his hands up in a surrendering motion, a bead of sweat on his cheek.

"bro, chill.. i wasn't planning on it."

isagi walked away, half embarrassed by the situation and half annoyed by rin's constant insults back to back. you simply giggled at rin's obvious jealousy, pressing a kiss to his cheek.

"aw, y'so cute when you're jealous."

"i wasn't jealous, idiot."

"whatever you say.."

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AN: this was sm fun to write! tysm for the request hunnie ^_^

[scribblesofagoonerr]

buddy and monkey hc’s during the euros and how they were at the final? 🤭💗

— euros final hc's | buddy & monkey: double the trouble

Oooh! i absolutely love this hc, so i even wanted to add some photos, hehe as well! (sorry it took me so long for it, haha)

at the time of the euros, buddy had only just turned 1 recently so she wasn't to sure of what was going on around her but of course she was still there at the game, decked out in a pair of pink ear defenders with a custom made little england top, to watch leah and the rest of the lionesses lift the trophy

buddy was a bit fussy during the match so she was passed to each of the girls who tried to help her calm down but she eventually settled in monkey's arms, which monkey still is proud of that achievement that she could settle baby buddy down when nobody else couldn't and will remind jordan about given the chance

"ha, remember that time that buddy wouldn't settle for anyone apart from me? yeah, me too!"

monkey at first was her usual chaotic self and she wasn't able to sit in her seat that much while being on the edge, biting her nails as she watched in anticipation, annoying most of the arsenal girlies with her fidgeting but the moment that buddy was placed in her arms, its' like a wave of calmness for them both, which led baby buddy to fall asleep.

that being said monkey was absolutely buzzing when england won and as soon as the whistle blew, she gently handed a sleeping buddy back to jordan before she made a run for the pitch, where she literally tackled leah to the ground in happiness for her - she was standing on the side of the pitch to watch them lift the trophy and all but kept begging for leah to wear it at least once,

"come on just let me try it on, please? i swear i won't drop it or damage it whatsoever. pretty pretty pretty please!"

which the blonde eventually caved in to agree too.

"Fine, fine, you can try it on if you quit whining about it, but don't drop it!"

buddy was ecstatic to wear the medal, wearing it with pride and joy and leah had to literally pry it out of her hands, swearing blind it didn't have that dent in it before

"did you drop it?"

"nope, no, i don't know what you're talkin' about there,"

monkey still to this day denies dropping it, but of course less than 5 minutes after being given it, she did indeed drop it.

the celebrations were in full swing and monkey was on the dance floor, completely high on sugar and dancing the night away until she eventually crashed out on the middle of the dance floor

"you know one of us is going to have to carry her back right?"

"yeah, you're right there. heads or tails?"

at the end of the night leah carried monkey to bed while jordan followed swiftly with buddy, both of them fast asleep after the long day and night.

continue to send me all the hc's of buddy & monkey you want, i love answering them! 💗

[tickle-headcanons]

hmmmmmm... you know Roblox?

If so, can you do c00lkidd (forsaken) TK hcs?/nf

(Well....why not both? >:3 C00lkidd first, then Bluudud)

🛸 C00lkidd Tickle Headcanons 🛸

General

Switch, leaning lee but very in denial about it — he acts way too cool and above it all until someone sneaks a tickle in and suddenly he’s screeching like a kid in a water balloon fight

Most ticklish spots? His ribs, stomach, thighs, and underarms are a MESS — like, corrupted code level glitching if you hit them just right 💻⚡

His laugh is chaotic, almost staticky — it sounds like it’s glitching between real laughter and broken audio squeals: “H-HAHA—SKRRK—QUIT IT—!”

Has a twitchy, reactive body — even a fake-out wiggle near him will make him short-circuit and scramble backwards like “D-Dude no. NOPE. Don't. You better NOT—!”

Absolutely pretends he’s immune to tickles, then folds in half the second fingers meet skin

👾 Lee!C00lkidd ����

Genuinely hates how ticklish he is. Throws a full-on fit when you find out:

“BRO! NOT COOL—T-THAT’S ILLEGAL—!!”

“HAX!! YOU’RE USING TICKLE HAX!!”

Writhes around like a glitchy NPC, arms flailing, legs kicking — it’s like watching someone try to uninstall being ticklish in real time

If you go for his tummy he just completely spaghettifies into laughter and corrupted visuals 💀

Will threaten revenge mid-tickling but can barely get the words out through the hysterics:

“I-I swear I’m gonna—gonna PATCH YOU OUT OF EXISTENCE!!”

Starts glitching more intensely the more he laughs — gets all staticky and jittery until he’s a flopped-over mess of code and giggles

Afterward he’ll sulk in a corner like, “That was so uncool…” but his screen is still faintly smiling 😳

💀 Ler!C00lkidd 💀

A mischievous and slightly unhinged Ler 😈

LOVES exploiting weaknesses — especially when he finds your worst tickle spot, he’s relentless

Teases nonstop: “Ohhhh~ is this variable a little too sensitive? Maybe I should run that command again~”

Uses the c00lgui for evil, like spawning hands, gadgets, or corrupted vines to do the work while he sits back grinning

Will hold you in place with glitched walls and say things like “Welcome to tickle.exe… This game’s got NO exit key~”

Actually very playful underneath all the chaos — if he trusts you, his tickling becomes more of a wild goofy game

Aftercare is him dramatically pretending you lost, like “Haha!! Victory!! Now give me a soda!!” while clearly a little flustered himself

Now

🍬 Bluudud Tickle Headcanons 🍬

General

Total lee, no question. He acts like a ler for 2 seconds before someone wiggles fingers near his side and he folds like wet paper

Still pretends he's in a video game, so if you tickle him, he’s just like “WHO HACKED ME??! MY DEFENSES ARE DOWN!!”

Glows brighter when flustered. You tickle him, he’s literally pulsing with embarrassment

Can and WILL do his silly "yayyy wahooo weeeeee" emote to try and escape tickles, but if you catch him mid-dance? It’s over

His laugh is LOUD, unfiltered, full of silly “WAAHAAHAAH!!”s and staticy squeals. Sometimes breaks into streamer-style “WOOHOOO—OH MY GOSH!!”

Gets so hyped up he just glitches and falls over. A total blue ball of chaotic giggles

🌀 Lee!Bluudud 🌀

His worst spots are:

Sides: He goes insane there

Underarms: Tries to block but ends up flailing like a ragdoll

Belly and ribs: Causes his glow to flicker and voice clips to randomly play—“H-HUHUHACKING MY GIGGLE DRIVE—!”

Wiggle your fingers and he’s already halfway across the room screaming “NO NO NO NOT THE BLUUU—!!”

Will talk to his imaginary camera during it like:

“Chat, you SEEIN’ THIS?! I’M GETTING TICKLE STREAM SNIPED 😭😭”

His blunnies will try to help… but they’re all ticklish too so it turns into a domino pile of giggly blue chaos

After a tickle attack, he’s all flopped out with his mouth open, cheeks puffed, and panting like “THAT… WAS NOT… A FAIR FIGHT…” but he’s totally smiling

🍭 Ler!Bluudud 🍭

Absolute goblin of a ler. Doesn’t even try to hide it—he’ll shout “TICKLE RAAAAAAID!!!” before diving at someone

Uses his rainbow lollipop like a tickle wand, poking and swirling it around like a goofball

Has custom streamer voicelines while tickling:

“LET’S GET SOME LOLZ IN CHAT!!”

“I GOT THE GIGGLE COMBO!! WEEEEE!!”

WILL pin you down mid-emote and chant “bluuDANC TICKLE TIME!!!”

Loves messing with C00lkidd most of all. The two will literally end up tickling each other into KO-style chaos

Surprisingly gentle when he’s not in gremlin-mode. If you’re sad or tired, he’ll go “Tickle time...” and scribble little giggles out of you to cheer you up 🥺

[cringemesstickles]

A Game Of Chase… But Why?

(TickleTober Day 2: Chase)

Summary: Sam and Dean are wrapped up in a game of chase. Castiel is confused.

Pairing: None (Maybe Destiel if you squint)

Word Count: 1293

A/N: ikik another SPN fic… I can’t help it :v

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The bunker was quiet as there wasn’t much to do. There were no apocalypses, no universes shattering, no Lucifer… just a normal day.

And there, sitting on the couch, was the former angel of the Lord, Castiel, hands clasped in his lap as he stared at the wall with his usual pensive expression. His thoughts were quickly interrupted by the sound of boots pounding against the floors, as well as familiar voices shouting through the halls.

“Get back here, Sammy! You know what’s coming!” Dean yelled, his voice carrying a mixture of playfulness and warning.

Sam darted around a sharp corner, his longer legs giving him a slight advantage over his older brother. The angel could overhear the back and forth and the rapid footsteps, but he couldn’t, for the life of him, figure out what was going on.

“Come on, man! I didn’t finish it on purpose! If you wanted it so bad, you should’ve put your name on it!” cried the younger Winchester, his laughter echoing through the labyrinthine halls.

The noise was quite distracting. Castiel considered moving thinking spots before the brothers came bounding into the living area, giving the angel a start.

Sam ran in first, darting behind the couch before Dean followed, taking a wide stance on the opposite side, his hands raised and his fingers formed like claws. Throughout this, neither of them even acknowledged their angelic friend, who could only hope to figure out what on earth was unfolding in front of him.

“Excuses, excuses!” Dean growled, a playful grin on his face as he circled the couch, attempting to subtly close the distance between him and his brother. “You know what happens when you mess with my pie!”

Just as Dean was about to lunge, Castiel’s gravelly voice caught their attention.

“Has Dean been possessed? Why do you appear to be so… urgent?”

The brothers stopped in their tracks, sharing a baffled look before turning back to Castiel.

“Cas, Dean isn’t possessed…” Sam explained, a small, amused smile on his lips. Meanwhile, that cheeky expression found its way back to the older Winchester’s face as he eyed the youngest in the room.

“Oh, I’m possessed, alright… possessed by the tickle monster!” he growled before jumping toward Sam while the younger was distracted, his fingers latching onto the man’s sides and digging in with vigor.

As Sam yelped and burst into a fit of boisterous laughter, grappling onto the back of the couch to try and keep upright, Castiel cocked his head to the side, looking more confused than before as he watched the scene unfold.

“Tickle monster? I do not recall reading about this in lore books… I suppose the name is self-explanatory… How do you defeat it?”

The laughter only got louder at that question, and Sam shook his head, trying his best to answer their friend’s question while his brother was destroying him with tickles.

“N-No, no, no, it’s not a real—haha—monster! Dean’s just being a goof!”

Odd… so this was a playful thing? Castiel had made a lot of progress over the years, but sometimes he thought he’d just never truly understand humans.

“Ah… so you’re not really in danger?”

Dean chuckled, shaking his head as he moved to target the younger’s tummy, causing him to shriek and double over in hysterics. “Nope. The only thing Sammy’s in danger of is dying of laughter… Ain’t that right, Sammy?”

“Shut uhuhuhup!” came Sam’s frantic response.

Castiel’s brow creased with puzzlement, his eyes scanning the scene as if that would help him put the pieces together.

“Why were you chasing him then? He seemed quite alarmed.”

“Because it makes it more fun!”

It seemed that every answer only led to more and more questions. Why on earth would being chased be fun? Castiel had been chased before, and he recalled it as a very unpleasant experience.

“Fun? I fail to see how running for your life could be ‘fun,’” he said bluntly, tuning out the sound of Sam’s squeals as the elder’s fingers scribbled all over his belly.

Dean rolled his eyes and decided to show Sam some mercy so that they could help their angel friend out, giving his younger brother a pat on the shoulder and helping him stand. How on earth were they supposed to explain this to an angel? It was clear that Castiel didn’t have even a shred of understanding on this matter, so they were practically starting from nowhere.

“It just kind of is… the thrill of the chase, y’know?” Dean tried his hand at explaining, admittedly doing a horrible job. As the taller man sat up and plopped onto the couch, he decided to take a crack at it.

“It’s just a playful thing, Cas… When you’re not in any danger and you’re just messing around, chases can be pretty fun.” Sam smiled, trying his best to put it in simple terms. He’d also learned that it was better to explain things in a more blunt manner, since the angel could be quite… literal.

Castiel hummed, nodding slightly. “I see… Perhaps I should try to engage more. I often forget to, as Dean once put it, be less angelic.”

Dean gave a snort of laughter, raising his hands to threateningly wiggle his fingers at the angel. “Oh, buddy, you do NOT wanna get roped into this!”

At that, the angel gave a tilt of his head, his expression a mixture of amusement and bewilderment as he processed his friend’s words. “Dean, I do not believe you could take me… I am an angel of the Lord.”

Sam’s gaze bounced back and forth between the two, interested to see where this would go. Should he intervene? Maybe… but how? And frankly, why? This was pretty damn hilarious. And so, he kept his mouth shut, choosing to observe, but not before popping in with a friendly warning.

“Cas, I really wouldn’t challenge him… He’s ruthless,” he said, his voice the kind that speaks from experience. And if anyone could speak from experience on this matter, it was definitely Sam.

But the angel did not heed Sam’s warning. “Perhaps to you, Sam. But a human cannot merely take down an angel of the Lord.”

Dean’s eyes were twinkling with mischief, subtly shuffling closer to his angelic friend, hands raised menacingly. Dean was always up for a challenge. “Don’t tempt me, angel… I’ll make you eat those words.”

Castiel crossed his arms, giving a huff of disbelief. “Words cannot be eaten, Dean,” he stated matter-of-factly. It was at this moment that Sam realized he might have an out for the long, drawn-out tickle attack he would endure had this not become a thing. So, he sat up and casually started to shuffle away.

“Well, you guys have fun… Just try not to kill each other.”

He got all of three steps away before he heard a shrill shriek, and when he turned around, he saw his older brother straddling Castiel’s hips and digging his fingers into the angel’s ribs. While Sam wanted to stick around and watch the endearing scene, he knew it would only be a matter of time before Dean remembered their unfinished business… so he had to skedaddle.

“Oh, don’t think this means you’re off the hook, Sammy! Once I’m finished with this angel, you’re toast!”

And that was Sam’s cue to run… again.

While the angel didn’t fully understand games of chase, he did understand friendship and brotherhood… and that was precisely what he got from the Winchesters. Maybe he’d come around eventually, but for now, he was more than content to play around the Winchester way… with lots of teasing, banter, and of course, the occasional tickle attack.

[cultkinkcoven]

VERY NSFW Minors DNi

Lucifer’s been doing this thing where he flip flops on whether or not he derives sexual pleasure from intimacy and sex and all that. Sometimes he’s like “It doesn’t stimulate me in the same way, I don’t get horny in the same way you do. nope. It’s just a method of communication.”

and I’m like okay that’s all fine and good. Makes sense.

But he dances around with it a lot. Other times he very much seems to, he does things that are, in retrospect very perverted and unnecessary, (asking me to sit a certain way, comments about my body and behaviour, suggestive things that I don’t even notice sometimes) and seems to just straight up ignore the fallacy. I know it’s all part of his mind games.

There was a time during a trance when I was layed up in a couch in his study, I was naked, and he, working at his desk, made some comment about how I looked “very tempting”

and I said some shit like “must not be so tempting since you’re still at your desk.” and he, somewhat begrudgingly, rose from his desk and propped himself over me. And for a little bit we were kind of wrestling and I was eventually bursting into laughter because he was tossing me around. good times :)

at some point in our wrestling I said something like “tempted to do what, I thought you didn’t get horny old man?” and he’d said something like “do you want to see how horny I can get?” and I know that he was just messing with me, but it’s one of those things. Every time it gets to the point where I’m like “do you want to?” he just spins in back on me, “well, you must want to, so perhaps I do.”

I’ve been biking around a lot, chasing and feeding the crows, and my tailbone has been hurting. I think I bruised it. I come inside and rip off my sweaty clothes and am looking in the mirror (which sits on his altar) inspecting my lower back. It’s been hurting for like quite a while so I was slightly nervous I might have fractured something maybe.

and he’s like “I’m sorry you’re hurting” and I’m like 🤷‍♂️ it’s okay, it’s not that bad at all. Just hurts to sit a certain way. Does it look bad?

and I feel him sort of guide my hand to my back, to my tailbone, and kind of localize the pain and prompt my fingers to start rubbing it. and i’m kind of like “yup, right there”- as in, that’s the spot I’ve hurt.

and he’s like “Keep rubbing it”

and I feel my fingers getting warm, so i’m like oh cool a healing thing okay. I figured because I got hurt giving offerings, he’d maybe? Idk help me out ??? Idk

and so I’m like, rubbing my tailbone, and he’s like “Faster, turn your hips a little bit. That’s very good. Yeah…. like that…. good boy…. ”

and I’m slightly confused but I’m like okay?

and he’s like “you know you look very nice today”

and I’m like :)) aw thanks! I just woke up lol haha-

and then I catch myself in the mirror and realize he was trying to get me to ?? turn my ASS towards the mirror???

and I’m like HEY !! YOU!!! I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING!

and he’s like “Your tailbone seems to be fine you just keep agitating the bruise. Take a break from biking for the next few days.”

and I’m like HOLD ON. STOP

RrRRAAA

[inukag-archive]

Hello! I love all that you do! I am looking for modern aus, I like ones where the whole gang is there and they are roommates or go to college together or work together or something. Spicy would be preferable too haha! But really, any spicy modern au!

The gang's all here, Nonnie!

(May)Be Mine? by @fandomobsessions016 (E)

To win a bet, Kagome and Inuyasha team up to convince their closest friends that they are not at all interested in each other. Not... at... all. Totally platonic. One hundred percent.

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Lover by @Lavendertwilight89 (E)

Inuyasha decided to study aboard in England. What he hadn't anticipated was falling in love.

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A Not So Far Quest by @clearwillow /BrigidTheFae (E)

Modern college AU. InuKag and MirSan pairings. There's something to be said for anonymity in MMORPGs. A story about a game that's less about the game and more its players.

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Nuts About You by @shikonstarStar (E)

Inuyasha has always hated drawing attention to his doglike attributes. But if the girl of his dreams is in danger? He’ll get on all fours and bark if he has to.

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Atelier by CloudsCloudlet (E)

Kagome doesn’t wait tables because she cares about it, or because she feels some kind of calling to serve food. She does it because she’s an artist who hasn’t quite made enough of a name for herself to quit her day job, and because working in one of San Francisco’s finest restaurants means she makes enough money to survive.

When the famous Chef Inuyasha Taisho takes over in the kitchen he's grating and rude and Kagome instantly hates him. Until he starts showing up to her gallery showings, and to drinks with her coworkers. She soon realizes she may be powerless to resist him.

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Switch by @moomischief (E)

"There are three main pillars for a healthy S&M relationship: Trust, Respect and Control." "Aren't they different depending on your position?" "Nope, two heads of the same coin. Makes it easy when you're a switch, no new rules."

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Black Diamond by @fawn-eyed-girl (E)

Inuyasha wants to go skiing. Kagome wants to stay at the lodge, read her book, and drink hot chocolate. When Inuyasha finally convinces her to hit the slopes, things don't go as planned, and Inuyasha and Kagome deal with the implications...together.

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The One With All the Kissing by @jeremymarsh (M)

“The half-demon appeared in the hallway, looking furtively left and right as if he expected someone to materialize at any moment and to be caught red-handed. Once he made sure he was alone, he closed the door behind him and stared at the one with the number 20 on it. In a second, he crossed the hall, knocked and entered, all the while maintaining a furtive stance and an agitated expression on his face. He breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the sound of the lock turning, and only then did he turn towards the apartment’s sole occupant. “Did anyone see you?” she asked, startled, as if afraid of the answer. “Clear,” was his reply, moving so close that there was hardly any space between them. “Perfect,” Kagome continued, replacing her concerned frown with a mischievous smile. At that point, oblivious to any fear she had had up to that instant, she concentrated only on him. She rested a hand on his chest and lifted her face to meet his golden eyes. “Perfect,” Inuyasha echoed before he captured her lips in a kiss, leading her towards the bedroom.”

Or: Inuyasha and Kagome get in trouble as they try to hide their relationship from their friends.

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Neighbor Crush (The Thread) by @shinidamachu (G)

Modern AU, anyone? This was heavily inspired by a twitter thread I read a while ago, about a guy who developed a major crush on his neighbor’s voice and, with his roommate’s help, managed to ask him out.

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Dorm Life by @dawnrider (M)

[Complete]AU- Kagome comes home to find her room... occupied. She goes to her best friend's room to sleep and finds more than she bargained for on his futon. What will our funny little college kiddies do?

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FML by L.M. Avalon (T)

"Today, I was paired with the girl I've been crushing on all semester for our big final project. While waiting for me at my dorm, she hung out with my three roommates. Now all of them are in love with her, too. FML" AU.

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In With the New by Michi4 (T)

AU: In a house that rents rooms out to college students, Sango is the only female tenant now that Kikyo's moved out. Now a new girl's moving into Kikyo's room: COMPLETE!...HumorDramaRomance Sequel up!

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The Study Group by NinjaGamerFF (M)

Sometimes you just need a break from the grind. Despite the name, the study group was formed as a way to relax from the stress and demands of college. The only rule: don't get attached. Kagome found that easy enough until the newest member came along. What was once supposed to be a fun diversion has become a distraction of a different sort. AU. Lemons.

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April Fools.

Maurice Moss x reader CW: just a fluffy story/ reader is referred to as "New girl"

“I like your glasses” “I'm afraid they're not for sale.” “Haha!” “Laugh all you want, they're not for sale.”

An April fools' prank in the office goes wrong, ending in plans for a date with an unexpected bachelor from your department

You gazed down at the 8 little pixels on your cheap flip phone indicating April had finally come, however you were more interested in checking if the numbers “01:30” had finally gone up yet. Nope. Not yet.

The constant game of waiting in this musty and cramped office draped in wires and geeky paraphernalia was enough to draw a long dramatic sigh out from the back of your throat.

Only 3 and a half hours till you could go home- surely you would be able to wait that long…

“...heh- he… he-” 

The sudden Irish giggling of a grown man approaching was enough to make you drag your heavy head up off your desk. What now?

“Heh- hey new girl… I have a secret- pfff!- to tell you…” Roy smirked. His hair was an oily mess, and his stubble was growing in already, yet despite this; he was positively radiating pure mischief which honestly shocked you. It was only your second week on the job, but you already believed the tired scowl he normally carried was practically carved into his face. 

Roy was up to no good (that was obvious) but you couldn't help but go with it. Your deathly boring shift would only continue to torture you until 5 so you had plenty of time to burn- even if that meant willingly listening to whatever unnecessarily detailed mid life crisis Roy needed advice on.

You only nodded in response since you already knew Roy didn’t need permission, all he needed was for you to not run away like the rest of the women in his life.

He choked back a laugh under his breath before staring in silence. His pause was deafeningly long and a little bit uncomfortable but was broken quite suddenly with:

“You know Moss… Haha.. Well.. HeHasABigFatCrushOnYouButIsTooMuchOfAWimpToAdmitIt- BAHAHAHA!” the scruff man erupted into uncontrollable laughter.

It took you a second to finally decode his rushed confession but by the time you did, Roy had crawled off to seemingly repeat the whole conversation to Jen- embellishing it with made up backstory and excessive use of “yeah, y'know.”

Wow. You needed to unpack this.

Firstly, You knew Roy could be tough sometimes but to tattle on his best friend was just cruel. Even if it was just a bluff, if someone did that to you, you know you would probably cry- who knows how Moss might react. It was impossible to understand Roy's laughter.

Secondly, don't get me started on the obscenity of this whole situation…

Moss? like the same Maurice Moss who almost fainted at the mere sight of a bra strap poking out from under your blouse. That Moss..? You’ve got to be kidding me.. This had to be a joke.

While you couldn't be more unamused by his statement, one thought kept bouncing back and forth in your head like a game of 8-bit pong… 

(Or maybe it felt that way since Roy was playing it on his computer with the volume up too loud)

One thought that maybe you should give him the opportunity to ask you out, you had nothing to lose right? You could admit, when work was slow -maybe one or twice- your eyes had lingered on your coworker a little longer than usual. You didn’t mean to though! You were just curious. Does a man like him even have a love life? It confused you.

Deciding to tempt fate, you pushed the squeaky wheels of your roller chair over to his desk, resting your legs on an empty spot on top of his table- to be honest, it wasn't that bad when compared to yours- his view of the office was a nice change of scenery. 

And thus, the vicious waiting game resumed with a new objective. Like a live worm on a hook, you waited for a certain unsuspecting fish to take the bait.

*

“Jen, you will never guess what this woman on the 7th floor just said to me!” Moss came speeding into the office, walking right past you.

A lump formed in your throat. Maybe this was a bad idea after all…

“Hi new girl. Hi Roy,” Moss stopped and waved each time he walked past before continuing towards Jen’s office, “Jen! I don't know why but this woman- she kept trying to buy my glasses! I told her–” 

Slam! 

There, he left.

-Didn't even notice you. You couldn't tell if the embarrassment was so mortifying you were about to turn stark white or bright pink. You couldn't believe it! Moss just walked right past you with barely a glance. 

Have you ever actually liked Moss? Of course not, but his ignorance was enough to make you drown in rejection spurred resentment. How could he!?

And there you were, practically laid out before him like a dream- feet up on his desk clearly yearning for his attention! Isn't that all a guy could want?! -Apparently not, considering the way he just straight up ignored you.

He didn't even seem to care that you were on his desk for Christ's sake! (And that is absolutely unbelievable after you once watched him almost burn the office to the ground when Roy took his stapler…)

Deflating in defeat, you kicked your feet down off of his desk and sadly dragged your chair back to your desk.

You didn't like him like that though. No way. It just happened to hurt your pride a little…

*

The clock struck 4:45pm and you were on the edge of your seat, impatient to go home.

After that earlier fiasco, you contemplated leaving early or even just jumping out a window! Unfortunately, those plans found themselves unfulfilled as you had a report to finish by yesterday, and it's hard to find a vacant window when your office is in the basement… 

Sigh.. You sank back into your chair to gaze up at the weirdly mysterious stains on the roof. The wait was a never ending road trip of “are we there yet?” and bugs cruelly smeared against the front windshield. There were no bugs, however- only you. As seconds passed like hours, you couldn’t help but linger your gaze back across the room. Gleaming in the blinding light of his boxy computer, his eyes lit up with the concentration of a thousand worlds. His messy curls bobbed along with his subtle movements. Your mind raced with rapid thoughts; Gosh, he better not pass his hand through his hair- that would be too…

“hot.” You mumbled. 

“What?”

His eyes glanced up, locking with yours for only an instant. The spiral of emotions it sparked almost sent you flying off your chair. Shit-Shit-Shit-Shit-Shit! You didn't mean to say that out loud!

“If you want, I can turn the fan on for you?” Moss offered as he diligently typed away at this keyboard.

Your internal monologue ran miles per second as you ran into overdrive –overheating in mere seconds like a dusty hard drive.

“Ah… No, it's fine- I just need some air,” you smiled trying not to crack under pressure, “It's just a little stuffy in here.”

“Whatever floats your boat.” He enthusiastically replied. Gosh, he’s so infuriating sometimes- how could he even ignore you after everything Roy said earlier?!

You couldn't believe it.

You audibly huffed out a deep breath as you started packing up your belongings. No, your shift was not over yet but that didn't matter anymore. If he wasn't going to say it, you would.

You approached him quickly and with more obvious frustration than usual- lightly tapping on his shoulder once you stood directly beside him. 

Knees wobbling slightly, this was it- No backing out now.

“Hey… uh actually- Would you like to see a movie… together?”

“Oh, Hey new girl,” Moss turned off his computer entirely, then he turned away from his desktop to give you his full attention, “Which film?”

You didn't think this far- fuck. In all honesty you expected your co-worker, Maurice- mama's boy- Moss, to be chastely against such an obvious attempt at asking him out. He must be oblivious, right? That has to be it. “Uhhhmmm….. The devil wears Prada!” “I’m afraid, absolutely not.”

“Final destination 3?”

“No way! My mum says I’m not old enough for that” “Moss… you’re 30.” “And?” he sassed back. You sighed. oh my god this is so embarrassing!- 

“Ok, how about Lord of the rings- I rented it recently but I haven’t had the time to watch it yet…” A pause shifted the weight of the room as Moss came to a decision as if the room fell silent apart from the monotonous clicking of keys across the room. It was only you and Moss now.

Your mind did a back take; oh my gosh, did I just invite him over to my house? Your face grew hot. In that moment, all you wished for was that moss would come to his senses and cancel- just go back to work and pretend that none of this ever happened. Your thoughts hosted a circus of backflips and somersaults trying to figure out how you would deal with his inevitable rejection- or even worse, what would you do if he said yes? Like a flatline, all that remained in your head was a long, drawn out string of curse words that echoed endlessly “Sure!” he exclaimed in that same cheery voice that stopped your heart a little.

Before you could say anything, Moss dodged backwards to hand you a business card. 

While you noted the odd font and poor colour choice, (or the fact that you weren’t in need of a "semi-professional dungeon master and landline servicer”) the 7 digit number stared back at you with a strength that was uncharacteristic to this bizarre design. Maybe something about it was special, making it stand out against the dark maroon background. 

Maybe you were just enthralled at the fact that you finally had his number. “I guess it’s a date.” Moss shot back as he picked his worn out satchel up and over his head. Wait. what-Despite your dumbfounded state, you tried to stop him but you were too late. He was already waltzing out the door past a disgruntled Irish man who looked just as wide eyed as you were. “You do realise I made that all up right? It’s April first,” Roy shot out in a high pitched tone, “wait a minute… are you two-”

“-IHaveToGoNowBye-”

And just like that, you ran out the door a flushed pink mess.

[marshmallowprotection]

Hello! This is my first mysme ask so I'm very nervous haha.

I wanted to jump in on the VAE talk, but it has nothing to do with Saeran! What I don't like about the VAE is...the difference in V himself.

I don't think I have a good grasp on his character. It's difficult for someone like me to want to even try to understand him after some of the things he's done! It feels as if the VAE forces us to be in a position of being forgiving and understanding of Rika and her abuse towards Saeran for him to be happy...and that's very strange to me? Because, V, in VAE works to help Saeran while simultaneously you only get the good ending with him if you're explicitly "okay with" what she did to him?

I think either version of Another Story V is a frustrating character to delve into! Its easy to look at him and think "wow he spouts off about caring about his friends and caring about saeran but when it all comes down to it, he only cares about this one person that hurt everyone else he claims to care for"

Ray AE V and VAE V are very hard to adapt to because of this, I think? :/ Character analysis for these types are not my strong suit clearly. I know there's more to V than this, but it's hard to look past his "be okay with forgiving an abuser for me to be happy with you (VAE) or be okay with me going alongside this abuser while guilt tripping you to understand her (Ray AE)" type thing.

I think I at least understand Rika as a character better than him to be quite honest.

Let me preface this by saying that V's After Ending is a mess. It's a hot mess and it does a major disservice to Jihyun Kim in more ways than one. A lot of people really don't believe this because Saeran is my favorite character, but Jihyun is my third favorite character right behind Saeyoung. His After Ending hurts in more ways than one due to what happens in terms of forgiveness and judgement.

The game forces you into a corner and shames you if you decide to judge Rika Kim for her actions. I cannot tell you how triggering the Judgement Ending is, not only for myself, but for many others who played it. I don't suggest anyone play that ending if they don't think they can stomach being told it's "their fault Rika is suffering for them not forgiving Rika."

Nope.

It's not our job or obligation to forgive Rika Kim.

If you choose to forgive her, great, but why are we, as the players, being told that the only way to achieve the Good Ending, because, let's face it, the forgiveness ending is the real GOOD ENDING, is by being told to forgive Rika no matter how you feel about it. Cannot tell you how angry I was when that happened, and I know plenty of other people were just as upset.

When the VAE first came out, I can remember people emailing Cheritz and telling them why telling people they need to forgive another person isn't okay. I can't believe that's something that's gotta be explained. But, we live in a world where people tell us we need to forgive, forget, and get over our pain, no matter how large or small very often, and people don't think about those who don't want to ever forgive the people who hurt them or the people they love.

That's the one thing I love about Saeran's After Ending. The RAE doesn't mince words with anyone about affirmed choice. You get choices in the RAE to decide what you want in terms of forgiveness, and by God, the other characters do, too. You get to decide what you want, Saeran gets to decide what he wants, and the RFA gets to pick what they want, and you know what's great?

NOBODY'S JUDGED FOR CHOOSING ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. IT IS THAT EASY.

You are not being forced to forgive Rika in the RAE. I don't know where people get that thought. If anything, you get to tell her the truth of how you feel her for her multiple times, and the only time that the player is "nice" to her is near the end of the RAE where you speak to her to find out where Saeran is, and honestly, you can read into that as "I'm pretending to be nice because I need to find Saeran before he dies" or, if you decide to embrace Rika and forgive her on your own, you can do that and then find Saeran.

But, you're not being forced one way or another to forgive Rika here. But, in Jihyun's After Ending, you are baited into forgiving her to not get the ending that tells you that you're to blame for Rika suffering in the hospital for not forgiving her. That's being kicked for choosing to do what you want, and that's WRONG.

Jihyun himself confesses that he knows he's in the wrong with Rika in the RAE. He's given up on himself, though. He decides he has to keep his promise no matter what. That's the difficult part for most people to swallow.

His mentality is: "I need to save her because of my promise, but I also made a promise to Saeyoung, so I need to keep both of my promises even if that makes my a villain." This is not okay. This isn't healthy. It's not ever going to be okay and he knows it's not okay. He just... wants to be a savior even if it's self-destructive.

I don't like that Jihyun is hardly in his own After Ending. It focuses on judgement and forgiveness of Rika. I would've preferred to spend all my time focusing on Jihyun instead of playing a losing situation with the RFA. We had to face Rika no matter what because she is more or less the main reason why the game exists, but V's After Ending had no business being as focused on her as much as it was.

Because, in moments we do see with V, I enjoy those, because I see him reflecting and growing in as a person, not perfect, nobody's ever going to be perfect, but he was trying, and for someone who stopped trying a long time ago, it's hopeful to know that he's decided to try his hand at life once again without succumbing to self-destruction as we often see him do.

Jihyun Kim is a character that a lot of people have a hard time understanding, so if you feel like you haven't gotten a grasp on who he is as a person, I think that's understandable. Rika Kim is up there, too. I like to understand what brought them to the point they're at in the game, and sometimes, there are people who think that I do that to find excuses for their actions. I don't.

I don't find reasons to explain their actions because I want to excuse them. I want to understand as best as I can why they got to that point in the first place. Understanding someone doesn't mean you excuse their actions. It means you have better insight as to why they do what they do, and even then, understanding why someone got somewhere in life doesn't mean you'll understand their choices. It just means you see their explanation, their excuses, their reasoning, and knowing the in's and out doesn't mean you condone what they did.

It just means you learned who they are and how they feel. I know why Jihyun and Rika react the way they do at times, but I don't agree with it or excuse it. I get angry because I see them walking down a path of torture, hatred, and pain. I see them stand at the precipice of choice, and chose to ignore reality in favor of another route, and I get angry, and disappointed. Because, especially in the case of Jihyun, he was so close to making the right decision in Ray Route, but he decided to turn away from it.

Jihyun Kim regressed from making any personal progress because he saw Saeran and MC do what he and Rika seemingly did not. That is that, it's important to understand that V/Rika and Saeran/MC are narrative foils. If you want to see toxic, unhealthy codependency as it sinks deeper and deeper into a pit, look no further than V and Rika. If you want to see a couple who're trying to be individuals but also value communicating with their partner before they leap, that's Saeran and MC.

V and Rika make choices that feed into the worst parts of each other and they don't stop even when they know they could. Jihyun admits it himself in the RAE. He thinks that he has no choice but to keep his promise he made to Rika, even though he knew it wasn't healthy for him, or Rika, for that matter. Jihyun believes in his heart that he can't abandon Rika even if he wants to, because he hasn't overcome that grief in his heart over his mother's death.

He hurt his mother when he was a teenager, and he never had the chance to make it up to her or apologize. His mother died protecting him. She gave her life to save his. He thinks that love requires a sense of selfless sacrifice no matter what, that he needs to a Savior or even God to make up for his mother's death. He sees beauty in Rika's pain, she's his muse, and she looks upon him like a God for very long time. He relishes in that, because it helps him feel better about his trauma.

Jihyun was everything she wanted to be because she didn't want to be herself. She idolized Jihyun Kim. She was obsessed with him. It's just that her obsession was different than his. She wanted to become him, in every sense of word, so she would no longer have to Rika Kim. It's written in her diary that you can get from the Special Believer box.

Rika and V's love was built on infatuation, obsession, and the hurt two people had from their childhoods that had not yet healed. They helped each other "cope" but the way they "coped", was only further serving as a means to destroy both of them. I think the visual novel on Day 9 does a good job of having V express his clarity on this fact, and Rika's vehement denial of it, though, it's still messy since V isn't out of the thick of it.

This is just the start of his acceptance journey and he stills chooses to protect Rika after she stabs him at the end of this scene. It's not perfect, but... you can see the lightbulb going off.

Rika herself lives in denial within the confines of the game, and she can only face reality there is when the truth about Mother Choi is revealed. I don't know if people really grasp this at first without sitting down and looking at all the details, but Rika killed Mother Choi in self-defense. The scene is shown to us as Rika would've imagined it, and given that Rika thinks of herself as the devil, it's easy to think she did it without a second thought.

That scene plays out as Rika viewing herself as a devilish murderer who killed in cold blood.

But, that moment when she killed Mother Choi was the moment she gave up on trying to ever see herself as anything but the devil. Do you know what the strange thing is? I never once considered over all the years I've played this game that Jihyun was there with her that night, but he was. He confirmed he was there that night.

That means both he and Rika are bonded with the agonizing fact that Mother Choi is dead because of Rika, self defense or not, and they're the ones who likely had to get rid of her body or even tamper with the crime scene to protect the twins. Murder is a heavy act to carry and I know it's easy for us to joke about wishing harm onto others, but to be a person who has taken another person's life is... I cannot begin to imagine what that feels like.

I know some people feel guilt for the rest of their lives, even if the person they hurt was a bad person. Because, a life is a life, and even if you protect yours and the people you loved, you feel shameful for what you've done. My trying to understanding how that effected Rika is in no way condoning the creation of Mint Eye or the abuse of not only Ray and Saeran, but countless others, it's just another piece of the puzzle to understanding why Rika is the way she is.

Because, hey, cool tragic backstory, still murder!

But, knowing how that fact really bleeds into Jihyun's Savior complex gets you a much broader understanding of why he won't leave Rika in most situations even if that's the correct and right choice for not only him, or her, but quite frankly, literally everyone else.

Jihyun wanted to save his mother from death. He couldn't do that. He wanted to save her because she saved him, and he's wandering life with this idea that love is built on selfless sacrifice no matter the circumstance because he thinks that's what love is. Love is throwing your life away to protect the people you care about. Which, that's not what his mother's sacrifice was about. She died protecting him, but... she never would've wanted him to believe that love is about sacrifice.

She died protecting him of her own accord, that's correct, but that doesn't mean Jihyun has to spend the rest of his life trying to prove to himself that his mother's sacrifice was worth it by sacrificing his mind, heart, body, and soul all the time.

That's what he has to learn to heal.

I sometimes think the game isn't as heavy-handed as it could be to help people understand that this is what's going on inside his head, because a lot of this detail work comes from venturing out into every piece of media you can own from this game and really sitting down to put your head into what you're reading. 

It can be hard for people to understand him or to even want to understand because you get frustrated with his choices. After all, they are so self-destructive. Not only are they destructive to him, they end up being harmful to everyone around him, and that's not okay. Watching him is like watching somebody shoot themselves in the foot.

He doesn't always make the best decisions, and as you get to learn more about him, you realize that he knows he can do better but he doesn't do better for himself. I think that's an aspect of his character that makes him very human, but because it makes him so human, it's easy to be upset with him. You know he can do better and you want him to do better. It leads to a sense of disappointment in him.

People like him do exist, to an extreme degree and to a lesser degree, and I can relate to him in many ways which is why I think it's easier for me to empathize and relate to him as a person. But, it's because I do understand him so intimately that I get angry with him. I get so angry because I know he can do better than what he's doing, and it places a mirror in front of me when I make poor decisions.

As frustrating as he can be at times, he's helped me a lot as a person, and in some regard, I want to help people understand what he's like beyond being upset with him if anyone ever wants to learn about him in any way.

Understanding him will never mean I condone his choices. I can't believe I have to say this so many times, but if I don't reiterate this simple fact, people seem to misconstrue what I'm saying. I like to understand and learn why people do the things they do, but I am right there with everyone else here who is judging and holding them accountable for their actions. I want to have some answers, and even if having those answers doesn't explain anything, I feel better being able to have them.

You know how Saeran feels a little better once he's able to talk to his abusers? He needed to be able to hear what brought them to the point they are standing at today. He needed to know why they were the way they were so that he could learn how to forgive himself. He copied Rika, his Mother, and Saejoong specifically to make himself feel powerful in Mint Eye because that's what he was told to do, he invoked their words and actions against innocent people, believers and even the MC.

He feels better confronting them and having an explanation from their lips even if it's not an answer that explains why people would be needlessly cruel to an innocent person. He's not looking for excuses, he's not looking for them to give him some tragic backstory that makes everything okay, he's looking into their eyes and choosing kindness when they themselves never choose kindness towards him.

He is facing them so that he can face himself. 

Forgiving them is about learning how to forgive himself. It's not about making them feel better, and it's certainly not about letting them into his life. He has those conversations with them as a parting gesture. He's never going to meet with them ever again, but that was how he decided he would find peace for himself.

Would you do the same if you were in his shoes? I don't think I would, I don't think I can ever forgive the people who hurt me, no, I know I'll never forgive them, but Saeran chose what felt right for him and I will not fault him for that.

I will never shame him for choosing what felt right for his healing journey. He forgave them so he could forgive himself and I'm glad that he had the opportunity to make that choice and not a damn person told him not to do what felt right for him. I don't forgive Rika, and I don't forgive V for what happened in the RAE, but, I'm glad to know Saeran got his peace and that he won't judge me for what I feel.

Sometimes, you want an explanation, even if it only proves that those people don't have remorse for what they did. At least, for some folks, having that proof can he helpful. It helps you feel like walking away is the right choice for you and you did what felt right. If you don't want an explanation, if you don't want to hear it, don't seek one.

Walk away and find peace another way.

It's your life, choose what feels right for you and find peace your way.

Wow, I went off a little here, but... I think it's important to note that these characters are complex and it's easy to take away one thing about them when there is so much going on... especially with Jihyun who hasn't always been favored by company and ends up getting the short end of the stick even in his own route. He and Rika can be very frustrating for most players because nobody wants to deal with their back and forth.

I hope this helped give you a little more insight on him. It's always fun to talk about him, contrary to popular belief. Thank you for your question! I hope you feel comfortable asking more!

[haeanotnon]

oc tag game :) tagged by @giselberts thank you!! You'll have to hear more about Oberyn because I'm obsessed with him😆

GENERAL

Name: Oberyn Nerevares

Nickname(s): Alder. This is a pet name that was traditionally given at birth in his family, intended for relatives and friends. He only received his "official" name at twenty, when he ran away from home for adventures and had to somehow introduce himself to strangers. For a while, he used the name Magnus :)

Gender: cis-male

Age: 86

Birthplace: Skyrim

Languages: I can't say for sure, he's pretty good at learning languages, but he's never studied them thoroughly, so he knows everything at different levels, having picked up a few here and there

Sexual orientation: bi, probably. Usually, he focuses more on whether he's interested in a person or not, and most often it turns out to be men.

Occupation: Adventurer and Healer.

FAVORITE

Color: Red, gold, blue :) He mostly likes bright colors, although the right black has its charm too.

Entertainment: He likes to wander here and there and meddle in other people's business. He likes to collect gossip, although he does not spread it further. To some extent, he is addicted to thrills. He plays gambling, but often loses, so he tries not to do it too often.

Pastime: Alchemy, he likes to mix ingredients, and create some new potions. Blacksmithing, although he is not very good at it, he makes his own arrows, and finds it quite meditative. And also embroidery :) He mainly fixes holes in leather, embroidering flowers on them, but if you give him enough free time, he can even swing at some tapestry.

Food: He eats EVERYTHING. from insects to tree bark, completely indiscriminate. But his favorite is probably fruits, apples and pears. He eats them with the pits too :')

Drinks: Also something sweet, wine or cider if he can choose.

Books: He likes diaries and biographies. Anything where other people express their thoughts.

HAVE

Graduated from university: He studied to be a doctor under another master, does that count?

Had sex in public: Haha, no :) He was too shy for it when he was younger, and then no one asked him.

Got tattoos: Nope, never had the chance. Although maybe he would have agreed if he was in the right mood, it would have taken him a long time to figure out what to get.

Got piercings: Oh yeah! He loves shiny things, so he has a lot of piercings in his ears, tongue and belly button.

Had a broken heart: when his daughter married an idiot :'). This is a joke (he thinks her husband is a good guy, although of course not without stupidity (he is biased, what can you do)) In general, he had to lose close people a couple of times, and he takes it very hard.

Was in love: yeah. A couple of times not bad, a few times very unsuccessfully, and once just great :))

THEY

Hugs: He's very tactile, although he's used to being more reserved at this age. He loves to cuddle and hold hands, and if you sleep in the same bed with him, you'll definitely wake up tangled :)

Easily scared: He's practically immune to scary things, but he can be easily startled by loud noises or flashes of light if he's not prepared for it.

Easily jealous: He's not jealous at all, and he believes in trusting people close to him, because who else?

Trustworthy: If you let him hold a glass at a party, he'll die for it.

FAMILY

Siblings: Uhhh, he doesn't have any siblings, but he does have a couple of aunts and uncles that he thinks of as siblings. One of his age, but was adopted by his grandfather, and therefore is formally considered his uncle, but they rarely remember this, and consider themselves brothers. (Oberin's mother calls him brother, although she is much older than him, but she mostly just teases him like that (Of course, with love) ) They grew up together and are extremely close. Then his grandfather had more children, and they are also formally considered his uncles and aunts, but they are younger than even Oberin's daughter, so he also considers them his younger brothers and sisters. He also has a couple of half-brothers from his father, but there is a complicated history there.

Parents: His father was practically not involved in his life, and Oberin does not know him very well. His mother, on the contrary, loves him very much and taught him a lot. Grandfather1, grandfather2 and grandmother also took part in his upbringing, although the latter appeared in their lives when Oberin was already a teenager. This is a loving, albeit chaotic family.

Children: Daughter Helga (Daisy). She was an accident (don't mix a huge amount of alcohol and nervous tension, kids), but she became a favorite child from the first moment. Oberyn didn't have a specific strategy for raising her (he was terrified and panicked, poor thing), so he tried to pay her as much attention as possible and teach her everything he knew. Mostly it was archery, knife throwing and alchemy😆 Although it can't be said that she didn't need it in the future.

Pets: Nope, although he feeds half of the stray cats of the Arc.

Thanks again ❤️❤️❤️

it took me a while but it was really interesting to think about :)

[flownwrong]

one more writing tag game!

thank you @zmediaoutlet, really appreciate the tag! <333 i haven't written in a while due to questionable irl circumstances so it's nice to talk about it a bit, maybe claw my way back to the wips :)

1. How many works on AO3?

15! not great, not terrible

2. Total AO3 Word Count?

34,796 (a bit embarrassing for four years of intermittent writing, lol)

3. Top 5 fics by Kudos?

double exposure (no wonder, an event fic with marvellous @tgtbata's art!)

any weight beyond your own (i think it was also some kind of event? but i'm too scared to open it and check haha; first real attempt at a fic after some teenage dabbling, really)

never really opting in (huh! how did it end up so high?)

perpetuum mobile (which i'm quite proud of, so yays!)

and you shall receive (which i'm just as proud of, double yays!)

4. What fandoms do you write for?

mmm, due south and spn are the top two by count, but i dunno when any spn stuff i have is getting finished! (hopefully when and not if is applicable here haha)

i also have one fic for MASH, True Detective and Star Trek Discovery (oh god lol) each. if i'm brave enough, one day my other TD wip is getting finished, but after that I'm done with it — i feel too reverent of the canon, lol.

5. Do you respond to comments?

always! how could i not <3 appreciate every one!

6. Angstiest Ending?

mmm. I don't really have any of those, although I do have an almost finished resdogs fic up next that would have one, necessitated by canon. out of those I have, it's probably hold till better times, per the unrequited premise. tallahassee, cynosure and over / for technically fit the definition, but they're all too short to have endings per se, and all of them are inevitably hopeful, again, per the following canon, so.

7. Fic with the Happiest Ending?

perpetuum mobile probably has the most syrupy sweet one, as do all of my other due south non-ficlets, but i'd argue negating, repeating is the happiest of them all in spirit — newsom's namesake song didn't lie about that joy of life!

8. Do you get hate?

i'm not known enough for it, which is a situation i'm very content with!

9. Do you write smut?

i try my best!

10. Do you write crossovers?

i have one in the works i'm pretty excited about, but usually they're very hard to justify for me :)

11. Ever had a fic stolen?

as with hate — not known enough for it, and pleased with that :)

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

nope, but i hope it's yet :) i'd be delirious with excitement if that ever happened!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic?

nope, and it's hard to imagine how that would work... but i would love to try, if there was a writer in the circle i trust who's not my superior by a million points :')

14. All time favourite ship?

um, Fraser/Kowalski, i think! can't help thinking I'm still too young to know, lol. but fairly sure these two will haunt me the longest.

15. WIPs you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

all of them, lol most of my unfinished wips are this way bc i realised i lack skill to finish them, not because i lost interest, even if i stepped away from a fandom. i look at them longingly often enough and try to practice so i can come back :) but no, that one red meat coda i started early into my spn obsession is likely staying that way or at least becoming a ship of theseus bc the idea was shit.

16. Writing Strengths?

uh. voices, probably? i'm not too satisfied with them, but it's what i feel most confident about, anyway. kind @petymology told me my romance and sex dynamics never feel like they're retreading same old steps and feel complex, and many other kind people told me my prose is very sharp at times, so i choose to believe that as well :)

17. Writing Weaknesses?

plot, but also many many other things i lack practice for. i struggle with scene/summary balance, rhythm, flow and pacing, dialogue, fleshing out images... but i think i am getting better at most of these with every work :)

18. Thoughts on mixed language dialogue?

love when it comes up meaningfully! if i ever have a reason to use german in fic, i could probably do it believably. i think.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

jesus... sailor moon? i think? i lost my old hard drive and can't check if there was something else i forgot!

20. Favourite fic you’ve ever written?

as z said before me, usually the most recent one. otherwise, it's a draw between negating, repeating and and you shall receive — both i stumbled into by pure inspiration which held back my insecurities and allowed me to give them my all.

i'd love to hear more from @gueule, @petymology, @rightspocko (or did you do this one already? idr!), @feroxargentea and @redmyeyes!

[itsbenedict]

So this year went... not as good, vis-a-vis doing the things I wanted to do! Breaking down the goals...

Finish the first case of Justice/Arcana and revise the draft

Nnnnnope! I got through most of it, the players figured out the primary trick, but then I kind of hit a wall where I realized that I hadn't done enough to narrow down the culprit based on figuring out the trick. Doing so would require reworking the logistics such that the back room is the kitchen (an offscreen location the first draft never investigated) and characters have sandwich alibis. I've kind of got to go back to the drawing board here.

Finish the SakuraPetalFantasy walkthrough portion of Datasouls (not with the whole combat toy situation, just the rest of it)

Nope! I got chapter 4 done, but chapter 5 is only in an outline state right now. I did spend like a couple months doing Lost in Hearts instead, which built on the concept a little, but I didn't put in the work to finish things up.

Do 24 TFJ recaps, two per month

Nuh-uh. I got about halfway, but in addition to falling victim to my slump in the latter part of the year, TFJ itself kind of came to an unceremonious end due to some structural issues and player conflict. Current plan is to work with Farn to use the campaign as raw material to write a fantasy novel focusing on Saelhen.

Work through all the exercises in Genki 1 and 2, and catch up on WK reviews.

Nope- I mean, I caught up on reviews, but then fell out of the habit halfway through the year, and didn't finish the workbooks.

Date someone. I feel like I look decent and have a lot of desirable qualities that would make this not too hard to accomplish, but I have to put effort into looking or it’s never going to happen on its own. (I am unfortunately of the gender that doesn’t typically get asked out and has to take the initiative.) It’s gonna be tricky since I’m a weird person with weird life priorities and finding someone who’d actually be happy partnering up with that long-term is a tall order.

Haha, no. I wrote up a dating profile thing, and I did get one bite, but then she ghosted and it's been a couple months and it'd be awkward to try and go "hey, uh, are you still there?" at this point. I tried looking around myself, but I don't really know where to look- most dating sites are just hookup apps where you just swipe on faces nowadays, and that's useless to me. Everyone I've ever developed a crush on organically has been one of taken, ace, or lesbian, and at this point I have to assume there's a causal factor and I'm not just unlucky. I think I'm going to have to move somewhere more densely populated to have any shot at finding a good fit.

Actually get that standing desk walk-while-working workflow set up and establish an exercise routine that I keep to for more than half the year

Not quite. I did keep to an exercise routine for exactly seven months, but I didn't get the walk-while-working thing worked out- I haven't found any under-desk ellipticals that aren't extremely precarious and awkward to use while focusing on something else, so I'm thinking I should look for a mini treadmill next instead.

Release a functional version of that Fire Emblem content authoring tool

Nope! That was way more work than I expected- or at least, I expected I'd be able to keep working on it on and off throughout the year, which didn't happen. I did make pretty good progress, though- I'd say it's like, half done?

Replace grody old kitchen sink that has weird white stuff growing out from inside the handle

Okay I did do this one. But that was basically just a matter of ordering a thing on Home Depot and calling a plumber, so like, not exactly an achievement, just something I knew I'd keep forgetting to do indefinitely unless I put it on the list.

Finish the games I’m still playing through from this post

Almost! Still haven't finished The Sekimeiya, though I did make it far enough that I think I've got some kind of idea of how that egg thing works and how things fit together, even if there's a lot of gaps in the specifics.

Find some new source of income reliable enough to pay the bills without making me work more than 20 hours a week. (I’m a programmer, this is hypothetically doable.) Freelancing/contract work maybe?

Sorta? I did quit the horrible company that bought my division, but I stayed on as a contractor for miscellaneous stuff (and insisted on writing the noncompete clause out of the contract in negotiations, which they agreed to), and went back to work for the old company at the same time. At $100/hour, I worked an average of ten hours a week... kinda. The first five months or so, I worked almost not at all, living off my savings and doing odd jobs for less than my monthly expenses. The rest of the year, various disasters occurred and I was working my ass off putting out fires, so I was basically working full-time for much less than a full-time salary. I wouldn't say I nailed the employment situation, but I did keep my head above water.

How Come I Fucked Up?

Four reasons.

First, and smallest- halfway through the year was when the fires started at work and I started having way more stress and way less time. It was hard to focus on anything when something new was breaking and I was on the hook for it for months at a time.

Secondly: two of my grandparents died this year. Not only was this a pretty severe emotional blow, because they were amazing people and it's stupid and unfair that this happened- it also meant lots of traveling, to funerals and family events. It chewed through my budget and necessitated spending more hours on work, and left me exhausted and strung out for several weeks.

Thirdly and fourthly: the Elden Ring DLC came out, and also I got addicted to Pokérogue. I put... a stupid amount of hours into these games. Like two or three hours a day for multiple months. All my productive energy was consumed first by work, and then by vegging out and playing video games due to a lack of willpower.

This was a colossal failure. Like, from July onwards, I got practically nothing done. Half a year of my life, up in smoke! This is not sustainable. I need to do something major to course-correct here.

I think one thing that'll probably be worthwhile is... having failed to find a romantic partner, I need to move in with someone. I can resist the temptation to sit around like a lump doing repetitive videogames as long as there is some witness to my squalor. I'm very comfortable living alone, but I have to fight the temptation to vanish into comfort and never complete any of my many missions. I gotta have a friend around who can see when I'm wasting time, and cares at least a little about whether I'm getting things done.

So current plan is I'm moving to Providence with Farn pretty soon? And I'm going to try to land a flexible full-time position with just one of these companies I'm working with, so I can have health insurance and don't need to worry about being in the red during slow months.

[crabs-with-sticks]

2 & 14 from the creating your OCs asks, for Electra?

Questions be here

Did you design them with any other characters/OCs from their universe in mind? 

Nope! I came up with the basic concept for Electra before the game was actually released! I kept away from most spoilers except for some of the gameplay stuff, basic companion info and character creation. So I knew there was a crow origin, but I didn't know Viago or Teia would be there, and I didn't start out with any companion relationships in mind. I think the only thing I had was that she didn't like Lucanis and was like 'ugh, nepo baby' whereas Lucanis was like '???? I have never met this woman before???'. Which I just find amusing haha.

This is also a big reason why her backstory is so much darker than in the game, especially with regards to Viago. As I definitely based it off the crows as seen in Origins.

She was the second character I played, so when I actually came around to playing her I had an idea of what would probably happen with her. But! Fun fact, her whole deal with Viago came quite a bit later! Like the now semi-infamous dadwc fic of her murdering Viago?? (thanks Alix) was the first time I'd thought about her doing that lmao. (See Alix, nobody to blame but yourself :p ). And from there the Electra we now know and love and hate was really created.

If you had to narrow it down to 2 things that you MUST keep in mind while working with your OC, what would those things be? 

This woman is a BITCH and proud of it. So admitedly I'm bad at this one, because I instinctively make kind characters. But Electra is out for herself. She craves personal power. And she is not afraid to fuck people over to get it.

The second thing..... hmmm.... I would say that she is a very unreliable narrator and perhaps her most powerful skill is her ability to play with peoples expectations. She twists the truth as a second nature. She will be what you expect her to be, so that you never see what is hiding beneath.

With her contracts, the men would expect her to be the damsel in distress, just waiting for a man to save her. She'd be the innocent but fuckable virgin right up until she stabbed him.

With Viago (at least in times they're not getting along) he expects to see the thing he made. He sees Electra's primary weapon as being her sexuality, so that is what she shows him. She shows him that she is what he made her, right up until she stabs him.

Like, its very much "look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under't." -Lady Macbeth

The only people who really truly see under her masks are firstly Emmrich, and then, eventually Lucanis. Emmrich sees Electra so clearly and that absolutely terrifies her and is a big reason for their eventual divorce.

Lucanis eventually gets there, and to a certain extent she lets him see under the masks, because she has to in order for them to be a successful political duo. I think as well, it is easier for her to let Lucanis see her for a few reasons. Firstly, he comes from a similar background and isn't in a place to make moral judgements like Emmrich is. Secondly. their relationship is platonic (ewww no don't make me kiss my lawful husband -Electra), which is much less loaded for Electra considering her past in partially consensual assassination sex work.

[hermitknut]

20 Questions for Fic Writers Tag Game

@birdylion tagged me :D

1. how many works do you have on AO3?

56.

2. what’s your total AO3 word count?

440,219

3. what fandoms do you write for?

There've been quite a few over the years. Currently Goblin Emperor (slightly on the back burner while I unkink my writer's block) and Hands of the Emperor (just started dabbling, nothing posted yet). Before that Merlin, Green Rider, Realm of the Elderlings, Doctor Who, and Harry Potter predominantly, with little dips into Discworld, Sherlock, Sweep, Supernatural, Percy Jackson, Lady Trent, Life on Mars, Old Kingdom, Life on Mars, and MASH. I have some Narnia stuff kicking about in my drafts somewhere, and while I've never posted it I've been writing Animorphs fanfic for years.

4. what are your top 5 fics by kudos?

The Stairs Beneath the Heart: Goblin Emperor, a series of vignettes that runs parallel to the canon that I posted through the start of the pandemic and really enjoyed. It was the first time in ages I'd had a regular posting schedule, and the first time ever I'd had that much fandom attention on something I was writing - everyone was so lovely <3.

Take These Tower Stones: Goblin Emperor, the sequel to the above, a much more coherent and consistent story which everyone was again really supportive of <3

What Friends Are For: Discworld; Angua gives Vetinari the shovel talk. There's a big disparity in the stats between the previous two fics and the rest, so these last three were a surprise to me! I'm glad people liked them though :)

Fire in the Night: Merlin, somewhat angsty nightmare/comfort oneshot. Again, surprised to see this one so near the top, but pleasantly so.

The Michen Emperor: Goblin Emperor again, currently the bane of my existence because I can't seem to finish it (I will eventually, just need to unstick my brain). Really appreciate all the love people have shown it. Basically, what if canon but with smol!Maia.

7. what’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Probably either Take These Towers Stones, or Red Sky (which is a tiny little snippet of fluff).

8. do you get hate on fics?

I've had a few shitty comments, and mostly I've just deleted them. I've never had any extended hate campaigns or anything, just people who mistakenly thought their dislike was worth expressing.

9. do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Occasionally; usually though not always queer, normally pretty tame. I read smut usually without worrying about the warnings, but I'm a bit too shy to comment on it, and I think that extends to my writing, haha. Maybe I'll get the hang of it some day :)

10. do you write crossovers?

Nah, for some reason they don't work for me at all - almost a squick, I don't read them either. The closest I got was considering a fic where the characters from Green Rider had diplomatic contact with the characters from the Chronicles of Ixia series, but I never ended up getting there.

11. have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

I don't think so - I should probably put in my Ao3 that people are welcome to if they like, I keep forgetting. I'd be honoured if anyone wanted to.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Nope; I'm very picky and not good at compromise, though it's something I'd like to work on one day. It'd have to be very low stakes and with someone very patient!

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you will?

Lines of Silver and Gold (Realm of the Elderlings) is probably my oldest fic that is both posted and unfinished, and I have no current plans to work on it. I'm hoping that one day I'll be able to come back to it, but that book series was my thesis topic and unfortunately I rather burnt myself out on it, so it might be a long while.

The Queen Rider series was originally going to have two more fics, but those have been scrapped; fortunately it resolves quite nicely as is. Maybe I will put up a little misc fic with what I do have of the rest some day.

And on a more positive note, my Animorphs fic - it was originaly going to be a full written-through story spanning a considerable post-canon period, but unfortunately I lost the original in a harddrive failure and while I rewrote some of it I rather lost my enthusiasm for it. However, I have been reconsidering lately and might post what exists as a series of loosely connected vignettes; we'll see.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue is what I find easy and what I've received the most compliments on; I think this is because a lot of my fic is drafted "out loud" before I get anywhere near setting it to page, so the first iteration is often predominantly speech. I'm also often told I'm good at mimicking the tone of the canon, if I'm writing for a book fandom.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Research (I'll do it if it's something that will otherwise potentially hurt people, but other than that I have neither the effort nor the inclination), and making things messy - that is, I tend to tidy things up a lot and I'm not good at letting my characters get things wrong/communicate badly/etc. Good for fix-its, less good for creating challenges in the story.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I am depressingly monolingual so I don't do it in my fics; as to what everyone else does I think they should have fun and do whatever they like, I suppose. Not enough knowledge to have more of an opinion than that.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Harry Potter was my gateway fandom.

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

Ohhhh tough one. I'm immensely proud of the Keystone series (The Stairs Beneath the Heart and Take These Tower Stones), so they're solid candidates, but I also really like The Shadow of the Mountains (Lady Trent) and Miracles (Realm of the Elderlings), the latter of which contains possibly my favourite line of prose I've written.

I'm tagging @the-tao-of-fandom, @pipuhattar, @alittlefellowinawideworld, @nonasuch, and anyone else who'd like to answer!

[jesterboystrick]

Tagged by @ghost-maya to answer 20 questions for fic writers.

I was honestly tagged in this way too long ago, started answering a few questions, then forgot about it in my drafts forever until Maya just tagged me in ANOTHER fic tag game. So, now I have to post this one so THAT one can waste away in my drafts for a while instead, obviously.

Y'all get ready, I'm about to ramble more than necessary on some of these because I love to talk. May not seem like it from how little I post here, but oh boy I'm a talker.

how many works do you have on ao3?

41, which is too fucking many considering I only started in august 😂

what's your total ao3 word count?

113,710

what are your top five fics by kudos?

1. With Hearts in His Eyes (in progress ZoSan multi-chap) 2. Dressed Down (ZoSan) 3. What Happens in the Timeskip, Stays in the Timeskip (ZoSan) 4. A Different Sensation (ZoSanZo) 5. Incentive (SanZo) What's really interesting to me is that my top by hits look the same, except A Different Sensation is replaced with Melt. Melt being in my top 5 hits has baffled me since it made it up there a while ago. I mean, I love that, but I'm shocked that a rarer pair beat out 14 zsz fics for the 4th spot. Shouts out to the CrocSan enjoyers I guess! Glad y'all enjoy it.

what fandoms do you write for?

One Piece. I write whatever I get ideas for, so I technically have some wips for other things, but I don't intend to post any of those and haven't worked on anything non-One Piece since I started posting... except a oneshot I just started recently... you might see that one day if I finish it, but maybe not. Don't worry about it.

do you respond to comments? why or why not?

Yup! No real "why." Sometimes a handful of them build up in my inbox before I get around to answering them, but I just like saying at least a thank you for every comment.

what's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Was the All Blue Ever Real? probably. I feel like a lot of my other dark or angsty fics have something that brings the angst up a little by the end, like All That's Left and Scum, since they end with a bit of comfort, and ones like Raw Deal DO end decidedly bad for at least one involved party, but I think of those as way more whump than angst, if that distinction matters here. You Stifle Me, I Suffocate might be up there, but it doesn't quite have a real ending. Since all of it is just Sanji remembering something from his childhood, the ending is just "and then One Piece happens". More... sour tasting ending than clear cut angst. So, all that said, quantifying the angstiEST fic ending is a bit weird, but I'll go with Was the All Blue Ever Real? since it's just kinda bleak all the way around, haha. It's also a more... mundane angst, if that makes sense? No one's getting devil fruit tortured or anything, shit just sucks. Is Scum angstier though, despite the bit of comfort at the end? 🤷‍♂️ Idk, you tell me.

what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

😂😂😂 I don't really set out to write happy endings, at least not intentionally. Sometimes they do happen to me, but my plot based stuff usually isn't overwhelmingly happy, so the happiest ending so far is probably by default just something that's more smut focused. I guess... What Happens in the Timeskip, Stays in the Timeskip.

do you get hate on fics?

Not yet! The worst I've gotten is one or two comments that were just... a little hard to decipher. They could be, or could not be, lol 🤷‍♂️. There's one in particular that comes to mind that I genuinely can't tell if it was meant to be positive or negative, so in my mind, it's just neutral. 🤣

do you write smut?

Hahaha. Yeah.

do you write crossovers?

Nope. I'll never say never to just about anything, because who knows what I'll feel like writing in the future, but crossovers have never appealed to me much as a reader or writer. Technically, there's been a few times I've started just a little bit of one, but not seriously, more as just a fun little exercise to entertain myself for a single quick writing session, then immediately forget about.

have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge, and I sure hope not.

have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope.

have you ever cowritten a fic before?

Not yet, but I'm not opposed to it! Never done any cowritting, so I don't know how well I do in that sort of situation, but there's a few fic writer friends I could picture myself trying it out with some day if we ever felt drawn to the right idea for it together.

what's your all time favorite ship?

I really don't know. There is no one favorite ship for me. I could tell you what ships I think about the most at any given time, but that changes so frequently that the answer would be different if you asked me again in a week. Easy cop-out way to answer this: If I check my fic reading spreadsheet that I started at the beginning of January, DofCora is the ship I've read the most of so far this year. Make of that what you will 🤣

what's the wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Considering I have probably around 300 things in my One Piece wip folder (not an exaggeration, I don't have an exact count rn, but it's for sure around there at this point in time), there's plenty of answers to this, but to pick something specific, any of my super long aus. I have several au ideas/wips that are basically "rewriting all of One Piece" type aus, and realistically I'm never posting ANY OF THEM. I know that. I only even let myself delusionally pretend i might ever get around to finishing ONE. A few of my faves are a strawhat role swap au, an au that changes all the strawhat's backstories pretty drastically, and the pro wrestling au. I wish all three of those could be epic length masterworks that retell all of One Piece, because that's how I initially envisioned them, but it's just never going to happen. There's a few of those big fic ideas that I might cut up into the more manageable or best parts and post isolated scenes of some day, but I know none of them will ever get written in their entirety and that's a bummer. The pro wrestling au is the one out of the aus I mentioned that I most want to make work, somehow, some way, some day, but we'll see if it ever shakes out.

what are your writing strengths?

Starting things. I have ideas constantly and I start new wips multiple times a week, sometimes multiple times a day.

what are your writing weaknesses?

Finishing things. I have ideas constantly and I'm always starting new wips. I can't finish them all.

I know these last two questions probably mean more the writing itself, not the process of writing, but I honestly don't really know. It feels a bit lame and too broad to say that I feel like I'm good a dialogue and not as good at anything that comes between, but I don't even know if that's true of my writing on it's own, or just an indication of where my priorities lie and what I'm most focused on and interested in when doing the writing. I've gotten a few comments on how I write characters, saying that they feel in character or very "human," and that certain scenarios or the way characters react to them (particularly on darker fics) are very real or realistic, and I think about those comments a lot. I really appreciate and treasure them. So if you believe those comments, I suppose that might be my strength, which isn't at odds with my feeling that dialogue is something that comes more naturally to me. I imagine they're probably connected.

thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I wouldn't do it. I'm not opposed to the idea of it, but I wouldn't do it myself because I'm only fluent in English and have no way of ensuring that I'd be writing something accurately or comprehensibly on my own. If I ever felt a fic absolutely needed it for some reason, I would ask someone fluent in that language to help or I just wouldn't do it at all.

first fandom you wrote for?

Something related to DC Comics, for sure.

favorite fic you've ever written?

Similarly to my answer on favorite ships, I really don't have just one favorite fic. It changes too often to say, and I tend to have a recency bias for newly posted fics or ones I've reread recently. I'd say that since the start of this year, my fave posted fic of mine has cycled most often between Every Time You Kiss Me, I Could Cry, Scum, and Raw Deal, but a good 1/2 to 2/3rds of my posted fics have been my favorite at one point or another, if only for a few days in some cases.

tagging

As always, I don't really know who to tag, so if you see this and want to do it, consider yourself tagged.

[ashley-kins]

🐛 & ☘ for the ask game >:) (i think it was a 3 leaf clover...) {ps hello !!!!!!! waves excitedly. i finally entered your inbox :3}

☘ - What aspect of life does your kin identity affect you the most?

Honestly, my thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and opinions are largely affected by my Ashley Graves permashift. And there's definitely the fact that a lot of my interests probably exist because they were my past lives interests. So, like... yeah. Anyway, my permashift is the one that affects me the most.

🐛 - How do you feel about fanart and fanfictions of you?

Oh boy... this one has many different answers for my kins soooooo again, I'll put them under the cut:

Ashley Graves: I love the fan art, bun the fanfiction I don't like unless they are made by other tCoAaL kins and fictives. Because fans never get me correct.

Athena: Honestly all of my sources are just fanart and fanfiction that stem from Greek Mythology, so I don't care. I love them.

Colin: Nope. I may reblog some art every once in a while but just... nooooo nope nope nope. I actually do not like the fandom. They treat me soooo weird.

Cyn: [Giggle] I love it it. They get me so-o well.

Em: 1 4M 4 M1NECR4FT 0C, 1 D0 N0T H4VE 4NY.

Emberlynn Pinkle: I LOVE IT!! Oh my satan... I wrote so much fanfiction about my favorite characters in media and the fact that people do it to ME? I'm honored beyond relief.

GLaDOS: Hmmm... to be honest it is quite nice to be recognized, but... seeing humanoid versions of me instead of just being attached to the ceiling is... interesting to say the least. Not really my cup of tea.

Gwendolyn Poole: Holy crap, I love it! God- I wish more people would draw me or write about me.

Kimiko 5 Tails: I do love it. I'm surprised by how a lot of people make me being a playful, silly protector rather than a serious one because that's how I was in my canon. But that doesn't mean I didn't take the job of protecting seriously.

Lillie Aether: Yes, I like it... except for the weird ones... I was 11 for Arceus sake...

Linkle: This is a really double edged sword because like, I don't actually exist. I'm transfem Link of the Era of Calamity. So, I don't have fanart or fanfics. Well, except for 2 fanarts. Yep, only 2 have ever existed of ME where I'm not just Linkle from Hyrule Warriors slapped into the world with Link as my own separate character. I have those saved on my phone. :3

Moana: haven't really looked into it, so...

Nezuko Kamado: Same thing as with Lillie except with the phrase "I was 14 for heavens sake"

Pride/Selim Bradley: Eh, I don't care. (actually does care and loves it)

Red: Well, the fact I'm can divergent from the Little Red Riding Hood story/fairytale is uh... kinda hard to find anything. The closest thing is ABC's "Once Upon a Time"'s version of Red.

Sarah Miller: People draw/write about me!?

The Titan: It's pretty neat if I come across something about me. But I especially "loaf" the ones about my son and me hanging out. Haha. <3

[pockysquirrel]

You have in fact been saved from having to think about our beloved nemesis Inoue because I just remembered something older:

Hongo/Ichimonji, OG and Shin versions, compare and contrast? (And any other versions you happen to have encountered)

(Also totally agree Kaguragi-shipping contains unexplored possibilities, as much as I love his backstabbing games with Racles. Himeno, Rita and Jeramie would all be very strong dynamics)

(I'm glad you're doing this ask thing because it's fun chatting to you, disabled replies etc (which to be clear--very sensible in this hell world) would normally mean bombarding you with more asks would be the only way of directly replying haha)

OH MAN I AM FAILING AT TUMBLR

I read this and couldn't figure out why you couldn't reply...the problem was, evidently, we weren't mutuals. Do I know why? Nope. 🤦 Anyway, fixed that and adjusted my settings, because I do like replies, just not from randos.

ANYWAY!

All forms of Hongo/Ichimonji are valid and good! It makes sense and I am compelled by it! I am QUITE compelled by it. But you asked for more analysis and I can't do that while actively drooling, so let's mop up and proceed.

The KR71 version of the pairing, true originators of love in the 1970s, are one of those ships (and these are among my favorite kinds) that gives you a lot to think about in relatively little content. It's not often you get both Riders in the same place at the same time, but when you do, it instantly feels like a big deal. Obviously because it signals that the stakes are rising in the story, but also because, IMO, of the chemistry they have with each other. I point out the coin flip scene in the Sakurajima arc as an obvious example, but there are more.

Then I found out they have a canonical telepathic bond and basically catapulted into full fandom mode. There really are few things more intimate than the ability to touch minds.

And speaking of the types of weird intimacy you can only find in genre fiction, I must of course mention the manga, and one page thereof that has lived rent-free in my brain since the day I read it. The characterization is different here - for Ichimonji in particular - and it affects how they relate to each other in a way I don't care for as much. But come on. These guys got to share a body! Their minds joined together, all of their senses experienced as one! And that's incredibly sexy! (I wrote fic about that. And it takes A Lot for me to be into something enough to surpass my hangups and write smut.)

Which brings me to Shin, and the literal flailing meltdown I had in the movie theater when I saw my favorite manga page replicated in exact detail. These poor guys. They both wear their emotional wounds much more openly than their 71 counterparts, but they are also much more visibly healed by each other. This version I think offers the best example of how much of a relief it can be to find someone who shares your experiences, your pain, and to realize you aren't alone.

I love Shin KR dearly, wouldn't change a thing, so this is much more me lamenting the constraints of a feature film format than it is an actual complaint. I wish we had more time to see the Double Riders getting to know each other. But hey, that leaves plenty of room for fic, and I am more than good with that.

I've seen First/Next twice now and my brain still tries to pretend those movies don't exist most of the time. We'll leave it at that.