#sometimes i think y'all are allergic to fun

[theoriginalbylergod]

Mike Wheeler is important and there's nothing wrong with analyzing him

Since y'all wanna be insufferable bitches about it I'm gonna explain to you why he's important, why Will loves him, why his struggles should be acknowledged, and why his character depth is pivotal to byler endgame being a satisfying conclusion for both Mike AND Will. Deal with it!

We are not seeing smoke where there isn't a flame. We are seeing smoke where there is a literal fucking forest fire.

Starting off with something a lot of people aren't ready for but I've seen more people talking about: Mike is the main character of s1 at the very least. He is the character that brings us into the world of stranger things. He is the character that the writers chose for this. Mike is the main character of s1 and it was an instant hit. The writers love Mike. Contrary to popular belief, giving a character an arc where they are struggling and their behavior changes from what is normal for the character we know and love does NOT mean the writers hate that character. It means they deliberately chose to give that character complexity and depth. Your inability to like characters that do anything wrong ever is not the fault of the writers. Your decision to act as if a character is not important is not reflective of the actual narrative because it in fact is in direct opposition to the narrative. So just to be clear, if you genuinely believe that Mike isn't important, or that the writers hate him, or don't care about him, or that his story "takes away" from any other character's - ESPECIALLY WILL'S - you are simply wrong.

In s1 and s2 Mike is established as an extremely caring person. He's loving, loyal, brave, intelligent, and trying his best. He is also established to be hot headed, someone who speaks without thinking quite often, someone who is capable of hurting his friends despite that being the last thing he wants to do. He is all of these things and more. He is a human. He is a kid. So in s3, when suddenly he is entirely different, it is completely logical to assume that there is a reason for that. He did not just wake up one day and decide he wanted to be an asshole, push Will away, make his friends feel abandoned, and echo the same sentiments their bullies held. Something is happening with him. He has so much going on in his head and it is painfully obvious. He's holding something in, he's hiding from everyone and from himself. We see glimpses of what he's trying to hide after Will calls him out on his behavior. Will gets through to him. Mike is usually unresponsive to tough love, except for when it's coming from Will. After their fight, it is obvious that he's trying to be better. But he still doesn't wanna face certain things, and he doesn't know how to navigate that. Because he's 13 years old.

There is a reason for all of that internal conflict. There is a reason it comes pouring out of him at certain times. He's crumbling. He is quite literally falling apart because he's holding on to too much. It's not a stretch to assume that, it just takes basic media literacy. Why would the writers have Mike act this way if he was just supposed to be a one dimensional character? Why would Finn be directed to portray Mike the way he does if there was nothing more going on? There are times where Mike looks like he's in physical pain because of his internal conflict. There is a reason for that. And acknowledging that DOES NOT mean people are taking away from Will. That's the most idiotic thing I have ever heard. Do y'all seriously not understand that more than one character can have emotionally complex storylines? Genuinely asking, is this a new concept for you?

Will's love for Mike

Will is head over heels in love with Mike. That is very much established. So when you're dismissing the emotional depth of Mike's individual arc because you think acknowledging it "takes away from Will" you are actually diminishing the significance of a huge aspect of Will's emotional arc. By taking away the significance of Mike, you take away from the significance of Will.

Let's do a quick recap of the very significant role Mike has played in Will's entire life:

Mike is Will's first friend.

They have grown up together and it can be assumed that they've reached important milestones together.

Mike has always been a safe person for Will. He's been a constant in Will's very chaotic and unfair life. Until the summer of '85, Mike had always been something good in Will's life. (That's not to say he is no longer something good, but it can be assumed that the summer of '85 is the first time Mike has been a causal factor in Will's unhappiness)

When Will went missing, Mike did not hesitate to search for him. It wasn't even a question of if. The moment he knew Will was missing he knew exactly what he'd be doing that night. He spearheaded the search amongst the party. He was the leader.

When Will came back, Mike was the only person that didn't treat him like he was gonna break. He cared for him, and he was there for him, but he didn't treat him differently; Will tells us as much. Which means we can infer that the way Mike was with Will in s2 - how gentle and loving he was - was nothing new. He had just always been like that.

When Will was possessed, Mike stayed by his side. Even when it was scary, even when it could've gotten him killed, he stayed. Because once again, for him, it wasn't even a question. That's just where he knew he needed to be. He was in the shed when they were trying to get through to Will. He was set apart from Lucas and Dustin, but he also wasn't equated to family. And his retelling of the story of the day they first met was the final push Will needed to find a way to communicate.

After a year of things being "weird" between them, Mike tells Will that he didn't deserve to be treated the way he had been. Mike tells him that he wants them to be okay again, and for the rest of the season he puts in the work.

Things get rough in s3, and at the beginning of s4, and despite all of that, Will confesses his love (albeit veiled). In a moment where Mike is feeling awful about himself, he tells him that he loves him and needs him, and he tells him why. And to him it doesn't matter that he's breaking his own heart to do it, because it's Mike. Mike, who makes him feel like he's not a mistake at all, and that he's better for being different. For Will, there was no other option. The person he loves was hurting and he knew how to help, and so he did.

Mike is the first person Will tells about Vecna still being alive. Because they're back to being a team. He knows he can trust Mike, and Mike seems to be very determined to prove him right.

SO.

These are all real and canon aspects of Mike's presence in Will's life. Will falling in love with Mike isn't something that just happened for no reason. Will fell in love with Mike because of who Mike is. When you acknowledge that, and when you acknowledge the reasons they've set out for why Will loves him - the reasons Will literally told us - you can better understand Will. But when you dismiss all of these things about Mike, you are dismissing a large portion of Will's emotional and romantic arc. You aren't being a Will Warrior. You are erasing so much of him and his feelings and his lived experience. That is not the hill you wanna die on.

Will loves a person. Not a feeling. Yes, he says that Mike makes him feel like he's not a mistake and that he's better for being different. But that's not why he loves him. He feels that way because he loves him.

Mike is a fully fleshed out character with his own feelings and struggles and fears and traumas and motivations. He's not a plot device. He's not just an accessory to Will's arc. He's not a character that was written only to be Will's love interest. He's Will's love interest because he's Mike.

If Mike didn't matter, and if Mike didn't play a significant role in byler, then they would be able to write in a love interest for Will in s5 and have it be somewhat satisfying. But they can't do that. Will's love for Mike has so much depth because Mike has so much depth. It is genuinely crazy that this has to be stated and that I have to back up this claim because it is simply a canon fact.

So yes, the rain fight affects Mike's character development and his involvement in it is important. Yes, the van scene literally could not exist without Mike and therefore his involvement in it is incredibly important. Yes, every single byler moment has an impact on Mike, and Mike has an impact on it because they are BYLER moments. Yes, Mike will have a lot of significant moments - with Will AND on his own - in s5 because his arc deserves and needs as much attention as Will's in order to execute byler endgame in a satisfying way.

No, none of these facts negate Will's importance or take away from his story. If anything, they add to it because Mike and Will's arcs are corresponding and intertwined.

Mike's struggles

To name a few

Dysfunctional family

Has been bullied his entire life

Extreme self worth issues

Inferiority complex

Hero complex

Lack of self preservation

Suicidal ideation (has been on display since SEASON ONE)

Internalized homophobia

To get this out of the way: Mike's internalized homophobia is allowed to be discussed. Discussion of it is not the dismissal of Will's internalized homophobia. Surprise surprise, two queer kids in the 80s have internalized homophobia! Who'd'a thunk it?! Their internalized homophobia presents in different ways but it is there for both of them. I personally relate to the way Mike's is portrayed way more than I relate to Will's. So why is it that we can't discuss it without being accused of erasing Will's experience? Or without people saying that we're "copy and pasting" Will's story? Because quite frankly, that feels dismissive of my - and likely many others' - real and lived experience. So please for the love of all things that are good just stop with this talking point because it will never hold up.

Moving on

I'm not gonna do a full breakdown of all of Mike's issues. Because contrary to popular belief, there are a lot. And that would be exhausting and I'd get carried away and it's not the point of this post. The point of this post is to defend the acknowledgement and mere existence of them.

If you're a byler that for some reason thinks Mike only exists to be Will's love interest and his trophy as compensation for his trauma, let me ask you this: Have you considered how awful it would be to have a queer character's individuality and emotional depth completely ignored for the sake of focusing on the queer character that "really matters"?

If Mike's own issues, with his queer identity and otherwise, aren't thoroughly explored... What's the point of all this? If Mike really is insignificant in this storyline and his individuality has no effect on it.. where's the emotional payoff? If his perspective doesn't matter... Why have the writers gone to such great lengths to ensure we don't have that piece of the puzzle yet?

Analyzing Mike and understanding Mike is very important to understanding byler. Once again, I think it's crazy that this needs to be said.

I also think it's important to note that characters can have similar struggles. There's no rule against that. Just like real life. Characters having similar struggles is not a bad thing, and acknowledging that their struggles are similar is not dismissive of either character. We're talking about STRANGER THINGS. Jonathan and Nancy's thing is "we've got shared trauma". They have literal matching scars. Shared experiences are some of the main building blocks for this show's romances. Byler has a TON of shared experience, basically their entire lives. We already know that. So wouldn't it be so beautiful for them to learn that they've been struggling with the same thing this whole time? That the entire time they felt alone in what they were going through when really they had each other and they never even knew it? Wouldn't it be so beautiful for Mike's acceptance of Will and Will's love for him was also a step toward accepting himself? Wouldn't it be beautiful for Will to learn that his love makes Mike feel like he's not a mistake? None of that would be in the realm of possibility if Mike didn't have emotional depth and if his individuality wasn't important.

And that leads me to my concluding point...

A satisfying execution of byler endgame hinges on Mike's individual emotional arc being handled well

God I hope this isn't controversial to say. I sincerely hope most people haven't forgotten that.

Here's a hypothetical:

Imagine season five has been released. You're watching it, and you notice that Mike has been relegated to just a supporting character for Will. We don't get any of his perspective. We don't get any explanation for his s3 and early s4 behavior. His breakup with El doesn't have any real tangible effect on him, it's really just used for El's character development. We never see him pining for Will like we saw Will pining for him. And then suddenly Mike is learning about the painting and then suddenly he's confessing his love and then suddenly byler is canon and official.

Now wouldn't that just be awful? Wouldn't that be unfair to the audience, to Mike, and to Will? For us to never learn just how much Mike had to go through to even be able to say it out loud? For Mike to never get the chance to prove to himself through word and action that he is the heart? For Will to never get an explanation for why things did get so "weird" between them? It would leave us with one big, nagging question: What was the point of everything Mike has said and done throughout the entire show if his conclusion is that lackluster?

Disregarding Mike for a moment (I know that's incredibly ironic given what the entire point of this is but just bear with me) - how would that be a satisfying conclusion for Will? I mean, Will's s4 arc was basically dedicated to showcasing his struggle with his sexuality and with his love for Mike. We were shown just how deep that love is. We were shown how patient, unselfish, unwavering, and beautiful that love is. So how would it be satisfying for Mike's love for him to not be shown with just as much depth? How would it be satisfying for Mike to just be a one dimensional character whose s5 arc is essentially "break up with girlfriend, wait to find out best friend is in love with him, say he loves him back, then they live happily ever after"? I think Will deserves for his love to be returned with the same intensity at which he gives it. And I think it should be clear to the audience and to Will himself.

Back to Mike!

Mike has been through so much shit. I don't think anyone that is denying that actually believes he hasn't been through shit. Because you'd actually have to watch the show on mute and with your eyes closed to think this kid hasn't had just the worst time. It's so ignorant to act as if this stuff hasn't affected him. There's stuff we've seen but there's stuff we also haven't seen. There are issues he has that date back to his childhood pre-canon. Just like Will, Mike has been a queer kid growing up in 80s smalltown conservative america. Acknowledging the pain he 100% carries because of that is so important. His perspective has been withheld from us, not because it's unimportant, but because it's the final puzzle piece. If we had Mike's perspective in s4, byler wouldn't be a "will they won't they" (even though we all know they will). If we got his perspective in s4, byler would be a "100% certain without a doubt they will". But the thing about his perspective is that it's so much more than just loving Will. It's fear. It's pain. It's insecurity. It's doubt. It's the belief that his happiness just doesn't matter all that much. All of that has to be explored. All of that has to be laid out in the open for us in order for byler endgame to feel earned. Mike's emotional payoff will lead to byler's emotional payoff.

Mike has known he loves Will. In s5 we will see him make a deliberate and active effort to overcome the things keeping him from doing something about it. And then he will do something about it.

And so when it finally happens. When both Mike and Will finally know that their feelings are requited, and when their arcs end with us knowing that they will face whatever life has in store for them together, that will feel earned. That will feel like the logical conclusion for both of them. Not just for Mike. Not just for Will. For both.

And Mike is just as important to that conclusion as Will is.

And one last thing...

Some people are going to talk about Mike more. Some people are going to talk about Will more. Because newsflash, people have preferences. Some people just relate to Mike more, or they find his emotional arc extremely compelling, or they just like him. It isn't an attack on Will or any other character. No one is saying Mike is more important than any other character (I'm sure there are people that say that but they are a vocal minority and they are simply wrong). We are just saying that he is important. If you wanna engage in media analysis, please understand that "main character" or "central character" does not mean "only important character" and "only character that should be analyzed". If you wanna talk about Will and only Will, that's fine. But you don't get to act like people that talk about other characters are doing a disservice to your fave, because that's not how any of this works.

[paperbackpanic]

GOOD DEEDS THE PASTAS DO

A/n: inspired by @milkycarnations post :) most are a "living together" type of good deeds bc I assume they're kinda of hermits because of the nature of their "job"

🪷 Eyeless Jack homeschool the child pastas, the pastas that are in highschool and the ones who didn't conclude the basic education level on the "right time" (idk how to explain it better). He might be a bit rusty with English and history but other than that he's the perfect teacher. His patience is not usually that high but when he's teaching he turns into a saint.

🪷 Jane will clean people's clothes without them asking, she'll even patch them if there's holes. She also makes people new clothes when she gets her hands on fabric, usually they're practical and simple (something like gym clothes, easy to run with) but super well made

🪷 Hoodie will take pictures of whoever asks him, and he'll go above and beyond for them. Think throwing himself on the ground to get a good shot, huge lights, all that. Heck he'll even make a physical photo album with edited photos if it's a person that he's able to communicate more often than just a stranger asking him for a favor.

🪷 Toby will return shopping carts that he encounter scattered around parking lots, and if they see a person not returning them he'll put the cart behind their car so they'll have to keep getting out of the car to push it way. He'll do it until the person loses their patience and return it. He'll also make sure that the person doesn't see that it's him putting the cart behind the car so the person has no idea why it's happening

🪷 Laughing Jack will put people's favorite candy and snacks in their rooms if he notices that they're feeling under the weather, sick or anything like that. He'll deny it but he does it pretty often. Also makes an effort to know the top 5 snacks because he knows that someone's favorite can be hard to come by.

🪷 Masky will fix people cars if he notices that's something wrong with it. Scratches? No problem he knows how to fix, sometimes even if there's no paint. Bumps? Fixed. Need to change the oil? No you don't, he already took care of it last week. He also checked the antifreeze, the water and the gas. If he's with the energy he'll clean it too.

🪷 Cody will make sure that there's no cross contamination in the food you consume if you have any allergies, both inside and when you go out to eat. Someone is cooking shrimp and you're allergic to shellfish? He's making that person disinfect every corner of the kitchen. Going out to eat? He'll make sure the cooks make your food correctly, if you have Celiac disease or something like that that's "harder to see" he'll order the same food as you to make sure they were prepared differently (like he'll order the same burger as you to look if it's made with different bread). Also he always has at least 2 EpiPen in his pockets.

🪷 BEN will always play with you when you ask him. Even let you win if he knows you're feeling bad that day. Videogames? Deal. Board games/card games? He's making at least 2 other people play with you too to make it more interesting. Children games like house? Hell yeah. Just not ask him to run around that much, like when playing tag or something, he will do it but he also will complain a lot about it.

🪷 Jeff will always speak for you in public places if you can't do it yourself. He'll also complain for you. Need to order something in a restaurant? He got it. Your burger came with pickles when you ask for no pickles? Bet he's already on the counter asking to switch the order. Your AACC device is out of battery? Write down what you want to say and he'll do it no hesitation.

🪷 Nina will always do your makeup, hair and nails. Her room is basically a saloon for when y'all go out and is super fun! Loud music blasting, chatter, dancing all that! She'll even make an effort to learn other alt makeup (she already knows emo/scene) if you're in some alternative subculture. Gyaru? She's getting those huge press on nails and fake tan. Goth? She already has white foundation and black lipstick. She'll spend a good amount of time learning techniques that she knows you like to use just to guarantee that you're feeling 100% hot.

[docholligay]

When you hear an accent/dialect/we're not going to get into that debate here that sounds 'odd' to your ear, think about that! Not even in a "Wow, I hate that" way, or a "I need to examine my classism/racism/etc way I am a bad person way, but in a secret third way called, "curiosity and openness to experience"

I was EXTREMELY EXTREMELY FORTUNATE to have a required class in college called "History of the English Language" which was one of the 'weeder classes' for the English majors at my school. It was very very difficult, but the man who taught it had an INSANE passion for English. He LOVED IT, he would talk about it all goddamn day, and it taught me so much about how and why things get changed and said the way they do, and it made me so CURIOUS about why something is unusual or fun for my brain to listen to.

So now, anytime I hear someone pronounce something or verbalize something in a way I think of as "odd" I get so excited and curious*. What is it I haven't heard before? Sometimes my tongue will move around my mouth trying to figure out how they make that sound (I am REAL bad at this. Accents are in no no no way my forte, which is annoying because I'm very good at HEARING them and hearing the differences between them, I just can't DO it) because it is so interesting and cool all the different ways one fucking language has been DONE over so many years.

Anyway I so far off track I am no longer a train, but looking at dialects as you might look at an interesting bug instead of like a pop song on the radio or a sign font is a really good way to start opening your mind to language as something other than a value marker. And that doesn't HAVE to be another way of whipping yourself for being a piece of shit--I assume you have plenty of reasons--but a way of going, "Oh, something unexpected!"

*Also not to attempt to introduce nuance on the 'no nuance we die like men' website, but I think there is a big difference between loving teasing and mockery/cruelty. I don't actually mind if friends, especially ones with VASTLY different ways of speaking, imitate my accent I think it's fuckin funny as hell! Jetty has the WORST rural western accent on the planet, and I love to make fun of whatever the fuck she's got going on there, but it is FUN and there is a sense of LOVE that comes with it. And it's not even a "well yeah, Holligay, when you've known someone for a long time" No no, I once sat in a shitty pub on the east end, now closed (rip) and me and my mom ending up striking up a conversation with two old-school cockney guys, and as soon as he tried to say "Montana" the way I did, the race was ON, and it was FUNNY, and we all laughed and had a good time, it is about attitude.

And I know I'm gonna get something about "well how do you KNOW and that is why i turned off reblogs but come on y'all, 9 times out of 10 you can tell when something is done with deep affection or camaraderie or because even just something feels cool in your mouth it's fun to try. I can't do 87% of the linguistic features I think FUCK SEVERELY (intrusive R, the way a word that genuinely does not start with the letter h has a different sound than a word when the h is uptaken (this has a fucking word and I cannot find it it's making me nuts)) but I LOVE them.

Quick quiz to help though: Are you affecting this accent to in some way sound stupid/ridiculous? We can go back and forth about that a little: one of my buddies says "well shiiiiit" exactly the way I do, for funsies, but it just...feels neat. What I'm saying is you have to use some discernment here and I know we are all allergic to that but give it a shot/go/whatever the hell Australians say for this.

Post script: All of this reminds me also about how I studied the phonemes and linguistics of English with intense fervor in college, and got REAL COCKY, and then in the Orkneys had my very first ever, in life, "We are both speaking English but damn" moment. Normally I am The One for this. I am unruffled. My wife gets confused by the word takeaway (she is smart I swear) but I'm rock-solid. Until. Hubris.

This guy is rollin on up in his van, which is the 'bus system' on Rapness, and it's cute as hell as a system, but I ask him something stupid about the timetable, and he answers me in what I can only describe as a Nordic-flavored Scottish accent. It is actually really remarkable and I went on a weird deep dive of the Orkneys afterward because I had never heard anything like it but I digress. I DID NOT GET A FUCKING WORD. And so, because I panic, I do what I always do when I feel flustered or emotional or angry: I sound like Yosemite fucking Sam. So now he can't understand what I am asking him!

Good news is, we both give a little bit of a laugh, I go, 'Let's try that again" and I do manage to exchange that this van picks up outside of the Pierowall hotel in time for the ferry.

[kunikinnie]

Hey if your requests are open could you make hcs about DoA as cats?

a/n: hi! they weren't open at the time this was sent but I hope you don't mind me answering this weeks later!

the decay of angels as cats

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The type of cat who does whatever tf he wants

Most of the time he sits/lies near the window and stares at nothing in particular. Sometimes though, he sits at a considerable distance from you but you can tell he's staring at you very intently.

During the day he does leave the house sometimes to go out for walks (or so you assume), but most of the time he leaves in the dead of night. Y'all know what he's up to.

He's a weak and picky eater - one of the reasons why he's on the skinny side and why he looks so lethargic.

You've never heard him meow. Never. Not even once.

Nikolai Gogol

Super energetic cat

He's fun to play with since he does use the expensive cat toys you buy for him.

But he very much prefers annoying playing with the Fyodor cat. For example, he keeps toying with Fyodor's swishing tail until the latter swats him hard in the face.

He's extremely temperamental. One moment he's rolling around the floor high af and the next he's ignoring you and contemplating life like Pablo Escobar.

Used to bring you his catch (dead or alive, but mostly alive because your reactions were better) until you didn't feed him any of his favorite treats. He's behaved a little bit since then.

Fukuchi Ochi

He's rarely at home but you have an idea where he is... sort of

He's usually with those 4 younger cats but occasionally he stalks hangs out with a certain middle aged man who's very fond of cats.

Despite his age he's very good at fighting. Very good at fighting. His body is full of scars and oftentimes stained with blood (not his obviously)

Now the side of him you're familiar with is a strange but quite affectionate senior cat. You already noticed that he tends to be rough with others but you didn't think much of it.

Well, whatever. It's not like he's planning world domination or something like that, right?

Bram Stoker

A cat whose age you have no idea about

Probably not actually allergic to the sun, but avoids it all the same. He likes sitting in the dark (and in soft places).

He also likes sitting near you and observing what you do, especially when you're with your gadgets. A paw might interfere with you work every now and then.

It seems that he likes listening to your music, so when your speakers are out and playing something he lies down nearby (this is also when he purrs the loudest).

For some reason, no matter how hurt he gets he never bites you. He's never bitten any of your visitors (no matter how rough they get with him) even though the murderous intent in his eyes are so apparent.

Sigma

Peaceful but very territorial house cat

He loves sitting in high places where he can see everything. And I mean everything. It makes him feel safe and smart

When there are other cats around, he acts all tough and manly. Growls, hisses, and fights people when they invade his space

But once he's alone with you, he won't leave you alone. He might die if you don't cuddle with him at night.

Eats whatever sweet stuff you have lying around. Even the back of spoons and other equipment, if you bake. You've tried to stop him several times (sweets and chocolates are bad for their health) but he just. won't. stop.

[glitterrosesnzz]

UPDATED F/URINA HC'S

put under the cut because they're 4.2 spoilers and idk how many of y'all have finished the arc/hon quest (i did it in one day lmao)

Still hc that Furina's sneezes are mostly loud, yes. However, she stifles and forces them quieter WAY MORE than previously imagined.

the tidal wave thing?? listen. it's still true- only because sometimes when Furina sneezed, Focalors would as well, thus causing the tsunami incidents. this wasn't a guarantee to happen everytime though- and Furina never even knew it was happening. Neuvillette noticed though.

due to the way citizens reacted the first time Furina sneezed in public ("I didn't know a god was capable of such a thing"), Furina decided to maintain the act of "Well of course not- I was just mimicking what I've seen humans do to appear more like you! You should be honoured I'm attempting this at all!" and somehow this WORKED on people.

Furina has NO IDEA that gods can also get sick, so she would hide it. This did lead to her, once, briefly passing out in the Opera Epiclesse, sending people into a panic. She explained it away afterwards as just being "overwhelmed with using her energy to clean the pollution in their waters", which people bought and also brought down pollution levels for a bit.

Neuvillette of course, knows that gods can get sick, as he can also get sick, so he was the only one who would take the proper measures to care for Furina when she was ill. Unfortunately, she'd continue to protest such actions, so he had to be very discreet about it to make sure she got the care she needed.

post-archon quest, Furina doesn't have to hide it when she's sick anymore, but it's so ingrained in her that she still does it. she would admit to it now when it's called out though, but she's gotten so good at hiding it over the years that most people don't notice.

Furina happens to be allergic to rainbow roses. People used to throw them onto the stage whenever she'd choose to preform with a troupe, and it took all her strength to not succumb to the itchiness it would cause.

since she frequently cries a lot, and her normal, unquietened sneezes are quite vocal, she tends to lose her voice pretty fast. (and also her immune system isn't very good, I vaguely remember hearing that it's easier to catch something when you've been crying)

post-archon quest she continues to stifle/quiet her sneezes until someone else intervenes. who it would be that would intervene, i have no idea, but someone would have to.

after acquiring her vision, sneezing starts having genuine effects on her hydro abilities that she can notice. if she's walking on water, her concentration will be broken and she'll fall into the water, for example. She frequently ends up soaked from either this, or other hydro mishaps- like a ball of water she was playing with exploding in her face.

THIS ISN'T CANON BUT IT'S FUN TO ME- I'm pretty sure she actually just changed her outfit + cut her hair post-archon quest, but since one of her abilities is to swap forms, I think it would be SO FUN if sneezing would change her outfit colour + hair. Also causes a burst of pneumia/ousia.

in other news i am OBSESSED with her-

[thetragicallynerdy]

Oh! Oh! 💥 & 💫?

Ohhh hello hello, thanks friend!!!

💥find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it.

Okay, this was actually really neat because it wasn't the fic I was expecting it to be - I haven't really checked that aspect of my Ao3 stats in a while!

My least kudos'd fic is i've got sunshine on a cloudy day - it's an Ed-centric OFMD fic that's set in the poly au 'verse. It's a fic where Ed finds a kitten, and eventually gets to keep it. I wrote it for the tiniest holiday fic exchange between me and two of my best buds, and ahhh I really love it still. It's just a really soft fic!! And has a lot of soft domestic polyamory vibes, in a way that was just so fun to write. And as someone who is super duper allergic to cats, writing a story where someone finds a kitten is fun in a good wish fulfillment type of way XD

It didn't get a lot of attention because it's got a strong Ed/Jim focus (along with Ed/Stede and Jim/Olu) but I adore it. It's a poly ship I really love, and I think it has a nice vibe to it.

💫what is your favorite kind of comment/feedback?

Ohhh boy!!! I have so many!!! Some of my faves are:

quoting lines from the story - hello you found lines you loved so much, and sometimes they are my own favourite lines, what an amazing experience

keyboard smash or emoji dump - i love it, no words only feelings

single emoji or single line comments - i especially love this because it's what i do when i really enjoyed a fic but am struggling with spoons to write something - so it feels like someone took the time to leave a comment even if it was tough in the moment

paragraphs - y'all there is no greater gift as a fic writer than feeling like someone wants to write an essay about your fic

comments telling me that i've inspired their own writing is also just. delightful

anything telling me that i've done my research or put a lot of work in and it shows is the MOST validating thing!!

anytime anyone comes to tumblr to find me and tell me they like my work is the best too, i love u with my whole heart

Anyway I am literally in love with everyone who ever comments on my stuff I am giving u all a kiss on the forehead

Thanks so much for the asks friend!!! I hope you are having a good day :)

Fic writer ask game can be found here for the curious!

[notebookmusical]

Hiiiiii!!! 🥰 secret santa here! ☃️🤍☃️🤍 Have a super wonderful week! 🩷🩷🩷

Omg, your toto is the cutest!!! I'm so in love!!! Awwww 😍😍😍 He's almost the same age as my cat! I think pets were made to be spoiled. Hehe My cats are called Jiji, Pipoca and Olivia! That's unfortunate. My best friend is also allergic to cats and was thinking about getting those shots. I'm not really sure if she did end up doing it or not. She has two Siberian cats! They're so cute and fluffy, but she still has some allergies to them sometimes. Even though they're not as bad as other cats, yes, she's a little bit crazy for this. Awwww

Oh, that's interesting, I might have to give it a try. Hahaha really??? Oooh, I do hope you find one. That's so cool of you!! I struggle with finding good translations sometimes that's why I read a lot in English, when I compare it's like some of the beauty of the text is lost, sadly. I did try to read some Spanish classics in Spanish last year and it was awesome. I'm hoping I can get my life together a bit more so I have more focus on learning more languages. 😝 Sorry for the rambling.

No, not really, any song I get I'm going to be so happy!!! Even if it's only the young. 🤭😅 I'm going with my best friend and one of her work friends.

Yes, yes, yes!!! That bridge takes my breath away like I'm already so in awe of it and then, boom, there's moreeee! Album of the year for me! 🤔

Definitely, cakes are the best thing ever created in terms of food. That sounds delicious!!! Oh, I love these kind of french toasts we do and "filhoses" which is a very traditionally portuguese Christmas pastry. Those are my absolute favs!!!

Thank youuuuu, my weekend was okay. 🩷🤍💖 How was yours? I've just finished your gift. I do hope you like it. 🤭😊

hi secret santa!

i actually just ordered some new years postcards so i can mail them out to our family and friends, and then also some christmas cards for next year with toto's santa photos! i think they're getting here today? i'm super excited! those names are so cute — i was going to ask for photos but then remembered secret santa </3 but maybe after the reveal, i'd love to see photos of your cats :) i am super allergic to cats but i used to go to the cat cafe like once or twice a month and just hang out with them haha! so i get it!

you're totally fine! ramble away! i took a few years of spanish in middle school (so a very long time ago) but i do want to pick it back up again; i was thinking of doing duolingo in the new year (for both spanish + mandarin), but we'll see! i was doing very good with duolingo this year until i got busy and then ... i stopped one day and never went back to it.

i hope you have so so much fun! do you know what you're wearing? i just booked my hotel for my eras show next year and i've changed my outfit ideas twice now! i was originally thinking of getting a purple dress and diy-ing it "i want to watch wisteria grow" but then started thinking about a christmas tree farm inspired outfit since i'm going to a december show! what is your favorite taylor era? trying not to give too much away but definitely curious to see what your favorite bits are!

googled filhoses and they look DELICIOUS!!! and now i am craving sugar at 8 am :) what kind of french toast do y'all do? i grew up in hong kong and one of my comfort snacks is like, toast + peanut butter + condensed milk and it is sooooo sooooo good (and incredibly sweet).

i can't wait to see! i'm sure i'll love it 🤍 my weekend was lovely! i went to a hockey game, had some good family + friends time, and i went ice skating on monday! hope you're having a good week! x

[koishua]

➧ ENHYPEN REACTING TO YOU HAVING MANY CATS

fair warning, some of these may not hold true irl bahaha i tried to find out how each member felt about cats, but for a few i still couldn't smh

requested by anon!

[ ≡ ] — · heeseung

cats don't like him.

don't ask why ahahaha he entered your house and saw the four cats chilling around each corner of the room

and like, he was surprised that you actually had that many lmao he thought you were joking when you said you would grow old to be a crazy cat lady

he tried to approach one with a friendly smile since he thought they were absolutely adorable

but it just hissed and haughtily stalked away lmfao

it hissed at your bf smh poor dude. he didn't pass the vibe check 😔✌️

rest of the members are under the cut—

[ ≡ ] — · jay

you didn't give him any warnings and he ended up springing three feet in the air when five cats brushed on his legs all at once jxkcncn

he isn't actually scared, just a little overwhelmed because it's his first time having so many kitties in an enclosed space 💀

somehow is able to memorize all of their names instantly though??? no matter how similar some of them may have looked like??

grows attached to one of the smaller ones :((

like, your cat wouldn't leave his lap??? was he the chosen one??

ends up making you jealous because your baby receives more attention from your bf smh

[ ≡ ] — · jake

awkward with cats, doesn't know much, scared

lmfao this man is a dog person through and through y'all. i doubt he'd know much about cats *cries*

is highly uncomfortable and awkward with them xnchcjnc poor guy lmfao

he doesn't want to hurt your feelings by pushing them away and leaving to another cat-less room but he is terrified of the clawed felines grrr

doesn't leave your side ever.

is a tad bit terrified of one of your cats that keeps straight up frowning at him 😭✊ thinks that he is safe as long as you are near him at all times

[ ≡ ] — · sunghoon

is a dog person as well smh :(((

wonders how you get along so well with gaeul when you are so obviously and painfully a cat person 💀

he genuinely struggles to make a bond with your cats 😭✋

it takes a great while for both parties to get comfortable with each other but oh boy

when they do, it's like they created a secret language

you could physically see the gears turning in both your bf and cats' head whenever they stare at each other and like, do that secret language silent talk thingy it's so creepy tbh 💀

are besties but also kinda still enemies idek

[ ≡ ] — · sunoo

okay he has a love-hate relationship.

you don't know which one between them is sassier

two of your cats didn't like him at all lmfao

and this petty guy istg-

acts like they don't exist 💔😔 is very petty towards them it's honestly hilarious.

actually can handle them but just doesn't feel like being peaceful with them sometimes 💔

is a nice sort of passive aggressive with them if you know what i mean......

not that your cats ever hold back on dissing him anyways 💀

[ ≡ ] — · jungwon

adores all of your little felines :(((( he has a very soft spot for every single one of them

but unfortunately, he is allergic to them nooooo ;-;-;

was so excited to find out that you had so many beautiful and cute cats oml

he looks like he is one himself lmfao you think that's why he was accepted into the family so easily 😔✌️

takes allergy pills to hang out with them in secret because you didn't like it when he forced himself through his teary eyes and stuffy nose :(((

wbk this boy is whipped

[ ≡ ] — · riki

is also a dog person part 1278559

also he would fight every single one of them for your affection secretly

like, you wouldn't even notice how riki would taunt one of your cats when you sit next to him xnnxjcnc instead of petting it 😩✋

is also very petty ngl

he doesn't really mind your cats as long as they mind their own business and don't hang from his clothes xnnc

sometimes will play with them because even he can admit that they were fun bahaha

will even feed them a tiny bit of those oh-so precious nips and watch as they spring out of their hiding hole

[dr-transparents]

Favorite DR ship?(if you have any haha) Are you into shipping?

(I'm gonna get myself in so much trouble for writing this lmaoo)

I'm not gonna lie shipping (or romance in general) isn't for me. I think it's super overrated and kinda annoying. It causes unnecessary drama and people tend to forget about the other parts of the story. The latter is a personal thing and I cannot choose how you can interact with media but the first one needs proper addressing. Like, If shipping wasn't this really bad thing most fandoms wouldn't be toxic all that much. This has been takled about before so I won't get into it.

There's also people who pull the people in their pairing out of character to fit into a specific "ship dynamic". This is more of a pet peeve of mine honestly. If you are gonna get mad at people for not shipping your otp at least make the characters resemble their canon personalities. I already know more than half of y'alls OTP's are just "character that I have a crush on" × "The character I project onto". That's why I think people make the characters so unrecognisable and It really annoys me. (Minor mistakes and changes are fine though, sometimes preferred)

Ships like komahina are the biggest offenderd here. Here is the thing, I actually really enjoy their dynamics so I don't mind seeing romantic stuff of it but when I see half of the content of it not resembling them at all, I feel like I'm looking at an entirely different ship here.

My second complaint is shipping drowning other types of relationships. Not everything needs to be romantic and a lot of people fail to recognise that and that sucks. People assuming that every platonic relationship will end up romantic is soo dumb. Shipping is fine but making it look like it's canon is not, and at some point this type oversaturates eveything. This used to be more of a problem for friendships with two people of the opposite sex but It extends to every type of friendship these days. I think people writing off clearly romantic lgbt+ relationships as platonic is a problem but this ain't any better!

And lastly, there is canon romance, which I hate with a passion. Did you guys notice that writing romance these days is not actually writing it? They hold hands once, look at eachother and then the creator confirms it in an interview. Fans doing that ain't that big of a deal because they are trying to have fun and hopefully not forcing their ship on others. Fans can see this and go "What if they kissed 😳?" because they know that isn't canon and they are just experimenting. But creators seeing that and going "that is canon" is soo lazy! They didnt bother the write anything yet everyone assumes that those two are totally in love. There is no chemistry, not any relationship writing, the best case senario is showing the two or more characters are pining after each other. And that is fucking pathetic.

Going back to danganronpa, an example of this would be Naegiri. Like more than 95% of their interactions are platonic the 5% is the holding hands, blushing etc that I talked about. People see this and think their platonic interactions are entirely romantic. To be fair a good percent of it can be taken as both. The thing I'm trying to point out here is the total lack of actual relationship/romantic interaction writing. And then they have the gull to go and say "It's canon". Ikusaba and Naegi had way more chemistry even if it was one sided (Danganronpa if). It's like they are scared to put Kirigiri and Naegi in a relationship. Then don't you fucking idiot. I don't want hours being spent on their relationship or something, this isn't a romance story and I would hate it if they did. This doesn't mean you are excused from writing any chemistry between the two. It's almost like writers are fucking allergic to writing a stable romantic relationship, it's absolutely jarring to see.

-mod Sepya

[justjstuff]

Hey Just J, I wanted to let you know that I absolutely love your Daughter of the Fire fanfic and it’s the reason why I love Sakura so much. The world building is amazing and character growth is even better! 💕✨ A question, what inspires you to write?

Hiya, lovely! You can call me J! Do you mind if I call you Peachy? Thank you so much for the kind words, I really appreciate you reaching out!! It honestly makes me so happy to hear that you love Sakura because of my writing because she's the whole reason I started writing Naruto fanfics lol. I just saw so much potential in her and I was so angry about how she was treated both by Kishimoto and SP. I could go on an endless rant about it, tbh xD

Ooh, nice question!! Do you mean writing in general or writing Daughter of Fire? I'll answer both xD

I honestly can't tell you why I started writing. I was very young when I started and I remember receiving not so great grades and I can't explain why I didn't give up on it since I tend to let things go if I'm not immediately great at them lol (I'm also an absolute teacher's pet and it used to hurt me greatly as a kid whenever I didn't manage to rise to their expectations lol) so yeah. The problem, I think, is that I feel so fucking much and sometimes those feelings overflow into the things I do, so my writing didn't exactly hold any finesse to it xD

All of this to say, my writing and my emotions are greatly connected so I write because I feel. Be it pain, love, anger, sadness, everything I began to write so far came from a place of what I was feeling. I don't know if this answer the question about inspiration, precisely, but let me answer what inspired me to start writing Daughter of Fire.

Spite.

lol.

I started watching Naruto when I was 6yo and it was a huge part of my childhood/teenage years (NaruHina was the first fic I ever read when I was 9yo xD) so I always cared a lot about it. But then around 2009/2010, I think, Kishimoto went on a long-ass break and I was very frustrated that I didn't know what was going to happen because the anime was so far behind the manga so I started reading the manga instead. Mind you, English is not my first language and at the time I was nowhere near fluent but I knew just enough to be bullheaded about not reading the PT translation so for quite sometime I read Naruto understanding about 60% of what was going on xD Omg, this is getting huge I'm sorry apparently I'm allergic to being concise. Anyway. I stopped reading when Neji died. Honestly, it just broke my heart and I was so fucking annoyed with Sasuke and there were so many chapters focusing on him that I was like, fuck this shit. And rage quit xD Flash forward almost a decade, my cousin @calliartss was like: "Yo, since you ship SethKate, I think you'll love KakaSaku." And I was absolutely skeptical because uhm?? I never thought about the two of them?? But then she was like: "Just let me show you the fanarts and then I guarantee you'll ship it." She was absolutely right. SO. I'm getting back to my answer, I promise.

So, ofc, I read the whole FFN page (I know, I know, I can't stand FFN nowadays but that's how I was raised okay?? I'm an absolute A03 stan now). Yes, I do mean the whole thing, I went backwards and read any and all fic that interested me in the slightest. So I got a loooot of spoilers (it was how I found out about Obito!!!) and I reached a point where I was like.... maybe I should at least watch the anime? I was absolutely obsessed. So I started Shippuden back again and then... Sasori vs Sakura. Man, that shit changed my life xD The first time I watched it almost a decade before made me like Sakura (I didn't like her as a kid) and it made me fall in love with her when I watched it that second time. Now, please understand I couldn't remember a single thing from Shippuden by then so I was so very excited that Sakura was getting her development!! And then... nothing. Absolutely shit-all. She manages to acquire the Naruto-summoning-no-jutsu and that's all. I was so, so, SO ANGRY.

Yes, all of this to say I started writing Daughter of Fire because I was possessed by a vengeful, spiteful spirit and I had to do her justice.

I'm so extra lmfao, I'm sorry about this long answer, it probably didn't even properly answer your question ;-; thank you so much, once again <3

P.S.: fun fact no one asked for: I never went past the Pein arc :D The story of how I started writing DoF is very much longer than this but I'll spare y'all xD

[deripmaver]

4 5 6 for ALL OF THE CaPri FANFICS

LKSJMDHGVLKSJ ALL OF THEM???

4: What’s your favorite line of dialogue? 5: What part was hardest to write? 6: What makes this fic special or different from all your other fics?

Ink On Paper (tongue fic) 4. lmfaoooooooo there isn't a whole lot of dialogue in this one oop-

Laurent nodded. The wax softened as he pressed his hand into it, erasing his previous message. Soft, warm, melting under his touch. He wrote again, I need someone who is not afraid to read out the insults I make towards the idiots at court. You have been fired, Damianos.

i guess it technically counts lmfao. i just wanted to show laurent post-trauma still able to make jokes and snipe at his husband so it wasnt all doom and gloom 5. i'm not sure exactly what "hardest to write" here means because like... a lot of these fic have serious gore or otherwise upsetting content, but both emotionally and actually writing wise i find that kind of thing actually pretty easy to write hahahaha. i think i got stuck with the chronology and the decision to make it non-linear made it flow a lot better. for the record writing laurent getting raped and then having his tongue cut out was actually very easy to write, i think i got it out in basically one go. #cancelme the more fucked up and intense the easier i find to nyoom through it 6. my first ever fic in the capri fandom!!!! hehehehhehehe <333333 Level Of Concern (plan B fic) 4.

Before Nicaise could say anything, Laurent spat, “Does he know you had your first heat?”

SURPRISE nic was the one who was pregnant the whole time!!!!!!! 5. this one i banged out REALLY quickly so i cant think of anything here 6. capri omegaverse!!!!!!! i wish there was more of this 🥺🥺🥺 Like Me (what if Auguste was also abused fic) 4. ******CW INCEST MENTION CW ABUSE MENTION******

“Your brother’s stuck his dick in every single member of your family,” Auguste spat out, laughing, crying, and so miserable he thought his heart would stop. His voice rose again, and he felt something burst from him as he screamed for the whole world to hear, “Did you know that? Did you, huh papa? Did he fuck you too?”

dude this line is so fucked up lmfao but i enjoyed writing it so much. actually this entire scene where auguste is having his breakdown was really intense to write and im really pleased with how it came out OR

Auguste grabbed him suddenly, looking up into his grief-stricken face desperately. “Please, Laurent,” he pleaded, voice breaking. “Please. Don’t let him end up like me.”

i felt entirely too clever with this line lmfao. i was like ~ooooohhhhh title drop~ im so dumb 5. i just remember this one like. dragged on for some time. i couldnt figure out what to do with it, how to get everything to coalesce around the final reveal about auguste 6. plot twist!!!!!!! plus auguste angst. i really enjoyed this one, i wrote it after watching the movie Spotlight which is one of my all time faves Softly, Gently 4.

“My King has been overexerting himself again, I presume?” Paschal sighed, shaking his head with a fond smile. “When have I ever done that?” Laurent cocked his head to the side, a wry smile on his face.

hehehehe sassy laurent my beloved <33333 5. honestly im just going to skip this one from now on lskjghmvlksjhglkvsjhdl i just get "stuck" sometimes without rhyme or reason and its usually on boring stuff, but then i cant remember later. the hardest part for me is when my dumb fucking adhd brain wont let me focus on writing but once i overcome that its usually pretty smooth sailing 6. horny omegaverse.................... my beloved............... giving men vaginas for horny reasons my beloved......................... Water of Life (birth fic)

“Do you want to hold him?” Erasmus breathed, eyes glassy. The baby cried, Erasmus bouncing him tenderly in those sunkissed arms. He looked apologetic. “Only for a moment, it’s not quite over yet.” A playful smile danced on Erasmus’ lips, and he brushed away a slick, damp curl from the wailing baby’s head. “A head this big, he certainly takes after Exalted.”

a cute, fun lil line in the sea of horrible angst lmfao ORRRRRR

Erasmus knelt before Damen, before Laurent. He said, “Exalted… Can you command his Highness to push?” Damen froze. “Do you mean…?” Erasmus nodded. “Alpha command.” Damen’s expression crumpled. He said, in a voice that shattered Erasmus’ heart, “I can’t. I can’t do that to him.” Erasmus licked his lips. “Exalted, in this state, he can’t push. His contractions are weaker. He’ll-” “I can’t,” Damen cried, clinging to Laurent’s limp body like a lifeline. “He’d… He’d never forgive me.”

damen is so sweet........ he loves laurent so much...... ORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

He stopped at the doorframe, turning to face Laurent with tears in his eyes, and whispered, “How long does it take, your Highness?” Laurent, shocked enough to respond, hissed, “What?” “I still wake up in the middle of the night thinking of it,” Erasmus said, voice thick in his throat, tears burning at his eyes. “How long until it’s over?”

real sad hours if u up click like. i love erasmus and laurent bonding over their shared trauma <33333333333333333333 laurent and erasmus friendship propaganda 24-fucking-7 bay bee!!!!! 6. unironically this is one of my fav fic ive ever written skdljmfhgvlksjdhflmgkvjshldkjfghvmls call the midwife is one of my favorite shows and writing this made me look at birth as something visceral and possibly horrible and traumatic. i wanna write more fucked up birth scenes, SO MANY MORE. ridley scott knew what he was doing Sandalwood (erasmus/kallias my sweet boys i love u so much) 4.

“I do,” Erasmus breathes, ducking his head, flushed as though embarrassed. “In the gardens, the perfume from the orange trees all around us on those summer nights.” Kallias smiles behind him – Erasmus knows his body so intimately he can feel it in how Kallias’ posture changes, though he can’t see the soft turn of his lips. “The scent was so cloying I thought it would drive me mad. It made me want to kiss you senseless.” Erasmus laughs, breathlessly, imagining the warm heat of Kallias’ mouth against his. “Don’t blame that on the orange trees, dear one.”

beloved..................... im weeping.......... 6. these two make me fuckign CRY ON THE REG I LOVE THEM SO MUCH MY SWEET BOYS YOU DESERVE THE WORLD- Wisps of Smoke******************* (lauguste fic) 4. ***CW EXPLICIT INCEST*** (i mean....... obviously lmfao)

“Call me what I like,” Auguste growled against his ear. “You know what I like.” He did. Laurent did. He knew everything Auguste liked – the slow flick of Laurent’s tongue on the underside of his cock, that tender spot behind his earlobe, the way Laurent’s thighs looked straddled atop him like his horse – and this. “Brother,” Laurent gasped, desperate, “Brother, please, harder. Harder.”

i wanted the incest to be explicitly part of the kink here lmfaoooooo 6. hehehehehehehhehehehhehe lauguste................... i need to write more of u But I Love It (laurent is allergic to latex fic) 4.

“Laurent,” Auguste said, voice high in warning. Laurent braced himself, stiffening visibly. With what seemed to be monumental effort, Auguste continued, “You know, Laurent. I’m proud of you.”

IM A SOFT BITCH OK???????????????? auguste is PROUD of his baby bro for overcoming his sexual trauma and getting that fat dick 6. SLJHVDLMKJDHGVLK PEOPLE FUCKING LOVED THIS FIC i tried to be funny and i think it worked. plus some softe bits thrown in. i also kind of see lots of humor fic where its a no abuse au, but i wanted to write something comedic where the regent still. existed u kno????? anyways hahahahha i dont think i can write anything like this again but im glad y'all liked it Is It Cold In The Water (slice of life fic) 4.

Laurent opens his mouth to say something cheeky, but instead, what comes out is: “Do you think Aimeric had the right idea?” Damen is quiet for so long, gaze serious and framed with his long, dark lashes, that Laurent wonders if he’d spoken aloud at all – and when he’s sure he had, he realizes Damen had remembered Aimeric after all. When he speaks again, the sleep is gone from his voice. “Laurent,” Damen says carefully, as though approaching a spooked horse, “Is something wrong?”

🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 soft,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 6. ruby likes this fic lskjdvhmflgksfjdhmvglkjsdhflkvgmjhlekjfhdvlgskjfhv im a SIMP- The Devil's Got Nothing On Me (AIMERIC FIC LEGGOOOO) 4. there are lots of lil nuggets in here!!!!

Aimeric blinks, and all he can think is, you knew? He says, "I – I just." "I am a patient man," Guion breathes, "I support everyone in my household. Everyone. But Aimeric, you are truly testing my patience. Your mother came to me in tears, begging me to find you. Look at what you did to her! There was nothing I could say until we found you!" "I'm sorry," Aimeric whispers, looking at Loyse, "I'm-" "Look at me," Guion roars.

this conversation was inspired by a very miserable encounter with my boss lmfao. fuck that guy and fuck guion

The regent, blue eyes sparkling - and Aimeric has never thought eyes could look just like a summer sky until now - says to Guion but really to Aimeric, "I was thinking I could take little Aimeric riding tomorrow. Just the two of us." Loyse says, before Guion can speak, voice trembling with relief, "I think that's a wonderful idea, your Highness."

~dramatic irony~ lmfaoooooooooo. WE know of course that this is a bad thing, but it's always fun to have characters make bad choices that they have no idea are bad. i also did this briefly in "Like Me" with auguste's ex wife taking nicaise to church because she was so overwhelmed at home and he offered to help. of course, the regent is always happy to help out. evil evil evil

"-was worried it might be difficult for him." A soft, lilting laugh. The guards had said the regent was in the library, and then there is Guion, right there with him. Aimeric is suddenly angry, not sure why his father is with the regent, who is his and no one else's. The regent responds, "I daresay it's been perfectly easy. It seems you've done most of the work already."

i wanted to highlight the fact that it was aimeric's neglect that lead him to the regent in the first place. hence "youve done most of the work already" - guion by ignoring and neglecting aimeric created the perfect environment for the regent to sweep in and take advantage. like leaving food out btwn 40-140 F is a perfect breeding ground for bacteria LOL. the books touch on that but i wanted to make it explicit

He is so, so ashamed. It's unbearable, the thought of her kind eyes, the way she cried for him, the way he pushed her away. Before he'd left to join the prince's guard, she had taken his hand, kissed it, and said in a voice fragile as glass, "It's been such a long time since I've seen you smile like that," but in that moment he could think only of the regent's letter warm in his pocket.

6. honestly i know ive sounded super conceited this whole time but i kind of tear up whenever i read through the end of the fic lmfao. aimeric is just so fucking depressing as a character and i love that i really got to explore that in this fic. he really didnt have anyone, did he????? he's like a tragic greek character where you just watch him stumbling towards his inevitable end and it hurts the whole time. its even worse on the reread ANYWAYYYYYYY thats it. thanks so much for the ask anon!!!!!!! feel free to send me more!!!

[tomb-bloom-noctem]

Cannabis is only dangerous to people allergic to it.

Yes I'm one of those people who is allergic to it but thanks to it becoming more legalized there's being more studies done on it and some new things are popping up such as long term use also being associated with eye strain and increased headaches. Literally that's not at all me saying "no one should smoke weed" I'm not saying that at all. It's just people should acknowledge that regularly getting high *can* be dangerous. Sometimes people will do things they otherwise wouldn't have while high, hence why you shouldn't drive while high and other activities. It can be habit forming and addictive and that part is one people really don't seem to worry about in the same way they do for other substances. Also there's still smoke inhalation in most forms of cannabis. Again I am NOT saying people shouldn't smoke. I literally live in one of the states where weed is legal both medically and recreationally. I have plenty of first hand experience seeing people not take weed seriously and then end up in crashes or dangerous situations or their addiction is impacting their daily lives because they can't function without being high and THAT'S my only point when I made that comment on that post. It needs to be acknowledged that it POSSIBLY COULD BE dangerous because it's still a drug BUT I do also fully agree alcohol is worse. But too many people think "oh you just smoke and get high and maybe get the munchies and you feel all giddy" when that's not the only way it can affect people. Smoke em if you got em, I don't care, I can't be around it cause I'll suffocate but y'all have your fun, it's just people need to be AWARE that like with everything, it COULD BE a danger. That is all.

[cocopineo]

Original Prompt: If you get this, answer with 3 random questions about yourself and send it to the last 7 blogs in your notifications, anonymously or not! Let's get to know the person behind the blog!

Okay so @laylaylamode tagged me to do this it looks fun. But Imma be real honest I don't got anything that interesting but I'll still try. I don't usually talk about myself a lot here so here we go!

1. I have a big fear of clowns it didn't even stem from anything. Probably cause I have no idea what's going on inside their heads and the makeup is just absolutely terrifying to me. Couldn't even pay me to see the movie It, they just trigger my fight or flight response. Even a cute clown scares me y'all!

2. Ya girl has a mega sweet tooth I'm willing to try any dessert as long as it doesn't have nuts. I'm not allergic it's just nuts ruin it for me and I'm a picky eater anyways, sometimes I don't even like fruit desserts like a strawberry shortcake I'll dodge the strawberries. My absolute favorite dessert is cheesecake specifically the 30th Anniversary Chocolate Cake Cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory. It's a whole revolution when you take a bite of the slice of even, especially with the chocolate shaving on it. (Dang now I want some)

3. I am an advent player of the sims (nothing special) I'm a cc and mod fanatic people on here really do be making such gorgeous cc and mods. Cause let's be honest we all have to add a good amount of that stuff to the Sims 4, tired of my babies being sacks of flour. I actually want to make a simblr but I have no idea how to edit, make cc or anything, I think it would just be fun to make one and maybe make a story. Also just cause I love a lot of simblrs on here I'm gonna go say check @savvysweet, @crypticsim, @aharris00britney and there are so many other's but I couldn't name them all. But these 3 are just fabulous creators so please go support them!

4. I'm a Leo that's it.

I'm tagging. @mortallyshadowygirl, @hotsassbacon, @des-the-girl, @hiddenfaithy, @lizzybee-03, @middle-class-lesbian and @peace-of-mars

[teazensstuff]

CEO LUCAS AU!

So you started to work at a new place

Which means new people and new environment

But not only that

You moved away, which means you left all your friends and family members back at home

And the overthinker you

Started to overthink everything 2 weeks before you started with work

Basically you were already burning out even before it all started

You arrived at your workplace by bus bc we broke that's why we need a job

Then you introduced yourself to the secretary and she told you where you had to go

Bc your job is not that important

for now you only need to know who your có workers were and how they are

What is there to do, how much work will there be, will the people be fun

Those are your main questions

Fuck the CEO

As you arrived everyone was hyped

Like damn what y'all so happy for?

After a few days of working there you got to know Yangyang

Who was also a newbie but ofc he was part of the company for a while now

Anyways he said that he was especially happy since now there's another newbie he can hang out with

And whom he can prank kun with, since Kun seems to realize that hendery and him are behind all those

You spent your days with Yangyang and as he introduced Lucas he also came along with all the time

However you knew that Lucas was not in your department since you know all the crackheads from your department already

And you don't have the balls to ask him

Not that you're shy but because you don't want to

Some people react allergic when asking things related to work

Not even a month later you felt safe and secure at your workplace

But ofc your ceo has to make a strike

I mean you don't know yet but its a

Winwin situation ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

Anyways so your CEO called you and ofc you were like shit what did I do

Did I not do the papers correctly?

Did I play too many pranks on Kun?

But well, everyone knew that it's never something serious if Lucas calls you. If it was urgent he would be looking for you

You arrived in his office

and just like the typical ceo scene

He sat with the back towards you and his face towards the window

As he turned around you realized that it's Lucas and you were in awe

"LUCAS WHAT ARE YOU DOING GET OFF THE CHAIR THE CEO TOLD ME TO COME. THERE IS NO TIME FOR US TO JOKE AROUND", you yelled at him pulling him off the chair

Lucas ofc laughed, because he didn't expect that

He was into you because you were funny and because you helped him going through his senses

But I guess he never knew that you didn't know who he was

It was a major suprise for him.

"you... You know I am the CEO right?"

And after that both of you were shocked. Like tf is going on?

Even though you were shocked, Luca offered you to take the position of his secretary

Bc first of all our boy wants to keep his eye on you

And second of all he needs to finish off shit instead of walking through the departments and Wilding around with his mates

Yep so here we are, you my darling decide whether Lucas will work or not

You weren't comfortable with that at first because

Dude handsome ceo is looking at you and you become close

Also tf does a secretary do?

Anyways you accept the offer because you want money and you don't want to be a broke bitch

It was all fun and games until the overseas trip to NYC where your du bass accidentally only booked one room

And funnily enough the whole hotel was booked due to the NYCFW

So you had to share a room with Mr ceo

You didn't want to share one with him but he convinced you

The days you spent there were fun, not everything was work related

On the last night Lucas and you went out to have dinner

He's not the type to dine at fancy restaurants but prefers hamburgers and hotdogs

Which is why you went to a Hamburger place and that is where he confessed to you

Telling you how he felt and that he wanted to get closer to you also that in no means you have to accept his feelings and that he'd give you your former position back if u want to

But you were lying if you said u didn't like lucas

The second you laid your eyes on him you found him attractive but the moments you spent together made you realise how much you liked him

Which is why you were coming back as a couple

No one knows but everyone thinks that way

And you have no intention on telling anyone that you're dating

Dating ceo Lucas means lots of presents that yoz don't want to accept but sometimes have to or else he gets all mad but cute and you can't handle that shit at work

But dating him also means lots of times where you travel together and date in secret

Getting jealous at all the rich ceos that are good looking and that have their eyes laid on lucas

We know he a snack so we gotta protecc, else someone will snatch

[jaelami]

Calling all Marvel ff writers:

II'm going to tag a few of you at the end of this because I'm just sending this into the ether.

So I'm sick and also having a bad allergic reaction and binge watching Hulu on my couch. And I had a thought. I would love a fic similar to Burn Notice. If you havn't heard of the show you are missing out. Its on Hulu if you wanna watch. Seriously tho even if you don't write the fic or have no interest to or need a new show to binge this show is honestly good fun.

Its a spy thing combined with MacGyver-esque qualities set in Miami. There is snarky quips, action, smart writing and twist and turns. It ran from 2007-2013 on USA.

My name is Michael Westen. I used to be a spy, until...When you're burned, you've got nothing. No cash, no credit, no job history. You're stuck in whatever city they decide to dump you in. You do whatever work comes your way. You rely on anyone who's still talking to you. A trigger-happy ex-girlfriend...An old friend who used to inform on you to the FBI...Family too...if you're desperate. Bottom line is: as long as you're burned, you're not going anywhere.

Michael Westen is a fun character who can speak in many languages and fight in many styles. He was the best spy and a good guy. He has many enemies and a lot of people are afraid of him. He saves people who needs it but doesn't usually want to get involved or become known. He has a good backstory, simple but good. He was abused by his father and had to do many illegal this to help his family growing up. He will do anything to find out who Burned him. He loves Fiona but prenteds not to and gets jealous of anyone with her.

Fiona is an Irish trigger happy, weapons dealer, sometimes bounty hunter, and explosives expert. Fighting is her foreplay. She loves Michael and they have history together but in season 2 she tells Michael she doesnt want to be his second choice. However there is teasing, flirting, longing looks and more between them all the time. Also I believe that Mike is slightly afraid of her. She is not ashamed of her sex appeal nor is she shy about using it.

Sam Axe is an ex Navy Seal who is now a freelancer and Micheal's best friend. He and fiona have a "funny" past together and a great repertoire between them. He get the information for Mike and much more. Fiona often jokes about killing him or some form of bodily harm. But she helps him with girl trouble and work. Often raising her fees to do so.

More characters are Nate Westen (brother), Madelne Westen (Mama), Barry (Money Launder), And of course the bad guys/organization who burned Mike to have him. Another spy (whose name escapes me) joins the team in season 4 who mike accidentally burns. FBI goons in season 1. And of course the clients who need Mike's help.

I can see Bucky/Steve or even Loki as Mike. Reader or OFC as Fi and whoever as Sam Axe or spliting that chatacter into more than one person.

This is just a request y'all can totally ignore it. I'm just lazying about on the couch daydreaming and heavily medicated. But I thought I would ask. Maybe give plot bunnies.

@tilltheendwilliwrite @revengingbarnes @brooklyn-boy @bitsandbobsandstuff @all1e23 @angelkurenai @justsomebucky @star-spangled-man-with-a-plan @invisibleanonymousmonsters

Y'all can tag who you think could write this too. Honeatly its just a fic request to who ever wants it. Also apologies if there are any errors in this post.

[kpoptextauwu-archive]

For your dating stray kids series could you do one for Seungmin? He's been bias wrecking me a lot lately and it's hard to find as many posts for him & Woojin? Thanks ! 💜

Ooooffff I recently swerved from Seungmin to Hyunjin but still experiences Seungmin bias wrecking tendencies I understand. Woojin's will be out next week

How He Would Ask You Out:

Movie date and late night picnics

That's it that's the post

Seungmin is incredibly shy around when he realized he liked you

But never let it show because he never wanted you to ask

So he just pretend to continue being your good 'ol pal

Until months later when e just couldn't handle seeing you flirting and getting hurt by other people

So one fabulous night he asked if you wanted to see a movie next weekend

And obviously you agreed bc 1. He's your best friend and you love him 2. You love him in maybe a more than friendly way and wanted to pretend it was a date

Little did you know it was

The night of the movie he was nervous as hell

Woke up panicked. Got dressed panicked. Left the house panicked. Walked up to yours panicked.

Poor boy

Anyways

He walked up to your door and knocked shyly

Probably paced back and forth preparing what to say to you

Which went to waste bc the moment you walked out in he lost it all and just was staring at you for a moment

Bc you looked poppin as always

Oof we stan

Once he realized he was staring he blushed and greeted you holding out a pink tulip for you

Imagine Seungmin giving you flowers wow my heart

You blushed and thanked him gingerly taking the flower

He looked super cute tonight he had on a pastel blue hoodie that gave him sweater paws

My heart

He gently reached out to take your hand so y'all could go to the movie

You both became blushing messes when he interlaced your fingers and you walked to the cinema in reletavie silence but it was a nice silence

When you got there you both were more comfortable around each other and we're messing around

Seungmin was quieter than usual but you chose not to ask

He didn't even scold you about all the sweets you bought for the movie

100% held your hand the entire movie and rested his head on your shoulder

Half of the movie you both spent "sneaking" glances at the other and the other half you were making stupid jokes and laughing

Low key almost got kicked out

When the movie finished you noticed he was even quieter so you asked him what was up

He just said nothing and that he had one more thing he wanted to do

No matter how much you asked him to tell you he didn't say a word

You ended up at a park or river or sth romantic to look at the stars imagine ur favorite place

And he already had a whole picnic set up courtesy of Hyunjin

He smiled sheepishly at you when y'all sat down and eventually lay down next to you his head pressed up against ur leg

You started teasing him about being a romantic and whoever gets to date him would be so lucky

And you heard a quiet "Do you want to be lucky then?" From below you

You laughed and began playing with his hair telling him to stop joking

When you didn't hear a response you looked down to find him staring at you completely serious and scared

Mayhaps you squeaked and covered your face so he couldn't see your blush

But you nodded nonetheless and peaked at him to see him smiling brightly and wrapping his arms around you putting his head in your lap

Teases you for the rest of your life about how cute you were

Dating Seungmin:

Fun fun fun fun fun

He loves to explore and do random silly stuff with you

Nothing really changes between you two

He's a little more gentle with you but he still roasts you and tries to get on your nerves

He likes holding your hand when you two are together and swinging it gently

Probably grabs and squeezes it gently when he's stressed

It calms him down and reminds him he's not alone

He likes taking you to cafes and small stores stuff like that for dates

Nothing big or exotic just random fun places

Cat cafes are a must

Unless ur allergic to cats which if you are in so sorry

He really relies on you when he feels sad

He'll call or FaceTime you to tell you how he feels and just talk to you

And if he doesn't feel like talking he'll just watch or listen to you and make a son side comments

A softie little angel

Kissing Seungmin:

Seungmin doesn't seem like someone who's much for skinship other than hand holding

You'd probably be the one to initiate most kisses from small one on the cheek to ones on the lips

He would blush so so so much the first time you kiss his cheek

Probably buried his face in his hands and whined at you

And then tackled you in a hug continuing to whine

When you kissed his cheek infront of the other members and he started blushing they all awwwed out loud bc y'all are just the cutest

He heard endless teasing that day

And when you actually Kissed him

Poor boy panicked and build back throwing himself on the bed and burying his face in a pillow

Smack your arm lightly when you laughed

After a few moments though he grabbed your hands and kissed you again

It was really quick and over fast since he didn't really know what to do

But it as an A+ kiss bc he's so soft and gentle

He holds one of your hands and puts the other on your waist when he kisses you

Although it's rare and he never kisses you infront of anyone else

But oooffff it's always a wonderful fantastic kiss

Cuddling Seungmin:

Again I don't think he's big on skinship or cuddling he just prefers hand holding

But whenever he's sad or sleepy he likes to wrap himself around you and hold your head to his chest

Buries his face in your hair and strokes your arm until he falls asleep

He won't admit it but he sleeps better when he's with you there

Sometimes he'll kiss your head

Absolutely ADORES it when you snuggle further into him

It makes him feel special

You'll wake up and he'll still be curled around you and it's just as soft

When he wakes up he'll whine when you try to get up and leave since he's still half asleep

Most likely falls back asleep after kissing your face since no one thinks like themselves when half asleep

He loves to see you in his hoodies even though he won't say it

End up getting you matching hoodies bc he's cheesy

Overall the softest sweetest cuddles ever to exist

{Chan} {Woojin} {Minho} {Changbin} {Hyunjin} {Jisung} {Felix} {Jeongin}