#some parts are really funny and cool and some are like ah yeah showing a child get punched in the face live action may be difficult

[leftmysoulbythesideoftheroad]

got through half of the one piece live action yesterday before my brother needed a break, so i watched just a bit more to see sanji’s backstory. i’m not a very critical person in general, but this is my favorite story of all time, so i do have my issues with it. but i decided to think of it the same way i watch a movie version of a book i love. this is a separate piece of media that does not replace or try to do better than the original. it’s just fun to watch and point out the differences and also match every one of nami’s outfits to the anime.

[yourfavepookiebear]

Hii, can i make a request? Yandere and self aware twisted wonderland please?

So the characters could hear the player after some time, although it is very difficult unless you pay attention, they actually don't know the appearance of the player!

But yeah, yandere Heartslabyul with a player who's pretty expressive? Like whenever something frustrates them they'd almost always curse out loud, when something makes them happy and satisfied they'd yell out a "Yes! Oh my god bro", etc

Okay so basically a player like me (and many others), cool, got it. (Im panicking I suck at writing for heartslabyul) I fucked up at ace's part idk what to write for him

God the old hag is waking up

Rushed asf

Riddle Rosehearts

You're pretty easy to read, at least on the terms of mood and emotion, which could be considered a good thing for him ?

At first he didn't believe it, because how could the player be anything but perfect ?

But then he realized that you don't need to be emotionless to be perfect.

Now this vaguely depends on whether we're talking about before OB or after OB Riddle, but if it's after OB then he doesn't mind it much

In fact, he likes hearing you mumble in frustration whenever you lose or see something irritating, it makes him...melancholic, in a way. Because these are all the signs that you're pretty normal just like them, you feel. It reassures him sometimes, to know that.

It's pretty cute and funny to him, but he won't show it

Hates that you show that side of yourself to others, he wants to be the only one to see this, but alas..not much can be done.

At least, not within the rules.

Cater Diamond

A bit like Riddle, it's sorta funny for him. God he wishes he could tease you, but he can't because of the damn programming..

Will definitely sneakily film it or record it he can't pass up on such an opportunity !

Depending on his mood he may or may not post it as well, but most likely on his private account

Can't have anyone else seeing such a cute thing, can we ?

Trey Clover

Now this is a bit complicated (more so than the others)

He wouldn't show it on the outside ofc, but he finds it endearing. (everyone does.)

May or may not crack a little smile when he sees you jumping in joy (or banging your head on the wall in frustration)

Doesn't care what others think about it, he will listen to your little outbursts with all ears.

And if anyone dares to comment about it, they better get ready for hell.

Deuce Spade

Doesn't really know what to think about it,

Ofc like everyone else he loves to hear you jump in joy or excitement, but frowns when you whine or complain about something

You deserve the very best !! If he could, he'd do anything to make you happy, just to see your little smile

God he wishes he was with you, but he can't...except-

Right, maybe draconia could help him with this.

Ace (I forgot his last name)

Oh well.

Seeing how expressive you are, he would definitely sneak in a few teases in his dialogues.

You know that cheeky smile of his ? Yeah, that's the one he has

Unlike a few others, he doesn't care if you're jumping in joy or in sadness, all he cares about is hearing you, seeing you..

Don't worry, soon enough, you'll be right next to him. So if you one day wake up to find yourself locked up in a room, just know that he means no harm

He can't help but wonder what you look like...ah, no use thinking about that since you'll be here soon.

This sucks ass ngl, my writing is trash right now but whatever

I did better than I thought since it's been a few months since I last wrote anything

Dividers by @cafekitsune

[wren-kitchens]

can't remember if I ever posted this to tumblr so have a silly little snippet from an au me and stiff came up with!

the premise is that every hermit is some kind of hybrid, but is worried about sharing this fact because they all think they're the only hybrid on hermitcraft. empires on the other hand immediately clocks them all as hybrids and assumes the fact they’re hiding it is some kind of lore

jimmy can’t help grinning as scar tries to get him to ‘accept himself’ for the fifth time this afternoon. man, these hermitcraft people are fantastic at sticking to the bit—jimmy knows he would have cracked up way before now if it was him.

“you gotta accept it as part of you!” scar is practically begging him as jimmy leads him to the tavern. “you’ll never get anywhere if you’re left hating something like that about you, tim!”

jimmy turns to look at him. he keeps throwing his hat in the air and catching it again—that’s allay behaviour if he’s ever seen it.

“scar,” jimmy says, dropping the ‘oh no i’m so tormented’ act for a moment. “you do know i’m not actually a toy, don’t you?”

scar blinks at him. “you- no, you are. aren’t you?”

“no!” jimmy laughs at the look on scar’s face. “i’m a cow, scar, have you seen me?”

“wait- but what’s all that about then!” scar exclaims, gesturing in the direction of stratos. “with the ‘little toy man’ and- and the revealing potion!”

“oh that’s just for fun!” jimmy grins. “none of it’s true: the ‘revealing potion’ just makes you short, and joel knows i’m not a toy.”

“gosh, you empires people are odd.” scar says. “why do something that’s not true?”

“well, first of all, it’s funny.” jimmy says. “and second of all, it makes for a cool story! you being human isn’t real, but it-“

“not human?” scar interrupts, looking nervous all of a sudden. “i don’t- I have no clue what you mean! ‘not human’,” scar laughs to himself, unconvincingly offhand. “ah, you never fail to amuse me, jimmy.”

jimmy blinks at him. “is that- do you guys-“ 

and something clicks. the shiftiness of tango, the wide-eyed gazes at their hybrid features that all the hermitcraftians had enacted, almost like-

almost like they didn’t know they were all hybrids.

jimmy suppresses a laugh. wow, okay. now that’s a story.

“scar, I know you’re an allay.” jimmy says. “or a vex? somewhere in between?”

“somewhere in between.” scar clarifies. “how- how did you know?”

“I hate to tell you, but you’re not very subtle about it.” jimmy grins. oh gosh, he’s going to have to tell everyone when he has the time. no wonder all the hermits looked so surprised to see them.

“not subt- how am I not subtle?” scar asks. “I do everything humans do!”

“you’re counting your fellow hermits as humans?” jimmy asks.

“well of course.” scar says. ah, that’s where he’s gone wrong, jimmy thinks. “sure, we’re all a little weird over there, but i’m the only hybrid. and no one has noticed yet, so i think i’m doing quite well actually.”

“must be ‘cause i’m used to hybrids then.” jimmy settles on, because whilst he doesn’t want to reveal the secrets of.. pretty much everyone except the guy in the doom outfit, he also really wants to see how this plays out.

“oh yes.” scar agrees quickly. “must be that.”

“now, I do believe I was showing you the saloon!” jimmy says, putting on his silly accent for the last word, and scar seems to register that he’s back in character.

“yeah, the saloon!” scar exclaims, ever the enthusiast.

as scar starts to ramble about how he doesn’t think you can be classified as a cowboy unless you have your own saloon (which jimmy agrees with wholeheartedly), jimmy smiles to himself as he anticipates the reactions of his server-mates when he breaks the news. 

.. and also he might be smiling at the way scar’s face lights up as he speaks. but that’s a matter for another time.

[wannaeatramyeon]

Seong Taehoon x Reader: Yi Suryeon Part 2

@simpfully-heartbroken @trxmoon @hfi99 👇

Part 1 here. You have a new friend.

"Who's that?"

Taehoon isn't one to usually ask, leaving you to your own devices and himself initially occupied with whatever is going on with the film today.

But when you, his girlfriend, promised to watch this with him after spending all your free time with Suryeon, was instead glued to your phone for the last hour. Well, it rightly ticked him off. The vein on his temple bulged with each ping.

"Just Suryeon."

His eyes flicker over to the phone screen at your response, nose wrinkling at some stupid memes between the two of you. Ugh.

Giggling to yourself and ignorant of his irritation, you lean over to show the latest messages, "Suryeon just texted me-"

"Suryeon this. Suryeon that." Taehoon snaps, cutting you off and eyes glued resolutely to the TV, "Can't you talk about anything else."

"Huh?"

"You're boring me."

In his periphery, he doesn't miss your hurt at his biting words. He absolutely refuses to feel guilty. Maybe that would teach you to ignore him all night.

"Isnt this what you wanted?"

Taehoon doesn't respond. He told you to be friendly, to be nice. How the hell should he know you two would get on like a house on fire, and he, the actual boyfriend which you could do well to remember, would be feeling like a third wheel.

And that's another thing that really pisses him off. He's barely seen you all week. He hasn't seen your face during Taekwondo practice, he hasn't gamed with you at the arcade, he hasn't hung out with you at all. Turns out, you've been with Suryeon.

"What you hanging out with her all the time for?"

"But-"

"Shouldn't you be studying or something."

You tilt your head, trying to process this weird thread, this animosity, "Since when did you care if I studied?"

"..."

It clicks into place.

"Taehoon?"

"..."

"Are you jealous?"

"Shut up."

"My baby Taehoon, are you jealous I'm hanging out with Suryeon all the time?"

"..."

You tap your chin in thought, thinking about your new friend, "Yeah, I guess she is pretty cool and she's funny,"

"..."

"And actually she's really hot too."

"What."

"Mmf, mommy-"

"Do you want to die?" Now Taehoon looks over and is met with your shit-eating grin. Temper flaring that his first thought is you look fucking adorable even when you're obviously winding him up.

God. Jealous Taehoon isn't a normal sight. You didn't even think he was capable of such an emotion. Maybe there's something wrong with you that you find all this so endearing.

Determined to wipe the scowl on his face, you pepper kisses on his cheeks. With each one, the tension in his body and on his face lessens. He hates the grip you have on him.

"Let me make up to you?"

Ah, turns out that is your fatal mistake of the night.

"You will."

In the blink of eye, you find yourself flipped on your back, pinned beneath your absolute menace of a boyfriend.

Film long forgotten, scowl on his face replaced by hunger and that oh so arrogant smirk of his.

Taehoon is going to make you pay.

[lovelykil]

「 His Flaws 」

cw; none, but sappy feelings shi

kyle x reader older ver.

Kyle mindlessly scrolled through his phone getting lost into his on for you page, while you watched TV on the bed with him. He never really cared for guys that would appear sometimes on his fyp some of the guys though he seemed to compare himself silently to them.

And if they had their girlfriends in the video's he would feel even worse, he was already insecure enough eith you these tiktok couples made it hard to not compare him to them.

As you were to busy with your show Kyle came across a video with a good looking teenage guy around his age, he had a perfect jawline, clear skin, good sense of style, and to top it off a perfect nose.

Kyle felt a pain in his chest as he began to compare himself with the guy, thinking about all his flaws that made him dislike himself he then thought about you, setting his phone down to look at the back of your head.

He couldn't understand why you liked him with all the unattractive features he had, he was in denial you even liked him. It was you after all who confessed to him first.

"Ohh I love this part its so funny, watch Kyy!" You turned your back going to tap on his phone to get his attention but to your surprise he was already staring at you.

He met your eyes then looked away in shame, you took notice to his facial expression having suspion. "Hey you alright?" You asked. He hummed in response, looking into the distance with a sad glance.

"Kyle?"

"Yeah.."

"Dude whats wrong? Why do you look so miserable? Are you bored?" You scotted closer to him, trying to figure out what was wrong.

He shook his head to your ridiculous questions, "No it's not that I just- I don't get how you even like me Y/n honestly." He admitted. You sat next to him not knowing what to say.

What the hell did that mean? You liked him because he's an amazing person. You wouldn't date a jerk.

"I like you because you're such a wonderful guy you know? I love your curly hair the way it bounces when you ramble about something you enjoy, getting excited.. and your smile I adore it so much it makes me get all tingly inside. There's so much more also.. why would you say that though?" You took his hand, informing him.

He picked up his head to look at you "You really mean that? You don't care if I don't have this stupid type of hair?" He picked at his thick hair. You shook your head "No I love your hair." You twirled around a small curl of his.

His pale cheeks grew slightly red, "Well.. my nose? It looks weird I really hate it." He muttered to you, you looked at his nose examining it.

"Your nose is so cute though? I think I might know what's going on.." You let go of his hand to look at his phone. You saw the video which was paused on some 'picture perfect teen.' You grumbled slightly turning off his phone, placing it else where.

You them climbed onto his lap, placing your hands on his cheeks.

He yelped due to cold exposure " aH- You're fingers are freezing-!"

"Sorry! But listen- I know you're insecure I mean everyone is I can't change your mind about how you like since it's all on you but I think your perfect I wanted to be with you because of how nice and cool you were okay?" In a serious tone you explained to him, meaning every word you said to his face.

You could see the blush appear more across his face from your confession, your whole attitude and confidence really made him weak in the knees for you.

He giggled softly, gaining confidence, he set his hand on your waist "I-.. thank you, you're the best you know?"

"I'm aware.. sometimes." You blushed. He picked up his free hand to brush your cheek, looking into your eyes lovingly, you melted into his touch growing a weak smile.

He leaned in to peck your cheek then pulled away to set both of his hands on your hips, your hands wrapped around behind his neck.

"There's also another thing too." You looked at him. He raised his brow "What's that?"

"You're also a little sassy bitch, which gets me turned on." You giggled. Kyle was a bit caught off guard his face growing redder than it usually got, lost of words.

"You're weird."

"You like itt."

[mirrortouchedsea]

so i got niki and meru's autumn noon 3 lines recently and i just love the duality of them. himeru vc shiina just made himeru an apple pie and it tastes like autumn :) vs niki himeru-kun asked me to make this pie~! so obviously i had to write something about it. recipe pulled from here btw. i want to do something else with this so you might see a second version of this Eventually but for now you get this.

7 large Granny Smith apples (peeled, cored and sliced into ½ inch slices)

½ cup granulated sugar

½ cup light brown sugar (loosely packed)

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 tablespoon lemon juice (plus the zest of half of a lemon)

1 large egg (lightly beaten in a small bowl for egg wash)

2 tablespoons sanding sugar (optional)

The first step to baking a pie is to prepare the dough. Prepare the vinegar and cool water mix and set aside. You were like that mixture to our group when we formed, seemingly out of place but a necessary ingredient to make the finished product taste good. Combine flour, salt, and sugar in a bowl before adding the butter cut up into cubes and cutting it into the dry ingredients. Just like how we needed to be pushed to the limits before we could make something whole. Drizzle the ice water and vinegar mixture over the dry ingredients and mix in with a fork, and make sure ingredients are fully incorporated with your hands. Divide into two disks and set in the fridge to chill. 

Once the pie crust is set, you can begin the next part of the process. HiMERU-kun, I think you’re a lot like an apple pie in a funny sort of way. Hey! I’m just saying! Well let’s prepare the apples, can you peel them, I’ll core and slice them up. When we were living together in the dorms, during the summer, you were such a stranger to us. I would never have guessed that you had such a big sweet tooth with the serious airs you put on for us back then. I’m really glad you’ve been able to relax a bit more, HiMERU-kun and trust us with yourself. Oh, careful that you don’t cut yourself on the peeler! 

With the apples prepared, we can coat them in the other ingredients. I’ve already put the flour, sugar, spices, and lemon juice in the bowl, we just have to mix in the apples. Don’t be afraid to get a bit messy! You know, in the labyrinth for that TV show Vice Prez put us through, I didn’t expect you to be so torn on the decision at the end with your rewards. It’s okay to be selfish sometimes and we totally understand that! We’ll support you until the very end, you know? Make sure the apples are coated as evenly as possible. 

Okay, let’s roll out the pie crust and get these pies put together! The oven should be done preheating soon so we can get it in there when we’re ready! Ah, this makes me think of just all the trips we’ve been on and the shit we’ve pulled. I know you hate Rinne-kun’s pranks but life would be pretty dull without him in it, yeah? He’s really the reason any of us are here in ES right now huh. Hey! I can be sappy about him sometimes and I know you feel the same way don’t even try to deny it! Anyway just put the crust in the pie tin like so. 

Next we’ll fill the pie tin with the filling. Just spoon it in like that and spread it out. If you really think about it, filling a pie can really be a metaphor for becoming friends. Where do you end and where do I start? Oh, so now you’re telling me to not be so sappy? You were the one who wanted to make an apple pie together and you have to deal with me to get it! That’s why I’m trying to teach you how to make it in the first place! 

I’ve rolled out the other piece of the crust so we can just put that on top now and let me carefully cut some vents into it. It’s just to make sure the pie doesn’t explode in the oven, unless you want to spend the rest of the afternoon cleaning the oven too? Now that I’ve cut the vents, we can go around the crust and pinch it closed like this. Even if you look the same as you did all those months ago during the MDM, we can all tell you’ve changed a little. We’ve all grown on you HiMERU-kun~ Agh! Okay I get it I get it I’ll stop with the food metaphors. No I won’t but still. Let’s put the pie shield on and wash the top crust with that egg wash. 

We’ll put it in the oven for 25 minutes first before we take off that shield, just to make sure we don’t burn the pie. We wouldn’t want to burn your mood either, and I like you like this. I’m just saying, I like spending time with you HiMERU-kun, that’s all. What did you want to do while we waited? Dishes would be a good idea so we don’t have to do them later. Do you want to wash or dry? 

After the shield is removed, we’ll put it back in the oven for 35 more minutes to finish baking. The dishes are all put away which leaves us with a little bit of time to relax before we can pull it out and let it cool. Have you ever baked a pie, HiMERU-kun? I should have asked earlier but you did great with this one. Oh, HiMERU-kun our HiMERU-kun has never baked a pie before?! Well there’s a first time for everything and I’m really happy we got to make your first pie together! It’ll taste delicious and I’m sure it’ll end up on Cinnamon’s menu this season too. I meant it earlier when I said you were like an apple pie too, HiMERU-kun. You’re a bit tart at first bite but sweeten up very quickly and I’m glad I get to see this side of you~ Oh, the timer went off! Let’s pull it out to cool. We need to let it cool for a few hours before we can try it, so we can go do something else for a bit--

Ah, HiMERU-kun, what was that? I had something on my lips? And you didn’t get it all the first time? Well I won’t say no to another try~ Just make sure you don’t put your hand on the baking tray. 

[chuckeroo777]

Dungeon Meshi Volume 13 Part 2

Welcome back! Things are about to get crazy, so let's dive right in!

Is it any wonder the community unanimously decided this was Marcille's chimera-sona? She's cute, she's sky-fish adjacent, she has a flower crown (A hallmark of only the most mentally stable characters). What's not to love? And as Mithrun will agree, snake women are sexy.

Later, Kabru suspects Laios stumbled into saving the world, but my man was seriously planning six steps ahead. He came up with the ultimate plan to kill the ultimate monster.

Marcille is understandably upset that the lion stole her cool outfit. She wanted to show that to Falin later!

Nothing personal kid.

The demon isn't malevolent my ass. It knows what Mithrun wants. It just can't be assed to bother.

I know the right page is the important one, but oh my god. Laios, did you seriously doodle blueprints of your stupid "Falin lives in a hole now" plan? Did you seriously doodle your "female faligon" idea?

Anyway, as is tradition with ultimate chimera appearances, here is another one of my creatures!

I'll leave it to the viewer to try and figure out what inspired this freak.

Of course Laios' takeaway from the succubus was that Scyllas are cool. Fun fact, some of these details are actually relevant. The ability to change shape is apparently how he managed to return to human form, and the poop thing explains why New Melini is forested despite being underwater for 1000 years.

Marcille isn't even surprised at this point. Just deeply disappointed.

Toshiro, why are you smiling? Kabru, that looks more like awe than fear.

Bitch, I'm fabulous.

Marcille, you're the one who created the monster that vores people, that's it's whole job.

Don't worry Marcille. This disaster is due to an incredibly complex confluence of unpredictable events. In other words, it's everybody's fault! Hooray!

God, this is so funny.

Leave my boy alone! At least we can all agree the collar is cool.

Oh, that's a neat detail. Time is stopped for all the humans, but the monsters can still move.

When I first read this, I thought the plan was that now that the lion is in a finite body, we can eat it. Like, I thought that was how it was going to end as soon as they swapped. But Laios is way ahead of me.

Good to see the rest of the party came to the same conclusion I did. And Marcille's eyes are still on the prize.

Famous last words.

Rude.

Yeah, but we're expressing a desire regarding his treatment you raging douche-muffin. You're freaking infinite. We've seen you have the power to pacify monsters peacefully.

It's so fitting, that Laios, our favorite dog, saved the world by eating something he really shouldn't have.

👏Full Circle!👏

Oh Marcille. I'd have thought you'd have learned by now to have a little more faith in your brother-in-law.

Ah, dungeon food. To eat is the privilege of the living. There is no hierarchy.

That sounds like the words of a loser to me.

And that's it for volume 13! Didn't have as much to say as I thought I might. Guess this climax speaks for itself. What a powerful and thematic ending to the demon. See why I'm having trouble figuring out what direction to take my AU? Figuring out the changes to monster of the week chapters is easy. Figuring out how to do the big thematic battles against Thistle and the Demon are hard. It's hard to imagine anyone but Laios prevailing against such opponents.

Anyway, see you next time for the finale! Here, have a couple of extra Marcilles. I thought I would need more of them.

Cannibalism?

A precious image.

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

The chemistry between you and Rider I is just, it's instant. It's, it pops through the screen. It is just, it's right. It's there. It's there right away. -Will

And to start the episode with us together was such an interesting and perfect part because it's like, oh, you already see us together. And then you're kind of like, oh, but this works. Why are they, why are they doing? And then you're just waiting for us to get back together. It's really well written. It's so good. -Rider 

Was, it was, you know, I just had this revelation the other day that there should be like a dating show called The Purse. Where you only know the context of the, you have to pick the girl or pick the guy and you only have the purse...And you know, I remember being so nervous and when I look at myself, I don't feel like I was acting my best. You know, I was kind of stiff and my mind was racing like, am I getting this right? You know? And so, and I think people that knew me were kind of like, treating, you're not doing your usual. You know, I usually try to pop more, but I felt like I had to like yeah you know, be more like this.... I never felt like I was really emoting like I wanted to emote, but I, but when I look at it now, it's fine. You know? -Trina

I think, I think what you're feeling like when you're talking about like how you're not popping or you're kind for me, like it's the writing of this episode, it's just like, it's just a sort of like unraveling or the unrolling of like what was started in the last episode. The last episode was so good and so well written. And then this one just feels like one kind of scene. Like we, the reveal of, you know, and I really, besides the dinner table stuff, which I, you know, with the Cory/Topanga, which I thought was hysterical and like, you know, big but funny. The stuff between Shawn and Angela is just like, they're great for each other. So let's just show that. And like, you know, they don't allow us to have any inter conflict between us really. Like, the conflict is that there is no conflict or that I'm anxious about it. It's like an anxiety show as opposed to real conflict. And so you're like, we're mostly just speaking exposition to one another. Like in every one of our scenes we're just like, I'm scared because I feel this. And you're like, I'm scared because I feel this and I'm, we, you know, it's like, I don't know. It didn't sound like the way people actually talk to one another to me. So if it, well, I wanted, like, I wanted it to happen. And I like these characters. I didn't feel like they were played for realism or it was just sort of like, let's just bring this together. Let's wrap this all up. Yeah. So like, the whole episode felt a little inevitable to me and a little like, ah, and there was like, okay, cool. You know? So I don't know that would, and so I, I feel like that, you know, if, if like Angela had come in with more personality or more attitude and that had been a problem, or like they, they disagreed about something a little more like intensely like in scenes we would've more to do. -Rider 

I liked how it was, I liked how it was, you know, with, with very little intro to Angela's character, you got that she was Sean, essentially. It's like they had something where neither of them had really been, you know, this unfolds obviously as the episode's going, but neither of them had really been in a relationship before. Yeah. They're, they're kind of both scared for some reason, but we don't know why yet. Why they're scared to get into a relationship and they both realize at the same time that they do want something more and they want it with each other. I don't know. To, to me it kind of worked. It worked that it was, you know, it's a sitcom, so it's going to be inevitable that they're gonna get together. But I liked that it was, it wasn't opposites attract. It wasn't we're fighting and now we love each other. It was, they're both realizing at the same time they're kind of the same person and they're gonna do it together.  And I liked that. I thought that was cool... I also think it was kind of the idea of, and that's why what you get when you're looking at CO and Topanga is the idea of love to them was better than love. It's what love is. Because when they saw it, and I love that Topanga finally explodes and it's like, we're 80, I don't wanna be 80. So it was that kind of like, do we want to jump right into that? I don't know. It worked for me. I think you're right. It didn't work as a second episode. Meaning like, you didn't need the week in between. I think you're a hundred percent right. But if they just played it for an hour straight without a break, I think it was a great one hour episode.  Frankly. To bring the two of them together. 'cause you're so rooting for the two of you Right. Because you do have such chemistry that you just, you wanna see this and where it's going...But I was over co and Topanga halfway through the episode and was concentrating more on Shawn and Angela...'cause you're like, okay, I, I get now that we now just have to accept that Cory and Topanga have, this is the 19th different version of how they met the 19th different version of how they've been together. We now just have to accept that this is what they are. They're the old married couple. -Will 

I loved the Cory/Topanga energy this episode. -Rider

At that time I was worried about so many a plethora of things being 10 years older than you guys. You know, the thing I like the most about that particular, the episode we're talking about too, is just the fact that they didn't really get so into, of course, the color of our skin. You know, it really just, you know, and, and I've always grappled with that over the years. I've talked about it or whatever, but it's such a human testament of, of, of how we can feel each other and, and love each other and be interested. And I also like the fact that it was a different kind of trope for a black girl on television to not be, you know, extra sassy or, or be able to be nice and feminine and loved was, and not in conflict. Or, or, or, or, I mean, we were in conflict and struggle, but the love was always there. -Trina 

Like the whole point of the purse is that I fall in love with the contents of your character. Just, you know, without knowing anything about the surface of who you are. Which is another sort of way to talk about race without talking about race. Right. Like, and that, so it's, so, it's so interesting to revisit now after all these years of like, conversations between us or with fans about like, whether we should have referenced race or not, or did we reference race? I'm like, it is there, it's just not, it's just not as explicit. -Rider

He just needs to look into her eyes and he'll realize it. A new type of ensorcellment. -Danielle

This is a callback to the first season. The giggles, right? But that was about touch, right? Remember that was about touch. Don't touch your head. Right? It wasn't about looks, but yeah. -Rider

 I'm just, I'm just, I love how many types of ways women can ensorcell men. -Danielle

We're the weaker sex. A look, a touch, a kiss, and we turn to jello. That's just the way it is. -Will

[blacklegsanjiii]

Ah ! I’ll go by Wine then ✨

That’s kind of unfortunate but also insanely funny to me, the siblings have to go through the typical arospec experience of not rly knowing how to identify romantic feelings and being super oblivious to flirting and the like… and god forbid they ask Sanji as the most “normal” sibling, either. He probably has an insanely rose-tinted view of the whole thing and his waxing poetic about how wonderful love is wouldn’t be good as teaching material at all, it’d just be like reading one of those romance books again. They’re on their own, because asking their parents is also embarrassing as hell!! Their adventures are going to be fruitful for sure if they hope to learn anything the not-awkward way.

Though also side note I feel like Reiju pulls the most. All of them are attractive in their own right but Reiju is a pretty lady with a gentle confidence to her that knows how to make you feel special in conversation even when she isn’t completely aware she’s doing it. It drives women crazy . When all of them have a better gauge of this romance stuff they keep complaining to her. She stole all their game. She should share some of her mystique with the class since she has so much. They get kinda too dramatic with it.

- Wine :]

Welcome wine! But yeah, there's five kids who all call their parents gross when they get those particular looks or Mihawk pays Sora those specific words that make her flush. When the kids are out and about and being flirted with no one really understands what's going on, except for Mihawk, Sora, and Sanji. The kids will all be out and about in, hear me out, numbered tank tops that show a lot of skin. You know they're all built and Sanji's three patterned soulmark on his shoulder that creeps up his neck is on display. Also you know it was Yonji who convinced them to wear these and have them made.

Of course they're all being flirted with and Sanji returns it in kind while his siblings are all confused. He explains but it is rose tinted glasses, maybe because he grew up with his parents and has a soulmark. They probably ask him about it once, individually and Sanji talks about it like it's so cool and nice and it sounds cool but they also just....don't get it. They read books on the subjects. Mihawk noticing and just bringing home more. Books about sex, sexuality, gender, soulmates and marks. And of course there are romance books too and comparing notes. Of course if Mihawk or Sora offer any help or conversations the four of them scream and run.

Of course when they feel confident enough to start flirting or flirting back Reiju does pull the most and has the most game. She is drowning in people but she also only acknowledges flirting when she wants to. Her brothers, minus Sanji, all ask for advice. So she gives them what works for her but honestly? They can never match her because of that confidence you mentioned and most of the time she doesn't know she's doing it. That's part of why Perona goes so hard with flirting with her during the time skip because they would mesh so well if Reiju could like stay aware of the flirting. Mihawk and Sora are trying not to laugh at her dismay because they know how difficult they're children can be but also it's really funny.

It'd also be spectacularly hilarious if 124ji mention off handedly that his swords remind them of Sanji and before further explanation can be given they are crying about missing their brother. Sora really asks them, her twenty year olds, if they think it's appropriate. They cry harder in response about him being missing and missing him.

[sphxremint]

(man this art is really old but im usin it anyway lol)

☆ Heya heya一it's me, Mint!

I'm the guy that does the funny draws (and music (and sometimes edits)).

Some of you have definitely heard that line way too many times before. Or some of you probably just know me as the Simple Yet Stupid guy. If you haven't seen me before, congratulations! You've successfully met "that guy" (me) for the first time!

This is my tumblr. I reblog stuff I think is neat and post art/music/stuff I like once every [unspecified time frame]. I dipped (sort of) from Twitter (ah, sorry一ECKS [X] as it's called now) like a year or two ago because some guy had too much fun ruining it. Now I'm here more often!

Right, this is an intro post. lemme get on that...

☆ cool things you should know

• I'm 20 (born July 4th, on MINT day. not whatever the hell independence day is. eugh)

• I'm aroace (certain of it now! we out here)

• I'm black (there's like no way to make this funnier it just is what it is)

☆ some other neat stuff

• I draw!

I'm definitely not consistent with it at all, but I'm trying, 'cause it's fun and I like doing it. I may be into a lot of medias too, but I'm mostly an oc artist, and it's a curse I will bear until the end of time

• I make music!

I'm also not very consistent with it, but I'm a bit less open about it... I do it for fun, really; though it's more of a personal thing compared to my art.

• My timezone is CST

...which is about UTC -05:00. if you need to know that. i know we all got varied timezones

• I'm very good at being inconsistent!

(such as basic punctuation and grammar. cause thats important. sometimes i'll actually use apostrophes and sometimes ill just completely forget mid-sentence. lmao)

☆ my 5 core interests

aka. The main things I like! I switch between the 5 of these on a whim. You can inquire me about any of these. Be ready when it happens.

• Sonic The Hedgehog (he's just THAT GUY, yknow. just a guy who loves adventure. ultimate life forms and whatnot)

• Kirby (i'd forfeit everything for him. #1 blorbo living life)

• FINAL FANTASY (esPECIALLY XIII and XIV. but it's mostly XIV. two lalas ready for Dawntrail WOOO)

• Celeste (#1 game ever. i love everything about it so much, i naturally get my friends to play it. i'm also pretty good at speedrunning. smile)

• and anything osc! (though I'm not part of the fandom "like that". just on the surface layer, yknow? bfdi, ii, boto, ppt2... funny shows go brrr)

☆ cool and awesome tags

□ #mint.txt = probably some random garbled text i spat out one night

□ #mintdraws = i sure do! and you should go look at it!

□ #mint.png = funny image included (not guaranteed)

□ #mint.mp3 = rarely use this but i still want people to know i make music

□ #mint.ask = because i get those. sometimes art, sometimes stupid funny stuff

□ #simple yet stupid = yeah its for those funny objects i talk about. i put this one here just in case

□ #mint's expoboard = i'm probably talking about one of my ocs

☆ and some extra stuff i guess

□ my sonas and stuff if you need that

□ my carrd! go read it cause most of my extra links (and contacts) are already there

□ my toyhou.se Did you know I have a toyhou.se? because I never shut up about my characters, and sometimes people just need the Repository of Information. well... here it is.

Okay. I'll update this post more as time goes on, but... that's about it. That was probably like a read and a half. oops.

Remember: if you do follow me, you are (unofficially) officially consigning yourself to my presence and any stupidity and/or brainrot that follows.

...if that's cool with you. lmao =ᴗ=)b

(big shoutouts to the old pinned i had. you will forever be missed)

last updated: 08 / 27 / 2024

[whenthechickencry]

Our Confession

I actually have read both this one and Last Note Before, it was a long while ago though... so I know the general gist but I don't quite remember all the details

The way Beatrice is doing her dead inside sprite before she realizes others were in the room and then she plays up her hamminess a bunch is really sad, aaa.

Dlanor constantly tells Beatrice she's a good writer and she's so excited but a little sad she won't get to see it as a full-blown game first, and Beatrice is like you don't need to flatter me but she's right Beato you should accept her compliments.

Iirc what the Booklet did for this was having the pages be sealed after this and you had to unseal them, which is actually extremely cool. They did their best here but a simple choice prompt just can't match that, I think.

Haha, the complaining about how Natsuhi is hard to make an accomplice... she's like the only person that cares about the headship as much as the gold, Eva as well but Eva isn't getting that without Sayo's help anyways, thinking about it even in Episode 4 she was one of the first to go,, so I can imagine getting her to cooperate is kind of hard. Granted, once you bring up Jessica to the equation you can probably get her to relent.

Beatrice getting a gun sprite is kind of uncanny, haha, really bringing it home was an early draft before Sayo had the chance to embellish the story with magic.

Kinzo being willing to explain to his children that he would blow them up if he felt like it worked in Sayo's favor when getting accomplices, I suppose.

You know, the fact Genji was like "hey! you are a product of incest. we rewrote your entire life for your incestuous grandfather. All your lovers are your cousins. Everything in your life is a lie. By the way, you have a bomb to blow everything up!" like okaayyy what were you expecting at that point Genji.

It's kind of interesting Beatrice tells accomplices that Kuwadorian is safe - technically Rosa could have probably survived Episode 2 with Maria if she just checked Shannon's corpses and realized she really was dead and just tried to make a mad dash to Kuwadorian, maybe.

Krauss is like yeah sure, sure, why not I guess. The fact that Natsuhi is the one more hesitant about this when she's the one thrust into solving all their problems, figuring out what to do, and she never had the option to not do her part...

This episode really does feel like tearing up the guts of Umineko... you can tell a lot of the accomplices act a little weird around Battler so you can guess Sayo probably told them vaguely of her plan, but it's the sort of thing you don't expect to be explicitly confirmed.

Kumasawa is grinning here, haha, she really does think she's a prank up to the very end.... it's kind of sad. She probably can't even imagine Sayo as someone who would do what she did, but I guess that also shows the way she didn't reach out to try and understand her enough...

It's kind of funny how sometimes you see the story going, ah, shit, sorry I have to embellish this more, right.

While thinking on how to properly kill 5 people she gets distracted by the fact she wants to draw a cute girl instead of a man, haha.

It's kind of funny because she does absolutely think they also did something wrong, but I guess talking to herself like this also makes it easier for her to justify herself to her...

Huh... now that I think about it most magic circles were indeed in places that people don't usually go to, ie the shed or Kinzo's rooms... I did think Sayo did the drawings in between murders, haha

The fact Sayo writes some of her tales while thinking about how the argument with Battler is going to go is kind of funny, haha. I wonder what the Japanese version said for metaworld here... it's not a sentence the translation has used so far and the side arcs don't have the greatest translation, so I am curious...

Beatrice is making fun of Battler for reading so many mystery novels but not being able to figure out the mystery, but also praises the person able to see the fantasy aspect of it...

The fact that so many of the mysteries in Umineko rely on several characters thinking that Shannon/Kanon wouldn't do X is very sad... like Sayo is writing these stories with the assumptions that no one in the family actually understands her and won't care to try to, so her mysteries are safe.

It's kind of interesting how in the episodes Sayo does this they mix up whether a Sayo actor is doing it or whether it's an actual conclusion the characters reached, in order to have more difficulty seeing the pattern. For ex: in Ep1 Eva, the accomplice, and Natsuhi both brought up this argument. Eva was an accomplice but Natsuhi isn't.

It's brought up that Gohda and Kumasawa don't know its actual murder, I knew about Kumasawa but didn't know about Gohda, actually... I think the roulette accomplices always know or at least figure it out early enough. Kumasawa's the one who is always clueless. Not really sure about Gohda in ep2, though. I think a lot of people were probably clueless in ep4.

This scene always fucks me up.... the way one of the few light conversations we see between Sayo and Kumasawa is here, the fact Sayo is crying after what she does before resuming the mocking Beatrice act. The use of "End of a Daydream" as the song...

In general this episode really highlights how? Disassociative? Sayo was during all of this. She constantly switches from doing the cruel witch that laughs at everyone's misfortune, to passing the blame on to Battler for what happened, to being fucked up about what is happening. None of these are Sayo on their own but all of them together make up Sayo. I think an episode like this really helps you see how all of the Sayos are one Sayo. Its role as a post-Umineko arc is interesting too. Even people sympathetic to Sayo occasionally role her as ie the innocent victim who did nothing wrong or flatten her into her relationship with Battler. Sayo is so much more than that and this episode forces you to confront that.

Shannon's words here hit so hard... Sayo here is affirming she was an incomprehensible being that was impossible to understand in the first place. In general, Shannon seems to be the persona most resigned to giving up... Beatrice might think its a long shot but her game and the meta arguments show that she does have a hope that she can be understood. Kanon might not think better is possible, but still yearns for it and isn't satisfied with what they have; as opposed to Shannon who seems completely resigned to the fact no one will understand them and that there is no hope for the future. Ofc all of these are the same person, so it's not useful to see them as totally different perspectives. But I think trying to understand each persona on their own is useful to analyzing Sayo. Like, why is the persona that has completely given up tied to George? Why is the persona that wants better but doesn't think its possible tied to Jessica? I think answering those kinds of questions can help you understand what was going on in Sayo's head during a lot of moments as well as help you contextualize their relationships more.

It's kind of funny how they do the missing corpse trick with Kanon constantly but never with Shannon, when Shannon's corpse appears its either after Sayo is dead or they hide the corpse another way entirely. R07 probably didn't want you to figure out they were the only corpses allowed to do this.

Dlanor points out that Beatrice surely wants to be understood by more than one person, Beatrice doesn't really answer to that remark and just says it's fine for her to just hope that one person understands her.

Of course, Dlanor did end up guiding Battler to Beatrice... and thankfully he didn't have to release her guts in order to do it, but... Battler still didn't understand her with just Beatrice's own words and actions. He needed to be guided and prompted by others to be able to get there, and it was still too late. This is still very sad.

Beatrice gets a shocked expression once Dlanor points out that said prince needs to have love for her or otherwise they won't get to her, and Beatrice relents in giving her the manuscript as long as Dlanor agrees to not release it before she is dead.

Now, on to the present.

Of course, Sayo didn't *just* want Battler to understand her. She wanted others to be able to see her heart. She wanted others to stop painting over her for the benefit of others. She wanted everyone to see her for the full person that she was. But that seems like such an impossible, naive dream that she won't even accept to having it.

There's just so much going on here... Dlanor begging for you to understand her, the reuse of the episode 4 red truth. Dlanor points out that just understanding what went on in the gameboards isn't enough to understand Sayo, there is still so much more for you to understand.

This is the first of all the side arcs I would say is completely required reading, Umineko's Saikoroshi basically. The writing here was excellent, allowing you to see the gameboard from a different perspective helps you understand Sayo much more. Being post-ep8 also lets them be so much more explicit with things they didn't have as much of liberty in the main arcs. There are so many heartbreaking scenes in this episode. If anyone reading this hasn't read this arc, I really beg you to do so.

[quibbs126]

hi!! you said it'd be okay to request oc/canon fankids, so i thought i'd toss one of mine into the mix! her name's salt lick cookie, and she's a farmhand on a ranch. she mostly helps with the horses (hence 'salt lick'), and is a HUGE Horse Girl™. she has that THICK southern drawl, and is pretty laid-back in general. her pet would be a little living hobby-horse toy, y'know, the kind on a stick that you'd stand over and run around pretending to ride as a kid.

i think it'd be REALLY cute to pair her with potato cookie, since they both work closely with animals, and potatoes and salt tend to work well together lmao!

i do wanna apologize for a couple things regarding the reference image: since i can't draw, i used a mobile dollmaker app, so the colors aren't 100% accurate… salt licks run the gamut from pure white to a deep, pinky red, but nothing's as dark as the red on her overshirt, so that red should be lighter and more pinkish. (her bandana is supposed to be white and pink, too, not. yellow.) and the website i used to make the background transparent decided to also make her pigtails, shirt, and half of one boot transparent… hopefully that won't make a difference if the canvas is white?

ah, sorry, one more thing, if you ever decide to draw this, i'd prefer if you tagged energy-drink-cookie, since that's my cookie run sideblog!! even if you pass on this, i think it's really cool that you're open to ocs and i hope you're having a good day!

Here you are, this is Potato Chip Cookie

You said to tag @energy-drink-cookie so here you go

Oh and by the way if you’re wondering why the oc looks different in my ref than the one given, it’s because I redrew it myself and afterwards I was told I could use that version if I wanted

Anyways on to the show, so I named him Potato Chip simply because they’re potatoes and they’re usually salty. I mean one’s salt and the other potatoes, what else was I gonna do if not some form of salty potatoes?

Potato chips:

Funny enough when making the initial rough sketch, I thought he looked a bit too much like Salt Lick, but around the time I was finishing up, I thought he looked a bit too much like Potato. I’m willing to say now he’s probably more of an even balance

I do admit that I kind of just gave him Salt Lick’s top hair, just with some more rounded ends to resemble Potato more. I was always planning on making his hair blonde with white streaks since he’s still a potato, but I also made the blonde slightly more orange, though I don’t think it’s very noticeable

I also gave him those dark brown flecks in his hair just because the potato chips I was looking at had some pepper in them. And it tied in with the eyebrow color

I gave him pink eyes because it was supposed to represent the salt, but also I realize that if I didn’t give him pink eyes, he’d definitely look too much like Potato

So with his outfit, initially he was going to be a farmer, but I ended up think “what if he was a chef instead?” and went with that for everything below his scarf (since that was what I had drawn first). But also I didn’t change the initial look, mostly because I really liked it, so I think his top part and his bottom part may not entirely coincide with his theme

When trying to finalize the colors, I wasn’t sure about giving Potato Chip his yellow shirt, since I thought it looked off, but my friend told me to make it flannel and make his scarf red, so I did. I think I’ve gotten flannel mostly down, but truthfully I’m not sure

But yeah overall I quite like his design

Now onto his character

So I said before he’s a chef. Well he still lives on the potato farm with his family, but he also acts as their cook, since he’s got aspirations of one day being a famous chef (though he’s currently a bit too young to pursue these dreams, he’s still a teenager). His dishes mainly consist of various things made of potatoes like potato salad, potato chips, potato pancakes, loaded potatoes, you get the picture. Also if they have a mill for potato flour/starch, I imagine he mans it as his main role on the farm

Other than that, he’s a sweet guy. A bit shy and sometimes easily startled, but he doesn’t have an ounce of malice in his dough. He just likes to make food for the people he cares about

And yeah I think that’s about it for Potato Chip, I hope you like him!

[safyresky]

I am once again asking if tscs even knows what pacing is

Episode 4 once again has my brain itching and not in a good way. I'm so infuriated and also perplexed and also very much just. What?? Did I just watch????

Part of me is like "Man, maybe I should stop watching this show. I dislike it it. Every episode takes down my hp permanently. my brain KEEPS ITCHING AND YOU CAN'T SCRATCH YOUR BRAIN WITH YOUR FINGERS UNLESS YOU DO SOME QUESTIONABLE SHIT THAT WOULD GET A MEDICAL LICENCE REVOKED!!!!" and the other part of me is like "You know what's fun? Getting angry while also still wondering if perhaps it will get better!"

SURVEY SAYS. IT AIN'T GETTING ANY BETTER FOLKS!

I don't even know WHERE to begin, so I'm just gonna point form this bitch and see what happens (chaos I imagine)

UM. CURTIS EXPLODED????

I REMEMBER READING THAT IN A FIC SOMEWHERE and I can't remember what fic it was, but the OC that was the head elf before Bernard exploded into confetti bc of stress. I gotta find that fic again.

BUT UM. CURTIS-ITIS??? WHAT A WAY TO GET WRITTEN OFF THE SHOW. KINDA SAD FOR THE LIL GUY, HE WAS STRESSED BUT DIDN'T DESERVE TO BE EXPLODED ):

Hey. Don't cry, don't cry. I have a list of misdemeanours Scott has done that would surely get him in trouble with the Council. Wanna see it?

YOU'RE GONNA.

Based on really shitty math that I did NOT fact check, about 2 billion counts of exposing the SOS (giving snow globes to all the families that celebrate Christmas to rejuvenate Christmas magic, that HAS to go against magical secrecy things)

Turning EB into a BB. Yes, Sandra did it, but given the "family business" angle...¯\_(ツ)_/¯

(one count of Legend-napping?)

Breaking into EB's house

Stealing his basket of tricks

Taking over his holiday and not telling the Council

Using Legendary Figure's powers on and against them

Lying. So much LYING.

So that's about 2 billion and 5? Ish? Penalties?

HMMM.

In Jack voice: I commit 273 acts of upstaging of Santa and I nearly get booted from the Council, but when SANTA commits two point five billion injections, he gets off scoot free! Unbelievable.

So, yeah. I am mad about that. And on the SUBJECT of Jack Frost on this Jack Frost Stan Blog, WHY ARE ALL THESE SANTA'S MAKING SNOW???? I KNOW IN TSC2 SANTA MADE SNOW BUT IT WAS OBVI FAKE AF AND BAD. AND NOW THIS???? JUST, MAKING FLURRIES AND LETTING IT SNOW AND SNOWBALLS AND THE ICICLES FROM LAST SEASON??

AHHHH

Okay. I'm cool. I'm chill. I'm calm. Uh

(clearing my throat)

The way. The ladies are all interacting. Is ICK. It's like, trying to be woke and then going back and doing the EXACT OPPOSITE. Like. Just. I can't DEAL with every woman to woman conversation, especially when Carol is involved. She just keeps going back on things she says, and I dislike EVERYTHING about the ladies and ladies chats. I was SHOOKETH when they went "Let's use EB's house as a rage room!" THE MAN WAS KIDNAPPED AND BUNNY'D GUYS. COME ON! The Claus's really are out here just CRIMING IT UP, HUH.

Man. I haven't done a second watch and I'm not sure I'm going to??? I may attempt it again tomorrow. But it really really does seem like the plot is getting kinda lost. I honestly thought Mad Santa would make it to the Pole this episode, and my guess about him getting there end of episode 5 or beginning of 6 was like. NOT CORRECT

BUT FELLAS. I THINK IT WAS CORRECT. I THINK THEY'RE REALLY GONNA LAST MINUTE THE PLOT. AH.

Seeing Sandman was fun! I thought the elves lulling him to sleep was goddamn funny as FUCK. I did NOT like hoe easily he gave into Scott's gaslighting.

Also, holy hell. If Santa can't look like Santa delivering eggs, then perhaps maybe you should uh. MAKE THE WATCH TURN HIM INTO A BUNNY? NOT INTO REGULAR SCOTT CALVIN? HATE THAT. I have always had a hc that Santas totally could poof into their civilian selves for whatever reason, BUT NOT LIKE THIS. And I know it's just bc TA doesn't like the Santa prosthetics. Every single instalment of this franchise has him not being Santa-ie at some point and it is. EXHAUSTING. Scott's just exhausting. I miss movie Scott so gd much y'all

Also love that Mad Santa's plan was "maybe he'll notice me" lol. That's fucking funny. The elves sure did! But they don't want to be EXILED and I'm like, uh, I KNOW there was a clause for it but Scott doesn't know so maybe you guys need to chill? IF SANTA DOESN'T KNOW HE CAN EXILE YOU THEN YOU ARE SET!

Also x2, it has just occurred to me that we are 4 episodes in and have yet to:

meet the other gnomes

see this amulet Magnus keeps talking about

see Kris have any other part that isn't just "look we got fluffy on here!"

see ANYONE make the EB was kidnapped connection

See Befana put EB back

be given more substance on being exiled as an elf

like. do exiled elves turn into gnomes? given Olga's like of marshmallows?? HMM

Man y'all, I'm all over the place, much like this episode. I wonder what the heckeros is going on behind the scenes. I feel like the plot is so derailed and uh also. THEY EXPLODED MY BOY!!

[your-divine-ribs]

Can’t Believe You’re 26

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No warnings, just talk of losing virginity // I originally wrote this in response to an ask I got about being late 20s and not having had a first kiss // I was going to write a part 2 but realistically I might never get around to it so I’ll leave what happens next to your imagination!

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It's funny how things turn out. You never would have pictured yourself here at 25 going on 26, single, living alone, still a virgin. In fact you'd never even kissed a boy. You'd been shy all through school, concentrating on your studies rather than the lads like the rest of the girls. Whilst they were telling wild tails of sloppy snogs and wandering hands and being fingered behind the youth club, you'd just sit there taking it all in, trying to hide your blush, half-intrigued, half-horrified.

By the time you got to your late teens, things just got even more awkward. All your friends were obsessed with boys, who was flirting with who, who was shagging who, which boys were to be avoided and who was lusted after. You just buried your head in a book, conveniently zoning out when attention turned to you, vague answers tripping off your tongue when your friends probed you.

"Ah, don't bother asking Y/N," Sally your best friend would say. "She's more interested in fictional boys than the ones down the local pub!"

Sally was the only one who knew of your situation, and she tried in vain to set you up with a procession of suitors who just fell short of your expectations every time. You were accused of being too picky and you were, but it was more than that. The older you got the more you feared telling a potential boyfriend about your inexperience, so you ended up avoiding relationships altogether.

You'd met Van at school and he was in the year above you. He was never in the cool crowd or the geeky crowd, he was just one of those lads who didn't really fit into a clique. He'd turn up for lessons, scruffy haired and cheeky smiled, doing the bare minimum in class to get by without getting into too much trouble, but he was never going to top the class. He was a dreamer, you could see it right from the start, the first day he'd walked into the music room you'd seen the glint in his eye as he'd picked up a guitar. And now here he was at 28, living out his dreams, touring the world and releasing platinum selling albums.

Van was one of the few people you were still in touch with from your school days. You'd forged an unlikely friendship since day one on your first meeting in the music room. Van was an aspiring musician and you loved to sing, and you quickly bonded over your love of music. He wasn't like the other boys who feigned interest but really had an ulterior motive. He never overstepped the mark and made you feel uncomfortable. You often wondered whether he had a suspicion about your lack of experience, but he never said anything, and that suited you just fine.

"I can't believe you're 26!"

You look up at the familiar voice which distracts you from the present you're currently unwrapping. You're holding a small birthday party at your house, just a few select family and friends, and you really weren't expecting Van to come. He'd been invited of course, but he was always so busy, you'd never actually expected him to show.

"Van! You're here!" You exclaim, pushing yourself up from your seat on the sofa, the half opened gift falling aside as you launch yourself into his arms.

"Woah! That's some kind of welcome!" He says, laughing, wrapping his arms around your waist and drawing you close.

You melt into his arms, the realisation of how much you've missed him flooding you as you bury your head in his chest. Why does he always smell so goddamn good?

"I didn't think you'd make it," you mumble into his shirt, breathing him in. "I thought you'd be too tired after the tour."

"Yeah well... I always make an effort for my special girl don't I?"

This comment raises heat to your cheeks, and you're just glad that Van can't see your face. Since he's been off touring the world the small crush on him you'd harboured since your school days had taken on a life of its own. It's now grown to such a level that you're feeling like an awkward teenager around him again.

"Good to see you Van," your mum beams at him as you reluctantly pull away, then her eyes slip down to you. "Y/N's missed you, haven't you love?"

You turn your head away from Van, glaring pointedly at your mum with a look which tells her to back off, see the small smirk on her face which lets you know she knows exactly what she's doing. She's always liked Van and you know she'd be delighted if anything was to happen between the two of you.

"Errr... yeah sure, of course I have!" You mutter, hoping the ground might open up and swallow you whole. "It's been months since I last saw you... so how was the tour?"

Van's whole being lights up when he starts talking about the tour. It's one of the many things you love about him, the way he positively glows when he's passionate about something.

He launches into an epic story of the American tour the band have just been on, hardly pausing to take a breath, and you listen on, rapt. It's not long before you've fallen back into your easy way together, chatting effortlessly, laughing and joking like the good friends that you are, thoughts of seeing Van in a different light falling to the back of your mind. That's until he catches you in the kitchen just after the last party guests have said their goodbyes and filtered out the door.

"God I'm knackered!" You sigh, reaching for the kettle to flick it on, not bothering to ask Van if he wants a cuppa, you just know he will.

He steps over, leaning on the kitchen cabinet next to you, nudging you gently. "That's what happens when you get old," he teases. "Next you'll be taking afternoon naps and dribbling everywhere!

"Fuck off!" You grin. "I'm not that old, I'm in my prime you know!"

He nods, mirroring your smile. "I'll say! I'm surprised some lucky guy's not come along and snapped you up!"

You immediately feel yourself start to blush again so you turn away, busying yourself with making the tea, pouring out boiling water into the mugs. "Now you sound just like my mum!"

"Surprised she's not married you off to someone yet," he chuckles. "I do love your mum, she makes me laugh. Reckon she's been trying to set us up for years ya know."

As he speaks he edges closer and you dip your head down, stirring the tea, sure now that even if Van can't see your scarlet cheeks he'll definitely be able to feel the warmth. It's quiet for a moment, the only sound the spoon clinking on the side of the mugs as you stir, and then Van speaks, breaking the silence.

"Y/N... can I ask you something?"

His quiet almost wary sounding tone immediately sets your nerves on edge and you feel yourself tensing up. You still daren't look up, but know you'll have to eventually. "What?"

Van moves then to your relief, crossing over to the fridge and opening it, taking a bottle of milk out. "Look... you can tell me to mind my own business if you like... it's just... I wondered..."

He trails off and you do look up then, meeting his blue-green eyes which are regarding you cautiously. You can feel your pulse quicken, his obvious awkwardness just creating a strange kind of uncomfortable tension.

"You're making me feel nervous now," you say, your voice coming out small.

Van's face folds into concern and he steps forward quickly, setting the milk down on the counter. "Shit, I'm sorry. I didn't mean for this to be awkward but now it is... I just... I just wanted to ask..."

He stops again, and the fact that he's just dragging this out now is torturous. "Just spit it out!" You blurt. "What do you want to ask me?"

"Have you ever... you know?"

Fuck... what is this?

"Have I ever what?" You say, your voice strained, your stomach churning into knots. Of course you know exactly what Van wants to know, and the fact that he's about to blatantly ask you such a personal question fills you with horror. It doesn't matter that you've been friends since you were 13, the thought of him knowing this private side to you makes you deeply uncomfortable.

He sighs, eyes darting around the room before they come to rest on yours. Your cheeks are in a permanent state of scarlet now and you don't even try to hide it. What's the point? Van can already see that you're mortified, and still it doesn't deter him.

"Since I've known you, you've never had a boyfriend... or a girlfriend," he says, slowly, carefully, watching your reaction. "And Sally says you've never hooked up with anyone..."

What?

Your mouth drops open in shock. "What the fuck? When have you been speaking to Sally? And what the hell was she doing talking about me to you?"

Van visibly winces at your reaction as he realises that he's just managed to get your friend into serious trouble. He starts talking fast, holding up his hands in a conciliatory gesture. "It was before we went on the tour. Me and Larry were just in the pub and we bumped into Sally. She was drunk... we all were. We just started talking about school, and who we'd been out with and stuff..."

"Oh and I suppose my lack of sex life just slipped into the conversation?" You cry, exasperated, making a mental note to kill your best friend in the slowest, most painful way possible.

"Actually... I asked," Van says, so quietly you think you might have misheard him, but then he speaks again, and your mind immediately goes into a spin.

"I like you... I mean I really like you. And I have done for ages..." he trails off whilst you stand there in shock, raising his eyes up to the ceiling like he's looking for inspiration. "Fuck... even since school, but you never seemed interested in me... or anyone."

This isn't happening. It can't be happening. You feel lightheaded, your heart pounding. Van carries on, looking nervous as hell now.

"Look... just tell me if I'm making a fool out of myself here. I can go if you want..."

He starts to step back like he's making to leave and you feel a panic rising. You don't want him to leave. You might be in a state of shock, but a million fireworks are erupting in your chest at his admission, and you know that if he walks out now this will become one of those awful cringeworthy moments that drives an awkward wedge into your friendship.

"Don't go!" You exclaim, and he stops in his tracks, eyes wide, hopeful looking. "I'm sorry I'm acting kind of crazy, but I'm just really shocked... and massively embarrassed."

He steps forward quickly, and you find yourself pressing back into the kitchen counter as he keeps coming. He doesn't stop until he's a foot away, and to your surprise he reaches out his hands, placing them gently on your waist.

"I'm so sorry, I really didn't want to embarrass you. I can't believe I even came out and asked you. I was just so curious."

Now he's standing right in front of you there's nowhere to hide. Your mind scrolls through possible replies, considering fabricated scenarios where you've been with any number of sexual partners, but it seems ridiculous to lie. Van's always been such a good friend, and you've never knowingly lied to him in the past. You've never needed to. Why start now?

"I... I've... errr... I've never..." you trail off, cringing inside, waiting to see Van's lips twist into a smile, but they don't. He looks so sincere, you feel a sudden rush of boldness, throwing caution to the wind. "I've never slept with a guy... I've never done anything. In fact I've... errr... I've never even kissed anyone."

You look down immediately, studying your feet, embarrassed beyond belief, wondering what happens now. You feel Van's fingers flex on your hips, holding you firmly but gently. He shuffles forward slightly. He's so close now, yours bodies just inches apart. Your heart's hammering so hard you can practically hear the blood pumping around your body.

"Don't be embarrassed," Van says, his voice soft. "You shouldn't be ashamed. There's nothing wrong with that."

"But I'm 26 years old!" You cry, looking up then. "It's fucking pathetic!"

Van shakes his head, little creases of concern wrinkling his forehead at your obvious discomfort. One of his hands leaves your hips and he places two fingers under your chin, tilting your face up to meet his. "Don't say that. It's not at all. I think it's..." He breaks off, a small smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. "It's kinda cute... you're cute."

His gaze is intense, holding you in some kind of spell. You've always thought his eyes were pretty, the colour of the ocean, and now you fancy you could actually drown in them if he carries on looking at you like that.

"Van..." you begin, but the words don't come. All of a sudden you don't seem capable of even forming a sentence. All you can think of is him... his lips... kissing them... wondering how he'll taste.

"Can I... kiss you?" He whispers tentatively. "I'd love to be your first... kiss I mean."

You want to. You want it so bad, but you're gripped with nerves. You imagine an awkward meeting of lips, clashing teeth, your inexperience showing you up. "I'm... really... nervous," you admit, swallowing deeply.

"Don't be," Van breathes, his eyes flicking down to your lips. "It's easy. Here... let me show you."

Christ... your mouth's gone dry. You dart out your tongue to wet your lips, your mind spinning furiously, glancing down at Van's lips as he gets closer and and closer. This is it. You close your eyes...

The feel of Van's lips meeting yours is a sensation you're not prepared for. You let out an exhale, a pent up release as his mouth mashes against yours with a surprisingly firmness. His lips feel softer than you would have imagined, warm and plump... and fucking delicious. You let out an involuntary sigh at the sensation, which causes you to pull away, embarrassed.

"Oh god, I'm sorry!" You giggle, your heart pounding, your legs feeling weak.

Van's eyes are sparkling, the grin he's wearing splitting his face in two. "Wanna try that again?"

"Uh-huh..."

You nod eagerly, giggling with nervous excitement, and this time you drape your arms around Van's shoulders, pushing yourself up on your tiptoes, pressing your own lips against his, taking the lead. He lets out a hum of approval, and you feel one of his hands go to the back of your head, tangling in your hair.

His lips are insistent but not forceful, and the kiss is sweet, but there's a underlying passion there which you can tell is barely contained. You can feel it too, as you feel Van's tongue gently nudging yours, exploring your mouth, tentatively at first but with more fervour as the kiss deepens.

Tension leaves your body as you can feel yourself relax, and you push your body forward, meeting Van's, your hips touching each other's. A small sigh escapes him as you feel the warm weight of his body pressing into you, the hardness of the kitchen counter pressing into your bum. A flare of heat floods your body and you curl your fingers around the nape of his neck, tugging at his hair.

All of a sudden Van pulls away, but only just, his face inches away, the warmth of his breath tickling your skin.

"Hold on... I just... errr... I just need a second."

He's breathing deeply, a flush on his face that you're not used to seeing, his eyes simmering with lust. You know he's being mindful of you, worrying about rushing things, not wanting to push the boundaries, but you're feeling reckless, the kiss awakening something in you that you've not felt before.

"I don't want to stop," you say, your voice coming out breathy. "I want... I want you to be... my first."

The words just spill out of you and its like you have no control over them, your body's reaction to having Van this close. You've shocked yourself, and you're not the only one. His eyes go wide, his mouth falling open. He looks stunned as the weight of your words hit him and sink in.

"But... it's too fast... I don't wanna rush things."

"You don't wanna rush things... or you're worried about me rushing things?" You ask, your hands falling away from him as he steps back.

He blows out an exhale through pursed lips, runs a hand though his hair, pushing it back. "I don't want you to do anything you're going to regret. Your first time... it should be special. You've waited this long..."

"Exactly!" You cut him off. "I don't wanna wait anymore. I really want this... unless you don't want to?"

Your enthusiasm dwindles mid-sentence as you feel anxiety wash over you. Maybe he doesn't want this after all. Maybe you're reading this all wrong.

He steps back again, shaking his head, looking flustered. You watch on as he turns on his heel, starting to slowly pace the length of the kitchen. This just makes your apprehension increase. He's obviously just trying to find the words to let you down gently. Suddenly you just want him to go, the exhilaration you felt from your first kiss already seeming like a distant memory, the sting of rejection piercing your heart.

"I'm sorry... let's just forget it hey? Just forget I said anything. It's been a long day. I'm just tired."

You start to turn away, reaching for one of the forgotten cups of tea, feeling dejected but not wanting Van to see it, hoping he'll just say goodbye and slip out of the door, lessening your embarrassment at misguidedly coming on too strong.

Fuck... what were you thinking?

There's quiet behind you and you think that maybe Van's stepping away, treading gently to ease the awkwardness of him leaving. You sip your tea, grimacing at the now only luke warm temperature, waiting for the sound of the front door opening and closing. But the sound never comes. Instead you hear footsteps, close behind, soft footsteps getting closer. Then you feel hands on your hips, warm firm hands, and they don't stop there. They continue their journey around your mid-riff, wrapping around you, the feel of Van's warm body pressing into your back, his head nudging into yours as he nuzzles into your neck. When he speaks his voice is soft and gentle.

"Y/N... you don't know how much I want this... how much I've always wanted this. Ever since that first day I walked into the music room at school I wanted you. When I heard your voice it was so fucking beautiful, and then I saw you and I was blown away because you were beautiful too."

You feel your body tense at his words, the feel of his hands holding you tightly, his body flush against yours. You can't believe what you're hearing. All those years Van never let on how he felt. You never imagined for one moment he saw you as anything but a good friend, your perceived plain looks back then and awkward demeanour sure not to attract anyone, let alone the boy who you secretly dreamt about every night.

"But... why didn't you say anything? You never let on... besides, you always had a girl back then. Lisa, Abby..."

Van lets out a laugh, a small kind of incredulous snort. "Yeah, I had girlfriends... lots of them I'll admit, but you were the one I wanted. I just never thought for one second you were interested in me. I just kind of gave up hope..."

Your boldness is back. It floods you with surprisingly certainty. You push your body back slightly, just enough so that Van's hold on you loosens, not enough that he breaks away, but enough that you can turn your body around so that your facing him, as close as you were before.

This time you don't hesitate, you reach up a hand to his face, cupping it firmly, willing him to look down on you and he does, his eyes simmering with a warmth that just makes you sure that this is what you want. You've never been more sure of anything in your life.

"I want this... I'm sure," you say steadily, maintaining his gaze which is burning into you now. Then your voice drops low, barely a whisper as you look up at Van through your lashes. "Take me to bed Van."

[eisforeidolon]

Question: Other than each other, who were your favorite actor or actress in the show to play against, that gave you a lot to work with when you were performing?

Jared: I feel, I mean there are some obvious answers, but I feel like one of the people who gave the most did it in a weird way, because he gave so little - Misha Collins? [Jensen chuckles] I'm teasing, I'm teasing, we all know I love Misha and Cass. But for the, like, two days a month he was on set? It was like, is he sleep talking or - sleep walking? [Jared laughs] Kidding. Honestly Cass. Speaking I'll just start this off - I loved Sully, and I saw a Sully earlier, I feel like Sully was almost, Sully was to Sam like Cass was to Dean. Like it was stuff they shared with a confidant that they never would have shared with each other because they wanted to keep secrets that we did often, if y'all don't - eurgh! You got to see a different side of Dean with Cass, you got to see a different side of Sam with Sully. I really enjoyed working with the Marks, not only Mark Pellegrino but [makes heavy breathing Maaaark noise] Sheppard. So again, seeing different sides and exploring fear, was - fun. Maybe I'm a masochist?

Jensen: Yeah, there's a lot of characters, a lot of actors, that were really fun to work with. I'll just name a couple off the top of my head. A young lady by the name of Ruth Connell, you know she came every day - she was one of those actresses that would show up on set and it would just elevate everybody's performance level. [Jared nods] And it was just so fun to a) watch her work, but then also be in a scene with her. Another one was Lisa Berry. [Jared nods] She just - and the funny thing about Lisa is, she's actually a big fan of the show. So the cameras were rolling and she's like, 'Ah, this is so cool! I haven't read ahead so don't tell me anything, I wanna wait for it to come out.' And then they'd be like 'Action!' and she'd be like [exaggerated serious voice] 'Dean.' I'd be like, 'Woah, what happened?' She's so good and just, again, so fun to work with.

Jared: Same thing happened - do you remember, I don't remember this gentleman's name, but the Yellow Fever scene with the snake? Remember the guy, we're in his house and he has the snake that crawls over your shoulder? [Jensen nods] He was also a giant fan -

Jensen: Oh, yeah, how could I forget?

Jared: Yes.

Jensen: Because when the snake started to crawl over my shoulder, my dear friend [points at Jared who walks off] got up and left the room! And all I heard was [gets up and walks off] 'Nope nope nope nope nope nope!'

Jared: They had to, like, zoom in on you.

Jensen: Me, I couldn't move because I had a 190lb snake on my shoulder. Yeah, that's how much it weighed.

Jared: But he also -

Jensen: It was a 200lb snake.

Jared: Yeah, that's enormous. But the actor who [finger quotes] owned that house in the show was like, 'Hey, I've only read this scene, so don't tell me what's going on the rest of the show, I just want to see it when it comes out.' We're like, 'Oh cool!' And it was like, 'Action!' and he'd do his part. Yeah, we've had a bunch. What about you [to fan], who did you like seeing other than the normal cast of characters?

Question: I really liked all of the interactions between Dean and Charlie, I thought they were really awesome.

Jared: Yeah, and Felicia - a lot of y'all have met her - so rad. What a lovely human. Thank you so much.

[riririnnnn]

The time I was psychic was one of the few times I was happy, I earned an average of 50 reais in a month… I should have spent the money on food instead of buying a new notebook—

Even so, he doesn't worry about that or the fact that he has a small camera in the crack of his wardrobe hidden between his coats. I completely understand what you feel because it's even what I feel writing it! But it's not rude to talk about it or warn it, everyone needs time, even if the time that maybe lasts forever… You briefly commented to me about this a few months ago if I'm not mistaken while showing some spoilers of what you wrote , which was very good by the way - Even so, whenever I need to talk or vent, a post or a sign with the Brazilian flag and I instantly appear there! Unless my tumblr doesn't notify

The wind part was supposed to be really scary, I like writing things like that, funny that for someone like you; My biggest inspiration for writing fics. You who write comedy and romance along with some heavy themes, I like writing heavy things like a dark romance! Without the "salient" content part, just horror, yandere love and stories with comedy mixed in :D

Durma bem e não se preocupe, vá com calma. Motivação e desinteresse são uma corda de duas pontas ou um círculo, como a vida que precisa da morte e a mesma vida, sem nenhuma delas não funcionam.

Good night, good morning, good afternoon and good morning!

—Ps; How to post on Tumblr? my dog ​​wants to know how to send drafts of Fanfic.

—TJ.🇧🇷

Go on, be a psychic again. Target the rich and be rich!

And, ah, I just thought it was a bit rude to say, "Yo! Writing has become a hassle to me now, so ciao!" I mean, Quotev isn't as big as Wattpad and Ao3, and despite that, I have a pretty decent amount of regular readers who have always poured love and praises to my books, so saying that I'm not feeling like writing makes me feel like I am being an ungrateful brat—it's like I am taking everything for granted or something.

There are so many cool writers on Quotev who got a lot of books and they maintain a steady schedule update for everything, then there's me, a dumbass, who can't maintain shi.

Well, thanks a lot to you :) You are one of the main person who is pulling me up, and because of you, writing seems a little less hassle nowadays :p I've also started posting here more again, so yeah, hopefully, I'll update soon :)

And oh? I never knew you wrote too! :D Maybe one day, I'll have a sneak peak too, hm? Hope you are having loads of fun while writing!

So sorry, I don't speak Portuguese (I first thought it was Spanish, but ahaha, forget, forget🪄✨), but I used Google translate and those are very pretty words!!

And you want to know how to post on Tumblr? Hm? You use the web or the app? 'cause I use the app and I know nothing about the web one :p

Have a very, very lovely day!!

As lovely as you are!

Abraço🦈🩷