#someday i'll get into something while it's currently popular

[federthenotsogreat]

hi!! ur m&l iceberg appeared on my dash, and i mmmight wanna make a premiere video abt it someday?? (if i'm able 2 get the right tools 4 the job kdkdjndg i wanna do game commentary and maybe reviews) but like!! do u mind explaining each of the points in crude detail?? i already know abt most of them as well, but just 2 be sure!! ty :D

I'm HONORED you'd consider making a video about my chart! However, I had some problems with answering this as Tumblr would frequently delete all of my progress. I assume this is because of the answer simply being too long, which is why I'll try to tackle three layers at a time. I will add more parts of the explanation with every reblog. I'm truly sorry but this is the only option.

Just as a little refresher, here's the full chart! Explanations are under the cut because this is gonna be long >:)

Alright let's get into this!

Layers 1 - 3:

Layer 1

-Seven games:

In total there's seven games in the Mario and Luigi series, five original titles (Superstar Saga, Partners In Time, Bowser's Inside Story, Dream Team, Paper Jam) and two remakes (Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Junior's Journey)

-Striped socks:

On the original artworks for the Mario and Luigi games, Luigi is seen wearing striped socks, something unique to this series. However, the socks haven't shown up in official artwork since Dream Team.

-Luigi running gag:

In the Mario and Luigi games there exists a common running gag that consists of Luigi being underestimated or completely forgotten by other characters. They'll often praise Mario while then either insulting or downplaying Luigi.

-Giant battles:

In Bowser's Inside Story and Dream Team there exists a form of battles known as "giant battles", during which Bowser (in BIS) and Luigi (in DT) turn massive to face off against giant enemies. The player has to flip their DS/3DS horizontally and dodge/fire off attacks by tapping the touch screen. In Paper Jam, there's also a form of battles called "papercraft battles" in which the player controls giant paper figurines, looking similar to the game's characters.

-Superstar Saga on Switch:

On February 8th 2023, Nintendo announced the port of several GBA games to Nintendo Switch Online, with Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga being one of them. Superstar Saga is currently the only title to be playable on Switch.

Layer 2

-Fawful in PIT:

In PIT there exists an optional area right underneath Peach's castle, in which you can observe a mysterious hooded figure. If you follow them with Baby Mario and Baby Luigi, the person reveals himself to be Fawful, who quickly starts telling the babies about his plan for revenge. He starts getting more and more emotional during his speech, but tells the babies that there's no need to worry about him. The player can then pay Fawful with beans in exchange for rare badges. This scene foreshadowes the entirety of Bowser's Inside Story, in which Fawful takes over the Mushroom kingdom, making his plan reality.

-The blorbs:

The blorbs are an illness that plagues the Mushroom Kingdom during the events of Bowser's Inside Story. If a Toad consumes a so called "Blorb Mushroom" they will get infected with the disease, causing their bodies to grow large and round, immobilizing them. The blorbs play an important role in the plot, as the illness is an important part of Fawfuls plan to take over the Mushroom Kingdom. During the end of the game, Dr. Toadley manages to get rid the blorbs, using the Miracle Cure.

-Luisley:

Luisley is the name of a popular ship in the M&L community. It is based on the idea of Luigi and Prince Peasley being in a romantic relationship. The game itself seems to heavily support this idea, as Peasley is often seen paying special attention to Luigi, and Luigi blushing when meeting the prince. This Tumblr post explains it in more detail.

-Gold beanie:

In Superstar Saga and Dream Team you can encounter enemies called Beanies. They're basically just green beans with and evil grin and tiny feet, and they're pretty easy to take down. However there exists a rare golden variant of these enemies, which have a high chance of fleeing every turn. Upon beating one, the playing receives a high amount of experience points as a reward.

-Alphadream filing for bankruptcy:

On October 1st, 2019, Alphadream, primarily known for their work on the Mario and Luigi series, filed for bankruptcy. This was most likely due to high development costs and bad revenue in return. What got the studio into that position in the first place probably were the bad sales of Superstar Saga's remake and Bowser Junior's Journey failing horrendously.

-No PIT remake:

While Superstar Saga and Bowser's Inside Story both received remakes, Partners In Time didn't get to enjoy that treatment. This was most likely due to Inside Story having better sales in comparison and Alphadream wanting to remake the most popular game in the series. However, them skipping the second installment and remaking the third game instead, still seems a bit odd.

-Shroobish:

Shroobish is the language spoken by the Shroobs in Partners In Time. It is written in a different alphabet and is totally indecipherable. The game does translate some words and sentences for the player, most notably the word destroy.

-Beanish and beanies are related species:

This is a popular theory created by fans that isn't mentioned in the game itself. The theory is based on the fact that Beanish and beanies share a lot of similarities, for example wide grins and green skin tone. The theory states that Beanish used to look similar to beanies, but evolved over time into what we know them as today.

Layer 3

-Cover art style change:

Superstar Saga as well as Partners in Time both have very detailed designs for their box art, while from Bowser's Inside Story onward the design is kept much simpler, just having a white background with the characters placed on top of it. It is important to note that the American version of Superstar Saga's remake uses the modern style, while the European version is a direct callback to the original's box art.

-Paper Jam hate:

Paper Jam is easily the least popular game in the series. This is due to the game's lack of original characters and story telling, which makes it stand out negatively when compared to the rest of the series. It had big potential, being a crossover with the Paper Mario series, but barley incorporated any of its elements, ending up as a rather boring M&L title, with Paper Mario as a playable character.

-Carrot minigame:

The carrot minigame is one of the many minigames present in Bowser's Inside Story and it's remake. Due to it's precise touch screen controls it is notoriously frustrating and difficult to beat, especially for younger players, slowly making it gain kind of a meme status amongst the community.

-Cacklebean:

Much like Luisley, Cacklebean is another popular ship in the M&L community, this time pairing Cackletta with Queen Bean. The idea is often backed up by Cackletta seemingly having a lot of knowledge about Beanbean Castle and its secrets, such as the security system surrounding the Beanstar. Queen Bean and the residents of the Beanbean Kingdom also never seem to mention Cackletta in any negative light whatsoever, often just insulting Fawful instead of her.

-Yoko Shimomura:

Yoko Shimomura is a Japanese composer primarily known for her work in video games, including the Mario and Luigi series. She also composed for games such as Super Mario RPG: Legend Of The Seven Starts and Kingdom Hearts.

-Headcanons:

This is a more community focused entry. Fans of the Mario and Luigi series often have a lot of different headcanons, some just adding more depth to certain characters while others change the story in its entirety. Since everyone's headcanons are different, everyone perceives the games differently and every fan stands out in their own unique and special way. Some popular headcanons include Cackletta being Fawfuls adoptive mother, Popple and Fawful being brothers or Peasley being gay.

-SSS difficulty spike:

The original version of Superstar Saga is kind of notorious for having a really weird difficulty spike with the game being pretty easy over all but then suddenly raising the difficulty out of nowhere before having it decrease again. Some examples of this are Wiggler and Trunkle going down in just a few hits while having much harder battles before and after them, Cackletta in Woohoo Hooniversity being a pretty tough challenge for this point of the game all while having the difficulty decrease again seconds later, and of course the final boss being absurdly hard and coming out of nowhere with the game refusing to prepare you for it at all.

-Popple is suffering from memory loss:

When encountering Popple in Dream Team, he does not recognize Mario and luigi at all, despite mentioning how he had trouble with people looking extremely similar back when he was still in the Beanbean Kingdom.

-Geno in the Fungitown arcade:

In Little Fungitown, the player will encounter Geno from Super Mario RPG while playing the Star 'Stache Smash minigame, where he will moderate the game and explain the rules. Geno is absent from the remake due to him not being owned by Nintendo.

[ghostintheheadset]

watchmojo's top five headphones_haver fics of 2023 (not clickbait)

I'm looking at my 2023 stats on ao3 and fandom disparities are really funny to me lmao, my main fandom at the moment is fe3h, and of the 22 fics I posted this year, 19 of them were fe3h.

All three of the non-fe3h fics are my top three most kudos'ed fics of the year:

It goes without saying ofc that these numbers don't really matter, if I was only doing this for the kudos I'd be writing m/m genshin fic, and it's not really surprising why the numbers are the way they are- both my Pokemon and Zelda fics were posted within a few months of the game coming, and gwitch is also relatively new and I was writing for far and away the most popular ship. Meanwhile, 3h is now past the 4 year mark, and largely m/m dominated while the majority of my fics are f/f. While I would certainly enjoy all my fics getting popular, seeing the numbers like this makes it easy to remember that engagement isn't a metric of quality.

(In that vein, Falling is probably the fic I spent the least amount of time on this year, being impulse-written in about 2 hours. Sometimes niche fics you pour your heart and soul into can't reach the same level of popularity as wider-appeal stories you wrote much more quickly, and that's okay)

That said, though, I am happy with the fics that made top 2. There's something satisfying about my first and last fics of the year being the most popular, and I am very happy with how the both of them turned out. They're both representative of the themes I like writing about and are both wholesome yuri, so I think they "belong" in the top 5 as much as any fic could be said to.

Numbers 4 and 5 are kind of a surprise to me- Pegasus Knight Dysphoria is a gen fic about a trans girl and Someday is an f/f rarepair. Of the 19 (wow) 3h fics I've written over 2023, these are not the two I'd expect to break into the top 5, but it's a pleasant surprise that they did!

Anyway, none of that actually matters beyond being mildly interesting to me specifically. Onward to 2024:

According to my stats page, I posted 126k words of fic in 2023, which averaged out to a little over 10k words a month or about 345 words a day. Not bad! Looking to get those numbers up next year though. If I don't, then that'll be okay, but 126k is the Word Count To Beat if possible.

I would also like to do some more fandom events! Apparently there's a FE rarepair week happening literally right now that I wasn't aware of until yesterday. Hoooopefully I'll be able to see more of that kind of thing now that I'm here, as they've always been a lot of fun when I could participate. I'm not leaving 3h just yet, but I would like to branch out a bit more- I definitely have more gwitch fics lined up, and I'd like to also branch out a bit and write for some other fandoms I haven't gotten around to yet.

Big writing goal is to finish Together We Ride, and also work on it more consistently. I was putting off starting it for a while because I wanted to "wait for a good time", but I realized if I kept that up it would never get started. Considering I started it in April and there's currently 7 chapters, it was in fact "not a good time", but! I am committed to seeing it through in the upcoming year.

That's about it I think. It's been lovely writing fic over the past year (and a great way to unwind from the Grad School Stress), and I'm very much looking forward to exploring more next year.

(might do a roundup later today of some fics from this year I really liked we'll see)

[lumine-no-hikari]

Dear Sephiroth: (a letter to a fictional character, because why not) #239

Some very sad and confusing things happened today, and I don't know what to do. I think I'm still not ready to talk about it.

Well. Nonetheless, I had a visitor today. Ma from work came over. We played several rounds of a popular card game in my world called Magic: The Gathering. I don't know how much you know about Queen's Blood, which, as I understand it, is a card game in your world. The rules are very different, but they are similar in that they are both card games, and they both require a good head for strategy. I ended up winning 3 out of the 4 games with Ma. I felt kinda bad about it. But on the 4th game, I ended up drawing poorly, which gave his deck time to build up so it could work in the way he envisioned. The cards he selected were absolutely radiant, and watching them work together was glorious!

…To be perfectly honest, I like it better when the other person wins, when playing Magic: The Gathering. And there are two reasons for this. First, it means the other person gets to feel good and confident about their deck and about the way they put it together. Second, it means I get to see their deck in action, which is essentially an indirect way to see and marvel at how their mind works. I get to see the way they put their cards together. And I get to see the delighted and satisfied looks on their faces when their combination of cards works exactly as intended. It's a very beautiful thing.

I imagine you'd be very good at this game; you're a smart guy and you learn very quickly. Maybe someday if you ever visit my neighborhood, we can show you how it works; I think you'd have a lot of fun with it. It'd be a great way to work that brilliant mind of yours.

I thought we were going to go to the food truck festival today, downtown. But M, J, and Ma weren't feeling it. And that's cool, so we stayed home. I imagine the place would have been crowded and overwhelming for me anyway, and I'm currently not in the bestest emotional state. I'm managing; I'm staying afloat. But… well…

…

In any case, I'm pleased to tell you that the exercises I got from K at the physical therapy place seem to be working pretty well. I was in almost no pain all day today, and that was pretty great, because that hasn't happened in a while. I did a bunch of dishes today, and then I made my classic recipe of chicken leg quarters, crispy asparagus, and macaroni and cheese. I think I've walked you through the process of making that at least once. It's one of my favorite comfort dishes. Maybe one of these days, I'll get to share it with you. I discovered today that Ma doesn't like asparagus, though; he described it as his "kryptonite".

Oh, uh. You might not know what that's referencing. Uhhh, so… in my world, we have in our popular media a superhero called Superman. He comes from a planet called Krypton, but it was being destroyed by something, so his loving parents built a spaceship for him when he was a baby, and he ended up landing on my planet - Earth. He was found by some farmers, and as he grew, he realized that he has amazing strength, and the ability to fly, and a plethora of other random superpowers. He assumed a very unassuming identity as a journalist called Clark Kent, but in his spare time, he puts on a disguise and protects the world from people who wanna take it over and kill a bunch of people.

But Superman's one weakness is an imaginary substance called Kryptonite (for the record, kryptonite is a real mineral on my planet, but unlike the Kryptonite in the comics, the real stuff is basically inert; it doesn't do anything). For whatever reason, if Superman is in the presence of Kryptonite, he loses all his powers, and if he stays in its presence for too long, I think he'll die.

Most people in my world know about Superman and the effect that Kryptonite has on him. So when they say, "x is my kryptonite", what they really mean is that they hate it a lot.

So, I guess that was a really long way of saying that I made Ma some caramelized onions to go with the chicken and the macaroni and cheese, because he doesn't like asparagus. Hahaha…

…Sephiroth… I know that I write a lot in this space; thank you for putting up with it. You might conclude from this that I am a person who talks all the time, or a person who writes to people all the time. But I'm not. Truth be told, outside of this space here where I feel safe writing to you, I'm actually relatively taciturn. I tend not to demand the attention of the people around me, even if those people are close to me. Usually, I wait to engage with others until they prompt me. And it's not because I don't wanna talk to people; truth be told, I do have a lot going on up in my noggin (as I'm sure you've gathered by this point, if you've read any of these) that I wish could be easily shared. But… through the course of living, and when I consider myself in relation to the rest of the world, I've discovered this:

My life experiences and the way I perceive the world are both very weird. There's a lot going on up in my head, but almost none of it could possibly be relevant to other people in my world. And I don't like demanding others' attention to say things to them that aren't relevant to them. Almost no one in my life wants to hear me talk about the way the trees sing. They don't wanna hear me talk about my special interests. They don't wanna hear me talk about the projects I'm doing. They don't wanna hear me talk about you. They don't wanna hear me talk about my various wacky and stupid adventures. Why should they? It's not like what normal people talk about.

So I don't. And that's fine; they've got their own things that they can talk to me about if they wanna; even if I don't know a whole lot about it or even if I don't know what to say, I still listen. I still try to make myself available, even if it doesn't always work out (sometimes I can't focus for shit). But I'll usually wait for others to initiate; not everyone takes well to being asked about how they're doing or about themselves in general, so I usually wait for others to approach at their leisure, so that it can be their choice. Often enough, J will tap my shoulder while I'm in the middle of something because he wants me to listen to him talk about airplanes or about whatever else is on his mind, and I'm happy to pause what I'm doing to listen; it's delightful.

Usually bad things happen when I try to initiate, though. For example, J gets really overwhelmed and sometimes frustrated if I interrupt him while he's doing something to talk about stuff that has no bearing on his life, and that's natural. I can't just open my mouth and demand people's time like that, willy-nilly. And nearly everyone is like this; it's not just J. Besides, if I get to talking about whatever crazy shit is in my head, then either no one understands, or they get weirded out, or their eyes glaze over pretty quickly. I've noticed that by and large, people won't tell me that they wanna stop talking or that they wanna change the subject, and that baffles me.

…When I start to think I am welcomed and wanted in a space, invariably, what happens is that I mask less, and then others discover that I'm weirder and more incomprehensible than they thought, and then they don't want me around anymore. It happens over and over and over and over again, and… I'm tired. So I just shut up and listen. I've learned that the best way to avoid getting hurt by the people I wanna be loved by is to figure out what they want and just do it. Unfortunately, I don't do a very good job of that unless they tell me what it is that they want. And lots of folks are very hesitant to say the things they want out loud.

So the thing I've learned to do, in order to get around other people's reluctance to set conversational boundaries and their reluctance to tell me what they want, is to wait patiently, to be quiet, to observe keenly, and to listen carefully. Outside of this space, I tend not to speak or write unless I feel like I have something damn important to say, and I almost never feel like I do. Even for M and I, sometimes we go for a day or two without saying much of anything at all to each other (even though we live in the same house and are married), and that doesn't feel bad or wrong to me. It's just easier for everyone this way, because then everyone can be heard and I can avoid bothering people with my bullshit nonsense. I can just work by myself on my stupid little projects in peace and leave everyone alone so that they're free to do their things without needing to worry about being pestered by an annoying little shit like me. It's very simple.

In this space here, when I write to you, it's a little different. I'm not saying words with my face that then others have no choice but to hear. I am not writing things to send to their phones or their social media spaces, which they then might feel they have an obligation to read. I put my thoughts here, and the people who want to know them can read them, and the people who don't want to know can move on. It's here if people want it, and if they don't, they can just ignore it. Easy peasy. In this way, I am not an inconvenience or an imposition. I have a little bit more freedom like this, because I don't have to worry about pissing someone off and losing social face for failing to read the social cues that tell those who aren't socially blind that they're not wanted.

I can write unabashedly in these letters to you, because most of me imagines that you're never going to see them. And even if you did see them, most of me imagines that you'll just destroy them or throw them away without looking at them, anyway. After all, even if you were not a fictional character who doesn't actually exist, I have no reason to believe that you'd treat me any differently than most anyone else does.

…Sigh. It's just… it's complicated. Maybe my brain is a little warped today. I'm grieving. But it can't be helped. It's probably all my fault.

Well. It's 8:56PM. I have to wake up at 5AM to take J to Great Barrington again. If I want a good night's sleep, I have to be in bed within the next four minutes. Wish me luck, yeah?

I love you. And I'll write again tomorrow. Stay safe out there.

Your friend, Lumine

[theredmark-dev]

Hello! I make games

My name is Malindu and I make games. I don't want to go into a long intro but I know my inner-writer wouldn't agree. So here's the gist:

Who am I?

I am Malindu Ruwantha Kumaradasa. Since that is a hard name for most of you, I go by the name Mark (MaRK, to be more specific) on the internet. I turn 25 this September (2024). I like games (obviously), music, writing, and dubbing (haven't tried in a professional setting but I definitely would, someday). I still live with my parents while working as a contractor for InforPanacea, UK. I don't always get work and that's where I get my free time to make games. On to the more "game dev" side 👇

What am I?

I'm a graduate of Software Engineering who made games even while doing my unrelated degree. I made a C game on the command prompt, a C# game with visuals, a Js multiplayer game on the browser, and my "Software Engineering" final project using Unity. All this and not finding a permanent job in the software field led me to start working on games. I have currently worked on 2 different game projects: A deck builder similar to Marvel SNAP (project dropped for... reasons) and a tower defense game ("Hyper Towers", a skillset demo, available on itch.io, 5-minute gameplay). Right now, I am working on a game called "Survivesmith", which is a larger game in terms of gameplay and effort. I will write more about this in a different post.

I'll give you one better, Why am I?

I am doing game dev because it had been my passion even before I realized it. At a very young age (probably around 8), I saw some amazing games on TV and on the internet but didn't get to play any of them. I dreamt about those games as a kid and didn't know a lot about how to even play them. I started making games in my head and played them on pen and paper. I made my own art, UI, balancing, stat sheets, and that kinda stuff and played them with the graphics and sound effects turned to the max inside my head.

In school, I made games to be played on our notebooks ("notebooks" here being small A6-sized books where we wrote down our homework for the day). They got really popular among kids in my grade and even in the grade above mine.

All and all, I've always wanted to make games, and I never knew how, until I started learning coding. Now, after 24 years, I'm finally working on something I've always wanted to do instead of what others have told me to. I'd like to invite you to join me on my journey. I might not become a great game developer, but at least I would try to make games that would make me happy, and provide enjoyment to the players at the same time.

Cheers!

[childofaura]

Any thoughts on Karen Strassman? She played Olivia, Anna (of all kinds) and Hana!

Outside of it, she’s the current voice for Rouge the Bat, Aigis from Persona 3 and Nanako from Persona 4.

I've gotta put this out there, because any time I bring up an actor/actress who isn't totally left wing, I get messages telling me why said actor/actress is the spawn of Satan and I shouldn't like them. It happened with Amanda Miller (Someone who isn't even right wing) and it happened the last time I brought up Karen Strassman.

So again: I literally do not care about an actor/actress's politics, whether they're left or right wing. I care that they're not harming someone (i.e. Daman Mills) or being an asshole (Helena Taylor). This isn't a left or right thing, I just simply DO NOT care about someone's politics. And if people want to block me for saying that, that's totally fine and I have no hard feelings.

ANYWHO.

I like Karen! I like her role as Olivia (Who I'm surprised was pretty popular for a while and then just dropped off the face of the earth when it came to alts), I like her work as Anna... And while I actually don't like Hana's character, I do like her work as Hana. And outside of that, I adore her Nanako (as someone who got deeply invested when I played P4Golden), and I actually think she's a good Rouge, even though Kathleen Delaney was more my favorite. And I can't wait until Mozu gets added to FEH. Something tells me she'll show up on the next Fates banner.

Performance! I think her performance as Olivia between her pegasus alt and her Festival Arts alt is interesting; in the former, she's much more shy and timid (gives me big Fluttershy vibes), while she seems to feel very comfortable and more confident in the latter. It's an interesting distinctive tonal switch between the two. For the two variations of Anna in FEH so far (Commander Anna and Awakening Anna), there's a difference in their emotions that conveys what is the most important reason for each Anna to be earning money: For the commander, it's to keep funding the Order of Heroes, so she's a bit more serious and doesn't really talk as much about the money itself, more about the Order's funds in general. For Fates, it's to personally get rich, so she usually sounds mischievous and charismatic, to draw people in. I think it would actually be fun someday to have a full Anna banner as an April Fool's joke with the Annas that aren't in the game yet: Tellius Anna, Fates Anna, Fodlan Anna, etc. And finally, Hana. I think her voice for Hana is good, but... Something happened to the way she was pronouncing Sakura's name between her Ninja alt and her Valentine's alt. In her Ninja alt, she pronounces it correctly, but in her Valentine's alt, she goes "Sa-Koo-Ra". But then in her Ninja alt, she also pronounces Kagero's name weirdly too. I blame less of that on Karen and more of that on the voice director; they're the ones who are supposed to know the correct pronunciations of the names and should be guiding the VAs on how to say them right. Still a good portrayal for Hana though, she's energetic and a little spicy sometimes. Just makes me wish her support in Fates wasn't so unreasonable ("How dare you make Lady Sakura cry by getting kidnapped!" Like bro, WHAT?! Corrin watched their surrogate father get bombarded with arrows he shielded them from, then get slashed. How is any of that a literal child's fault?!).

I think she's a good fit for all three of the characters. Just... fix her pronunciation issues as Hana and we're all good.

However, when it comes to range... Look, as a general actress, I know that Karen has range. Her sultry voice for Rouge compared to her child voice for Nanako are pretty decent. But in FEH, I'll be honest: you can pretty easily tell that Karen voices all three, and Hana and Anna sound pretty similar to each other. So for FEH, I'll say the range is not really there.

Overall, I'd put Karen at an 8/10. I still don't know why they replaced her in Engage (And I don't know if that means that Monica will be playing child Anna when she gets added or if Karen will take over as child Anna), but as an actress I enjoy her work.

[darknebula85]

My favorite fnf mods:

(This list has been updated on March 7, 2024)

I started playing friday night funkin since Sarvente's mod came out, but got interested in the game thanks to a remix of Dad battle made by Retrospecter. I have been playing from then until now, and although the game has dropped in popularity I still enjoy it a lot. It's one of my favorite games in general, I haven't gotten so addicted to a game since geometry dash came out hahaha (one of my favorites too) By the way, currently the mods I look forward to the most are: Fnf Classified, vs Cartoon cat, immumus showdown, vs Mario pc port, arcade archives, blank pages and crimson carnival. When they come out we'll see if this list changes or gets bigger… unless they are canceled as usually happens :v

There are some mods like indie cross and vs Impostor that I haven't been able to play because my PC is a potato, but someday when I have money to buy a new computer I'll play them and probably update this list.

These are also my favorites, so I couldn't leave them out:

20- Cassette girl. 19- vs V-TAN. 18- Livid lycanthrope. 17- Flavor rave. 16- Classified. 15- Antiphaty. 14- Twimsomnia. 13- Doki doki take over. 12- Vs Fnaf 1, 2 and 3.

11- Spooky Saturday scare:

This mod exceeded all my expectations, especially since I had no expectations XD. I didn't even know it existed so I downloaded it out of curiosity when it came out, and wow, it was extremely good. My favorite part was the whole process to unlock the song "Imscared", it was a lot of fun to investigate, I really look forward to the next update.

10-Fnf graffiti grooving:

I played it a few days ago, and wow, I liked it more than I expected. One thing I really like about fnf is the huge number of characters, both original and those created by the community, and when they appear as cameos in a mod I always feel a little emotional hahaha. Aesthetically it is beautiful, the part of the train in the dark is top tier, and Sinester is one of the songs that I liked playing the most, and one of my favorites in general.

9-Lofi funkin:

I really don't have much to say here, I played this mod the same day it came out, at home it was 12 and something, so I finished playing it at 2:30 in the morning, that day was not the best and the mod made me forget the bad moment of that day, so I really enjoyed playing it. And well, the mod is very beautiful, the songs are very funny and, honestly, it is a good de-stresser.

8-Fnf Funkscop:

Ok, I had to edit this, because what I just played is amazing… I mean, how come this mod has gone so under the radar? The songs are too good, and it perfectly adapts the style of the playstation 1. I liked it a lot, I didn't expect much and it ended up being one of the best I've ever played.

Edit (30/11): Ok I'm editing this again, it's only been two days since I posted this and I've already changed it 3 times lol. Today while I was working I watched a 2-hour video about the history of petscop... and my friend, what a great crap, whoever thought of such a story has talent.

7-Viernes noche webiando:

Aquí voy a hablar español al chile (nunca mejor dicho :v). Bueno este mod lo jugué cuando salio hace como un año, y en su momento me pareció entretenido sin más, nada muy destacable tampoco, pero hermano, con la actualización paso de ser un 7 a un 100 nmms. El esfuerzo que le pusieron a este mod es una cosa de locos, si hasta los actores de voz de pulentos colaboraron, además del pinche derker que me sorprendió mucho verlo haciendo la voz de Bodoque XD, y es que el amor que desprende por todos lados es una cosa muy bonita. El mod en si es de altísimo calidad, los sprites y diseño de personajes son espectaculares, pero para mi lo mejor fueron las canciones, amigo, QUE BUENAS SON LAS CANCIONES DE ESTE MOD, no hay ni una que no suene mal. Así que si, puesto 6 para CHILE y su increíble mod!!!

6-Fnf Funk mix:

Well, we got to the heavyweights, I loved this mod, I played it two months ago I think, and I thought it was super fun, I liked all the retro aesthetics they worked with, and my friend, the songs are very good, besides Mario bros it's an important part of my childhood, and seeing it so well represented here was a nice gift. I only find one problem with this mod, and it is that it is very difficult for those who are just starting to play, dying if you miss 3 notes is very difficult, but with practice you can do it.

5-Fnf hololivefunk:

It's one of the first mods I played, and I only wanted to play it because of killer scream :v . Honestly, I follow few vtubers, the one I followed the most was Rushia (D':) and it was because I liked her character, but going back to the mod, I liked the story a lot, it has a simple but very beautiful story, and well, at some point I grew fond of the character of Aloe, so on that side they hit the nail on the head. On the other hand, it was the first time I completed a song that was impossible for me, when I finished red and black after playing for almost 3 hours… I felt an impressive satisfaction XD. Very good mod… it also has a killer scream so it adds more points. Now with the update that they released I must say that it is one of the best mods that I have played, it is extremely entertaining.

4-Fnf baddies:

A similar case to that of graffiti groovin, I really like it when I see characters I know making cameos, and in the case of this mod, week 1 is the one I liked the most, I loved the tremendous lore they invented hahaha. Although it is true that when this mod came out there were all kinds of controversies, I focused more on the gameplay and the quality with which they do things, and in the case of baddies, they do that part very well. Por cierto soy Latino, de paso Venezolano, así que la semana de Jasmine me hizo sentir como cuando estas en una de esas fiestas familiares raras a altas horas de la madrugada XD.

3-Hotline 024:

I've been waiting for this mod for months, I've been following saruky on all her social networks waiting for her to announce the release of the demo… and when she announced it and it was available… I ran to download it. And honestly, in general terms, this seems to me the best mod that has come out with indie cross. It has everything I like, very good design and quality, crossovers and music, THE MUSIC IS BRUTAL. And well, I don't have much more to say, it's too good and fun.

2- Mario´s Madness:

Well, this wasn't expected. Unlike many other people, I enjoy horror mods. It's true that there's an oversaturation of them, but there are many that are really good, and in this case, we have the perfect example of a well-made horror mod. Mario's Madness never caught my attention; I played V1 and didn't think much of it, so I wasn't eagerly awaiting its return. I'm more excited for Rerun, but the day came, the mod was released, and I downloaded it, and I can only say that it's a masterpiece of this community. The story is incredibly well told, the songs are spectacular, and the mechanics, brother, the mechanics are insane. Each song is different from the others, especially Paranoia; that song has been one of the most incredible things I've seen in this community. The final battle was brutal; the entire introduction to the fight, the sections, and especially the unexpected ending it had. EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS MOD IS TOO GOOD! EVEN THE CREDIT SONG IS AMAZING, IT MAKES NO SENSE. For all the experience this mod left me with (and because I've been listening to the songs for 2 months now), it takes second place. We just need Rerun to come out, and we'll see if Mario holds his place against Sonic.

1-Friday night crunchin:

Please give support to this mod, I beg you :v , it seems to me that it has little support compared to what the mod offers. I mean friend, HOW GOOD IS THIS MOD!!! The first time I played it I completely fell in love with Legacy (my favorite song in all fnf with morten obire), and with the latest update that brought Threat and Rumor I just like the mod even more. I just don't know how to explain it, everything in this mod seems so good to me, the menu, the sprites, how they tell the story, and the freeplay songs, which is the best I've played since this game came out. I don't know, fnf crunchin is my favorite mod, I just love it. Interesting fact, I've been hearing rumor since I started doing this.

[acrosol]

minatozaki sana  24  female  she/her — ; where do you get your inspiration, ito yua ? you’re so intelligent , i can’t help but think of running ink on paper and dirty fingerprints on glasses when i hear your name. your friends tell me you can be dishonest sometimes . i guess it’s understandable given the circumstances . besides , i can’t even imagine how stressful physics classes must be — not to mention you’re also in seolhwayeon (captain) ! you’re a local , right ? yeah , i thought so . either way , welcome to mugunghwa !  

hello everyone!! i'm may and i'm very excited to share my version of ito yua♡ i hope i'll do the canon justice ;-; psa: i haven't properly roleplayed in a little while and i am currently very confused by the new editor TT so please excuse any technical difficulties that may be happening with my posts in the future, i'm still learning how to use this abomination !

also, i actually decided to not set too much muse information in stone this time, so there can hopefully still be plenty of space to develop her character further with the help of plotting and whatnot ! so, instead i have only gathered some rather lose bullet points about her instead which you can read about below ♡

PAST

back in high school, yua's friends often used to joke about the fact that she must be the first "prodigy child" who hated being called just that. sure, to them it seemed like yua had always been exceptionally smart and thus easily excelled in most classes but it wasn't as easy as it looked like.

in contrary to popular belief, she wasn't as gifted as she seemed and had to spend absolutely all of her free time studying for upcoming tests and exams. whenever anyone asked her to hang out, she would simply claim she had a lot of extracurricular activities going on until someday people stopped asking her to hang out at all.

her classmates soon began to label her as snooty and uppish since she must have felt like she was too good for everyone else if she never had time to get to know the other people in her classes. and what started out rather harmless somehow snowballed into a bigger problem until the entire year started to avoid yua altogether.

she tried to play it off and pretend that it didn't phase her when in reality, yua's high school years turned out to be incredibly lonely. however, the lack of friends around her made it easier to drown herself in books and just like that, she still became valedictorian.

in 2021 during her second year of uni, she decided to take a break and study abroad for a while, opting for an art school. however, she quickly realised that the arts weren't exactly her cup of tea, so instead she spent most of her time there with her new girlfriend. it was the first and only time in her life where her studies weren't the most important thing to her.

PRESENT

today, yua still normally keeps to herself. there are definitely still a few people who believe her to be too full of herself to pay attention to anyone else but it seems like most people pay her no mind.

since she hardly had any friends growing up, she found comfort in seeking academic validation. it is the only thing that seems to bring her true joy, but she still whole-heartedly wishes she was more popular, even if she would never admit it.

in an attempt to find some friends to spend time with, she joined the taekwondo club. much to her surprise, it worked better than expected and she was soon asked to be the captain. it was only a small thing, but in that moment yua had never felt more popular.

yua is well aware of the fact that she is technically part of the keepers but she would never call herself a member: to her it just seems like a waste of time ... which is why she's almost never seen around the group.

something most people wouldn't know about her is the fact that even if yua looks like she isn't paying attention, she definitely still is aware of her surroundings. after all, her years spent in solitude moulded her into a perfect observer. even if she would never dare talk about the things she hears and sees ... it doesn't mean that she doesn't know about a couple of secrets here and there.

aaaaaand this is everything i have so far!! please let me know by liking this post if you would like to plot ♡ i also have discord if that's easier for some of you, so please don't hesitate to ask for my user !

[fuuka-preg-blog]

My First Blog Post

Date: Sunday, June 14th, 2009 Hi Tumblr! To be honest, I've been sitting at my computer for about 20 minutes trying to think of how to start this blog. I don't expect to see much traffic here (if any at all). I wouldn't normally write a blog in the first place, but my counselor told me that having a journal would help me process things. One of my friends suggested using a blog for journal entries, so, here I am!

I think I'll just get to the point. I'm creating this blog because of something I'm currently going through. Calling my situation "life-changing" would honestly be an understatement.

I guess I'll start in the beginning. A few weeks after I started 11th grade last April, I could tell something wasn't right. I started every morning feeling sick to my stomach. I felt ridiculously hungry, but I'd get severe heartburn and other discomforts after eating, enough to make me lose a lot of sleep. I was getting really bad brain fog, enough so I could barely pay attention during class. My school uniform was also getting tighter around my waist. I could've sworn I was even getting cravings.

I... spent some time with my ex-boyfriend during the break between 10th and 11th grade. I don't want to go into detail, but I always made sure to use protection. But these symptoms could only mean one thing.

It took a while, but I finally got myself to take a pregnancy test. I think I took more than ten separate tests. I didn't want it to be true. But every single test was positive.

I was pregnant.

I went to school every day feeling petrified. I was so scared. I didn't know what to do. My parents would disown me if my grades weren't good enough for them, who knows what they'd do if they learned their teenage daughter got knocked up by a boyfriend they never knew about. Not only that, I'm the shortest and skinniest girl in my grade. Some girls in my class have thighs wider than my waist. I'd love to be a parent someday, sure, but I'm only sixteen and I don't graduate high school for two more years. I don't feel mentally or physically prepared to be a mom.

The next couple weeks of high school were a total blur. I was only about six weeks pregnant, but somehow my belly was already sticking out a bit. I thought it was just bloating at first, but it never went away, it only grew. Even though it was already May, I had to wear a loose jacket so nobody would see my stomach. The morning sickness also got worse, I'd still be nauseous by the time class started. I started showing up at school early just so there would be less people around in case I needed to throw up.

...I just realized it's probably not fun to read that last part. Sorry! To be honest, though, I feel a lot better getting this off my chest. I promise the rest of the post won't be as depressing, a lot of nice things happened too!

This was just about when I met my friend, Yukari. I didn't know her very well at the time, I knew she was in my grade, she was pretty, and popular enough for me to know her name even though she wasn't in the same class as me.

Apparently, she was in the archery club, so she would sometimes come to school before class to practice. She later told me she'd been hearing me in the girls' bathroom for several days before going in and checking it out.

To be honest, I was terrified when I heard Yukari knock on the bathroom stall and ask if I was okay. I considered her as one of the last people I'd want to learn about my situation. She's such a social butterfly that the news would have spread like wildfire. Thankfully, I was wrong about that.

As soon as I came out of the bathroom stall, she asked what was wrong. I had no idea what to tell her, but Yukari only took one look at me and figured it out on her own. A girl throws up every morning without fail. She wears a loose jacket to school in May. She has bags under her eyes, looks like she hasn't slept in days. And when asked "are you okay?", she's too scared to tell the truth. I must have been so gross, I was sweaty and I probably smelled like barf, but Yukari just smiled and pulled me into a hug. I won't lie, I started bawling like a baby into her shirt. Nobody had ever been so nice to me before. Yukari just held me tight, she told me she wanted to help, everything would be okay. I cried even harder hearing her say that. I'm actually crying a little bit right now remembering this.

I remember meeting up with Yukari after school, she took me to the pharmacy in Paulownia Mall and bought me some medicine to help with my symptoms. For the first time in weeks, I stopped feeling nauseous and I could actually think straight.

We sat down together to figure out what I should do. Yukari mentioned that she lives in the dorms with the student council president, Mitsuru Kirijo. I wasn't sure if it was a good idea to tell the daughter of the school's owner that one of the students got knocked up, but Yukari told me she was sure Kirijo-senpai would know what to do.

When I met with Kirijo-senpai the next day in student council room, I was prepared to hear that I'd be expelled or suspended, that a pregnant student would damage the school's reputation. But instead, Kirijo-senpai handed me some printouts and calmly listed out accommodations available to me. She went over different nutritionists, physical therapists, and even pregnancy-focused massage parlors. She offered to accompany me to any of them, saying they would offer the best treatment possible if a member of the Kirijo family was with me. I couldn't help but cry a little bit again, I wasn't expecting that kind of support. I started to feel like things would work out.

That didn't last long, though. The day after I talked to Kirijo-senpai was the worst day of my life.

On the morning after my talk with Kirijo-senpai, instead of my alarm clock, I woke up to my mother screaming at me and yanking my bedsheets away. I had overslept for the first time in my whole life. But I soon discovered that was the least of my problems.

The night before, I noticed my midsection was poking out so much that my jacket could only barely cover it up. But when my mother yanked the covers away, I couldn't believe what I saw when I looked down.

My belly looked like it doubled in size overnight. My womb was about the size of a golf ball last night, and now it was almost as big as a baseball.

My mother screamed at me, my father overheard and joined in. For fifteen long minutes, they shamed and berated me, calling me lots of horrible four and five letter words. When they were done, I had tears streaming down my face. Before they walked out of my room, they told me to get dressed and go to school. But once I leave, I'll never be allowed back into this house.

I packed my school bag full of anything I wanted to keep. I knew whatever I didn't take with me would end up thrown away. I couldn't stop crying. I was terrified, but I was also furious. I cursed my small, skinny body, This belly wouldn't be so noticeable if I wasn't so scrawny. If I had a body like Yukari's, I wouldn't show this much for at least another month or two.

My eyes were still red from crying by the time Yukari met up with me on the way to school. She noticed my coat couldn't hide my pregnant belly anymore. Once again, I didn't need to say a word.

When Kirijo-senpai heard what happened, she got Yukari to take me to her dorm room to let me get some rest. I was about to protest, afraid to impose, but then I realized how heavy my eyes were. I had been putting up with these early pregnancy symptoms for a full month. I couldn't remember the last time I'd gotten a good night's sleep. Maybe talking with Yukari and Kirijo-senpai helped me relax, so I was far less anxious than usual when I went to sleep last night. Maybe that knocked me out hard enough for me to sleep through my alarm.

I remember Yukari gently guiding me to her bed, then waking up twelve hours later. I didn't even remember laying down. When Yukari told me it was already evening, I still felt like I was ready to go back to sleep.

Kirijo-senpai was waiting for us in the lounge. She told me that we needed to discuss some things, but first, she sat me down at the table and brought out an enormous plate of food. Normally, I try my best to eat politely, but I was so hungry that I didn't even care.

After dinner, they led me to one of the dorm rooms, and when they opened the door, I couldn't believe what I saw. All my belongings were waiting right there for me. Kirijo-senpai told me it didn't take much to convince my parents to part with all my belongings. I couldn't stop myself from crying again, I was so grateful for their help.

I took the next day off from school to get more rest. I spent the whole day thinking about how I won't be able to hide my pregnancy at school anymore. The next day, I felt a lot better, but I didn't feel ready to come to school. I told Yukari that I wasn't sure how to tell everyone I was pregnant. She told me not to worry, she'd be right there with me whenever I feel ready to make the announcement.

I decided to show up at school around lunchtime. I sent Yukari a text let her know I was coming. I couldn't stop thinking about what to say to everyone, I felt like no matter how I phrased it, I probably wouldn't get a great reaction.

But when I arrived at my classroom, I saw something I couldn't have possibly imagined.

"SURPRISE!"

The classroom was decorated, complete with balloons and banners reading "Congratulations!". The chalkboard was covered with little notes of encouragement, and a few cute doodles of baby stuff like cribs and pacifiers. I saw Yukari smiling over at me from the other side of the classroom, she wasn't even in my class, but she still went out of her way to organize this for me.

I cried, again. But this time I was smiling while I cried. I'd never felt so happy before.

Everyone in my class started being really nice, they asked if I've thought of any names for the baby, if it's a boy or a girl, when the baby's due, all kinds of things like that. Yukari was worried I'd be overwhelmed, but I didn't mind at all.

Also, while I was absent, Kirijo-senpai apparently called an entire assembly about me. Yukari had seen people bullying me before, and told Kirijo-senpai about that. Things could get out of hand if they didn't act quickly. I was told that Kirijo-senpai said something along the lines of: "Sometimes, accidents happen. And when they do, our school will strive to support and accommodate our fellow students on their path to success."

Also, I'm not 100% sure, but I heard someone say she ended the assembly with her signature dagger-like glare, saying "Any reports of discrimination or harassment against Yamagishi will treated with a zero-tolerance policy." I feel very lucky to be on Kirijo-senpai's good side.

To be honest, I felt embarrassed she went to all that trouble, and I still kinda do. I told Yukari I don't feel worthy of that much effort, but according to her, Kirijo-senpai had her eye on me since long before we met the other day. I only kept my grades up because of my parents, but she still "sees great potential" in me after seeing how high my grades have been since middle school. She even brought up the projects I submitted back when I was a member of the computer club in middle school. It's hard for me to believe what she says, I still don't feel like I'm anything special. But I feel grateful to have friends like Yukari around to help me convince myself otherwise.

Oh, that reminds me! After the surprise party, Natsuki-chan just walked up to me and started being nice to me! It was a bit of a shock, up until now she would always poke fun at me and call me names, but now she wants to take me out shopping for "baby bump outfits" sometime! Apparently, I'm not the first pregnant teen she'd be spending time with, so she knows a thing or two about what would look good on me. Also, she's the one who told me to write this blog in the first place!

Whew, that's a lot of text. I'm surprised Tumblr lets you write this much for a single post. If you're still reading, thank you! I only have a few more things to write, but trust me when I say that nothing I've written so far can compare to what happened next.

I started feeling much better after the surprise party, but I could still feel something was a bit off, specifically that growth spurt. I felt like my belly was a lot bigger than it should have been, even on my scrawny body. I brought this up with Kirijo-senpai about two weeks ago, and she took me to get looked at.

After measuring me, they told me that I'm definitely larger than expected given the estimated time of conception. I told them about the fatigue and the morning sickness, and they said my symptoms were significantly worse than they should have been.

These were all indications of a multiple pregnancy.

At the time, I never even gave it a second thought. Every pregnancy is different, so I assumed this was nothing but a false positive. I also read online that Japan has a lower twinning rate than most other countries. Plus, I'm only sixteen. The chances of me having twins would have to be at least one in a billion.

I thought about this through the week of school, until Kirijo-senpai brought me in to get an ultrasound last weekend.

I remember feeling really nervous. I couldn't see the monitor well, there were multiple technicians whispering to each other. I felt a pit in my stomach. Something wasn't right.

When they turned around, they looked like they saw a ghost.

They found three babies in my womb. I was having triplets.

Not even twins. Triplets.

Remember in the beginning of this blog entry, when I said calling my situation "life-changing" was an understatement? This is what I meant. I said earlier that it was a one in a billion chance for me to have twins. A triplet pregnancy must have been one in a trillion.

Kirijo-senpai refused to accept what she heard. She made the technicians check again, and again. After hearing the same answer for the tenth time, it had to sink in. The impossible somehow became possible.

Everyone at the clinic was trying to smile and congratulate me, but as soon as I came home, I cried into Yukari's arms. This was not good news. A singleton pregnancy would already strain my scrawny little body. There was absolutely no way I'd be able to successfully carry and deliver triplets.

At least, that's what I thought.

I woke up the next morning to Kirijo-senpai knocking at my door, telling me I won't be attending class that day. She had bags under her eyes as she told me she had a car waiting for me outside. She was up all night scoping out the best medical professionals in the area. From morning until evening, we drove to several different universities and advanced medical centers. Kirijo-senpai was able to force herself into their busy schedules for my sake.

I honestly didn't expect to hear any good news, but with each successive appointment, I felt my spirits lifting a little. Kirijo-senpai feverishly wrote down notes during each appointment. They found reports of pregnancies similar to mine, and use any available historical data to determine the best treatment for me.

Kirijo-senpai's notes spanned dozens of pages, writing down details on nutritional intake and exercises, or anything that can help me grow three entire babies.

But one of the proposals stood out more than the rest. A cutting-edge, experimental stimulant to increase litter size for mammals. This treatment invokes "increased ovulation" and "rapid and adaptive cell production in the uterus walls". This enables the mother's womb to expand beyond its typical limit, and results in litters that are double or even triple the expected size.

This treatment was sponsored by American beef and pork distributors and had been in progress since 2004. Within the past year, they were able to reach a 100% success rate in lab rats, and recently achieved the same with cows and pigs.

At its current point in development, it could be sold for billions, but the team wanted to see if their infusion could benefit in the medical field.

Normally, the infusion is applied before conception, but there have been cases where they discover the subject was already pregnant during the infusion. Even without the increased litter count, the subject's uterus expanded beyond its typical limit, resulting in longer pregnancies and larger babies. The team decided the next step in this direction was to observe primates with this infusion. All twelve subjects experienced slightly longer but noticeably more comfortable pregnancies, and delivered big healthy babies.

Kirijo-senpai and I saw where this was going. This could completely turn the tide for my situation, plus any future pregnancies similar to mine.

I received the offer to participate as their first human test subject. I won't lie, I didn't even hesitate, I agreed immediately. I'm a huge nerd for cutting-edge scientific experiments like this, so I was feeling giddy at the thought of being able to participate.

Of course, Kirijo-senpai was concerned about potential risks. The research team emphasized that I had no obligation to participate, but if I wanted to proceed, it would need to be as soon as possible, two weeks at most.

I thought about it for a long time since then. I'm not as much of an optimist as Yukari and some of the experts I talked to. I think that infusion is my only real chance at getting through this pregnancy. It's not fun to think about, but whether or not I follow the diet and exercise instructions from those experts, it would only result in my triplets being born slightly less prematurely. The chances of survival for my triplets, and maybe even for myself, would still be pretty low. I'll definitely think about it some more, but I feel like the infusion is my only real option here.

Sorry! I just realized this got all gloomy again. It's almost been a full week that Monday full of appointments, Yukari and Kirijo-senpai have been helping me get the hang of those diet and exercise plans. Also, the nutritionists told me that as long as I get the nutrients they laid out, I could eat as much of anything I wanted otherwise. My parents never took me out to eat, and I'd never tried fast food before, so Kirijo-senpai just handed Yukari a credit card and told her to make sure I'm eating well. I've been to lots of different restaurants in the past few days, and all of them have been amazing. Yukari says I eat a lot for a girl my size, but that's because I'm "eating for four now". It's a little embarrassing when she says that, but I also kinda like hearing it. Maybe it's my maternal instincts kicking in.

I've also been going out with Natsuki and her friends after school. She's been taking me to lots of different clothing stores and picking out all kinds of maternity clothes for me. She's really sweet. She doesn't know about the triplets yet, Yukari and Kirijo-senpai are the only ones who know. I'm thinking I'll tell everyone about the triplets after I make the decision about the infusion.

...wow, that was a lot. I doubt anybody read this all the way to here. But, if you're reading this, thank you!

Kirijo-senpai is taking me in for another checkup later today, then we're getting dinner. I'm guessing she wants to discuss the treatment. I'll write more posts as I go. Bye!

[myloveforhergoeson]

oh wait let me rephrase my question: do you have a playlist of existing non-btr songs that could be something roxy's old band stole / songs she wrote in the aftermath of her old band betraying her? (again, might enter slight spoiler territory so feel free to ignore lol)

oh i think i get what you mean! thats a really good question tbh and one i think im going to have to answer with a good ol "nope"

while i have a good chunk of her old band drama thought up in my head, i've only written a little bitty bit... so while my answer may change in the future, as of right now the songs she wrote for them/they stole/she wrote after only exist with titles and concepts; they're not real songs at all. it'll be described in the story but (minor spoilers) the band she was in was closer to a rock/pop punky band because that is her favorite style of music to play on guitar (also because she was down bad for the lead singer... don't worry about it), but the lyrics she was writing were more like mainstream pop. so if i had to pick something currently existing that would best describe the type of music she wrote before the band, it would be like alt songs that hit popular radio in the early 2000s.

the only playlist i have relating to this fic is the one containing all the songs the chapters are named off of! i had one for roxy that i made before i started writing this but i just looked at it bc this question reminded me it exists and i don't think it really fits her vibe anymore. she is a very different person from the character i originally thought up to the one i ended up writing, so i'll probably have get around to making a new one someday.

[usagifuyusummer]

Same lmao 🤝

I also, I guess, lack confidence in myself to create coherent fiction or Picasso level art.

I always doubt myself a lot when undergoing creative processes that it makes me abandon a lot of projects that I thought I could publish. It is also due to me still studying that I couldn't exactly fulfil my creative needs and projects to my full heart's content.

BUT, you gotta start from somewhere right? So, for now, just write something, anything, that you feel like sharing. And eventually, you'll learn from your mistakes and get better at posting these kinds of stuff.

I'm also kinda new at creating these AU stuff. I usually just do fanart, but sometimes not all of your ideas can go through visually. (That takes a lot of time. That's what I learned.)

So, now, I just post fanart/any kind of art whenever I can, even when I know it won't get much reception or views. Just think about these activities as practice rounds and maybe someday, one day, you'll be able to reach the heights that you dreamt of. So, start somewhere!

I'm also like you lol, just with less time to spend on my creative projects. I know practice is boring, but that's where most people who are as talentless as me get a start on.

Most importantly, for me at least, I've learned to never chase for online popularity/shares/likes when creating any form of art. If you only create art for that singular purpose, it gets exhausting and steadily you will lose the interest in the art of creation. (these are one of the reasons why i'm really inactive in the past, also uni stuff lol)

Don't get me wrong, it's still really gratifying to see that people appreciate your hard earned work, but not all of us get the lucky ticket that is to be recognized and loved by many. So, some of us just gotta live alone with obscurity for the rest of our short lives. (that's just my cynicism talking lol)

What I'm trying to say is I guess, you should do this because you love it. You care about it, and you want to share your love for this concept with others. I'm doing that currently, and so far, I can at least produce and share some artworks. Even if its not perfect.

It's okay. There's still time to learn. Success/Popularity doesn't come immediately for most people. I hope you get my points here regarding fanwork creations lol.

Besides that, on your horror FOP AU, it's essentially a video game AU? Am I understanding it wrong? Like those old creepypastas? Where maybe..., I'll give you an example;

One day, Timmy found an old game cartridge when visiting the game store for the new Crash Nebula game. He thought the cover looked plain and boring, it's just a cellophone tape plasted and on top of it where scribbled phrases made with marker written, "FAIRY FRENZY", scribbled below that, is a very unimpressive ominous description, "do not play this game it will haunt you". Timmy, suspecting that this is just someone's stupid attempt at a prank for some poor fellow in the past decided to just buy the old game cartridge. It's cheap and his parents don't really check up on what he buys anyway.

Skipping through...

After a while of playing the Fairy Frenzy game, Timmy found out that it was just a regular platforming game, kind of similar to the Mario Bros. ones. He actually finds the game to be fun, so he continued on indulging himself on playing the game to his heart's content.

Skipping through...

Timmy finds it weird that Cosmo, Wanda and Poof haven't returned from Fairy World though. Maybe this is one of their "a week leave" trips there. Still, he has been playing the game for quite awhile and found it peculiar why everything was so... quiet. He decided to go downstairs for a quick snack from the kitchen. When he stepped into the hallway outside of his room, suddenly all of the lights in the house went off. Then he hears..., a voice..., "Cosmo, Wanda... why did you leave me?...". Hearing that, Timmy called out to that voice, "Who's there?! Uh, if you guys are pranking me again, I will talk to the April Fools fairy for double payback!!!". The voice did not respond. Timmy then just decides to shake it off as some sort of hunger induced hallucination. He has been spending too much time in his room lately...

Like that? Tell me if I'm massively wrong lmao. I wrote all of those examples on a whim lol. Maybe it will be a future stupid ass fic hahaha.

Hm, I do think you need more work on your elaboration of the AU. Maybe make a separate post with the appropriate horror AU title? Take your time though. There's no need to rush these creative processes lol.

I'm more neutral on FOP's popularity standing on other social medias though. I have no desire for it to be as popular as maybe Danny Phantom? Still, I won't mind if it gets popular though.

(It's because I hate Twitter/X lmao, so sorry. I don't like how the fanarts or posts there are so difficult to find. There's no appropriate tagging system, even if its there, most people won't use it because yeah, I understand they want their privacy... Still, I would appreciate your art more if you tagged it properly on where I can find it.)

Hm, those are my thoughts on what we're discussing so far.

A scandalous episode for many, which in my opinion changes the general image of fairies (clearly not for the better)

Many people were shocked, to put it mildly, after watching this episode. And many were unhappy and even more frightened by the behavior of Cosmo and Wanda, which I can't help but agree with. However, I liked this episode on the contrary. It shows the darker evil nature of fairies and how crazy they can sometimes become if someone simply offends their child. And it doesn't matter that this is their godson. Because of this, it now really seems to me that fairies are not who they pretend to be and the creators sometimes directly show this. For example, this phase of fairies at 2 years old(terrible twosome) when they start to go crazy and rebel against everything. You will say that "it's just a phase." Really? And the fact that Poof almost destroyed the entire Earth in this episode is considered "just a phase"? The fact that fairies can destroy all life just because of this phase begins to worry. Like, what makes them do all these terrible things? A sudden change in behavior or ….. an inner voice inside that is their secret dark essence??And if you remember the anti-fairies who are the complete opposite of fairies, then I'm starting to seriously think that they are less dangerous than them. And this is not the only scandalous episode…

(Poor Timmy… What the heck??)

And going back to that scandalous episode, I had a thought: "what if all this was true?" Because Cosmo and Wanda were enjoying this suspiciously so much and it all looked extremely realistic.. And the fact that they really left Timmy with injuries and bruises made me think that this is true and they really turn into monsters after 8 hours. And you know what? This would be a great idea for more lore between fairies and anti fairies (they, as opposites in THIS way, would look incredibly cool). And it would also be a great idea for creating some kind of horror game (well, just a note)

*Redacted

+comments to this episode

This is really.. something….

[coffintownkids]

Ahh, forgot to mention I actually did blow through all of volume 1 of the Durarara!! light novel over the weekend. After reading so many outrageously long danmei novels lately, I forgot that I usually get through books pretty quickly. (How much I retain from them is another matter.

Here’s my thoughts so far:

I had been wondering where all the portrayals in fic of Shizuo being a drinker/possibly an alcoholic came from. Figured it was one of those weird fanon things where bartender outfit=drinker for no reason. But nope! The dude spends the first book either fighting Izaya or getting drunk and...whining about Izaya. Also apparently beat a bar manager for having an existential crisis. (Not sure if he just beat the guy at the bar he was at or if that’s how he got himself fired from his bartender job.) I dunno if this continues through the rest of the LN series, but I honestly wasn’t expecting him to actually be a drinker for some reason. I had convinced myself somehow that his super-strength made alcohol not work on him.

Also lol at him being friends with Celty solely because she’s mute because people talking piss him off. This may be a translation issue (as I haven’t tracked down an ebook copy in Japanese from any of my usual sources) but Celty does come across as...angrier? than in the show. Not towards Shizuo, mind you, but just in general. It’s not a bad change at all. She certainly should be pissed, all things considered. Also, her knowing what the Razzies are did make me laugh.

Was not expecting for the book to be so upfront about Mikado being the head of the Dollars already. It’s only Book 1! There’s 12 more to go still (for the original series) so I didn’t think Mikado would get revealed so quickly. Or that he’s such an adrenaline junkie. Though it sure hasn’t scratched the surface of him being the craziest motherfucker in the whole series.

Kadota and his people are way crazier. They 100% come across as a gang crew, rather than solid friends who will surprise people with their antics.

Again delving into what I think is more fanon (and it’s been a while since I’ve seen the show) but Kadota doesn’t really know Izaya all that well? Like, it almost sounds like they haven’t seen each other since high school. I’d always gotten the impression from the show that they got on as well as anyone gets on with Izaya. Izaya, I’m sure, has kept track the entire time. He’s enough of a desperate weirdo. He also no doubt hands out nicknames like candy to ensure people remember him. Very strange to look at all of this in retrospect and realize how one-sided a lot of his interactions are.

This is definitely because I ultimately know how it all turns out, but Izaya comes across as a much sadder character. That whole bit about not believing in god but being desperate for there to be a heaven was...a lot. I know he’s just supposed to come across as manic and basically batshit here, but it sure hits different knowing how fucked up he really is.

[chdarling]

Hello!! I've sent an ask a while ago but I think it might've been swallowed up by tumblr lol

I'm really sorry you get so many weird messages and I hope it's not bumming you out too much, some people are weird ://

But I truly hope you can see how much this story means to most people. You put so much thought and care into your writing!! It makes sense, I think, that something made purely because of the joy of it has such a strong impact.

I mostly wanted write this message to talk about your Lily and how much she has grown to mean to me. As someone who is currently Lily's age and in the same year in school as her i really feel like I'm growing up with her 😅 That, and that I have never connected to another female character as i have to your Lily

In most of the media i've consumed the girls are always super studious and perfectionists or incredibly popular and outgoing and while those characters are amazing and very important I was always left to relate to the male characters (in HP i always related to Harry, not Hermione) Even now it's easier for me to immediatly latch on to the male character and not the female one.

So all of Lily's imperfections (moodiness, quick to snap, somewhat cold exterior etc..) her traits and struggles (esp. loneliness, how to not compromise your values for other people) and insecurities ("high horse", how she feels like she has to hide from her familly), and how she ultimetly tries to be a kind and understanting person while still being a stupid teenager (the PAIN) - all of it feels like somewhat poked around in my brain and created a character that is everything I'm trying to be and to overcome

And I hope this doesn't come off as me trying to boast that I'm as amazing as her or anything, because I'm not and I'm definetly not the same as her, ultimetly, I am living a completely different life, but I feel like as she grows into the person she wants to be I'll be able to do the same. (Even if it's a long long road to that 😅)

Wow this got super sappy but I wanted to share this and I hope this is something that you would be glad to hear 😊

And I'm definetly not forgetting all of the other characters and maybe someday I'll write about all of the details that you've put into this story that I love but this ask is insanly long as it is

Anyway, to thank you for reading this essay I want to share some of the art I made for TLE!! (i've never used tumblr before and i don't know if this is the best way to post images (i don't like sharing on social media) so if you can't see them or they're cut off please tell me and then maybe I'll post the on my account) ANYWAY have some suspicious Lily with her favourite book and Florence ready to have a lovely time!!! ❤️❤️

Hi! I totally thought I did respond to your previous message? Idk what happened! Tumblr what are you doing to me 😭😭

ANYWAY: oh my god? These are so GORGEOUS!! Look at Florence with her little champagne flute! Look at Lily with her radical political text! I love it so much 😭 Thank you so much for sharing these! I definitely understand being hesitant to be on social media (honestly, wise), but if you ever do start posting your beautiful art to tumblr, please let me know so I can reblog accordingly. ❤️

And thank you so much for sending such a kind and thoughtful message. It truly means so much to me, and I’m so beyond happy to know that Lily resonates with you!

Sending you so much love ❤️

Edit: I forgot to mention how much I love how you did the style of the robes, in particular Florence’s little capelet. So cute and original!

[evilwickedme]

Fics I want to write someday:

Post-canon Smallville!clois

Jason Todd ???? Something I'll figure it oit

The secret good version of Deadpool that lives in my head. Yes, that post. The antagonist is the reverse Deadpool, the main relationship is wade&Ellie with side spideypool. As a longfic. Minimum 50k.

A canon compliant spider gwen/ghost spider fic post current canon that actually cashes canon's checks. Murderdock breaks out of prison or something and Gwen teams up with sort-of evil sort-of good johnny and sue storm to defeat them. Felicia shows up. Also has to be longfic that's at least 50k

Fics I need to finish:

Hr fic (my team red slash)

Break it fic (my extremely unpopular fic where I make season 2 of daredevil Worse)

The yennskier fic that only has one chapter left until I resolve it and it's already half written aaah just get it done oh my god

The witcher ot3 fic which can be solved in two chapters max

Like my third most popular fic is the outsider pov crackfic where yen and jask go back to college in the modern day for shits and giggles and I was for a while writing a spiritual successor which revolves around a town that Jaskier keeps visiting throughout the years and the way they react to his personal drama reflected through his music. Everyone is angry at geralt between season 1 and 2 cause they think he broke his heart in the romantic way (which he did fite me)

folklore. I genuinely only have like, three chapters left in that and that fic always had really short updates. It was plotted in full. Why did my Witcher brainrot disappear

What I should really, actually be working on:

My sapphic cyberpunk novel taking place in a jewish-majority town that had like two chapters written and that's it

What I am actively working on:

Nothing

Anyway read my stuff I'm JustGail on ao3 final chapter of hr fic sometime between now and the end of August

[musical-chan]

Screw it! I'll take that imaginary tag!

How many works do you have on AO3?

18! Not too bad considering I only started in November or so.

What’s your total AO3 word count?

212,094, most of it is in Father of Time.

How many fandoms have you written for, and what are they?

All Zelda currently but back in the day I used to write for more! Sailormoon, Inuyasha, Shoujo Kakumei Utena, World of Warcraft even!

Top five fics by kudos:

"Father of Time" with 296 kudos! Not bad! It's my longest fic and ongoing so I'm always happy when I get new people to it. I wonder if I'll get to 300 sometime soon.

"A Wild Time at Calamity Ganon" with 222 kudos! This is my rising star and I wonder if it'll pass FoT someday soon. It's my newest non-FOT fic and was a gift to an artist I really like, who in turn drew more art for the fic itself! Amazing how popular it's been!

"Defeat or Deity" with 155! This was one of my early fics and an LU one. Sky versus Time trapped in the Fierce Deity mask. It's one of my shorter ones but it was great fight writing practice.

"The Unbearable Weight of Three Days" with 109. I love this fic. It's another LU one and honestly the whole premise for it was so great. I always wish this one gained more traction because the interactions between Time and Young Link are so interesting. Well, at least I enjoy it.

"You Want to Talk to Link, Right?" with 91. This one was *fun* and I started writing a second part to it but it went in a direction I wasn't ready for so I'm thinking on it. Basically, the Chain finds out that a song Time plays actually tries to contact someone named Link! I wonder who it is?

Do you respond to comments?

Yes! Almost every single one! I won't always respond to every nested comment if it seems like the conversation is over with but I love engaging with commenters on my fics!

What’s the fic with the angstiest ending you’ve ever written?

I haven't really been doing a lot of angst in my current return to fandom writing but I'd say "Time and Time Again" probably has the most bittersweet ending. "The Silent Realm" maybe comes in as a close second?

Do you write crossovers?

It depends on how you describe a crossover. I have in the past but not really much in my current Zelda phase. But I've had thoughts about crossovers if that counts!

Have you ever gotten hate on a fic?

No real hate yet! this is not an invitation to send me hate, haha.

Do you write smut?

Naw, that's not really my jam!

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not as far as I know

Have you ever had a fic translated?

No

What’s your all-time favorite ship?

Oh gosh, this is a hard one because I like to leave options option, you know? I really do love Skyward Sword Zelink though; they are adorable and I want them to be happy forever. I'm also very partial to OOT Malink because I feel like Link wouldn't handle Zelda's rejection well and Malon is just a cutie.

What’s a wip that you want to finish, but don’t think you ever will?

I had to look through my docs for this but there was a fic I started back in the beginning that was basically what BotW Link experienced while he was in the 100 year sleep. I almost forgot about that! It's a neat idea but I don't think I'll get to it anymore. You never know though.

What are your writing strengths?

I like to think I have a nice style, that I try to write in a way that makes the words flow well through one's thoughts. Maybe that's just me but I always try to write in a way that makes my brain happy. It means I spend a lot of time re-structuring sentences until they "flow" well but it's worth it.

What are your writing weaknesses?

I probably over-think phrases and passages too much. It's hard to let go and just let something be.

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fics?

I think if you know multiple languages and can do it well, it's great! I'd love to put more languages in my fics but even fictional ones can feel awkward at times.

What was the first fandom you ever wrote for?

Probably Sailormoon, officially. I don't think I ever wrote them down but I definitely had a lot of story ideas in my head for, like, Xmen and stuff in the 90s.

What’s your favorite fic you’ve written so far?

Father of Time, definitely. I write this one because I love it and I need to see it through to the end so I know what happens. I like all my fics and I could gush here about every single one but yeah, I think I'd always come back to Father of Time. Fierce Deity my beloved. <3

Oooohh, I should tag some people maybe! @aeghina I usually tag you, haha. Man, my brain is mush. Please someone else join in as well!

Ao3 tag game!

THANKS @ragecndybars FOR THE TAG I APPRECIATE IT

*cracks knuckles* lets do this

How many works do you have on AO3?

24 works! I would have never expected to have that many 5 years ago, hahaha

What's your total AO3 word count?

186,291! oh wow, almost 200k!! (unsurprisingly PT minato takes up over a third of that LMAO)

How many fandoms have you written for, and what are they?

10 fandoms! I'm counting Persona 3, 4, and 5 and separate, but I'm grouping all the Zelda fandoms together since it's all Linked Universe fic.

Here's the breakdown!

The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms (6)

Persona 5 (5)

Persona 3 (5)

SPY x FAMILY (Anime) (3)

Wizard101 (Video Game) (3)

SPY x FAMILY (Manga) (3)

Runescape (Video Games) (3)

Pirate101 (Video Game) (3)

Persona 4 (2)

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom (2)

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga (1)

Star Wars - All Media Types (1)

The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Warriors (1)

Top five fics by kudos:

The Ghost of Mementos/Stygian Ringlet (Persona3/5) - to the surprise of absolutely no one, since this is currently my longest fic. I'm very happy with Stygian Ringlet being the top because I love my boys :)

True Crime Special on the Midnight Channel (Persona 4/5) - my Ren has a TV Dungeon fic! also very proud of the dungeon concept for this one, I really need to finish the last two chapters

Dark Clouds on the Horizon (Linked Universe/TOTK) - I feel like this one got a lot of momentum partially because it was directly in the wake of TOTK's release, but I'm happy with how it turned out :)

Strangers Are Just Friends You Haven't Met (Persona 3/SPY x FAMILY) - this was a collab series with mewrose and a few others in the marigolds discord! we were throwing ideas at the wall to see what stuck and I really had a lot of fun with Shinjiro-related prompts, because I LOVE him and hitting him with the isekai baseball bat into a universe with Anya brings me great joy

Salt Tears and Raindrops (Linked Universe/TOTK) - directly related to Dark Clouds, and I'm glad people enjoyed good ol' fashioned angst >:) (I do need to post more of my wips, I do have a couple more roleswap AU wips that I want to post)

Do you respond to comments?

Yes! I almost always do because I really appreciate them and its my way of saying thanks for the comment! If I don't comment it's because I lost track of it or because I can't think of a response.

What's the fic with the angstiest ending you've ever written?

Probably Salt Tears and Raindrops. I was in a Mood and decided to go for the tried-and-true method of putting fictional characters I like through the emotional wringer. That's how I got the rough draft for this fic :)

Do you write crossovers?

*looks at my persona fics and recent LU fics*

...I think it's safe to say most of my fics these days fall under crossovers lmao

Have you ever gotten hate on a fic?

I wouldn't say I have? One or two comments that came off as rude, but no actual hate, thankfully. If I did, I forgot about it. I've been blessed by wonderfully nice readers <3

Do you write smut?

Nope. I don't read it, so I wouldn't know how to write it anyway.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of? I sure hope not.

I have seen a couple short fics slightly imitate Ghost of Mementos though, which I thought was really sweet that they liked it enough to inspire their own writing.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope, but I'd definitely be open to it!

What’s your all-time favorite ship?

RYOMINA. Hands down. I love them so much, I am so mentally unwell about these two

What’s a WIP that you want to finish, but don’t think you ever will?

My two Runescape fics, Whispers in the Temple and Welcome to the Jungle. I absolutely loved going hogwild with rewriting old quests in Runescape, but I psyched myself out of Welcome to the Jungle because I got overly anxious about accidentally doing bad representation.

(in hindsight, it probably wouldn't have been as big a deal as I thought; it's hard to make it worse considering how bad Legend's Quest was with the british-african stereotypes. that quest DID NOT age well.)

I also want to finish Snake in the Grass; that was my first attempt at a genuine mystery plot and I really liked playing with Warriors in that fic in the context of the gang trying to figure out who the heck is trying to murder him.

What are your writing strengths?

I feel like I'm pretty good at dialogue! I try to make sure it matches the character's speech patterns and personality. Really well-written dialogue can tell you who's speaking without actually telling who it is. (For example, the way I write them: Minato speaks as few words as possible and has very little filter with his observations when he does share them, and Shinjiro is pretty rough around the edges, with shortened words and the occasional swear. Warriors is good with words and wit, but he has a certain military-esque directness and doesn't dance around the topic.)

I do try hard to keep the plot clear and understandable over everything else, so probably that as well.

Also, now that I think about it, maybe fight sequences? I don't do them much, but I do enjoy the challenge of making a clear sequence of what happens in a fight and trying to make it understandable. Fight sequences are easy to skip or gloss over, but I think of them like their own miniature plot. What happens? What surprises are there? What are their movesets? How do they get the upper hand? (and of course, what looks cool as fuck)

What are your writing weaknesses?

Time management. I tend to over-proofread since I beta my own work, and often I'll go back to tweak stuff if I had additional thoughts to add to it, or extra insight. Lately, it takes longer to write chapters than I'd like.

Also, dialogue-heavy scenes often get very chaotic in my WIPs because of the way I rough out fics. I'll throw together a bunch of dialogue bits I think would be cool to include, and sometimes they'll clash or get really messy, especially if there's lots of characters (looking at the latest two chapters of Stygian Ringlet)

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fics?

I think it's cool! It adds flavor to fics. If it's more than one short phrase though, or if it's story important, then I do prefer that there is a translation in the author's notes. I haven't done any non-English dialogue in fics, save for one memorable adventure into trying to figure out how Latin grammar structure works for a character that didn't speak English.

What was the first fandom you ever wrote for?

Wizard101 and Pirate101. I was obsessed with those two for YEARS. I really, really liked pirate stories in high school, and having a cast of crewmates that accompany you throughout the game really inspired me to write my first fic featuring my OC. (I was also into One Piece at the time, but I never wrote for it.)

What’s your favorite fic you’ve written so far?

Stygian Ringlet. It's really dear to my heart. I have poured so much love and effort into that fic, and the reception on it has completely blown me away.

THANKS FOR THE TAG!! Uhhhmmm for tags I'm going to go with @skyward-floored, @catreginae and @breannasfluff (but only if you want to!! no obligation of course)

and of course any other writers that want to do it as well!! go forth

[misslilli]

Felix Felicis

MSR. AU. PG-13 (idk, there's kissing, touching and a half-naked man in there, so proceed with caution 😁). | tagging @today-in-fic | read on AO3

Chapter 49 - There's Nothing Like Doing Nothing With You

[ DS ]

During the night, I’m wide awake, staring at the ceiling and listening to his ragged breathing. In part, I’m awake because he might need something or in case his fever gets worse, listening closely to his irregular breaths.

What really keeps me up, however, is the hand that has been resting innocently over my pajama top for the past hours but has not-so-innocently snuck its way up my shirt in the cover of darkness. A hand which is now splayed out across my side and the thumb that traces the skin right under my ribs is the only thing my sleep-deprived mind can focus on.

It’s been quite a while since I’ve been touched by a man and it was never that gentle or sweet. The goosebumps that spread out from under his thumb catch me completely by surprise, but it's not a bad surprise, at all.

The current of emotions that run through me at this simple touch is diverse but one stands out in particular: comfortable and safe. That’s how he makes me feel with just his presence and it’s a feeling I didn’t know felt so good until now, with his warm hand resting on my waist lightly and his face turned upwards to press his nose into my neck.

In the wee hours of the morning, the fever reaches its peak and he's so hot - and I mean literally, not descriptively as usual - I think I'll die of a heatstroke from the body heat he's radiating and I'm sure he's not entirely comfortable himself, still wearing his shirt and jeans.

Shaking his shoulder gently, I wake him up to tell him it's probably best not to sleep with his shirt and jeans still on, that he might be more comfortable with them off.

"Why, this is an interesting turn of events…," he grins up at me sleepily, his voice still hoarse from sleep and his cold. "If you wanted to see my fancy alien-head boxers, you could've just…" His cheeky remark is interrupted by more coughs. "asked."

Giving his shoulder a little nudge to make him sit up and do as he's told, I can't keep my own grin off my face. "I promise to give those the proper appreciation someday, when the time is right and when you're not on the brink of death."

"Someday… alright, I can live with that. Now close your eyes, contrary to popular belief, I'm very shy about undressing in front of girls I really like."

I cover my eyes obediently but I do sneak a peek at aforementioned boxers from between them, there really are alien heads printed all over the fabric and they're so silly, it takes all my self-control not to giggle. Or stare at his exposed chest for an indecently long time. Maybe just another peek. Hee.

Exhausted from getting up, he falls back down onto the bed belly-first and before I'm even finished pulling the sheets up to cover him, he's off to dreamland. I kind of miss his body-warmth now but I'm pretty sure I would get even less sleep with the temptation of running my hands over the now-exposed skin on his back and shoulders. That experience will have to wait, but the fact that I'm not ready to take that step doesn't mean I can't dream about it in vivid colors once I've passed out from exhaustion as well.

I wake again a few hours later, blinking sleepily as I take in my surroundings and the suspiciously empty bed. Where did he disappear to?

My question is answered when he appears in the doorway wearing only his alien-head boxers and a sheepish expression on his face. "Uhm… hi?" I prop myself up on my elbows and give him a puzzled look.

“What are you doing up? You should be in bed!” He looks down at his bare feet before looking back up, the sheepish expression even deeper than before.

“I felt better this morning so I went downstairs to make some tea…” My puzzled face morphs into one of mild shock.

“You went downstairs. Dressed like that?”

His answer is a quiet, dragged out “Yeees…”

“The girls are downstairs!” My horrified whisper elicits an embarrassed chuckle as he runs his hand through his hair.

“Yeah… I figured that one out when I stepped into the kitchen and was greeted with three blank stares, two open mouths and one cat-call.” Holly. The cat-call must have been Holly.

“Oh Jesus… so where’s the tea?” He holds up his empty hands and gestures to his get-up.

“What do you think? I high-tailed it out of there and back upstairs, I wasn’t going to give them a show of making tea half-naked in their own kitchen. I’m sorry, this wasn’t exactly how I planned on properly meeting your friends…” At the absurdity of it all, I snicker into the hand that's still covering my mouth.

“It’s okay, you’ll pay for it with merciless teasing for the next few weeks! Did they have breakfast? I’m starving!”

“Pancakes, I think, I didn't exactly have time to look around before bolting. Can I use your shower, please? I think I need to wash off the feeling of shame.”

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[ FM ]

After the shower, smelling of Scully’s body wash and shampoo and wrapped in one of her fluffy towels, the embarrassment has finally faded to the back of my mind. Briefly, I considered inviting her into the shower with me, but I don’t think my fever-weakened heart could’ve taken it, aside from the fact that it would mean fast forwarding the natural progression of our relationship.

Instead, I enjoy her pampering a little more, pretending to be too weak to lift my arms, so she towel-dries my hair with another towel than the one wrapped around my waist, kneeling behind me on the bed. During the night, she must’ve snuck to the basement to put my sweat-soaked clothes into the washer and dryer, because she presents me with a clean and fresh-out-of-the-dryer-smelling pair of pants and t-shirt with a flirty smile.

“Good thing I washed them, I don’t think wearing my robe after the boxers incident would go without comment from the girls.” I can't resist kissing this flirty smile once, twice, before we head downstairs to get some breakfast.

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[ Sarah ]

Once Mr. Mulder’s half-naked form has disappeared so fast I’m surprised he didn’t leave skid marks, we all burst out giggling.

“Oh my God, did you see his face when he realized we were sitting here?” Holly cackles into her coffee cup.

“I know, that was hilarious! Poor him, meeting us “for the first time” half-sick and half-naked, I kind of feel bad for him!”“Me too, but that won’t stop me from giving them a hard time, I have some inappropriate innuendos all ready to fire at them once they dare to come back downstairs!” Alex gives Holly a look and shakes her head.

“Don’t, Holly, please. We don’t have to make it harder on them with making stupid jokes at their expense.” Holly pouts, disappointed.

“But they were really good stupid jokes!”

“Save them for a later date and behave for today, okay?”

“Fine…,” Holly grumbles her reply and I have to grin at the clearly defined roles in our friendship. Holly is always the jokester and has absolutely no filter, Alex is the voice of reason but on the rare occasion she does crack a joke, she always hits the nail right on the head. I’m somewhere in the middle of these two, I think, and Dana is the sarcastically funny one and, being the youngest of the group, our little baby duck to take care of sometimes.

The little baby duck and her now fully dressed I’m-not-sure-what-they-are-right-now join us for breakfast and we actually do behave, opening up our little circle to the newest member. He actually blends in quite nicely, he’s quiet most of the time, only throwing in a comment here and there. When I glance at the clock on the wall, I’m surprised that D has decided to skip church this Sunday in favor of a late breakfast but I guess taking care of the sick and wounded will make God turn a blind eye this time.

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[ DS ]

"I can't believe you don't have a TV in here, what is this, the Middle Ages?," Mulder complains the lack of an entertainment system in my bedroom for the third time, he can't seem to get over the fact that we have to spend our Sunday Netflix-ing on the measly 13 inches of my laptop placed between us on the bed.

"You're complaining mighty loudly over there, for someone who has just been pulled from death's grasp. Scullaaay I'm dying!" My only slightly exaggerated imitation of him makes him laugh, but he still grumbles, claiming he did not sound that whiny.

We watch an episode of Our Planet, dozing off halfway with the help of David Attenborough's droning deep voice and I wake again a few hours later, to the tapping of a pen on paper and Mulder's lost in thought mumble of "42 across. Blue fish in Finding Nemo, 4 letters… I should know this…"

"Dory," I mumble back sleepily, I bet Felix has made him watch this movie even more times than I have.

"Oh hey, you're up. Thanks. You have the cutest little snore, did you know that?"

"I do not!" Horrified, I can only stare up at him open-mouthed until he cracks, tapping my nose with his pen.

"Alright fine, no you don't. But you still look cute when you're asleep. Can you complete this, Waiting for____ . No clue, I could be waiting for a lot of things… trains, busses, hour-long PTA meetings that are a cover to exchange gossip to be over…" I scoot over to peer onto the crossword, chewing my bottom lip trying to think of the answer.

'This is kind of nice.', I catch myself thinking, doing absolutely nothing at all, no fancy date, no fancy dress, no pomp and circumstance, nowhere to get to or to be but simply existing in each other's spaces.

I rack my brain, the answer is in there somewhere, I just know it.

"Godot."

"Who?" Tapping the crossword on 21 down, I grin at him victoriously.

"It's "Waiting for Godot"."

"That's only four letters…"

"It's French, the T is silent, Mulder."

"Oooh, those French and their random, stray letters… look at that, I'm done, almost all by myself!" He sounds so proud of himself, I hold off on telling him that contrary to popular belief, the Sunday puzzle is actually the easiest. I also hold off on patting his head, like I would when my school children get something right but the thought makes me grin.

"Good job, Mulder. Pass the Foreign Politics section?"

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[ FM ]

I feel like I’ve been fast-forwarded several years into the future, spending Sundays in bed watching TV, taking naps during the day that I haven’t taken ever since Felix got too big for naps, eating Pizza trying hard not to get grease all over the sheets from our dripping fingers, reading the newspaper side by side, reading-glasses perched low on our noses … it's quite the nice happy ending, if you ask me.

For now though, we're just at the beginning and there's still a big stretch of middle before we'll be the boring, old, married couple in the end.

My hang-up on the word married my brain has casually wedged in there, between the words, is interrupted by my phone ringing loudly into the rustling of the New York Times.

"Hey, Felix! What's up?" In-between his rambling about his weekend and him telling me he's going to be on his way home soon, I sneeze several times and stare dumbly at the white handkerchief Scully places into my hand quietly. I hold it up giving her a quizzical side-tilt of my head. It's a handkerchief, like those old ladies stuff up their sleeves, cotton and embroidered with daisies. She just shrugs in return and shows me the empty kleenex box from her nightstand.

"Okay, I'll see you in a bit. Yes. No, I'm not too sick for movie night, don't worry. Yes, I will whine the whole time if you make me watch Frozen II for the thousandth time. Pick something else! Pick… ugh alright fine. Bye now." With an exasperated sigh, I hang up and with no better alternative, use the handkerchief in my hand.

"Have fun with Anna and Elsa tonight!," Scully grins at me over her reading glasses and I hang my head in defeat. "Let it gooo, let it go," she adds in a sing-song voice and with a mean giggle that transforms into a full-on laugh when my / her pillow hits her in the face before I swing my legs out of bed.

"You're not up to date, Scully, it's Into the Unknown now, and I really wish that movie would've stayed in my Unknown!"

The retaliating pillow misses my head by a few inches as I pull on my sweater and gather up my stuff, including the handkerchief I plan on returning freshly laundered.

Scully's still on the bed, wheezing, cracking herself up with her Olaf impersonation.

"Aaaanna? Elsa? Sven? … Samantha? Ahaha I don't even know a Samantha!"

I look over at her with a mixture of amusement and exasperation, I know who I'll call to watch Disney movies with Felix from now on!

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[ Felix ]

When I get home from mom's on Sunday night, Dad's in a pretty suspiciously good mood for someone who has been sick all weekend, usually he's pretending to die just so I'd make him a cup of tea or fetch him his newspaper. He even watches Frozen II with me without complaining through the whole thing.

I've seen this movie so often by now, I can sing and speak along flawlessly and I can even do the character's voices perfectly.

"Aaaanna? Elsa? Sven? … Samantha? Ahaha I don't even know a Samantha!" I'm cracking up at Olaf the Snowman, he's the funniest of them all! And it's even funnier because my aunt's name is actually Samantha!

My dad laughs at my interpretation of the scene as well, and he never laughs when he has to suffer through Disney movies with me, so that's kind of weird.

What has gotten into him lately?

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[ FM ]

Monday after school, Felix crawls into the car shivering and all I can see in the rearview mirror is the bobbling pompom on top of his hat. He’s uncharacteristically quiet for a while and I wonder why there’s no Felix Show on today.

“So, tell me what happened at school today? Did you have fun at recess?”

“No,” he replies sulkily and I can hear the frown on his face in his voice.

“Why’s that? Did you get into a fight with Suzie?”

“No. Miss Scully has been out sick for the day.”

Oopsie.

[hugsandpeaches]

It's U Again

Fluff

bxg

jiu x reader

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Minji and you are High School sweethearts, well, before.

Both of you wears the same clothes, dream the same dream, thinks the same thing most of the same time. You two are defined as 'soulmates'.

She was very talented, you too as well. As said earlier, both if you has the same dream. A dream of being idols.

"I got accepted as a trainee!" Both you two surprised each other at the same time. It was an accomplishment you two dreamt of. Both of your hardwork has been paid off. But there's a thing...

Trainees can't date.

Your dreams led the both of you to separate ways. It hurts. Minji's training period is coming and you have to send her away on the train station.

The day she's leaving was very gloomy. It rained hard as you and Minji waited for her train to come. Her head laying on your shoulders, hand holding yours tightly. She want to savor her last moments with you as her boyfriend.

"When you debut, I'll wait for you"

Her heart skipped a beat and then she lifted her head up, meeting your eyes.

"You'll do the same thing too, right?"

Her eyes glistened in tears and hugged you side ways.

"When we became successful someday, let's not forget each other." As she told you the words, her train came and you stood up, helping her with her bags. She entered the train and you were left behind the yellow line she just crossed. There's just a little number of passengers getting inside the train so the train doors closed as she stepped inside.

Minjin stopped on the glass door looking at you, tears streaming down her eyes. She waved her hands at you and you copied what she did.

"Y/n-ah, we'll meet again"

The train started moving slowly and you followed it's direction, still looking at Minji. She was smiling at your actions and was shocking her head. The train moved faster and you felt the rain slap your face as you ran.

"I love you"

Minji mouthed you behind the glass doors and you ran as fast as you can, dropping your umbrella, just to say back the words.

"Minji saranghae!"

Once again, Minji waved her hands and you stopped from running, rain washing you and your clothes.

<6 years later>

5 years ago, Minx debuted and then 1 year later, Dreamcatcher was born. The group's popularity started to climbed up as they toured around the world. Minji never forgot you. She always kept your picture on her bag without the members knowing. Minji always ask for you whenever she come home but too bad you weren't there. Your parents told her that you moved to US to do something. Minji understood but it kinda hurt her because you didn't let her know.

Well, she lastly asked for you 6 years ago. Now, dreamcatcher is having their comeback and have been busy this past few months not noticing this rookie soloist under SM Entertainment.

Fans started going crazy about his visual and how soothing his voice is.

Lee Y/n.

Your name was all over internet. You didn't knew you were going to be this viral after your cover of Xiumin's You last week. SM promoted you by singing their ballads then dropping your teaser the day after. You've been busy preparing for your debut for a month so you didn't recieved any news from her. Netizens was amazed by you and then started talking over you.

You were the current hot topic.

But the only thing that you want is being noticed by her.

Did she recieved the news?

Did she read something about me?

Is she proud of me now?

Questions took over your mind as you became nervous coming into the stage. You were the first performer of today's Mcountdown.

You placed your position on the stage and hopefully searching for her on the dark crowd but she wasn't there that broke your heart. You bowed your head in disappointment and then started performing as the your song started playing.

After performing, you took your last glance on the now bright crowd but still, didn't saw her figure. You forcefully smiled at your audience and bowed before exiting the stage. You saw your manager waiting at you and you hugged him, thanking him for your successful debut.

While walking, you were your sad expression. You can't believe she wasnt there supporting you.

"I miss her"

Just then, a loud heels running on the hallways was heard by you and then someone suddenly bumped on you while doing your turn on the intersection hall.

A tall yet not so taller than you just bumped their head on you chest and then ran off without saying sorry. That was rude but you guess she's chasing someone important.

You looked down and then saw bunny necklace, you were familiarized by it and took it anyway. It was the same necklace you gave Minji 8 years ago.

The girl must been dropped it while bumping at me. You thought and then walked back at your dressing room. You sat there and then looked at the thing on your hand.

"When will I meet you again, Minji?"

I placed the necklace on my pocket and then stood up.

"I'm hungry"

Jiu's POV

"I'm here, manager unnie" I opened the door and saw my members on their phones. "Unnie, there was a handsome guy on the monitor earlier. You're late to see him" Gahyeon said while munching her food. "And he's the same age as you, maybe..." Dami wriggled her eyebrows at me while smiling sheepishly. I sighed and then sat down beside the two maknaes.

"I told you guys, I'm not interested" I said and then placed my hand over my neck. An unfamiliar feeling came into my body as I didn't touched my necklace.

"My necklace is missing" Dami looked over at my neck to confirmed it. "You rarely took that off, maybe you didn't wore that earlier? " Gahyeon asked. I shook my head and stood up.

I went out of our dressing room to find my necklace.

That wasn't just a necklace. That was his gift from our 1st year anniversary, how can I lose it. I led my way to the girl's comfort room where I went earlier and again while turning into the hallway, I bumped into someone... again.

Wait, maybe I dropped the necklace after bumping on someone earlier!

I avoided who I bumped into and was about to run when I felt my arms being pulled.

"Wait miss, you bumped at me 2 times already and you didn't even apologize "

Is that- that voice sounds familiar.

"I'm so sorry, something important is missi-"

Third Person's POV

Minji stopped on her tracks as she saw the person's face. The person was also shock from who she is, forgetting his hands was still on her arms.

"Minji?"

"Y/n?"

The bot immediately let go of her hand and then bowed at her. "Annyeaonghaseyo, Lee Y/n imnida" Y/n greeted with the widest smile plastered on your face.

Y/n can't believe what's happening just now. He's now face to face with his first love, the only girl he loved. Jiu on the other side was surprised but same as Y/n, she cant contain her happiness. Her lips started to spread into a smile and chuckled.

"Is that really you, Y/n? Am I only dreaming?" She pinched herself just incase. "Ani, I'm real" the boy spread his arms and turn around. "I'm real Minji" his smile never left his lips. Jiu came and pinched his cheeks as well.

"You're real!" Minji exclaimed. You then heard footsteps coming into one of the corners but luck is on your side. You two were just standing infront of your dressing room.

You opened the door and pulled Jiu in. She never complained, why would she? She had been waiting for this moment to happen.

As the both of you went inside, you immediately enveloped Minji a tight hug. You felt her hug back that made you tear up.

"I can't believe this is happening, please tell me I'm not dreaming!" You told her and you felt her shook her head on your chest. Then suddenly, you felt your shirt getting cold.

"Minji?" You broke the hug and you saw her brightly smiling at you, her tears rolling down her cheeks with her mascara. "Yah, don't ruin your make up" you wiped her tears using your sleeves. "You're performing soon, I'll watch beside the stage" she nodded at you and got out from your arms.

"Oh- I remember, your necklace " you grab the necklace on your pocket and turn her around to put on the necklace on her.

After putting in on, you kissed Minji's cheeks making her blush and turn around at you. "Yah, we're not official yet, take me out to date first" she said and pushed your shoulders.

"Hmm, noted. So...?"

Silence filled the room, the both of you smiling while staring at each other. "I missed you" you look down on the ground while fiddling your fingers. "Me too" you heard her said that made you blush.

"Have you watched my performance?"

"Performance?"

Your head shot up and you glared at her. "Y oi u missed it, did you?" Minji bit her lip and looked down. You smiled at her cuteness and then went closer to her again.

"It's okay though, at least we met again. So Minji... I mean, Jiu-ssi" you said and took out you hand for her to take.

"Faith really made us see each other, would you like to go out on a date with me on Saturday" you kneeled down at her and she started squealing. "Yah~ what are you doing, get up" she held your hand and pulled you up but you remained in your place.

"Only if you agree, Jiu-ssi" she smiled sweetly at you and pecked your lips.

"Of course, I would love too" you smiled and then stood up, pulling your necklace that was hiding behind your shirt.

On your necklace, there are two rings that was familiar to Minji. It was your necklace since you were still together. You wore it everyday. She wants to ask why there are 2 rings on it but her head says 'it's just design, that's it's

"Kim Minji, you were mine before, I'll make you mine again" you pulled out the rings and put the small one on her left hand. She blushed and you put the larger ring on your left hand.

"Now we're unofficially enganged" you smiled cheekily and kissed her forehead.

"Welcome back"