#something small before i post something big on the 30th ;^)

[ladybugkisses]

little winter stroll 💙

[misfitgirlwrites]

Lucifer Having A Crush On You/How Would He React?

I'm not biased, I'm not biased, I'm not biased, I'm not biased, I'M NOT--

It's time for my fictional love and life and all I hold dear in my daydreams. Bitches, bros, nonbinary hoes, and genderfluid fucks, I present to you the Big Dick in Charge

I may reference works that I've read and when I do I'll drop their @ and link to their story it is law that you read it if you read mine, I don't make the rules

CW: none, slightly angsty but nothing too intense!

Alright, doves, this is post-season one. Lucifer now resides in the hotel with everyone and is slowly adjusting to being graced with Alejandro's Alastor's presence every day.

Let's be honest, our baby pays attention but puts in minimal effort. Saying that the days went by in a blur would be an understatement. Even conversations would be forgotten after a few short moments. On to the next task. Full focus on this thing. Once that's done? Well onto the next task! No tasks? Free time to spend with Charlie!

Things would start slow, and to really interact, you'd most likely start to approach him first. Maybe you've spent long enough watching the blond anxiously bounce around the hotel and graciously give himself a bit too much for even the Big Boss of Hell.

A timid approach from you, offering to help with whatever he's currently doing. Maybe you make snacks for everyone in the hotel and hand him his personally :)

And so it begins! A greeting here, a greeting there, slightly awkward conversations that slowly start to feel less forced with the little information you learn about each other along the way.

It's...nice! Refreshing! Lucifer would be more excited than anything and talking to you would become a part of his regular routine without much thought on the matter. You'd occasionally be on his mind just a little more, and he'd start to seek you out himself too.

I know you're already seeking him out. Bitch I'M seeking him out.

Helping with chores around the hotel quickly turns into simply enjoying the other's company.

One day you gift him his very own ceramic duck! You could have paid for it from somewhere or made it yourself.

Either way, he'd fucking LOVE it! Honestly, if you decide to try your hand at making it, he'd love it even more with all the rough edges and little bumps (it was made out of love for my babies who never touched clay in their lives)

In response, please expect many gifts in return. I like to think it's been a while since he's gotten a genuine gift like this

(Bonus headcanon: Charlie will see this and will come to you the next day with a list of things she wants to gift him and you two are unofficially officially the Buy Lucifer Anything Duck-Themed duo)

Lucifer loves how you react when he gifts you your very own rubber duck. Your smile and happiness always seemed contagious to him. It only led to him making/getting you more things.

You will have a rubber duck collection by the end of this, but what can you really say? Each one of them is based on something you mentioned before. A movie character, a book character, a cartoon character, even friends or family members if they were mentioned. The gesture is way too sweet for you to turn down, even if it is the 30th duck you've received.

Now prepare for what I like to call the "get along t-shirt" phase but both parties are willing LMAO.

Lucifer will be by your side as long as you'll accept the company and if you're reading this and we brain the same, that will be all the time.

I love the GenZ!Reader memes and fics. Someone show this man bacon pancakes and if it was already done, SHOW ME.

Between his relationship with Charlie and with you, Lucifer actually feels the need and wants to be a little more present bit by bit. He notices that he is spending less time in his head, but he continues on in fear of fucking it up if he thinks too hard about it.

So instead he'll 100% focus on the little familiarity of happiness, as small as those moments may be sometimes. This is EXACTLY why the thought of him potentially feeling romantic interest again goes right over his head.

Who notices first, you ask? Charlie, of course. You slowly but surely became one of his main topics in conversation, it wasn't hard for her to pick up on it and ask.

Baby boy would straight up deny it at first. Him?? Liking someone else??? LMAO, am I right? Of course, after he does this, he'll have the time to actually pay attention to his actions.

So then he'll notice how excited he is every morning knowing that you'll be the first face he sees. He'll notice how he managed to fit you into any task he had to do. When he'd get lunch for himself and Charlie he'd have the automatic thought of making something for you as well. Even when the day was over, he'd be thinking about spending the next day with you. To be frank, you were constantly on his mind. 

Once he notices it's a big mental "fuck". Nothing about you is wrong of course, it's him, or so he thinks.

Let's start with the elephant in the room, or shall I say the ring on his finger lmao

In Lucifer's mind, he's still married technically. Even thinking about it in a technical term was a new development and it made him feel absolutely horrible. Lilith left, sure, but who knows what happened? Regardless of how he felt, he didn't want to hurt her.

But at the same time what about him? Lucifer hasn't been happy in a long time and he's finally building that again, not just with Charlie, but with you as well. He didn't want to just cut you out, he didn't want to hurt you either.

Plus, did you even like him? How would he even approach you? If he wanted to, even after thinking about everything.

Who was he kidding, of course, he still wanted you!

@liveontelevision *drops to my knees and bows* they worded it extremely well here and if you're reading this but you haven't read this already or you clicked the link then clicked back here, go back and read it. I don't care how long it is. Do the thing then come back.

Welcome back. It was good, wasn't it? I know.

The only awkward period for you two is the week-long contemplation of everything (half him attempting not to do what he always does when stressed but by the time he realizes he already made like 30 ducks--)

He would clearly go out of his way to either try and talk to you or avoid you. Or a cute mixture of both where he makes a scene approaching you, realizes he's not ready yet, then makes a scene so he can disappear *finger guns*

A little crisis here, a few little rubber ducks there, and a looooonnnggg conversation with Charlie and Maggie Vaggie.

Those are the ingredients to a semi-stable Lucifer with enough bravado to talk to you normally again.

He'd apologize for the times he basically pulled a Houdini in your face and he'd explain himself fully, all while also confessing his love for you.

It's choppy, it's fast-paced in some areas, and the poor blond was ready to disappear at any given moment, but that's what made it so real for you.

The weight that's lifted off of him couldn't be described, and neither could the joy that welled in him the moment he saw your beautiful smile and heard nothing but your acceptance and love.

What an emotional roller-coaster, am I right?

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Fuzzy Antlers

After getting the Fuzzy Antlers accessories from the 30th stage of Deepspace Trial, you are so eager to try them on him.

🌻 Rafayel/ Xavier/ Zayne x F!Reader Tags: fluffs, soft, all things sweet. This fic was based on LI's reactions when they use the antlers in game. (See the end of this post for those reactions.)

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𝑹𝒂𝒇𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒍

“What are you doing?”

Rafayel abruptly grabbed your wrist when you sneaked up to him from behind, holding a pair of antler-shaped hairpins - the reward that came after you successfully conquered the thirtieth floor of Deepspace Trial. You figured that after more than an hour of him looking at a blank canvas, he would appreciate a small break.

"What is this?" Rafayel enquired. He removed a clip from your grasp.

“Deer antlers.” You plopped down on the floor next to him and answered. After giving him the second one, you said, "For you."

“I know you've always had a thing for animals.” Rafayel's expression brightened to a smile. He pinned two deer antlers on his head, then turned to ask you: "How are they?" Do I look stunning?

You pulled a very serious expression. "Hmmm. They look very… Erm…”

Rafayel's expression changed from excitement to a pout. “Say no more. Judging from the look on your face, I already know how I look like.”

He stroked the two antlers on his head with his palms, got up, and strode over to the big mirror in the room's corner. Rafayel spent the next five minutes studying himself in the mirror, adjusting his hair and positioning his antlers more precisely.

"Come here."

He turned towards you, holding out a hand, signaling that he wanted you to come closer. You idly stood up and held his hand.

“Even when I'm a fish,” he said. “I must admit that I would make a magnificent deer. Don't you think so?”

You studied Rafayel's antlers carefully, then grabbed his chin to pull his face closer to you.

Rafayel opened his eyes wide in surprise, then grimaced. He also made a deer noise. “You use so much force. Are you aware that the deer you are holding is quite delicate?”

"I'm sorry. This deer is indeed fragile.”

Rafayel put his arms around your waist and positioned you between him and the mirror as you laughed. With his cheek resting on your head, he asked:

“Do you have another pair? I want us to wear them together. We're going to be the world's deerest couple!”

"Yes." You took out another pair of accessories from your pocket. Rafayel laid them delicately above your head. He stared at you two for a long time before pulling his phone out of his pocket to snap a picture of you two.

“If this goes up on your timeline, the stores that sell it will sell out!” You exclaimed.

"Obviously. I am really a trendsetter, as they put it." Rayafel smiled smugly in response. "Oh, now I see what I will sketch next. Thank you."

That being said, Rafayel lightly kissed your hair in the space between the antlers.

𝑿𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒓

“Xavier, will you come here for a moment? I have something to tell you.”

Xavier's face appeared right behind the door when you called out to him. You signaled him to come closer and he then leaned down really close.

"What's the matter?"

Standing on tiptoe and holding two prepared antler-shaped hairpins in each hand, you clipped them directly onto Xavier's head while suppressing your laughter. With a scowl, he reached out to touch them.

"What are these things?"

Instead of responding immediately away, you drew him over to the room's mirror. Confused, Xavier enquired, "Are we going to some festival?"

"Yeah, we are." You laughed at the look on Xavier's face. His head covered in deer antlers made him appear really cute.

"Are costumes required for this festival?"

You gave a nod. There was, in fact, no event at all. You had to beat the thirtieth level of the Deeepspace Trial to obtain them, and then all of a sudden you imagined Xavier's expression when he wore them.

“Hmmm. Dressing up as an animal?…”

Xavier whispered to himself while still looking in the mirror. You could not help but raise a hand to touch the two antlers on his head, then he pulled your hand away.

“Are you going to… touch my antlers?”

"May I?"

“That's not very respectful to the deer.”

Xavier put on a stern face. You laughed. If you knew he liked role-playing so much, you would have bought you a few more items.

“So, Mister Deer,” You played along. “Are you fluent in deer language?”

Xavier frowned. “I know what you're going to do. Don't even think about it. I won't make deer noises."

“What a pity!” You deliberately let out a deep sigh. “There will be an animal noise contest at the upcoming festival. The prize is that expensive toaster we have planned to buy.”

Even though Xavier's eyes brightened up a little, he persisted in trying. After a while, when you messed with him enough, you decided to leave for lunch. But as soon as you turned away, you heard a very faint gurgling sound accompanied by a snort. Almost like a deer.

You looked back at where Xavier was sitting. His face was buried in his hands, but you could see the scarlet flush on his cheeks from the reflection in the mirror. You smiled triumphantly. You grinned victoriously. But before you had a chance to enjoy it too much, you were pulled back.

Xavier's face had gone from crimson to a terrifying mask of menace, as if he were about to hunt down a poor Wanderer. Still, his eyes gazing at you were gentle.

“It's your turn to be the deer. Do you think you can get away just like that?"

𝒁𝒂𝒚𝒏𝒆

“Please, Zayneee? Pretty pleaseeeee?”

Despite your insistence, Zayne just ignored you and continued typing on his keyboard.

“Let's do it for the kids, will you?”

You held two small deer antlers and approached him. Zayne frowned. He turned his chair around to face you.

"No."

He gave a chilly response. You had not given up yet. "Please! The festival is something that the pediatric patients are excited about. All the doctors and hospital staff are wearing costumes too. Nobody will make fun of you.”

"No." Zayne said it once more.

"You previously informed me that attending to a patient's mental health needs is equally as important as attending to their medical needs."

You were running out of reasons to make Zayne wear these antlers. After giving it some thinking, he inquired: 

"You want me to wear this just for the kids to see?"

At first you did not really understand what he meant, but when you did, your face became red.

“O-Of course it's not just that… I… I also want to see Dr. Zayne try cute things…”

Zayne sighed, but you swore you caught a smile across his face.

"Alright. But this is the last time I'll let you put absurd things on me.”

Hearing that, you smiled triumphantly. This definitely would not be the last time, as he also mentioned that the last time you had him wear a set of glowing devil horns. You quickly bent down to place two deer antlers in Zayne's hair. While they did not completely melt away his icy demeanor, they at least made him a little more approachable.

"Alright. You should have a quick look in the mirror."

"No need." Zayne replied. “I trust you to be responsible to keep an eye and correct them in any case, as long as they are on my head.”

You blinked in surprise. Zayne stood up, held your hand and walked out. The festival for pediatric patients at Akso hospital began in the warm spring weather. You also had a pair of deer antlers on your head. Wherever you went with Zayne, the kids followed, referring to you as Mommy Deer and Zayne as Daddy Deer. He did not respond much to that, but when no one was looking, he grinned to himself. And you were thrilled.

By the end of the day, everyone was exhausted but extremely happy. You followed Zayne into his office. As soon as the door closed, he drew you into his arms, resting his head on your shoulder. The antler on his head curled into your hair.

“Zayne? Is there something wrong?"

"You've spent the entire day today concentrating on the kids." His voice was so soft it made your heart skip a beat. “Could you spare a little with your deer now?”

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[gallifreyriver]

So, Kellogg's Boycott. Again. Haven't seen any posts about it here yet, so figured I'd make one.

In short: We're all tired of these big companies gouging their prices just because they can, and calling it 'inflation.' We're tired of companies announcing record profits while they cut bonuses/lay people off/force workers to run on skeleton crews/etc. We're tired of "Shrinkflation" And we're tired of a bunch of other shit too, but you get my point.

So, vote with your wallet.

On April 1st, stop buying Kellogg's, and keep that up until June 30th. Just three months- just one quarter of the fiscal year. Companies report earnings each quarter, and if their earnings drop it will reflect in these quarterly reports.

Why Kellogg's?

Because their CEO recently pulled a "Let them eat cake." TLDR; Kellogg's has raised prices by 28% across the board, bragged about record breaking profits, and then suggested that families struggling to afford groceries, because of aforementioned price gouging, just "eat cereal for dinner!"

And well, that message was not well received by anyone, as one could imagine. Pissed a lot of people off.

So yeah. The plan is to stop buying any Kellogg's products (below) for the entirety of the second quarter (April 1st-June 30th) and to collectively tell Kellogg to fuck off until they lower their prices. The goal isn't to "destroy the company" or cost anyone their jobs- but we will hit them where they will listen. Their profits.

If they don't listen, then we don't come back, and we start in on the next company, and keep going until they all get the message. There's always alternatives (more on that below) and we don't need them. If they refuse to drop their prices, then we just stick with the alternatives we found.

Three months is a minor inconvenience to teach a corporation a lesson, and we can do it.

So, take this month before April to find your alternatives. If you need help, I based a non-comprehensive list (below) off the image above. There's tons more just a google search away, and I bet others have made lists as well. There's also always the option to make your own. There's tons of recipes online showing how to make dupes of your favorite products.

Some things to note:

Don't go stocking up on your favorite Kellogg's products the last week of March and think you're not crossing the picket line. The point is to make Kellogg's feel the loss in profits, and stocking up on Cheez-its beforehand will defeat the purpose. I sincerely promise you can make it three months without buying Kellogg's. Again, three months is a minor inconvenience to teach a corporation a lesson, and we can do it.

That said, Safe Foods are acknowledged. If you or your child is neurodivergent and has issues with food (i.e: literally won't be won't be able to eat at all without their safe food) you get a pass. By all means feel free to try and find alternatives, but it's very unlikely that the few who can't boycott will cause it to fail. There should be plenty of the rest of us to pick up the slack.

Don't be a bystander- meaning don't go about this thinking "Oh, well surely there's enough people boycotting that it's fine if I just-" No. If we ever want things to change then we need to be strong enough to do even something as small as not buying something we like for three months. Furthermore, it's on those of us who can afford Kellogg's products to boycott Kellogg's. It's not the responsibility of those who already can't afford Eggos to boycott Eggos. Nothing will change if you go about just assuming everyone else already has it handled for you. Take a stand.

And importantly, Spread the word. This only works if we let as many people as possible know about it.

So reblog this post, or make your own post, or both. Even feel free to copy and paste this entire post off-platform if you need to. I've also seen some suggest making flyers, or even just writing on post-it notes, and sticking them to Kellogg's products in the store to spread the word off-line.

Just get the word out there. If we ever want these companies to stop gouging us for every cent we've earned, then we have to make a stand somewhere.

If we do nothing it will only ever get worse.

[maxverstappensflatbrim]

Show Me Yours | Matty Healy [46]

chapter forty-six, act six: be my mistake

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December 25th 2017

It takes Tommie forty minutes to stop staring at the front door as if he’s going to walk right back through. When she finally does leave the hallway her gaze settles onto the wrapped gift still untouched. 

She’s sitting criss crossed under her green Christmas tree with Button on one side and Allen the other.

The wrapping paper has little dinosaurs wearing cowboy hats, which upon further inspection she realises have been drawn on by hand. She tears it open, then folds it neatly and places it to her side. Her eyes tear up, her thumb traces the leather. 

It’s her book. 

Her lyric book she thought lost forever sits right there in her hands with a blue post it note on top.

‘ Don’t worry, I didn’t punch him, Ross did (again).’

She giggles to herself as she takes the post it note and slots it inside to a page in the middle of the book, the one with the first ever draft of her poem ‘show me yours’.

Beneath the old brown leather book is a very similar one. The exact same book instead this one is a dark green colour.

She flicks open the first page and finds a note has been drawn on the inside cover.

‘The day that I met you I started dreaming. Now I write them down if I remember in the morning

-Yours, Matty’

A few pages have been written on, he writes on one side of a double page then leaves the other blank so she can fill in her own thoughts or change what he has written.

They’re songs. Songs he had written in rehab. About her. For her. She’s not sure yet.

Her eyes scan the pages as she flicks through them all, taking note of the titles scribbled in red ink.

Inside your mind Love it if we made it Be my mistake Sincerity is scary If it’s not with you Mine In love Sometimes About you Playing on my mind

She reads them all. Over and over and over. She only adds to one of the songs he’s written. 

She finds inspiration, she writes. She writes a lot, poetry which turn into songs and songs which become poetry. She finds herself finishing songs from her old book that she’d begun writing years ago. Love songs she’d tried to write about Caleb seem to fall together with a new inspiration in mind.

Matty.

Even in the breakup songs she finds ways to reference him in some way.

She can’t help it. There’s a piece of Matty in everything she does. Not just in her writing, she finds herself gravitating towards clothes of hers that he’d once touched. Like her old The Stone Roses shirt he wore once, or the flannel shirt he’d always ‘borrow’ when he came into her room. She buys his favourite brand of tea bags and stocks the fridge with his favourite pop. She listens to his favourite artist and hums a few tones lower to match his usual pitch. She reads books he had recommended and watches True Romance over and over because she can still picture his happy grin as he mimed the words along to the cinema scene. She finds herself stroking the freckle on her collarbone he once kissed. Touching the part of her hairline he would rest his lips against when he held her close. She finds herself thinking of him. Consumed by him. It’s Matty. It’s always been Matty.

She doesn’t stop writing. The words seem to flow out of her unlike anything she’s ever experienced before. Her hand cramps and even then she continues on with ink stained finger tips delicately turning white pages.

She shifts the book from her knee to the coffee table and as she does something falls out from the back of it. Shuffling awkwardly across the floor and raising the heads of the two dogs who watch her, she reaches for the small photograph.

A smile stretches her lips. It’s of the band a few weeks after she first met them. She was young at the time, thirteen maybe if she remembers correctly. Matty is standing directly behind her with his hand on her shoulder and his chin on her head. She’s smiling so big. She misses it. She misses the band. She misses her boys. She misses her Matty.

July 30th 2007

“You’ll be fine.’

Her cousin's words do little to help sooth her nerves as she clutches his hand. “They’re my best mates,” He continues on as he holds the door open for her, “They’ll love you as much as I do.”

“I’m not sure, Ads.”

“It’ll be fine.”

He promises as he opens the door. Three sets of eyes are on her when she enters and she pauses at the doorway.

It’s the tallest one with a buzzcut that comes to her first with a smile. “Caroline?”

“Tommie.” She says quickly.

“I’m Ross.” He tells her, then with a hand on her back he guides her further into the room to sit on the small two seater they have. 

Before he can settle beside her the space is taken by the long haired guy, he throws an arm over her shoulder and places the other in front of her for her to shake. “I’m Matty. Hann tells us you can play guitar, wanna be in the band?”

Ross shakes his head and pushes Matty away from her by his forehead, “She’s like ten leave her alone.”

“I’m not… ten.” She says quietly. 

Matty shrugs, ignoring her quiet comment, “Well, let her decide, Ross.” He turns back to her then, brown eyes looking right through her, “Would you?”

She shrugs, “I don’t know.”

“Leave her alone.”

The third guy who she hasn’t learnt the name of yet drags him to stand and pushes him away, Ross takes Matty’s spot while the guy in the beanie offers a shy smile. “I’m George.”

She nods back to him and lets her eyes go back to Matty who’s rocking back and forth on his feet, “I’ve always said having a girl in the band will do us better.”

“Better how?”

He sighs dramatically and Adam shoots a sharp look to George, “Really? You want him to give his whole speech again?”

George shrugs innocently as Matty clears his throat, “First of all, a girl can hit different notes than me, having one to harmonise-”

“Matty.” Ross interrupts, “The girl’s just got here. Let’s leave her alone, eh?”

He rolls his eyes then turns them back to Tommie, “Favourite song?”

She looks back to Adam, already hating her cousin for forcing her to meet his friends, “I don’t know, um.” She looks around at the walls of the little pool house they’re hidden away in. There’s posters and instruments all lying around, the floor is covered in wires and through a barely covered glass window she can see the pool. “I like that one of the new Arctic Monkey album.”

“Which one?”

“Brianstorm.”

He nods in thought, “Alright. Sit back, relax and enjoy, Thomas. We’re gonna blow you away.”

He ushers the guys up and Ross leans towards her, “This is him trying to convince you. Don’t give in, he’s pushy but he’ll give up eventually.”

Looking back, Tommie’s glad he didn’t give up.

She clutches the photo to her chest and leans back against her settee with a sob of solitude. 

With tears in her eyes she crawls across the floor to her sofa and grips her phone. With shaky hands she lifts it to her ear as the phone starts ringing. 

“Hello?”

“Can you come over? Please. I just-” She niffles and rubs the back of her wrist against her nose, “I really need you right now.”

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[farahsamboolents]

stranger things major dates:

(this is actually part of a much larger post i plan on making, with a loooot of background bullshit that nobody cares about, but this is just the dates :P please note that it took me a while to get the hang of this note taking thing so it’ll get more accurate as the seasons progress, feel free to fact check me)

(other thing to notes: I'm assuming that all of these dates are one after the other or even simultaneously, but according to wikis online, the timeline is much more stretched out, implying that there are other days we don't see.)

S1

Will went missing on November 6th, 1983. There were search parties November 6th and 7th; on November 7th there was the big storm and it was called off.

Steve’s party was on a Tuesday . Steve broke Jonathan’s camera the next day, which was the day of the funeral, as well as the day Will was rescued .

[UPDATE: i missed a day in here, because Steve breaking the camera was a catalyst for Nancy seeing the photos, which led to Nancy and Jonathan going monster hunting, and they spent the night together before Will was rescued. Sorry for the goof!]

Other dates mentioned:

Joyce has worked at Melvalds for ten years

According to Hop, the last missing person was summer of 23, last suicide in 61.

Seven years prior (1976) there was a drowning in the quarry

S2

The season starts on October 30th

Mike says into the walkie that it’s day 352

el tells hop on November 1st that it’s day 326 (since she moved in with Hop). She runs away on day 327.

Wills birthday is March 22nd.

The time skip is implied to be late November/early December (okay honestly i don’t remember how i came to this conclusion, it’s just in my notes. I think the title card must’ve said “one month later” or something.)

^ this is when Hawkins lab gets raided by govt vehicles with Murray watching, as well as Hop getting El’s forged birth certificate. The Snow Ball is around this time as well.

Other dates mentioned:

“Last month a coworker of Ted Wheeler’s” discussed El. Not sure how he blabbed after almost an entire year.

Steve was aiming for early application into college, which was closing soon.

Steve and Nancy were working on their Halloween costumes for “a stupid amount of time”.

At some point between S1 & 2, they took Will to a doctor in Chicago.

Nancy says she waited. Jonathan says only a month.

S3

The only actual date on the timeline I noted was the fourth of July. Sorry. I'd have to count backwards for the rest of the plot points and I guarantee I will count wrong.

There is a time skip for three months later, which would now be October 1985.

Other dates mentioned:

El watches Miami Vice on Fridays. It starts at 10.

The Hawkins Post tagline says "Courage in Journalism since 1947".

The Journal Tribune publishes an article headlined "SCANDAL ROCKS SMALL TOWN" about Starcourt on July 11th, 1985

The Indianapolis Gazette publishes an article headlined "THIRTY DEAD", and the subheader reads "Hero Chief Dies in Fire" on July 15th, 1985

The Journal Tribune publishes an article headlined "MAYOR UNDER FIRE", and above it there is text that reads "Hawkins makes headlines around the nation" on July 12th, 1985

After the three month time skip, a news special on Channel 4 WCPK-TV links Satanism and D&D for the first time within the show

The Byers are packing up after the time skip. Jonathan says, "Seventeen years of my life. Packed up in one day." (kind of impressive tbh)

Mike initially planned on visiting the Byers for Thanksgiving, and El is supposed to come back for Christmas (this obviously does not happen).

S4

The massacre at Hawkins Lab was September 8th, 1979.

(apparently I neglected to take note of any actual Date Dates after this)

The season starts on the Friday before Spring break.

Mike arrives in Lenora on Saturday morning.

El is arrested on Sunday.

Joyce and Murray are told to meet Yuri in two days on a Saturday, which means that episode takes place on a Monday.

The original Creel murders happened in 1959.

When Erica yells at Jason, she says she's been covering for Lucas for two days.

The faux reference latter that Nancy has for Director Hatch is dated March 29th, 1986

Lucas and Max agree to a movie date the following Friday

The death toll two days later is 22

Other dates mentioned:

Max sees Miss Kelly on Thursdays

The Indianapolis Gazette published an article headlined "3 Dead as Police Probe Grisly Scene" about Creel on Thursday, March 18, 1959 (the text on the date is super blurry, I'm mostly confident I got Thursday and March right but I can only mostly tell the date is two digits, and the first digit is a 1)

Victor Creel was back from war for 14 years when he bought the house in Hawkins

Billy was born March 29, 1967

The Nina Project was named after the opera Nina by Nicolas Dalayrac in 1786

Dustin's birthday is in two months, three days, and five hours (from when they reach Suzie)

The dates on Brenner's tapes:

Dustin's shirt says "Craftsbury Banjo Contest" with the year 1986 on it

The Hawkins Presbyterian Church was constructed in 1897

[ufonaut]

do you have any reccomendations for places to buy comics in london ?

DO I!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'VE DEDICATED MY LIFE TO IT!!! here's a bunch of my faves in no particular order:

forbidden planet - the london megastore is said to be the biggest comic book shop in the uk (it's pretty damn big!) and my go-to place for weeklies. they don't have back issues unless you're looking for something that's a couple months old at the very best but they do have tons of merch/toys of all kinds, crazy sales, trades like you wouldn't believe and general books. practically my home away from home, i'm at forbidden planet pretty much every wednesday to pick up new releases. also: very frequent free signings with some of the biggest names you can think of!

gosh! comics - home of the indie comics & weeklies, gosh! is a couple streets away from fp in soho and probably one of my favourite places to waste an hour or two in. the good folks at gosh! still believe in zines and they've got plenty of them, as well as comic mags of the british & american variety, comic theory & history, pretty decent sales on trades, and a huge supply of back issues downstairs. their back issues are what i consider pricey (£3-10 range) but they're remarkably well organised and well stocked. this is the place to be if you wanna move away from the big two or towards the history/study side of things, and they've got very frequent signings too!

the notting hill comic exchange - just around the corner from the notting hill gate tube station, this is probably my favourite place in the world for back issues. you can find any indv issue youve ever dreamed of for 50p - £1 at the exchange and they've got boxes & boxes of 'em, especially now that the shop has extended into the notting hill book exchange next door and there's a couple beautiful beautiful cheap boxes in there too. they've also got comic collections (indv issues of an arc in one bag), comic-related books, adult comics, magazines and trades at less reasonable prices (for my standards, anyway) but it's heaven for back issues!

a place in space - a little ways away from the croydon shopping centre, a place in space has alphabetized boxes of individually priced back issues and weeklies as well as trades and action figures. while they don't have any designated cheap boxes, the prices tend to be fantastic (£1-5) and they've been remarkably well-stocked every time i've been there, especially if you're looking for modern age anything (nineties especially). i'm not a very frequent visitor solely because i can almost always be found around leicester square/central london but man, if i don't just love this shop!

krypton comics & books - a five min walk from the blackhorse road tube station on the victoria line, krypton comics started as a small stall in camden market back in the eighties and has since become a wonderful little shop with amazing prices. while they don't seem to employ any sort of method of organizing... anything, they've got about ten boxes filled to the brim with 50p comics and you better believe i've spent many an afternoon digging through those & walking away with some incredible stuff! they're only open three days per week so better check the website before visiting but trust me, it's as worth it as it gets!

mega city comics - over in camden and literally across the street from the tube, mega city has back issues & weeklies as well as tons of non-western comics. they're a little pricey for my taste and often tend towards silver age rarities but there's discount boxes as well and it's definitely worth a look if you're in the area!

a moment of silence for orbital comics and 30th century comics, which were once the loves of my life and have gone online post-lockdown, and a honorary mention to piranha comics in bromley. i would also recommend checking out the london comic mart, which is held once every two months at the royal national hotel in russell square and has quite literally 100+ booths with 25p/50p/75p back issues of all eras (the literal highlight of my entire life, obviously)! local charity shops such as most oxfam locations also carry comics for incredible prices, and i've definitely gotten a good chunk of my collection from the one down the street from my place.

so, that's pretty much it! i hope i've helped a lil, enjoy!!!!!!

[pizzazz-party]

THREE DAYS TO GO!!!🎉🎉🎉

Let’s talk concept art.

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If you were watching from the beginning, you might remember the “preliminary” design I started touting around in late September. It was easier to call it that—because I was way too embarrassed to show anyone the stuff that came before it.

Enamel pins are small. Just, extremely limited real estate to design around. And once you make a mistake—it’s immortalized in the metal, forever. (Unless you feel like paying $50+ dollars to your manufacturer for a new pin mold.) So right away, it felt smart to start off with a simplified design. No nose, no pupils, to give myself more room to work with. And I’m sure if I really stuck with those restrictions, I could have made something nice anyway. But the more I thought about it, the more I wanted Ring to have that nose. So I kept pulling on his headband until he did. And during round two, I was mostly determined to make that headband stick out from his skull, but I also ended up shifting Ring’s whole face into something softer and friendlier along the way.

The whole process felt less like sketching, and more like carefully shifting a piece of playdough in my hands, little by little.

…I’d love to say something similarly poetic about the process of turning the resulting raster sketch into a vector file but, uh.

I love you, Affinity Designer. I may not always understand you, but you’re still way more intuitive than Adobe Illustrator. Genuinely, I could not have gotten this far, this fast, without you.

That’s all for this post. As always, you can find more pin news and updates under the tag “pizzazz contemplates pins.” You can peruse the shop interface itself here on Big Cartel.

Preorders open Monday, November 7th and close November 30th at 11:59PM EST.

THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES.

[djbeatz]

ANNOUNCEMENT PEOPLE

Hi Hi! It's been a while since I've been on here, but I would like to announce something important!

I'm participating in the Soukoku Reverse Big Bang! Partnered with @xazanna as the beta!

Now bear with me here, this is my first time making a big announcement or advertising anything I do, but this is the occasion I should and I will.

The name of this fic is SKYFALL. A multichaptered fic with superstitious and supernatural elements! A Yokai au if you will.

Now, I don't want to say too much, but I will say that it's very fun writing this and getting opinions from my partner on it. Working with her is a joy! I also can't promise quick updates due to a lot of factors, so before anything, just know that this will not be a very quick updating fic, as I'm sure anyone could deduce cause it's me XD

I'll be posting the first chapter on the 30th, barely a few days from now! Either way, please enjoy this little snippet under the cut!

The next time Chuuya came to, the first thing he heard was the soothing sound of drifting water.

It was slow and trickled ever so lightly. It was gentle on his sensitive ears, and when he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was a clear river, lazily drifting beside him. The more his vision cleared up, the more he saw; the small and colorful flowers at the riverbed, the rocks that peaked and jutted out from the ground at varying sizes, and the green grass that was short and soft on his skin. When he turned to look up, he was greeted by the view of a large tree, larger than anything he’s ever seen in his life.

Its flowers were a bright and vibrant pink, they were small too. It must be a cherry blossom tree, but he’s never seen one so big before. But, how odd; there were vines on that cherry blossom tree, did they always have vines? He was not quite sure. The light that fell on that tree look…strange, as if it were almost a rainbow, but not quite.

And when he looked further to the side-

… What?

[keiraxlucy]

Anon care to elaborate on the detail? 😊

So sorry for taking so long to answer but here I am:)

I feel like many people say that during winter they didn‘t have any moments, but I disagree cause they had moments.

So my first point is that they were always around each other after a game and Kei put her hand multiple times on Lucy‘s arm.

In December after L scored the winning goal last minute, L put her hands on K's arm and hand and held her. There are plenty of videos of that on TikTok:)

Then we have them being spotted together in February by a fan before a game getting coffee or something. Lucy posting for K‘s first goal which was also in February, if I‘m not wrong and she liked multiple post about that. Barca posted a pic of K with the caption
KW on the 30th of December and L liked it on twitter and it was the only post she liked.

Lucy always mentioning K in interview and showing the photo of her in an interview in February that she took recently (there is no reasons for someone to take a pic like that of your ex especially after such a long term relationship, sending it to your national coach and showing it to anyone in an interview).

After they won their first trophy, the team presented in Barca and K and L walked straight to each other to stand beside each other, they were talking, giggling and laughing with each other and Kei put her arm on Lucy‘s back.

Watching the World Cup together and Kei mentioning that in one of her articles that she wrote.

In an article in January/February, the writer mentioned how K, L and Narla explore Sant Jus together.

The brunch that L mentioned in the interview.

After the ACC win, K danced a bit and L was next to her, looked at her and smiled BIG at her.

Sharing clothes.

The game on the 16/17/18th match. Lots of content.

The way L looks at K.

The game against Brazil. Talking to each other, the way Luce looked at Kei and cheered for her when she got the POTM trophy. Girl couldn‘t keep her eyes of Kei.

We are already in April, and we have been getting quite a lot of content and I would just repeat my list that I sent in before but you get my idea:)

These were a few moments, and you basically always see them after games (and keep in mind, we have to rely on videos. Just cause we think they didn‘t interact, doesn’t mean that‘s the truth. It prob just wasn‘t filmed) and while celebrating goals, they got quite close to each other and showed physical contact all through winter:)

Hope this helped!:)

Anon this is amazing thank you! And yes it's so important to remember that not everything gets filmed or is posted so we really can't draw conclusions from the small snippets (or lack thereof) we see online 🫶

[lorloubee]

Originally posted on Wattpad

Untitled - because I can’t think of one 😕

August 30th 2020

Standing with hands on hips and head held high high you refused to sink to your knees in despair. Every inch of you ached, your muscles clenching in fatigue but you would not go down, around you some of your team mates were on the floor, defeated, heads hung low, some wiping away tears from their red cheeks.

Confetti was strewn across the pitch at your feet. You hadn’t just wanted to win the Champions League for the obvious reasons, you’d wanted to win it to prove to your ex-girlfriend that you didn’t care, that she hadn’t shattered your heart and your life, to show that for something, you were good enough.

You saw her, Dzenifer Marozsán, lifting her team mate into the air in celebration, the same team mate you had walked in on with her head thrown back in pleasure and your girlfriends head between her legs.

Sarah fucking Bouhaddi.

Forcing yourself to look away you stared up at the scoreboard, the bright lights mocking you.

You didn’t need to put on a brave face and go round greeting the fans, there were no fans.

You wished your Dad was here, complaining of the ‘Sub Lime’ green home shirt he would wear with y/n on the back but covid restrictions meant he wasn’t there, the stadium was empty.

“How are you?” A voice broke your thoughts.

Dzenifer stood in front of you.

You had barely registered her presence when she was aggressively shoved to the side.

“You don’t get to know that anymore Marozsán.” Your team mate and friend, Pernille took her place beside beside you.

Dzenifer rolled her eyes.

“Whatever I tried.” She said, walking back to her team mates who were still celebrating across the field.

Pernille placed a hand on your shoulder.

“Look y/n I know it is shit we didn’t win and I know this hurts but given everything going on in the world right now, well I figure losing isn’t so bad.”

You nodded through the tears that threatened to spill. Marching away from your team mates and in to the tunnel you quickly arrived at the changing rooms. You slammed the door open wide and kicked a stray boot across the floor in frustration. Rifling through your bag you pulled your phone out, ignoring the messages sitting in your inbox you dialled your agents number, without giving them a chance to even greet you, you said the two words that you knew would change your life.

“I’m in.”

………..

The taxi dropped you off at the training ground.

You had signed the contract with your new team only 48 hours after the loss against Lyon giving you just over a week to pack your things and say goodbye. Wolfsburg had not been happy with you, expecting you to resign with them, even more so after it was announced Pernille Harder was also leaving. She was a good friend, she had understood the need to leave, she didn’t tell you that you had made a rash decision like a lot of your team mates had.

You snapped out of your thoughts by a young man hurriedly approaching you looking slightly flustered.

“Y/n y/ln I am Jonatan, assistant coach, welcome to Barcelona.” He smiled shaking your hand.

You hoisted your sports bag onto your shoulder.

“I’m glad to be here.” You responded truthfully, Jonatan gestured for you to walk together towards the entrance of the training facility.

“I’m a big fan y/n, that final was a close game, you played very well I hope you can bring some of that passion and dedication to Barca. Maybe you can lift that Champions League trophy with us.”

You were taken aback at the positivity. Having grown accustomed to the negativity you had endured over the last few months at Wolfsburg you couldn’t help but allow yourself some hope for the future.

Jonatan led you through the facility and into a small conference room where he handed you your first Barca shirt. The team photographer appeared, introducing themselves before taking a shot of you holding your shirt up before another man bustled into the room followed by a woman from the coaching staff.

“Y/n this is Lluis Cortez team manager.”

Cortez stepped forward shaking your hand.

“Y/ln in a Barca shirt, some things are just meant to be.”

More photos, this time of you and Cortez as you pretended to sign your contract again.

“Right, change and I will see you on the field.” Cortez said, leaving the room taking Jonatan with him.

The woman Cortez had arrived with guided you to the changing rooms.

“Y/n!” A voice cried out, you saw a flash of garnet out of the corner of your eye, swiftly turning you managed to catch the girl jumping on you.

“Lieke.” You hugged your international team mate, as she wrapped her legs around your waist.

“Finally a fellow Dutchie, I am so glad you’re here.” She exclaimed, you could feel the happiness radiating off your friend.

“Ladies this is y/n y/ln.” Lieke shouted across the changing rooms.

You were greeted with hugs, high fives and kisses on both cheeks. You knew you were blushing at all the attention.

…….

Two weeks into pre season and you could safely say you were getting along with most of the team. You’d say mostly because there was one nut you had yet to crack.

The elusive Alexia Putellas.

Whenever you would speak to the woman she would give one word answers in a voice so soft you’d think you imagined the response. She would twirl her hair in a nervous habit so much you had day dreamed of yanking her hair and….

Nope!

No!

You had sworn off getting involved with a fellow footballer ever again.

Feeling a thump to the back of your head you turned just in time to catch Hermoso grinning widely and Alexia herself, looking apologetic.

“So sorry y/n Alexia just seems to have no control whenever you are around.” Jenni called out running over to retrieve the ball that had just hit you on the head.

“No worries Jenni.” You responded, raising a hand to rub at the sore part of your skull.

“We are having dinner at mine later, just a few of us, will you come?” The taller woman asked tucking the ball under her arm.

“Sounds good to me what time?” You replied happily as Alexia approached you both.

“Seven is perfect.” Jenni answered.

“Perfect?” Alexia mumbled in question to her friend.

“I’ll text you the address.” Jenni smiled, she turned dragging Alexia with her.

“Sorry about the headache.” She called out behind her.

[aawesomepenguin]

SONIC RANGERS, EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT IT, LINK FOR ALL SOURCES AT THE END

Ok, the time has come. I spent my entire day doing some searches on the 4chan website, picking and trying to find every nugget of information I could find that I was 100% sure it was connected to Sonic Rangers.

I’ll get this right out of the gate: I’m 95% sure the next main Sonic game will be open world, and what will follow is all my evidence towards it. It’ll be uncharted territory for the Sonic franchise, and we’ll need to see how it pays off.

Also, spoilers for Sonic Rangers, but kind of broad ones, so in my opinion, your experience wouldn’t be ruined if you read all of this. But if you’re one of those that want to go 100% blind, then I think the time to jump off this ship is now.

Here we go.

As it turns out, as I did some digging of my own, and thanks to other observant people, I can confirm that the “Sonic Rangers” name has been circulating on the Internet way, WAY before the accidental leak revealed on May 27th. I will show an entire timeline of these discoveries, and how they connect.

But okay, before we dive in, a general vision of Sonic Rangers: the game will take a brand new approach with the character, placing Sonic in an open world for him to explore. Where through his speed, he’ll do platforming challenges, do puzzles, fight against badniks, etc. When fighting against enemies, the player gains XP, that can be used to give Sonic different abilities. Spread through this world are bosses, where after you defeat them, Sonic obtains orbs, and when enough of them are gathered, Sonic can enter Special Stages, that are structured like a Sonic Generations/Sonic Unleashed boost level. When you complete them, you get a Chaos Emerald.

Ok, now let’s go to the 4chan leaks. From what I can tell, SEGA has been inviting different test groups to testplay their next main Sonic game, under a strict NDA. After it, SEGA collects feedback from the testers. I can’t exactly pinpoint when SEGA began to do these tests, but if I had to guess, it has been around as early as March 2020.

1st Occurrence

In July 2020, another fake leak claiming to be the 30th anniversary game showed up on 4chan, but then, as an answer to it, a person that has really played a test version of the next main Sonic game called the fake leaker out. The person that has put their hands on the next main Sonic game had the following to say:

“I playtested the game back in march and played it for an hour. There were no levels just an overworld. You’re full of s***.”

In another post, the person that got their hands on the testing version of the next main Sonic game, had the following to say:

“It was called Sonic Rangers when I played it.”

1st Occurrence analysis

I believe that the person that played the test version of Sonic Rangers has erroneously interpreted the open world as an overworld, which makes sense. Sonic Rangers name gets dropped for the first time.

2nd Occurrence

In August of 2020, another person that played a test version of Sonic Rangers, stated the following about the next title on the Sonic series:

“It’s not an adventure remake. I playtested it. They ARE working on something, but if they take feedback me and the other panelists gave them, SEGA might change quite a bit from what I ended up playing.

Open World

Set on a gloomy, grassy, uninhabited island dotted with ruins.

Big BOTW influence, little korok-like puzzles scattered everywhere.

Robot/alien bosses scattered throughout the island, defeat them and you get a Chaos Emerald.

Get all Chaos Emeralds and you gain entrance to the final boss area, a foggy forest you couldn’t enter before.

No major characters appeared aside from Sonic.

No story, just dumped in.

Turn Super Sonic to fight the boss, he’s a giant colossus-like entity that you climb, hit his weak points.

These could all be changed because I played a couple of months ago and there still hasn’t been any reveal, so I assume they might be reworking a lot.”

2nd Occurrence analysis

As you can see, in this version, some of the elements that were talked about in the most famous leak aren’t present, some missing elements were added later, but the basic was already present and in place. Sonic can travel through an open world, doing puzzles, defeating badniks and fighting against bosses, to then fight against a final boss as Super Sonic. 

The most interesting thing is how the person that leaked these details claimed that they played it “a couple of months ago”, meaning that this version could take place after the build shown in the first occurrence. Some things have changed since then.

Another cool thing that I wanted to point out was that this build uses placeholder from previous Sonic games. During the final boss, the theme for the first boss fight against Infinite from Sonic Forces is used.

3rd Occurrence

In January of 2021, another anonymous 4chan user talked about Sonic rangers, once again mentioning the name “Sonic Rangers.” As their version is pretty edgy, and negative because Sonic Negativism gets clicks, I’m going to present it in a unbiased manner, and be direct to the point on what they said.

Sonic Rangers, around the end of 2020, was presented once more to a select group of people, two demos were shown. The first one allows exploration of the open world under a time limit of twenty minutes, and another demo that has an apparent Final Boss battle.

Open world is filled with small enemies, puzzles, and platforming challenges.

Completing puzzles, challenges and defeating badniks gives XP to the player as a reward, that can be used to unlock abilities for Sonic.

Among the abilities that Sonic can unlock, there is the “spincycle”, where after pressing the Y button, Sonic begins to create a line behind him, and if the player creates a circle-ish shape around the enemy or a group of enemies, Sonic attacks all the enemies that were “marked” within the spincycle line.

Homing Attack that can target multiple enemies at once, from Sonic Lost World, is back.

There are lots of bosses spread through the open world, when they are defeated, Sonic gets some “orbs”.

If the player gets enough orbs, he can access the “Cyberspace”, essentially this game’s special stage.

The cyberspace levels are like the boost levels in Sonic Generations.

When beating a cyberspace level within a certain amount of time, the player obtains a Chaos Emerald.

New voice clips for Roger Craig Smith were used.

Some new music was made for this build.

In regards to the demo where the player faces the final boss:

After reuniting all the Chaos Emeralds, Sonic can go through a dense fog that the player couldn’t access before in the open world.

A Giant Tree Robot is the apparent final boss.

Fly as Super Sonic using the spincycle and other abilities that were unlocked throughout the game to help defeat the final boss.

Can’t take damage, on a timer of rings. A Ghost girl refills the player’s ring count multiple times.

Demo ended after defeating the boss.

3rd Occurrence analysis

As you can see, this version polished even further the concepts that were talked about in the second occurrence. Instead of getting Chaos Emeralds after defeating a boss, Sonic gains orbs, where after this Sonic has to go after EVEN more bosses to get more orbs. With these orbs, the player can access a Special Stage, named Cyberspace, where you’ll be able to play a more traditional like Sonic game, to get the Chaos Emeralds.

This certainly helps the game longer, which is a plus for me. We’ll probably have seven boost levels, with them being treated like a Special Stage. They also added a XP system, and the main gimmick of this game, the spincycle, was shown in the trailer for Sonic Central.

Sonic will keep building up abilities, which is something I believe the player will be able to use them as different strategies on how to beat different types of bosses.

4th Occurrence

Sonic Central takes place, with a trailer for a new Sonic game at the end. Sonic is running through a forest, and then he begins to glow blue, creating a pixel effect, with a line following him. Sonic then runs in a circle with this new ability that makes him glow blue, and then exits screen.

4th Occurrence analysis

With the context we’ve piled up from previous occurrences, you can put some pieces together. Sonic is clearly activating a spincycle, the main gimmick for this new game, just like how it was said in the January 2021 leak. And just like how the leaker said, Sonic formed a circle-ish shape with this ability in the teaser trailer. Sonic creates a blue energy, creating a line behind him, allowing him to make patterns with it, maybe creating a shape that could surround his enemies?

5th Occurrence

Dataminers and modders are able to get their hands on the 4K trailer for the new Sonic game, finding out that the name of the game is, Sonic Rangers.

5th Occurrence analysis

It perfectly fits with what was stated previously in 4chan threads, specifically, the one from July 2020 and the one from January 2021. Helping give the 4Chan leaks even more credit.

6th Occurrence

SEGA, while sending out press kits to news websites, ends up slipping out the name for their next main Sonic game, Sonic Rangers.

"Announcing new console experiences, Sonic Colors: Ultimate and Sonic Rangers, further details on Netflix's Sonic Prime, mobile news, musical events and much more!"

-SEGA

It was an accident, and SEGA stated they sent an erroneous version, and when pressed about the Sonic Rangers name, it didn’t dwell into it any further.

6th Occurrence analysis

Coming straight from SEGA’s mouth, the name for the next main Sonic game is gonna be Sonic Rangers. This fits a lot with the rumours that came from 4chan from July 2020 and January 2021, making it EVEN MORE likely that the next main Sonic game is gonna be an open world game.

Conclusion

And that’s where we’re at now in terms of Sonic Rangers news. In my opinion, I’m 95% certain that these leaks are legit. Keep in mind that after the Sonic Rangers name came to light, 1001 other rumours were created, but these I have my doubts, since they now have a sturdy base, they can make up more stuff to go along with it.

My opinion: I’m particularly excited for this next main game. Sonic Rangers deals with uncharted territory for the Sonic series, and I feel like it could be very fun. But of course, I’m a guy that’s mostly chill and cool with most Sonic media out there, so form your own opinions.

Anyway...

HYPE FOR SONIC RANGERS!

Source 1, Source 2, Source 3, Source 4, Source 5 and Source 6.

[emeren]

birthday boy - eren jaeger

shameless birthday fluff for the boy who deserves a happy ending and a happy birthday 

pairing: eren jaeger x fem!reader 

word count: 2.1k 

content warnings: absolutely none, 100% fluff!

notes: i’m emerging from my request writing hole to post this lil one shot for my love’s birthday. i did not read over this so there may be errors or whatnot, but enjoy!

SUMMARY: reader shows eren what it means to have a good birthday.

eren had never been one for birthdays. 

he’d tried, he’d really tried to love them just as much as everyone else did. he could vividly remember all of the kids in his class bringing in donuts and ice cream and handing out little handmade invitations - invitations he never received. 

after two or three failed birthday parties thrown by carla - birthday parties that only armin and mikasa showed up to - eren had stopped trying. he insisted that he hated march 30th and that it was the worst day of the year. his mom always made a big deal out of it anyway, insisting on taking the three kids out for ice cream and a movie in celebration. 

eren would’ve never admitted it, as his pride was too strong, but he liked the small celebration his mom would throw. just him and his two best friends, building blanket forts and being allowed to watch one PG-13 movie for the special occasion. 

he remembered his tenth birthday being the last one that he even bothered acknowledging. that was the last birthday with his mom, the last birthday that didn’t go forgotten on grisha’s busy schedule. that was the last birthday that he went for ice cream and got to watch a PG-13 movie. 

as he got older, birthdays became less of a big deal to his peers. they weren’t large scale, festive events, but rather small group hangouts that involved getting drunk in a field. some sad, petty part of eren enjoyed watching everyone’s special day become exactly like his had always been: just another of 365. 

he didn’t remember telling you what day he was born. in fact, he was sure he hadn’t told you. it’d been a conversation topic he’d narrowly avoided in the past; lucky enough to have met you around april in order to skip over the awkward ‘oh, it’s my birthday’ chat. 

so he was confused. 

he was confused when he pulled his apartment door open, only to be met with your figure holding a carefully wrapped gift. hell, even eren didn’t realize that it was his birthday. he’d stood there in the doorway, gawking at you with a half-asleep look in his eyes. 

“what’s that for?” he’d asked incredulously, pointing at the gift. you laughed, the sound music to his ears as you slipped into his apartment. 

“happy birthday!” you squealed, setting it down and wrapping your arms around his slim figure. eren frowned for a moment, mind counting through the days of the calendar until they landed on march 30th. oh, i guess it is my birthday.

he hugged you back, eyes still warily focused on the gift. “who told you?” he’d questioned. 

you smiled up at him, placing a light kiss on his cheek. “i have my ways.” 

eren didn’t know what emotion it was that burned in his chest at your soft grin. he desperately wished for it to be annoyance, but it wasn’t, so he resorted to feigning it instead. 

“i’d rather we didn’t make a big deal about it,” he grumbled, slipping from your arms and walking towards his kitchen. he didn’t see the way you rolled your eyes or the way you mocked his voice, only turning around to see you approaching him with a bag he hadn’t previously noticed. 

“that’s alright, i was just going to make you some breakfast, if that’s okay?” eren normally would’ve protested any other special treatment on his birthday, but it wasn’t very unusual for you to cook him a meal. eren had a big stomach, and absolutely no skills in the kitchen. he resorted to shrugging, not wanting to show you the way your suggestion made his heart skip. 

and so he watched you. he watched you flit around the kitchen and make him his favorite breakfast (waffles with strawberries and whipped cream, extra side of bacon). your movements were so mesmerizing he’d nearly forgotten about this rotten day, the day that his younger self had declared the worst of the 365. 

“here, shithead. enjoy your meal,” you hummed playfully, sliding the plateful of food in his direction. eren flipped you off, too hungry to pick a fight as he dove into his meal. 

he tried to ignore the feeling of you staring as he scarfed down his waffle. he’d hoped you wouldn’t say anything else about his birthday. “do you wanna open your gift after we’re done eating?” you’d asked. 

eren paused his feast to look up at you, your eyes focused on your own plate as you waited for a response. he was apprehensive, but decided to take the bait nonetheless. “uh, sure.” 

eren could remember the best gift he’d ever gotten. it had been a handmade terrarium from armin and mikasa for his eighth birthday. they’d gone out in the woods behind their houses and rifled through the bushes and weeds to put together a jar filled with all sorts of creatures and plants. eren’s favorite had been the spider - whom he’d lovingly named peter - as he would catch flies and other small insects to feed to him. he’d been so excited about their cheaply made gift that nothing had ever come close to topping it (not that he ever got much in the ways of gifts, anyway).

as you sat him down on the couch, carefully placing an oblong box in his lap, he was unsure. he loved you, no doubt, but he didn’t know what on earth you could’ve gotten him. 

his previous confusion only grew when he opened the box to find a bundle of wildflowers. they were a mix of baby hues, soft and simple. he looked to you, brow raised in question. 

“flowers?” he’d asked, mind pondering all the possibilities. you laughed lightly in response, standing from your seat next to him. 

“c’mon,” you gestured for him, eyes scanning his bare chest. “go put a shirt on and come with me.” 

eren sighed, standing himself as he set the flowers on the couch. “listen. i love you, i really do. but i would just rather we don’t make a big deal out of today, alright?” 

he watched you roll your eyes, watched you fold your arms over your chest.

“i’m not making a big deal out of today,” you’d responded, a hint of annoyance in your voice. “just go put a shirt on. it’ll just be the two of us.” 

eren talked a lot of game regarding his self-proclaimed willpower, but he would never understand how easily he caved to you. thirty minutes later, he was sitting in the passenger seat of your car, eyes mindlessly gazing out the window with the bundle of flowers in his lap. 

you were playing his favorite music, humming along as your fingers tapped against the steering wheel. he’d just stared at you, admiring your beauty as you turned up a desolate road that he’d been too focused on you to recognize.

it wasn’t until the car stopped; surrounded by newly blooming flowers and freshly greening trees, did he piece together where he was.

“mom?” he’d breathed, eyes glancing out the window. you just smiled in response, unbuckling your seatbelt and getting out of the car. eren looked down at the bundle of flowers in his lap, wildflowers, his mom’s favorite. 

in that moment he felt like crying. sure, he’d cried on his birthday before, but this was different. it was a cry of appreciation, one that burned in his chest as you impatiently pulled his door open. he was quick to blink the tears away, putting up a front as he got out himself. 

his mom’s cemetery was atop a hill, located away from the city amongst the trees and wildlife. he remembered picking it for her because of how freeing it felt - it was more of a place for remembrance that mourning. he knew that was what his mom would’ve wanted. 

eren showed his appreciation by wrapping your hand in his, intertwining your fingers as the two of you approached his mom’s headstone. 

“what made you think of this?” he’d asked quietly, setting the bundle of flowers right beneath her name carved within the granite stone. he remained kneeled in front of it; long fingers coming up to trace the words. he’d been surprised by your answer. 

“i know you hate your birthday,” you’d started, watching the moment in front of you. “and i know your mom was the only person that ever tried to make you enjoy it. i hope it wasn’t insensitive of me to bring you here? i just thought maybe you’d want to spend the day here with her.” 

and there it was again: that burning within his chest. he pulled his fingers back from the cold stone, relieved you couldn’t see the mix of emotions on his face. it was on the contrary. he’d never had someone think of him this way, think of what he truly wanted to do. he smiled as he stood to face you. 

“thank you.” he’d said sincerely, wrapping his arms around you and kissing the crown of your head.

the two of you sat for hours, hands wrapped together as eren told stories about his mom and talked to her gravestone as if she were really there, too. he talked about his tenth birthday; how his mom had rented some barely scary movie, but how armin couldn’t sleep for weeks following their watch. he talked about the time mikasa had beaten up one of the popular kids for only excluding eren from his birthday party. before he knew it, he was wrapped up in stories upon stories. 

all too fast, the sun began to dip past the horizon. the two of you stood from the grass, pants slightly damp with mud but neither of you cared. eren leaned down, pressing his lips to the stone as a parting goodbye - something he’d started doing as a kid. 

as you drove away, eren felt content with how the day had gone. he watched the sunset from the window, face flushed and a small smile on his lips. he enjoyed the sweet moment, but couldn’t help the perverted thought that crossed his mind. he’d never had birthday sex before, and oh boy was he excited to try. 

the car stopped outside of his apartment, the two of you walking up to the door hand in hand. he grabbed his keys, about to unlock the handle when you stopped him. 

he loved when you looked at him like that. when your eyes were big and doe-like, filled with a mix of adoration and excitement. your hands carefully wrapped around his jaw, pulling his lips down to meet yours in a tender, warm kiss. 

he could feel his heart clench at the action, pulling away with a smile on his face. “what was that for?” 

“i just love you, ‘s’all.” you hummed in response, motioning for him to open the door. eren hated that you could make him blush, looking away with a playful roll of his eyes. 

he wasn’t expecting what waited for him behind the door. 

with the flick of the light switch, all of his friends popped up from around the apartment, yelling ‘surprise!’. his eyes widened in shock, a large banner that read off ‘happy birthday eren!’, but the words were all scrunched together at the end, the banner not large enough. 

“connie made that!” armin explained hurriedly, as if noticing the way eren’s eyes traced over the decoration. eren couldn’t help the burning in his chest as he looked at all of his closest friends. 

sasha, connie, jean, mikasa, armin, you. you, who had clearly planned this all. eren wasn’t ever very sappy, at least not since he was in high school. but the burning in his chest had become too much to bear, overwhelmed by all of the decorations and confetti, and thoughtfulness. 

he looked at you, tears in his eyes. he’d never had a big party before. he’d always wanted one, and here it was. “thank you.” 

“goddammit, this is what you get for taking him to the cemetery before his surprise party!” jean yelled, pointing at his friend. “i don’t think i’ve seen you cry since you were an annoying ass teenager!” 

“oh, shut the fuck up,” eren replied lightheartedly, embracing each of his friends. he wasn’t even embarrassed to cry. it’d been so long since he’d felt so loved. 

and so you all sat, eating ice cream and watching a horror movie. eren was in the middle, you curled up on his one side and armin on the other. as all of his friends enjoyed his birthday, squealing at the unnecessary gore, he couldn’t help but smile. 

maybe march 30th wasn’t the worst day, afterall.

<3 <3 <3 

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SIGN UPS FOR DOKUGA HOLIDAY EXCHANGE 2021!

It's that time of year again: time for the sign-ups for the Dokuga Holiday Exchange!

Important Dates of 2021:

August 20th – September 30th: Sign ups for the Exchange

October 1 – The name of your giftee will be sent to you along with the prompt 

December 12 – Stories/Art are due by midnight EST UNLESS extension given

December 25 – December 31 - Posting of gifts will begin on the 25th and continue to the 31st until all gifts are posted. This is a tentative schedule and may be expanded if there is a very high turn out.

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GUIDELINES PART II

- The whole point of this is to be a gift exchange. To get a gift, you must give a gift. If you drop out or disappear, your gift will be given to the group as a whole. Those who disappear without word will be banned from the exchange for one round.

- The story/art must be centered around the Sess/Kag pairing. It doesn’t necessarily have to be focused on romance - it can be based on first impressions, friendship, even some sort of hatred. Side pairings are fine, just as long as it focuses on the relationship between Sesshoumaru and Kagome. This is a Dokuga Holiday Exchange, after all!

- Gifted works must be new to the exchange. Sequels to previous works, new chapters to a current story, ‘deleted scenes’ from other stories, or anything related to any of your previous work isn’t allowed.

-The story/art can be any genre, though you should go by the prompts given to you to make your best judgment. If your prompts are vague, do your best to work with them. But please pay attention to what is requested to stay away from. If a platonic relationship is requested, do not give a romantic one. If you have any questions about the prompt requested, you can always ask me for clarification, and I will pass your question or concern on to the appropriate person. Please DO NOT contact your giftee directly as your giftee is not supposed to know who the gift is coming from.

-For prompts this year please pick 1 prompt from one of these two lists that you would like your gift to be based on:

1. 25 Days Christmas Romance Prompts

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- When working on your piece, please keep in mind what the recipient wants. If they ask for certain things to be used or not used, please follow them. Usually, there is nothing demanding in the requests; mostly just small things like the type of relationship or universe.

- If you are new to the exchange, please provide a link to a story (in any fandom) that you’ve written that is more than 1500 words. Drabble collections do not count. You can link to a one-shot or even an incomplete epic you’re currently working on, just as long as you can prove that you can meet the word count minimum.

- There will be a three strikes policy. I simply do not have the time to go chasing after everyone who signs up for the exchange, therefore there will be a three strikes policy as far as contacts/behavior go. If you ignore/fail to answer any correspondence within one week of sending, you will have a strike against you. Three strikes, you’re gone from the exchange.

- Please add the exchange email (dokugaexchange@gmail.com) to your contacts so you can avoid anything from us hitting the spam filter.

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Again I will be asking for a statement of age (example: ’I am over the age of 18’/’I am under the age of 18’). The purpose of this is to prevent minors from gifting or being gifted with works that are rated MA. The official rule on Dokuga is: ONLY users ages 18 and up may read or post MA rated work, 16+ for rated M. As this exchange is affiliated with Dokuga, I will be following the same rules on ratings as are followed at the main site. That being noted, if you falsify your age statement you will be removed from the exchange and receive an email notifying you why you were removed.

- Real life does get in the way sometimes, so if you have to drop for any reason please let me know as soon as you possibly can. I understand that you’ve got other obligations, and am not going to be angry with you should something come up. The code word is oak tree. I will be angry, however, if you’re putting things off and finally fess up after your second extension and the posting date is looming. Should you drop, with or without word, the gift prepared for you will be shared for the group as a whole.

- It is your responsibility to have your story beta read before you send it in. We are looking for stories that are in their final polished form, not something that is hot off of the press. I simply do not have the time to beta every story that comes in. If you do not have a regular beta, you can look for someone on the Dokuga Forums, or on the SessKag Discord servers.

- Should a story come in that does not meet the requirements, the mods reserve the right to reject the piece and ask you to correct it. Ignoring this request is grounds for your removal from the exchange.

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- No posting of stories elsewhere until after the big reveal on New Year's Day. The whole point of a secret gift exchange is to keep it a secret. I will let you know when it is clear to post your stories on your own sites.

- Keeping with the above statement, please don’t give out the name of who you are doing a gift for. Blowing the secret ruins the fun!

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Fanfic Master List

A list of published fanfiction by yours truly. Iroh II x Asami Sato is the main pairing unless otherwise noted. May they live happily ever after.

Looking for the unofficial Irosami Playlist? Linked here! Irosami family commission by the talented jasminedragonart

Series

Fearless- Irosami action/adventure AU diverging from canon mid-season 2.

- "AWOL"- (T) General Iroh makes a different choice when President Raiko asks him not to intervene in the Water Tribe Civil War, instead traveling south with Asami to help Korra.

- "Glass" - (M) Iroh and Asami start a new life in Republic City, battling the triads, public opinion, and their own leadership as rumors of a different war in the south start to spread.

- WIP "Firestorm" - (M) Under a new administration, it suddenly seems like everything is going wrong. Can Iroh, Asami, and the rest of Team Avatar figure out who is behind a series of public tragedies before it's too late?

General Iroh's Mostly Canon-Compliant Fictional Backstory - A series of stories from various points in Iroh's life, both on and off-screen, up to the beginning of season two.

- "Monster" - (G) Azula, up late, is given an unusual mission.

- "The Mango Tree" - (G) At the end of her life, Firelady Mai works with Iroh on one final project.

- "My Kind of Stranger" - (M) Kuviroh. A young Iroh and Kuvira have a one-night stand in Zaofu. Pre-canon.

- "Team Bosamiroh" - (G) The LOK season 1 finale through General Iroh's eyes.

- "Iroh Alone" - (M) Iroh takes some much-needed leave following the Battle of Yue Bay. Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom to move on.

- "12,256" - (G) The dedication of the Republic City memorial to the fallen at the Battle of Yue Bay. One-shot.

Asami Sato's Mostly Canon-Compliant Fictional Backstory - A series of stories from various points in Asami's life, both on and off-screen, up to the beginning of season two and disregarding anything post-show.

- "How I Always Loved You" - (T) The story of how Yasuko and Hiroshi Sato met.

- "Yaoja's Number One Fan" - (G) Asami is thrilled to go to her very first pro-bending match.

Chapter Fics

WIP "I Could Go Crazy on a Night Like Tonight" - (G) Asami and Iroh meet pre-canon as part of the Kyoshi Warriors training program.

WIP "Beauty and the Dragon" - (T) Prince Iroh has been cursed to find his mate by his 30th birthday. There's only one little problem: once a month, he turns into something no one could possibly love.

WIP "Go On and Pull Me Under" - (M) Avatar Korra has been missing for three years. When a series of impossible burglaries turns deadly, two of Republic City's most prominent residents each decide it's time to take the investigation into their own hands.

WIP "Smoke" - (M) When General Iroh is captured during the Battle of Yue Bay, it's up to Equalist Asami to extract information from him that will win the revolution. By any means necessary. S1 divergence.

WIP "Starvation Paradise" - (M) A drunken accident leaves General Iroh and Asami Sato stranded somewhere in the frozen north. Post-S4 divergence.

"Hotman" - (T) Iroh is on the Fire Nation equivalent of The Bachelor. Modern AU.

"Whiskey Tango Foxcat" - (M) Asami wakes up turned into a fox cat, who is soon adopted by a lonely General Iroh.

"Tis the Sea Sun for Love" - (G) An Irosami Hallmark Christmas AU that finds big city girl Asami falling for the handsome owner of a small town bookstore.

"Severance" - (T) General Iroh wakes up after the battle of Yue Bay tied to a strange woman by a mysterious red string. He might be able to get away - if only anyone could see him. Ghost/Soulmate AU.

"Traitor" - (T) There are always two sides to every story. The reverse of "Left At The Altar" by @ideklolwat

"There Was Only One Bed" - (T) Asami agrees to drive General Iroh from Republic City to Zaofu. When they get stuck in a small village overnight, they discover there is only one bed left at the inn.

"Twice in a Lifetime" - (T) Iroh and Asami were supposed to move on after their breakup. So why does being seated next to one another at a wedding years later feel like this?

"We Do What We Have To" - (T) What if the Equalists had weaponized bloodbending on a massive scale, then lost control? Zombie apocalypse AU.

"A Billion Stars But One" - (G) The sinking of the Lusitania, but make it Irosami. Semi-historical AU.

"Regulars" - (G) Barista Korra tries to set up two of her coffee shop regulars. College/coffee shop AU

"The Lies We Tell Ourselves" - (M) Fed up with her life and wanting a fresh start, Asami agrees to share General Iroh's enormous hotel penthouse for the week instead of going home. S1 divergence.

"It's Just Lunch" - (T) General Iroh hires a dating service in Republic City. Modernish AU.

"Players" - (T) Iroh and Asami are neighbors, best friends, and some of the most popular students at R.C.P.S. 118. But with Asami dating Mako, and Iroh dating Korra, will they sort out how they really feel in time for prom? High school AU.

One-Shots

WIP "Happy Stories About Nothing in Particular" - (G) Series of short slice-of-life drabbles and one-shots that loosely span the years between "Glass" and "Firestorm" in the Fearless series. Can be read on its own.

"Sorry, Right Number" - (T) If Asami won't go meet her hot new neighbor, Korra will just have to go hit on him herself. Then his friend knocks on the wrong apartment. Irosami/Makorra

"Choices" - (G) General Iroh and Asami have been happily married for years. Or so Iroh thought.

"Three Words" - (G) Asami knows it's time to tell her boyfriend she's bi. But not all goes as planned.

"First Love, Second Chance" - (G) Mako finds Iroh at a bar and helps him work through a problem, at the same time learning something for himself. Also Makorra.

"Love Amongst the Flutterbats" - (G) Asami runs into an unexpected acquaintance at the zoo.

"The Only Thing I Ever Wanted" - (T) Everyone has a soulmate, and Asami Sato is no exception. Prince Iroh II of the Fire Nation isn't it. Soulmate AU.

"Asami's Secret" - (G) When a chance encounter accidentally blows Asami's cover, she has to face a choice: remain in the darkness, or finally become who she was born to be. Firebender Asami AU.

"Before the Storm" - (G) General Iroh invites Asami to go sailing with him two days before Kuvira's invasion of Republic City. It turns out the general has something to tell her. S4 divergence.

"How to Lose the Sock War" - (G) Iroh finds himself locked out of his dorm room AGAIN. Luckily, someone else offers him a place to crash. College AU.

"Rogues" - (G) Iroh volunteers to draw fire so the team can take down P'Li. It's the only way. But a mysterious woman on the team has another idea. Modern AU.

"Prince Iroh and the Purple Knight" - (G) Prince Iroh, banned from the Fire Nation's Solstice Tournament himself, settles for rooting for an unlikely champion.

“Hello” - (G) Irosami baby!

"Jump" - (G) Asami and the Krew go for a ski weekend at a fancy resort in the mountains above Zaofu. When she's almost hit by a complete beginner, she decides to give the handsome stranger some lessons. AU.

"Asami Sato and the Goblet of Fire" - (G) Muggle Asami Sato is doing her fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as part of the school's controversial exchange program. Harry Potter AU.

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WIP - "S.S. Avatar: Contact" with @ideklolwat - (M) Dr. Korra Aput, Dr. Wan Nami, fighter pilot Asami Sato, and General Iroh Mifune are sent on a mission to establish alien contact. Space AU.

"Six Days in Ba Sing Se" (E) Asami and General Iroh find themselves at the same hotel for Techspo Ba Sing Se, but there's more on the agenda this week than new mecha.

"Do You Have a Better Idea?" (E) With General Iroh now too cold to firebend after a crash, it's up to Kuvira and Asami to find a way to get his temperature up so they can all survive the night. Kuvirohsami.

"Shipping on the Radio" - (M) When the host of a radio show starts reading steamy fanfics written by fans instead, Asami is forced to see something that's been right in front of her eyes.

"Tell No One" - (E) Asami breaks into President Raiko's office late at night. It turns out she isn't alone.

"Fire & Rescue" - (M) When firefighter Iroh needs some unexpected cash, he winds up hired as a stripper. Modern AU.

"The Spares" (E) - Korra/Iroh II. Korra needs a way to burn off some frustration the night before the Krew take on Amon. And General Iroh needs... well, she'd very much like to find out.

"Big Fish" - (E) Pirate captain Asami Sato washes up on a deserted island after a storm and finds she's not as alone as she thought. Pirate/Mermaid AU.

"Deliverance" - (E) When Asami meets a bedraggled stranger at the airport, an impulsive act of kindness becomes the first step towards something more. Modern folktale retelling.

"Lover" - (M) General Iroh meets the most beautiful woman of his life at a party. But she might not be quite what she seems. Vampire AU.

"And Everything After" - (E) It's been eight days since Iroh was turned. Asami has what he needs. Sequel to "Lover"

"Mangosami" - (E) Asami introduces a new element into the bedroom.

"Incendiaries: A Kind-of, Sort-of Epilogue to AWOL" - (E) General Iroh drops Asami off after a date

"Never Have I Ever" - (E) Asami makes General Iroh a watch for their anniversary. But what can he give the girl who has everything?

"Bring Fire to the Spirit Pools" - (E) After a motorbike accident, Asami checks in to the Spirit Pools, a high end healing resort. There she reconnects with General Iroh, an old flame also healing for mysterious reasons.

"Harmonic Convergence" w/@ideklolwat - (E) D-list Republic City metal band, Harmonic Convergence, is short a few players and looking for new members. But with Wan and lead singer Korra as attracted to one another as Asami and surly drummer Iroh are repelled, will the new Harmonic Convergence come together or fall apart?

"The Education of Wing Beifong" - (E) Wing Beifong /Various, background Irosami. At 19, Wing Beifong doesn't know much about sex. When his partner dumps him for being inexperienced, he decides to take matters into his own hands and is quickly in over his head.

"The Little Red House on the Coast of Shaozu" - (M) June/Colonel Mongke. When June sees a chance to score some gold and a free night at the inn by giving a decent-looking Fire Nation soldier the use of her body, it's hardly a question. Until she does it again. And again. And again.

Not Strictly Irosami (including other pairings and background-Irosami fics)

WIP "Hard Bargain" - (T) A prince who always does his duty. A twin born three minutes too late. An inventor crushed by the consequences of her gifts. A king whose kingdom is tearing at the seams. What choice did any of them really have? Iroh/Eska, Wu/Asami arranged marriage AU (eventual Irosami).

WIP "Lost Boys" - (T) Mako & Iroh. After suffering different kinds of mental breakdowns, Iroh and Mako get stuck together in the spirit world. Post-S4 divergence.

"Goodbye" (G) Hiroshi Sato's death from his point of view.

"The Holiday Heist" - (T) Lin and Mako need to find the Fire Nation Crown jewels before it's too late. Linzolt.

"The Uniform Bet" - (M) Lin and Bumi make a bet on who can get Mako and Iroh dates, thus proving whether RCPD or UF uniforms are more attractive. Linumi, Linko, Bumlinko, Irosami.

"Hobo Stew" - (T) The Krew are grateful for Gommu's hospitality. But to Asami, something about the old man doesn't feel right. Horror.

"The Cabin" - (T) Korra returns to the cabin where Tarrlok once held her prisoner. It is not as empty as she believed it to be. Horror.

"What Made You Think That What We Had Was Love?" - (G) When Jet wakes up alone in a healing center in Ba Sing Se following his fight with the Dai Li, he befriends a volunteer nurse named Ty Lee. Jetlee.

"Captain Meelo's Life-Changing Field Trip" - (G) Meelo runs into General Iroh unexpectedly and is invited home for dinner and a little old-fashioned advice.

"Times Like These" - (M) Ursa meets the Boulder on her travels after leaving Ozai. Bursa.

"An Interlude" - (G) Ozai gets to know his new neighbor in prison.

"Ride" - (G) Fifteen years post-canon, Tahno meets Kuvira hitchhiking.

"Not for the Faint of Heart" - (T) Baatar Jr. makes a bid to join Eska's pirate crew.

"Firevision" - (G) Zhao sets out to sabotage rival band Avatar, only to be met with an unexpected ally. Zhayu modern AU.

"Girl, Alone" - (T) The Freedom Fighters are vampires. Ty Lee is their next victim... or is she?

"The Last" - (G) Appa realizes he is the last sky bison.

"Heroes" - (T) In the years after the fall of Amon, the movement known as the Equalists all but crumbled. For most, life went on much as it had. But for some there was never any going back. OCs from the world of "Smoke" for ATLA OC Week.

"The Return" - (T) Korrohsami. After the final battle with Kuvira's army, Asami gets the worst news a soldier's wife can get. Six years later, her girlfriend fast asleep beside her, the telephone rings again.

"Light in the Darkness" -(G) Bumizumi, background Irosami. After the death of Firelord Zuko, Bumi and Izumi get a second chance to tell each other how they feel. Assuming Izumi doesn't murder Bumi first. Written for Bumizumi Week 2021.

“Yao Li’s Blade” - (G) Firelord Ozai had many secrets. His stylist knew them all. Written for Zhaozai Palooza.

"Live a Little" - (M) Makorra, background Irosami. Korra is Mako's date to a wedding, just as friends.

"Blazing Sunsets" - (T) Linumi, background Irosami. Guests at the same wedding as "Live a Little," Bumi and Lin Beifong decide to leave to hit up one of Bumi's favorite establishments.

"Be Mine" - (G) Bopal, background Irosami. Bolin asks his friends for advice picking out a ring for Opal. They are terrible at it.

"Sometimes I Dream of Empire" - (G) Kuviroh. General Kuvira is sentenced to eight years in prison. She only has one visitor, and it is not who she expected.

"A League of Their Own" - (G) Tahsami. When Korra refuses to restore Tahno's waterbending ability, Asami approaches him with an intriguing proposition.

"We Run This Town" - (G) Viporra. Instead of taking up her duties studying under Tenzin, Korra becomes a Triple Threat.

"A Long Engagement" - (G) Hiroshizumi, background Irosami. Crown Princess Izumi agrees to marry Hiroshi Sato in exchange for replenishing the Fire Nation treasury.

"Something Like Honor" - (T) An OC-centric fic focusing on different original characters in the Fearless series.

"Uncle Iroh's Firebending Academy" - (G) Makroh. Iroh and Mako open a free school for poor and orphaned firebenders. AU.

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2021 Annual Writing Evaluation

1. Number of stories posted to AO3: 33

2. Word count posted for the year: 202,060

3. Fandoms I wrote for: All One Direction this year!

4. Pairings: Harry/Louis for pretty much everything.  It wasn’t a year for much exploration

5. Story with the most: Kudos: Milk Kinship - kind of surprising  Bookmarks: Old Photographs & Times I'll Remember  - also interesting... I didn’t think this fic had much notice haha Comments: Old Photographs & Times I'll Remember - also interesting!! 

6. Work I’m most proud of (and why): Ummmmm probably Old Photographs & Times I'll Remember because I did put so much work into that one.  I had been thinking about it for probably over a year by the time I actually sat down to write it.  Secondly Trading Sins For Treason which came out right at the end of the year, but is also one I put a lot of work into.  I love world building and these two have a lot of that that I stewed on for a long time before writing.  

7. Work I’m least proud of (and why): I have a lot of anon fics I’m not sure that I would say I’m proud of HAHAHAHAHA no regrets. 

8. Share or describe a favorite review you received: I had several people reach out to me personally about some fics this year.  I won’t say which or why, but I pour a lot of myself into fics even if they have nothing to do with my real life.  Emotions are emotions and they can be placed into different scenarios and still feel personal.  And the comments were how they interpreted what I had written the same way I had written them.  Which means a lot as a writer that you can portray it the way you meant to.  

9. A time when writing was really, really hard: This entire year.  Everyone had to listen to me whine and bitch about not being able to write and being too depressed to write which made me more depressed blah blah blah.  Covid trauma has sucked a lot of my motivation.  Ideas were there, everything was there, I just couldn’t stop dissociating long enough to do it.  

10. A scene or character you wrote that surprised you: Jaerie's Kinktober: Water Sports this whole fic?  hahahaha I did it to kind of be funny and then it turned into a thing.  and Harry made it canon.  so there’s that.  hahahaha

11. A favorite excerpt of your writing:  ummmmmmmmm...... Just because it’s fresh... I really love setting scenes.  This is from Let It Snow

Like the sky was raining cotton, big flakes of snow gently fell outside the picture window that faced the lake.  It was mostly frozen over by now, only the very center appearing dark against the scene of white.  The flakes caught on branches, a small pile fluttering to the ground each time the weight became too much for them to hold.  Louis’ hair was still damp where the snow had fallen on his hair that had started collecting greys.  There weren’t that many, but enough for him to notice when he really looked in the mirror.  They were even popping up in his scruff that thankfully blended in well.  It was only his 30th birthday.  He wasn’t ready to start thinking of himself as an old man just yet even if he sometimes felt like it.  

He was glad to be back inside now, the extra wood stacked near the wood stove in the corner.  The weather was pretty now, but it would soon turn into the type of blizzard that took lives.  After his first winter, he’d learned.  His pantry was fully stocked in case he was snowed in for an extended amount of time and enough wood to warm him all winter.  The calm of being snowed in was something Louis had learned to enjoy, embrace even.  His love of reading had been a learned behaviour, but now he truly looked forward to losing himself in a plot.  

It was the perfect evening for it so he poured himself a glass of bourbon and made his way down to his worn old easy chair that looked out over the lake.  The first summer after Louis had moved in, he’d cleared the overgrown trees just enough to give him a view like a postcard.  The pine branches framed the scene and also gave him more privacy when there were boats out in the waters off his dock.  He didn’t open his book until it became too dark to clearly see the scenery, the warm light of his lamp keeping the soft mood.  

It was a good way to spend his birthday.  Since it had always been overshadowed by Christmas, Louis preferred to relax on his day.  It had been years since he’d spent it with anyone and he was content with that.  Reflecting on rolling over another year of his life was cathartic for him.

12. How did you grow as a writer this year: I actually felt like I regressed a little.  I couldn’t tell you exactly in the specific ways, but when you’re forcing yourself to write, sometimes you notice that little bits you used to put effort into aren’t there or you read something back and it isn’t how you imagined it at all.  I think it’s circumstance though.  Or at least I hope.  

13. How do you hope to grow next year: Hopefully I can find that spark again.  I don’t want to be forcing myself to write.  It’s not that I don’t want to, but when I sit down to do it, it feels like more of a chore.  I’m really hoping to be able to break away from that.  

14. Who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer or beta or cheerleader or muse etc etc): I really isolated myself a lot this year.  In a self-inflicted way I’m sure, it felt like the ideas I was getting excited about weren’t the same types of ideas others also used to get excited about.  Don’t get me wrong, I did have some amazing cheerleaders about some ideas I chose to share and they know who they are.  It was just a really hard year for everything in general for me.  

15. Anything from your real life show up in your writing this year: I spent half the year lost in youtube videos of a specific group of youtubers and then wrote a whole series inspired by them hahahahahahaha!  But honestly, things from my real life show up as easter eggs in about everything I write.   

16. Any new wisdom you can share with other writers: I am the last person that should be giving advice... HOWEVER one thing from this year that I haven’t really mentioned yet is how Anonymous Unicorns really took off this past year.  Which is AMAZING!  When I was in school, we were always encouraged to write outside our comfort zone and push ourselves into topics we wouldn’t chose by default.  In this fandom (and obviously others as well) there tend to be groups that lead the direction of what is “popular” or what topics or genres are frowned upon.  I have always been a firm believer in tagging and writing what you want.  I’ve found that there is literally an audience for ANYTHING, even if you only get 10 kudos.  If you write a rare pair and only get 10 kudos, you probably made those 10 people’s day by writing that which should be considered a success!  If writing about cheating is cathartic for you but you know it won’t pull a huge audience, STILL WRITE IT!  You might help someone else looking for something to relate to their own trauma in that way.  Whatever it is, WRITE IT!!  And if you aren’t ready to put your own name to it, throw it into the collection.  There is an audience for EVERYTHING and whatever you write will be appreciated no matter what level of “popularity” gain.  I feel that putting it into Anonymous Unicorns takes a way a lot of that pressure to live up to a self imposed level of success.  No one has to know it’s you until you want people to know.  It is a great way to throw out feelers and you can always reveal it at any point.  So my long winded advice boils down to: if you want to write it, write it.  

17. Any projects you’re looking forward to starting (or finishing) in the new year:  This might be the first year that I roll into with no fic obligations.  I’m not signed up for any fests or exchanges or anything.  I do have a few bigger ideas I would love to finish, but with the way the fic community of this fandom has been dwindling and dying out, it’s becoming harder to find the motivation to actually put the effort in to get something finished in a timely manner.  I’m not saying they won’t be finished, but the excitement of getting something new out there definitely does not have the same cheerleading effect that it used to.  Sooooooo basicallly I’m just going to go wherever my creativity takes me and it is what it is.   

18. Tag some writers whose answers you’d like to read. Since we are well into the month already, I think I have missed everyone doing this hahahahaha I was tagged by @lululawrence  @justalarryblog @sadaveniren @lt2soon and enjoyed reading all of theirs!!