#sorry i forgot tumblr was a thing for a sec

[beetlelunch]

forgot to post my halloween monkeys 👻🎃

[somerandomhuman080]

ok so i have an issue with some “friends” of mine and i actually downloaded tumblr because i had no one to talk to about this (but i forgot about it and found an awesome community on here instead)

tldr; my freinds were saying slurs about a girl with adhd, me and my friend tried to call them out and they ignored it, what do i do?

tw for ableist and homophobic shit going on

so for some background, i was at a music program run by my school and my friend was also going there

let’s name her, K. so K and i have been friends for about 2 years, we’ve never been super close but she’s been a consistent person i would consider a friend. a few other friends of mine went to this program but the only one in this story is a girl who we can call H.

so K, H, me, and our other friend are sitting outside and somehow the conversation shifts to this girl we know (she’s not in the music program) let’s call her R. me and H are both pretty good friends with this girl because at my school there’s this one big queer friend group, i’m not rlly a part of it but i’m friends with almost everyone there so i hang with them sometimes.

R has been nothing but nice to me, she can be a little high energy sometimes (which some people find annoying) but i don’t rlly mind bc she’s rlly nice, right? so she gets brought up into the convo and K starts talking shit about her. basically saying that she hated her bc she was annoying. me and H obviously tried to politely defend this girl saying that she had ADHD and couldn’t help it (which is true and something we know she’s self conscious about)

K ignores us and keeps talking about how annoying she is and goes on to call her the R slur (slur for disabled people) me and H both have suspected disabilities ourselves, H’s brother is disabled, and even if that wasn’t true- we were pretty fucking shocked.

we’re still processing and K just moved on and pretended like it didn’t happen. we’re like “back it up a sec, what did u call her” K just says that her and our other friend G say that all the time and it’s not a big deal, and once again moves on.

some background, G is in a pretty shitty homophobic racist friend group of gamers that she doesn’t particularly like, she’s bi and asian. me and G used to be very close (like talking for hours every days close) but we just grew apart, but i knew she was working on dropping her friends. K is kinda in this group and has homophobic parents and says that she needs to be homophobic too??? (i’m gay and this was kinda shitty)

so me and H drop it for that day but decide to call her out on it the next day. we talk to her about it and she says it’s not a big deal, we tell her flat out “you can’t say that as a neurotypical person, especially talking about shit about someone with an actual disability” she looks very uncomfortable and just keeps mumbling that she doesn’t care and it’s not a big deal. after a few minutes of this we drop it again but i haven’t really interacted with her since.

after the situation i texted G about the whole thing and then said something like “K said you say this stuff too, what’s that about” to sum up her answer she said she did but only to fit in with her friends, there’s some more political stuff too but i’m not getting into that.

i dont rlly talk to them much anymore but school is starting again soon and idk, should i just cut them of slowly or forgive?

sorry this is so fucking long

[seraphhima]

rant about some teacher aide at my school today

some teacher aide wrote me up with a warning today coz i took my phone out to check my card balance before lining up at the cafeteria to buy food. i’m sorry i didn’t want to waste other people’s time?

for context, this year the Australian government announced a policy named ‘Away for the day’ where students are not permitted to have phones out during school at all unless under explicit teacher instruction. the exception being to pay for food through a card connected to your phone. it was put into action as an attempt to get students to interact with each other more irl than online during break times and all public schools need to adhere to this.

seeing as i was in the cafeteria during a break time, i (apparently wrongfully) assumed i could check my card balance. i checked with a teacher and she tells me i need to be in the sectioned off area where you go to actually line up to buy stuff, just be in the general area of the line. you apparently have to be actually in the line to check a card balance and it has to take less than 15 secs to open and login to ur banking app according to a different teacher. and then after i was written up (where the teacher practically yelled at me and then took down my first name before forcefully turning me around to get my surname off of my senior jersey) i went to tell my friends because i hadn’t heard of such a rule in the 7 weeks that school had been in for this year and wanted to make sure they didn’t get in trouble like i did. as soon as i start recounting what happened, she comes up to me and my friends and says “i have ears you know, i can hear you.” to which i reply that i’m just letting them know so that she won’t have to write up more people. she then says “you don’t need to make such a big deal out of it,” and some other things along those lines, acting as if i was a toddler throwing a temper tantrum. mind you, until this point, i figured she was just doing her job as required by the government, and did not even think of smack-talking her to my friends. but the fact that she barged into a separate conversation i was having with my friends, assumed i was talking shit about her, and continued to passive aggressively point out she has ears and can hear was the straw that broke the camel’s back. like, did she want me to congratulate her for being able to hear the same way 80% of the world’s population does? i feel like that provides reason enough for me to share my experience with tumblr. also the warning scared me because i’ve had a clean record since primary school and getting a proper detention for the first time/having this be reported on with less than 9 months til i graduate would be so annoying it would be like losing a 4020+ day streak. i have an issue with perfectionism, i know, i’m working on it but it hasn’t fully gotten “there” yet, yk?

in my opinion, one of a few things happened here. she wrote me up for a stupid, made-up reason because she’s bitter and is abusing every ounce of power she holds against me as an anonymous authority figure (i’ve literally never talked to this woman in my entire 5 years at this school, 6th this year). and she knows she made it up so is censoring me in order to keep abusing her power against other students by stopping me from alerting others lest she has her little bit of power taken away once this eventually reaches the higher-ups. or. the school forgot to tell students that you can only take out your phone to check ur balance while actively taking up space in an already small cafeteria order area while not knowing if u can/will buy something or not. keep in mind this was during a 20 minute break in between periods during which we have to both get the food and eat it before class starts which would be okay if there weren’t at least 10 people not buying anything in a closed off area that holds about 30 people comfortably on a good day. the only other thing i can think of is that she was having a bad day and took it out on the first person she saw that she had power over. once she heard me telling my friends, she realised what an incredibly stupid idea that rule was and didn’t want it to be reported by me or my friends. this lady is maybe 50+ years of age and definitely knew what she was doing and it all happened too fast for me to even begin to question her until after the whole situation had already taken place. i’m friends with the school captain and our cohort is currently the longest running cohort at this school so the higher-ups sometimes look to us for help with improving the school, and i like to believe they actually take our opinions into consideration, considering how worried she got that i was telling my fellow students.

idk who’s in the wrong here so if this is just me being an entitled toddler and throwing a temper tantrum, so be it, i will fix my behaviour in the future but this is my way of moving past it coz no one sees this anyway. i can understand doing her job but no one told her to follow up a minute later by telling me off for speaking to my friends during a break time. i had respect for her as my elder and authoritative figure but that has since flown out the window once she decided to fling it through the glass. sorry if none of this made sense or had bad grammar, etc., i kinda just typed whatever entered my head.

[anqelically-archived]

moment 3 · ͟͟͞͞➳❥ armin arlert x gn!reader

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content: no manga spoilers, fluff (but seems like light angst at the start), modern!au

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your cold fingers lightly pressed against the warm cup in your hands, and your eyes traveled to the window by your side. with one intake through your nose, you registered the familiar scent of coffee. it calmed your body, yet your mind remained a worrying mess.

today was the day of love; valentine’s day was a day you weren’t too fond of. to love and be loved in public was never your style, considering how hard it was to come by for you.

it was difficult to search for, but you found your feelings lying in the hands of one person. blond and blue-eyed, armin arlert became someone you could trust your life with. it amazed you that despite how long it took you to find someone to love, he was perfect for you.

it was as if all the puzzle pieces had come together when you realized your feelings for the book-loving man. and the bliss the two of you were in when everything was out in the open… oh you loved him so much.

you almost miss him as much as you love him. armin was taking extra classes in college for an extra two years, leaving the two of you with conflicting schedules. it was hard to see him, which pained the both of you.

today, valentine’s day, the two of you were supposed to meet up. you’ve sat long enough at the cafe that you’ve already drank a whole cup of hot coffee and you’re second cup was only slightly warm, not piping hot like it was at first.

doubt ran throughout your mind and you could only express it through your shrunken figure. you thought that maybe armin had forgot, that he got lost in all of his work and it slipped his mind.

you would’ve rather spent the day in your bedroom, alone, than outside near other couples, still alone. you were ready to leave, clad in your coat, when someone sat across from where you were. they slid a small envelope with a heart sticker to you, the handwriting so familiar that you didn’t even have to look up to know who it was

“armin…” you trailed off, looking up at the blond himself.

his cheeks were slightly flushed, from what you guessed to be the cold. he was dressed in a dark blue turtleneck, and on his wrist was the watch he always wore— the watch you gave him on his birthday.

“i’m so sorry,” he apologized, finding himself slowly able to look you straight in the eye. “i’ve gotten so busy with school, so we’ve barely talked, let alone seen each other. and i know we made plans for today, b-but i got scared… i know you’ll tell me i shouldn’t have been, but i was scared that maybe things would be a bit awkward considering how long it’s been. i don’t know what’s gotten into me…”

armin held his drink, tracing the rim of the cup as if it would calm his nerves. he really was scared, in all honesty. drowning in his schoolwork, which was more than you thought it’d be, tried him out. without having the time to talk to you much, armin feared that things would be rocky.

“it’s okay to feel that way, you know. that’s why you can come to me whenever, armin. you know i’ll always be having your back, right?” you reached your hand across the table to grab his. you rubbed your thumb against his as you asked, “however, i definitely want to have a talk with whoever is making you do this much schoolwork. i’ve missed you so much…”

“then talk with me,” armin spoke. “i managed to have my classes crammed into this year only. so next school year… i’m free. i’ll be free with you.”

you looked at him with wide eyes, “huh!? you did that?”

“i did, yeah. i wanted to surprise you when i graduated, but here we are. it didn’t work out, huh?” he nervously scratched his cheek.

with a light-hearted sigh, you began to rest your chin on your hand, “you really had me worried for a sec, you know?”

“sorry, again. i love you, (y/n),” he smiled.

you smiled back, “and i love you, armin.”

note: tumblr has become the perfect place to write out things that have been troubling me. who would’ve known…

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[jokerrenren]

Attack On Titan Valentine’s Day Special 104th Cadet Corps Boys

Hey so I’m working on a Valentine’s thing on my Wattpad so here it is on Tumblr. I know that some are shorter than the others, but that’s because I had no idea what to do. Sorry!

┊104𝙩𝙝 𝘾𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙩 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙨┊

ღ 𝗘𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 ღ

ꕥ You had just come home from an exhausting day from tutoring one of your clients. You threw your books and bag onto the ground and flop down onto your sofa and decide to relax for a bit.

ꕥ "Well, you look tired."

ꕥ You look up and you see Eren walking down the stairs to greet you. He engulfs you into a tight hug, his hair falling down onto you during the embrace.

ꕥ "Did you not go to work today?"

ꕥ "I did. I just got let off early. Don't worry, I got home like half an hour ago."

ꕥ Eren takes a seat right next to you and puts his arm around you. You naturally lean onto him and start playing with his hair.

ꕥ "Do you remember what today is?"

ꕥ Eren looked up at the ceiling to take some time to think. He looked back at you in confusion. Suddenly, it hit him.

ꕥ "Oh my God, I'm an idiot. It's Valentine's Day."

ꕥ "Mhm! You wanna go somewhere? Well, are you free? That's the most important part here."

ꕥ "Baby, if I wasn't free, I wouldn't be sitting here with you right now."

ꕥ You both laugh and Eren pulls you to sit on his lap and pulls you into another tight hug.

ꕥ "Sorry, I almost forgot. Where do you want to go?"

ꕥ "Hmm. Anywhere that you want to go. Honestly, I really don't care. Do you have any place in mind?"

ꕥ "I wouldn't be asking you if I did," he chuckled. He looks at you, his eyes staring right back at yours. "Do you have any place in mind? I wouldn't mind just staying home and chill."

ꕥ "How about a double date with Mikasa and Jean? I heard that they're planning to go to this fun festival nearby."

ꕥ "Ugh, do I really have to be around him? I know he's your brother and everything, but really?"

ꕥ "Eren, you don't have to if you don't want to," you laughed. You knew that after hearing that Jean was involved, he didn't want to go anymore. Suddenly, an idea popped in your head.

ꕥ "Well, that's too bad," you sighed. "I heard that there were some shooting games where you could prizes. Jean is great at those types of things. Maybe even better than you! Mikasa is so lucky."

ꕥ "Wait wait, rewind for a sec."

ꕥ Eren hoisted you off his lap and looked at you intensely.

ꕥ "Jean is better than me at shooting? No, no, no. You've got it wrong. I'm clearly better than him."

ꕥ "Really? Why don't you prove it then?"

ꕥ Eren had finally caught up to what your plan was. He sighs and laughs. "You really want me to go, huh?"

ꕥ You look at him with pleading eyes. Eren gets up from the couch and extends his arm to you.

ꕥ "Well, what are you waiting for? Aren't you going to get ready to go? I want to beat Jean-Boy's ass."

ꕥ You laugh and grab his hand to pull yourself up.

ꕥ In the end, they both ended up passing out after seeing who could handle more alcohol so you and Mikasa had to drag their poor asses back to your house to stay the night.  

ღ 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 ღ

ꕥ You and Jean were in your company building and enjoying both of your breaks.

ꕥ Jean was the manager in your department and you were his secretary. No one really questioned much about how the both of you were always so friendly with each other.

ꕥ Truth to be told, you two were in a secret relationship, but you two weren't ready for the department to know yet. The whole company still needs to know as well.

ꕥ Only your close friends Eren, Mikasa, and Armin knew. One of Jean's closest friends named Marco knew as well.

ꕥ Today was Valentine's Day and the whole office was decorated with hearts and colors of red and pink.

ꕥ Everyone was giving each Valentine's gifts and you had quite a lot since you were really popular not only in your department alone, but in others as well.

ꕥ Jean was one of the most popular too. If you were in the company, you have to at least had a crush on him at least once.

ꕥ At first, you were kinda jealous that girls would always come to Jean to try and get his attention, but after having a talk with him, it stopped bothering you and you eventually found it normal.

ꕥ Earlier, you had walked down to the small kitchen area where you had placed your lunch box with your lunch inside it. You take it and bring it back to your desk where piles of work still needed to be done.

ꕥ You sighed and pushed away your food, deciding that it was better to finish your work before working on it, but suddenly, Jean appeared and tapped you on the shoulder.

ꕥ "Wanna eat lunch with me?"

ꕥ You both walk to the small dining area on the floor below your department and take out your lunches, which leads you to the present.

ꕥ "So the big man has a break now too, huh?" you asked as you pulled out the lunch that you had made yourself this morning.

ꕥ "Yeah, perfect timing with yours as well."

ꕥ "Why do I have a feeling like you planned this out?"

ꕥ "Who knows? Maybe I did."

ꕥ You lightly punched him in the shoulder and the two of you laugh. Your co-workers, who were sitting nearby, saw the two of you laughing together.

ꕥ One of them walks up to Jean with a box in her hands.

ꕥ "Um, Mr. Kiristein? Do you have a moment?"

ꕥ Jean looks up the girl and replied, "Of course, what's up?"

ꕥ The girl looks at you and then back at Jean. She hands him the neatly wrapped box that she was holding. Her hands shaking because how nervous she was to give it to him. "H-happy Valentine's Day, Mr. Kiristein. A-are you free anytime this weekend?"

ꕥ Jean took the box from her hands.

ꕥ "Ah, thank you so much. Happy Valentine's Day to you too. Unfortunately, I'm not free this weekend. Sorry about that. I have a bunch of meetings to attend and a lot of work to do. It's kind of hectic around these times. You understand, right?"

ꕥ The girl's eyes sank, but she forced herself to smile and reply, "O-oh, right! I'm sorry to bother you. B-but if you're free anytime, just p-please remember my offer! Excuse me, I'll leave now."

ꕥ The girl walks off and Jean says to her, "Of course! Thank you for understanding!"

ꕥ Jean looked back at you with a smug look on his face.

ꕥ "That's number thirty one now."

ꕥ "You've already got that much? You're more popular than I thought."

ꕥ "Of course I'm popular. With these looks, it's no wonder there are so many women who fell for me. Including you."

ꕥ "Oh, shut up. At least I don't go out flaunting about my good looks."

ꕥ "Anyways, how much do you have now?"

ꕥ "It's not that much."

ꕥ "Come on, tell me. I wanna see how much you need to gain to get on my level."

ꕥ Suddenly, one of your subordinates walks up from behind you and taps you lightly. You turn around and face him.

ꕥ "Ms. L/N?"

ꕥ He holds out a box of chocolates and a rose to you. Blush was all over his face.

ꕥ "Happy Valentine's Day. I know that you're probably busy, but do you mind if we could go out somewhere after work?"

ꕥ "Oh wow! Thank you for the gifts. I'm going to have to turn down that offer though. I still have a lot of work to deal with."

ꕥ "Oh, that's all right. Uh, is there any day of the week that you're free?"

ꕥ Before you could open your mouth to answer, Eren came up from behind your subordinate and placed a hand on his shoulder, gripping it tightly.

ꕥ "Oi, move out of the way. She's not going to go out with you if you want to ask her that. Now, get out of here."

ꕥ He gave his gifts to you and walked away quickly without even looking second glance behind his back. Eren took the seat next to you and took a sip from your water bottle.

ꕥ "Thanks."

ꕥ "It's no problem, how many Valentines have you gotten so far today?"

ꕥ Before you could answer the question, Mikasa and Armin walk over to where you, Jean, and Eren were sitting.

ꕥ "Hey, you all are on break too?" asked Armin.

ꕥ "Yeah, come sit down with us," said Eren.

ꕥ You take a small peek over at Jean, who had slight annoyance written all over his face. You giggle and turn back to Eren, Mikasa, and Armin.

ꕥ "What were you three talking about?" asked Mikasa.

ꕥ "I just asked her how many Valentines she's gotten the entire day," replied Eren.

ꕥ Jean coughed and then said, "I was the one who asked her first, but then that guy came up and didn't let her finish."

ꕥ "Well, Y/N, you can finish the question now," said Eren, glaring at Jean. "So how many hearts did you steal?"

ꕥ "It's not really a big number," you replied nonchalantly.

ꕥ "Come on, just tell us already," said Jean. "I've been waiting for so long."

ꕥ You sigh and reply, "Well, if we're going to include this Valentines that I just received then that adds up to about... sixty two people."

ꕥ Jean, Eren, Mikasa, and Armin look at you in shock. You eat your lunch, paying no attention to their reactions.

ꕥ "Oi, you said that it wasn't a big number!" exclaimed Jean, standing up from his seat.

ꕥ "It isn't though," you reply. "Out of the over two hundred men here, it isn't a lot."

ꕥ "Damn, I wish I got that much," laughed Eren. "So, Jean-Boy, are you jealous?"

ꕥ "What! Why would I be jealous? Anyways, my break is over. I'll see you guys around."

ꕥ Jean pats you on the head before running off in a hurry to his office. The four of you laugh and you start packing up as well since your break was going to be over soon too.

ꕥ Later on your way home, Jean was waiting for you at the entrance of the company building.

ꕥ "What are you still doing here? I thought you went home a while ago."

ꕥ "I decided to wait for you. Wanna get back to my place? I drove you here anyways, so might as well drive you back as well."

ꕥ You get into Jean's car and drive back to his small house. You both place your things down on the floor. You head into the kitchen to find food to make you both dinner, while Jean lies down on the couch.

ꕥ "You remember when I told Eren that I wasn't jealous when guys were giving you Valentines today?"

ꕥ "Yeah, I was going to ask you about that. So, are you or are you not?"

ꕥ "It was a lie. I am. I can't bear it when I see you with another guy."

ꕥ You walk over to the couch and sit next to Jean. You plant a small kiss on his lips and hug him.

ꕥ "There. Better? I only love you, Jean."

ꕥ He laughs and hugs you back.

ꕥ "Alright, alright. I understand now. I'll try not to get jealous. Now, go make some food. I'm starving over here."

ꕥ "Maybe if you helped, you would get food faster."

ꕥ "I'll pass, thank you very much."

ꕥ You laugh and start getting back to work. Inside the company, he's a cool guy that all the girls fall in love with. In reality, he's just someone that wants love and attention from someone he loves.

ꕥ You set up the table for dinner and you walk over to the couch. To your surprise, Jean had already fallen asleep while you were cooking. You kiss the top of his head.

ꕥ "Happy Valentine's Day, Jean."

ღ 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝘁 ღ

ꕥ We all can agree that sitting through a lecture is really boring. You're a college student and you were supposed to be paying attention in class, but all you could think about was what you were going to do next with your boyfriend, Marco Bodt.

ꕥ You look over at where his seat was. Just like usual, he was sitting next to his best friend, Jean Kiristein.

ꕥ You were sitting with your friend, Sasha, who was eating in class. Again.

ꕥ Even though it felt like years, your professor finally had let you out of class. Luckily, that class was your last class of the day.

ꕥ Through the huge crowd of students, you made your way over to where Marco was talking to Jean.

ꕥ "Marco!"

ꕥ Marco turns around and was greeted by your warm hug. He wraps his arms around you, pulling closer to him.

ꕥ The two of you finally let go. Marco looked at you, completely forgetting that he was the middle of a conversation with Jean.

ꕥ He pats the top of your head, saying to you, "That lecture took a while, didn't it?"

ꕥ "Yeah, it did. I felt like I was going to fall asleep."

ꕥ You both laugh and Marco says, "That's something that I can see you doing."

ꕥ "That's because I've done it before."

ꕥ Marco takes a small glance at his watch and then at Jean.

ꕥ "Uh, are you free anytime later today, Y/N?"

ꕥ "Yeah, what for though?"

ꕥ "Well, it's Valentines Day so I thought that it would be a good idea to take you out for a little bit."

ꕥ "Aww, Marco! Of course I'll go. Where do you want to meet?"

ꕥ "I'll stop by your dorm room to pick you up, so don't worry about a meeting place. I'm going to need to go now. Jean here needs help with asking out Mikasa."

ꕥ "Marco, I said to keep it between us!"

ꕥ You giggle and say to Jean, "My lips are sealed. Good luck, Jean."

ꕥ You walk back to your dorm room that you shared with Sasha. Sasha was already home and making more food for the two of you.

ꕥ "Oh, Y/N, welcome back."

ꕥ "Hey, Sasha. What are you making?"

ꕥ "Just making some food right now. Want some?"

ꕥ "Sorry, I'm going to have to pass. Marco asked me out on a date today."

ꕥ "Ooh, that sounds fun. You should get ready right now then!"

ꕥ "Did you get anything from anyone today?"

ꕥ "Besides Connie pranking me today, there was this really nice guy who gave me a Valentines. His name was Niccolo or something along those lines. He was pretty handsome though."

ꕥ "Oh that guy. That guy looks like ripoff Gordon Ramsey."

ꕥ "He does! He makes really good food though. Just like Gordon Ramsey."

ꕥ "Did you agree to go out with him?"

ꕥ "Well, he was really nice so I said yes. I can't wait. We're going this weekend."

ꕥ "Wow! Look at you. Well, I should get ready for my date later today. I still need to get some homework done."

ꕥ "Do you know where he's going to take you?"

ꕥ "Probably to his dorm room again. I don't know what he has in mind though. He just told me to get ready."

ꕥ "Then hurry! Go go go!"

ꕥ "Okay, okay, I'm going, I'm going."

ꕥ You enter your room and changed into some casual clothing in your choice of style.

ꕥ You heard the door of your dorm open and you hear Sasha greeting someone. You walk out of your room and you see Marco at the door, holding something behind his back.

ꕥ He looks into the room and notices you.

ꕥ "Y/N! Are you ready to go? Oh, I have something for you."

ꕥ He pulls a small bouquet of roses and some chocolate for you. He kisses the top of your head and hands his gifts to you.

ꕥ "Aww, Marco, you didn't have to get anything."

ꕥ Sasha was giggling in front of the doorway, which made you remember that she was standing there.

ꕥ "Let me get my stuff and then we can get going."

ꕥ You run into your room and get your backpack. You run back to where Marco was waiting for you at the door.

ꕥ "Where are we going by the way, Marco?"

ꕥ "Well, we could go to my dorm for a little bit and then I have a place that we could go to."

ꕥ "Alright, sounds good!"

ꕥ You walk over to his dorm, where you found Jean and his friend Connie were sitting down on the couch playing a video game.

ꕥ "Oi, Marco, come over here and join us," said Connie, not even turning over to look at him.

ꕥ His eyes were glued onto the TV screen, so was Jean. They both were clicking on their controllers rapidly.

ꕥ You hear Marco sigh and you look up at your boyfriend. Tiredness and annoyance was written all over his face, but he managed to flash you a bright smile.

ꕥ "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go to my room. I need to get some homework done before we get going. Do you need help with anything?"

ꕥ Marco was just that type of boyfriend. He would always make sure that you were caught up with everything. If you didn't understand anything, he would always be open to helping you.

ꕥ "Well, there is this one assignment that I need help with."

ꕥ "What is it? I can help you."

ꕥ For the next few hours, you and Marco were holed up in his room, but even while the two of you were in there, you could still hear the yelling and shouts from Jean and Connie.

ꕥ "Finally done!" you exclaimed, throwing your hands above your head and throwing yourself onto Marco's bed.

ꕥ "I'm sorry about them by the way," said Marco, spinning his chair to look at you. "Those two often do that a lot."

ꕥ "You don't have to put up with it if you're bothered by it," you say to him, sitting up on his bed, your back against the wall.

ꕥ "I'm fine with it, really I am. I'm honestly fine with it."

ꕥ "You can come over to my dorm if they're doing this again. Sasha is usually cooking or just not at the dorm."

ꕥ "Thanks for the offer, but I'm really okay with it."

ꕥ "By the way, where are we going? We already finished all our work."

ꕥ "Ah, that's right. Come with me, I wanna show you this place nearby here."

ꕥ You get up from his bed and grabbed his hand. He led you out of the room, trying not to cause any attention.

ꕥ You both successfully leave the dorm and head to where you found Marco's car parked nearby.

ꕥ He opened the passenger door for you and you stepped in. He stepped into the driver's seat and started driving.

ꕥ He stopped near a park and he turned the car engine off. You look at him confused.

ꕥ "Let's get out of the car. We can walk to our destination from here."

ꕥ You both walk out the car and head towards the park. Marco intertwines his hands with yours and the two of you walk together.

ꕥ The two of you were walking and laughing together. When Marco reached a bridge, he stopped.

ꕥ Instead of crossing it, he led you down to a small dirt path that led somewhere that you were unfamiliar with."

ꕥ "Where are we going?"

ꕥ "Trust me, it's going to be beautiful when we get there. With the scenery right now, it's going to be worthwhile.

ꕥ He wasn't wrong. The scenery itself was already pretty. The sun was setting and the sunset that you could see were the beautiful pastel colors in the sky.

ꕥ As you were slowly reaching the destination, you could see what was more clearly.

ꕥ Finally, you had reached a huge area of grass with flowers. Nothing else surrounding it besides the trees from the park.

ꕥ The sun was saying its last goodbye and the moon greeted you on the other side. Suddenly, lights started to appear out of nowhere. The sky was now dark and lights were everywhere.

ꕥ "Wow! This is so pretty! How did you find this place?"

ꕥ Marco put a finger over his lips. "It's a secret "

ꕥ You looked around the two of you. You finally had realized that the light surrounding the two of you were fireflies.

ꕥ "Well, do you like it?"

ꕥ "Why wouldn't I like it? I love this place! Not only does it look peaceful, but it's so beautiful! Marco, how did you find this place?"

ꕥ "Well, let's just say I was driving around and I happened to find this place. I thought that you'll like it so I was saving it to show you for today. It's not much, but consider this a Valentine's gift."

ꕥ You hug Marco tightly, burying your face in the crook of his neck. His long arms wrapped around your waist and pulled you closer to him.

ꕥ "Thank you, Marco. This place is so pretty."

ꕥ "I'm glad you like it, but I think that you're prettier than this by over a hundred times."

ꕥ You laugh and pull away from the tight hug to give a small peck on the lips.

ꕥ "Happy Valentine's Day, Marco. I love you."

ꕥ "I love you too."

ღ 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁 ღ

ꕥ You were one of the biggest book nerds that all your friends knew. You would always be seen at the library or reading a book.

ꕥ I mean who wouldn't want to read? Reading was a nice hobby of yours and in a way it soothed you.

ꕥ Your boyfriend, Armin Arlert, could say the same.

ꕥ He was the dreaming type, always thinking about something else. Not only that, but he reads so many books, just like you.

ꕥ He's always been obsessed with the sea and ocean, which you really admired from him.

ꕥ Today, you were here alone. Normally, you would go with you boyfriend since he would love to be there with you.

ꕥ You were walking through the literature aisle, saying to yourself that you should read an actual book.

ꕥ To be honest, you couldn't call yourself a true book nerd since the only type of books you would read were manga.

ꕥ Action, shojo, fantasy, sci-fi. You name it, you read it. You love all genres of manga and you can't get enough from just collecting and reading them.

ꕥ As you were looking at a series that you had been eyeing for the past few weeks for its new release, someone had lightly tapped your shoulder.

ꕥ You look over at the person who tapped you and it was no one other than your loving boyfriend, Armin.

ꕥ "Armin! What are you doing here?" you asked him in shock.

ꕥ He shushes you and says, "Shh, Y/N, this is a library. We shouldn't be yelling."

ꕥ You put a hand over your mouth. You look around to see if anyone was bothered, but luckily no one said anything.

ꕥ "Sorry, I'm just surprised that you're here."

ꕥ "Why wouldn't I be? Although, I knew that you were going to be here so I came here to look for you."

ꕥ "What? How did you know that I was here?"

ꕥ "Well, you weren't at home and you weren't at any of our friends' houses, so I came here since I also knew that the new manga to your favorite series came out."

ꕥ Slight blush had crept up onto your face.

ꕥ He wasn't wrong. It was the whole reason why you were at the library.

ꕥ "Well, was the whole reason that you came here was to find me?"

ꕥ "Partially. There was this book that I wanted to read as well since it came out a few months ago, but I haven't had the time to look into it.

ꕥ He grabbed the book that was a shelf above you and extends his free hand to you.

ꕥ "You're done here, right? Let's get our stuff checked out and go back to my place to enjoy these books. Unless you want to go somewhere else."

ꕥ You take his hand in yours and you reply to him, "Since you offered, there is this other library and there are a few book stores that I want to check out since I have the whole day off today. How about you, Armin? If you aren't free then it's okay, I'll go by myself."

ꕥ "Of course I'll go with you. I'm free all day today too. Actually, I asked if I could have a day off since it was Valentine's Day and I wanted to spend it with you."

ꕥ You let go of Armin's hand and face palmed. You had completely forgot today was Valentine's Day.

ꕥ You had been waiting for the day of the new manga to be released that you had forgotten that today was Valentine's Day.

ꕥ "Oh my God, Armin, I'm so sorry! I completely forgot today was Valentine's Day."

ꕥ He laughs lightly and tells you, "You're good. Don't worry about it, alright? It's happened before. You even missed your own birthday from doing that."

ꕥ "I feel bad thought because I don't have a gift for you."

ꕥ "Just spending the day with me is good enough. Now, let's get all these checked out before we can do all that. There's this restaurant that I want to try out too."

ꕥ The two of you walk up to the check-out desk and check out all your books. You jot down the date of return since you were terrible at remembering different dates to return your books.

ꕥ And yet you could remember when a new manga from a series that you were reading came out.

ꕥ "How did you get here by the way?"

ꕥ "I took the bus then I walked here for like two miles. It wasn't that bad."

ꕥ Armin looked at you in shock.

ꕥ "You're joking? Come to my car, we're not going to walk or pay bus fare."

ꕥ You walk to his car and get into the passenger seat. You show Armin to the directions of the next few libraries that you planned to visit.

ꕥ Each time the two of you got to a new library or store, Armin would always look at how happy you were when you walked inside.

ꕥ "You know, whenever I see you walk into a library, you have a really cute look on your face."

ꕥ You blush a deep red at Armin's comment.

ꕥ "R-really? I didn't know that."

ꕥ He laughs and replies, "It's cute, trust me. It shows how happy you are. It kinda reminds me of how I think I look when I see myself look out into the sea."

ꕥ You closed your eyes for a brief moment to imagine Armin's smiling face when he was looking at the ocean with you and your friends.

ꕥ You open them back up to see that Armin had disappeared from where he was standing in front of you.

�� You frantically started to search for him, trying not to make a lot of noise since it was a library.

ꕥ You looked everywhere he could be, but you couldn't find him. Suddenly, an idea hit you. Why don't you just call him?

ꕥ While you were looking for you phone in your bag, two hands came up to your eyes and covered them.

ꕥ "Guess who?" asked a familiar voice. ꕥ "Armin, I know it's you. Where have you been?"

ꕥ The pair of hands come off of your eyes and you spin around to face Armin.

ꕥ "It was pretty funny watching you look for me."

ꕥ "Where were you?"ꕥ "Walking behind you the whole time."

ꕥ You give him a small shove and walk away from him while laughing. Armin catches up to you and holds your hand.

ꕥ "Alright, I'm sorry. Let's get these books checked out and get back to my place. It's pretty late right now and I'm kinda tired and hungry."

ꕥ You nod your head and walk to the check-out desk with him. You go into the parking lot and get into his car.

ꕥ "Do you want me to drive back to my place or yours?" asked Armin, buckling his seat belt.

ꕥ You do the same and reply, "I mean if you don't mind that I stay at your place for a little bit."

ꕥ "Do you want to stay the night?"

ꕥ "If you're okay with it."

ꕥ Armin is a shy guy so you always asked him if it was okay for you to do things like that.

ꕥ "Yeah, I am, but the more important part is if you're okay with it."

ꕥ "Of course I'm okay with it, Armin. Now let's get back to your house. I'll make us some dinner. We could probably get some reading done while we're at it too.

ꕥ Armin starts the car engine and says to you while looking straight into your e/c eyes, "Sounds like a plan."

ღ 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 ღ

ꕥ You boyfriend, Connie Springer, usually was up to no good.

ꕥ Or he was just lazing around on the couch instead of trying to get a part time job.

ꕥ He wasn't really a delinquent, but he caused trouble to be considered one.

ꕥ Last week, he even had the cops show up to your doorstep because he had apparently helped vandalize public property.

ꕥ Today was Valentine's Day, so you didn't really expect much from him since he was usually at home.

ꕥ Despite him being like this, he's working and training to be a part of the police force.

ꕥ The irony in his dreams is insane.

ꕥ You came home from your part time job and unlocked the door to the shared apartment that you had with Connie.

ꕥ As usual, Connie was sitting on the couch. After all his classes and training, all he wanted to do was either sleep or play games.

ꕥ In this case, he was playing games with Jean, who was on a call with Connie to play together.

ꕥ "Hey, I'm home."

ꕥ Connie didn't hear you as he was screaming from the top his lungs when he was killed.

ꕥ He finally looked over at you and said, "Oh. Hey, Y/N. Welcome home. I'm just playing a game with Jean right now.

ꕥ You sigh and you sit next to him, "Did you eat anything yet?"

ꕥ "No, not yet. I was waiting for you to come home."

ꕥ "For me to make food?"

ꕥ "No, Sasha dropped some food that she made with Niccolo earlier. I didn't eat anything yet since I knew you were coming home soon."

ꕥ You lean your head onto his shoulder and say to him, "You didn't have to. You could have just eaten."

ꕥ "I could have, but I decided to wait since I have something planned today."

ꕥ You looked at Connie in confusion. His eyes showed that he was dead serious.

ꕥ "What do you have planned?" you asked him slowly.

ꕥ "You'll see when they get here."

ꕥ "They?"

ꕥ "Jean, Sasha, Eren, Mikasa, and Armin are coming over."

ꕥ "What? Since when?"

ꕥ "That's what I planned. We're having a little Valentine's game night. It's not decorated for the theme, but why not just spend Valentine's with all of our friends."

ꕥ He wasn't wrong though. All your friends seemed like family and they felt like family to you and Connie. It did make sense to invite them, but you were hoping to have Connie to yourself tonight.

ꕥ "Don't worry. I know that look on your face. I'm still yours for tonight. I even got you a gift."

ꕥ You couldn't believe your ears. Was this really your boyfriend? Connie Springer, the guy who was considered trouble was going to give you a gift?

ꕥ He noticed your reaction and said to you, "Look, I know it sounds weird, but you know that when I get in trouble, it's mostly not my fault. I just get manipulated too easily that I end up doing bad things. So I'm trying to start over and be a better person."

ꕥ That you could believe. When you first met Connie, he was a really kindhearted person. A cowardly kindhearted person, but you put that aside and started getting closer to him.

ꕥ In the end, the two of you ended up falling in love and here you are now. Most of the time, from what you heard from Connie, it wasn't his fault. What he says is true. He really does get manipulated easily.

ꕥ You were determined to change that. So, you started to scheme how it would work using the game night that he was going to host to help.

ꕥ "We could have at least decorated the house."

ꕥ "I'm too lazy to do that, Y/N. Plus, we'll be having too much fun to even admire decorations. It would be a waste of money."

ꕥ You nodded in agreement and decided to just clean up the house to make it cleaner. Connie shut off the TV and helped you with cleaning.

ꕥ It was finally almost time for the guests to come over, so you and Connie grabbed some board games and you started making some food, just in case anyone gets hungry.

ꕥ "We still have the food that Sasha and Niccolo made, why do we need to make more?"

ꕥ "Because we do. We're hosting it, so it doesn't make sense that we would use Sasha's and Niccolo's food."

ꕥ He sighs and flops back onto the couch after cleaning the space around it.

ꕥ As you had just finished making the food, the doorbell rings. Connie gets up from the couch and opens the door.

ꕥ Jean, Sasha, Eren, Mikasa, and Armin were standing there, all of them holding some type of gift in hand.

ꕥ "Hey guys, come on it," said Connie, opening the door wider so that everyone could step inside."

ꕥ "Thanks for inviting us," said Eren, walking into your apartment.

ꕥ "Eren, take off your shoes," said Mikasa while she was taking off hers.

ꕥ "Oi, lay off, would you? I'm not your kid brother."ꕥ "Don't be mean to Mikasa, Eren!" shouted Jean.

ꕥ "Oh yeah, what if I want to?" taunted Eren. "What are you going to do, Jean-Boy?"

ꕥ "Alright, that's enough," you say to them, pushing the two of them apart. "We're here to play some games, not to argue."

ꕥ "Well, if you're going to play games, you bound to argue," said Eren while shooting daggers out of his eyes at Jean.

ꕥ "Don't be a smartass."

ꕥ You punched Eren in the stomach and left to go back to the kitchen to get the food you just finished set up.

ꕥ "Any of you guys hungry?" you ask everyone in the room. "I made some food so if you're hungry, come get some."

ꕥ "Aw yeah!" said Sasha as she threw her fist in the air. "Y/N's food is always the best. It doesn't beat Niccolo, but still, she does really well."

ꕥ You chuckle at Sasha's comment.

ꕥ "Thanks, Sasha."

ꕥ Everyone gives you their gifts for Valentine's Day and gathers around your small table in your apartment and enjoy the food that you had made.

ꕥ After everyone was done, you all enjoyed the little gifts that were brought over. Then, you all set up some board games to play, but quickly got bored, so Armin suggested to play a card game instead.

ꕥ Which led to everyone playing Uno at the dinner table.

ꕥ It was an intense battle to see who would win. So far, Mikasa was the person with the least cards (why wouldn't she be one of the people that had the least cards).

ꕥ Connie, Jean, and Eren were competing for first, while you, Sasha, and Armin were just playing for fun. The three of you didn't care who won. As long as everyone was having fun, you three were okay with it.

ꕥ In the end, Mikasa won. Jean, Connie, and Eren all started to bicker at who was gonna win if Mikasa wasn't playing, which led to who out of the three of them was the strongest drinker.

ꕥ They all got drunk, so Mikasa, Armin, and Sasha had to bring Jean and Eren home. You help all five of them out the door.

ꕥ "Thanks for coming again!" you shouted to them as they went down the hallway to get out of your apartment building.

ꕥ "Thank you for inviting us," said Armin back at you. You close the door and started to tend to your hopeless boyfriend.

ꕥ It wasn't that Connie was annoying when he was drunk, but he was really annoying when he was drunk.

ꕥ He starts to talk a lot and sometimes he talks about the most random things.

ꕥ "Alright, let's get you to bed," you say to him, trying to help him up. "You're drunk and you need some rest. Seriously, why would you do that?"

ꕥ "I'm not drunk," said Connie, trying break free from your grasp. "I'm just a little dizzy from the alcohol, that's all."

ꕥ You let go of him and starts to sway back and forth, which made you end up helping him to sit down on the couch.

ꕥ He looks at you through his hazel eyes.

ꕥ "You know how much I love you, right?"

ꕥ You weren't prepared for this. He was going to start rambling again. You try to change the subject.

ꕥ "Okay, Connie you're clearly drunk. Please just go wash up and rest. You're going to have a hangover tomorrow."

ꕥ "I'm not done talking to you though. I promised you that I was yours for tonight, so I'm keeping that promise. I still need to give you your gift that I bought you for today."

ꕥ You try to stop him from standing up, but he was already staggering towards the room that the two of you shared.

ꕥ He came out with a box in his hands and gave it to you before throwing himself onto the couch again.

ꕥ You open the box and see that inside, it had a necklace that you had been eyeing for the past few days.

ꕥ "How did you?"

ꕥ "I saw you looking at it a few days ago on your computer so I went out to buy it. I thought it would make you happy, Like I said, I'm trying to be a better person. Consider this as the first step."

ꕥ Connie pulls you into a hug and kisses your nose.

ꕥ "I love you so damn much. Happy Valentine's Day, Y/N."

ꕥ "Happy Valentine's Day, Connie."

[black-bhabie-2000]

Heyy! I would please like to request *7 minutes in heaven* (or may be some more extended time) with any Tokyo Rev guy you like! ^_^ Thank you for your time.

Omg hey I wrote it and Tumblr deleted this so I couldn't find this for the longest so I wrote this for you love . I hope you enjoy it and sorry for the wait

Accidental stimulation with Tokyo revenger boys

Mitsuya

You and Mitsuya have been dating for a while and you've gotten to see every side of him. Including what he's like outside of his Toman persona but you guys were about to hit an even bigger milestone. He invited you to his house. You were brimming with excitement. You stopped at his club after school to walk with him. He spotted you " Just a sec babe, alright make sure to not hurt yourselves and anything you mews up let me know so I can help you tomorrow. " with that He grabbed his stuff and grabbed your hand pulling you alongside him. The walk to his house wasn't long. You guys walked in and changed to his slippers and he led you to his room. "Feel free to look around." He said with a smirk. You laughed " How did you know !" He smiled and closed the door. You waited to see if he was going to com back in and he didn't. So you started snooping. The first thing was dirty magazines but sadly he hide them to well but you came across something better. In his closet was a bag with your name on it. What else could you do but open it and inside was the prettiest dress you've ever seen. You immediately stripped not paying attention to the door that was slowly opening and started putting on the dress. Once on you realized it really emphasized you curves and was a little too tight in certain areas. The whole time your tugging and trying to make it fit right. Your boyfriend is on the floor watching the show your putting on. " Wow you look hot babe" you turned around flushed and embarrassed. You forgot he would eventually come in. " You look very sexy in the clothes I made for you but it looks like it needs some adjustments " he smirked and stood up slowly walking to you. Your body moving backwards till your against the wall . Mitsuya leans in his hair tickling the side of your face. He grabs your side his right hand slowly sliding down your back and he whispers in your ear. " We're going to have to rip this off and start from scratch ." Let's just say you reached more than one milestone that day and Mitsuya makes you wear the clothes he designs on dates.

Baji

You and Baji have been in the same class for 2 years and yes yall both dumber than a bag of rocks. Only thing is you were more popular because of how cute your actions were. While baji was just weird. You asked Baji out and much to your surprise he said yes. You didn't know about Toman or that he looked like out of school until he asked you on a date to an amusement park. He told you his gang was going to be there and you excited about going on your first date pulled all the stops. Im talking about cute thigh highs, brand new skirt with a baby doll top that showed off your rack quite nicely 😏. Your makeup was beat in and you snuck into your older sisters makeup for the spray that would make sure your face wouldn't melt. Your accessories showed off you curvy and cute form. You hadn't seen Baji after-school and neither had he seen you. So you arrive at your meeting spot and couldn't see him. So you waited. You hadn't noticed the group of boys next to the fountain you walked past or kept circling. Draken called attention to you first with a nod in your direction "she's cute '

Takemitchy gasped "don't say that what about Emily " Draken laughed "like Mikey would let me date his sister " Mikey silently smiled to himself ready to go into the amusement park cause he was hungry. "Baji how long is your girlfriend gonna take, we've been out here for 20 minutes " Mikey whined. I don't know man she said she was here maybe I should call her ?" Baji responded. "You should've called her in the first place" chifuyu replied. Baji typed in your number and flipped chifuyu off with lead int the guys chuckling. You had hit the roundabout and stopped in your tracks a few feet in front of the boys. You picked up your phone in a hurry and answered it . You were kinda irritated " if you weren't going to be here , you shouldn't have wasted my time dumbass and hung up on him. Baji ofc looking at you and also stunned that you cussed at didn't say a word. Better yet all the boys were looking at you because one there was no way Baji pulled a baddy like you and two did you just cuss him out. You were Bout to storm off . When Baji caught your arm and spun you around, pulling you into him. You were shocked cause one wo to was this hot ass stranger and why was he so close. You went to yell at him and " hey babe if I knew you were going to get all filled up. I wouldn't have invited the gang and 'he leans I a little too close ' we could've went to my place for a study Date. He said gazing deep in your eyes and you knew exactly what he meant and it was for sure not studying. You pulled back half in shock cause you recognized his voice anywhere and damn you got lucky. You slapped Bajis chest ' hmph show me your friends dummy and walked away. Baji chuckling behind you , slyly gripping your hand. " Hey Draken the hot babes mine "

DRAKEN (kenny)

It was a comfy afternoon , the sky was gray and it was raining true peace. Well as peaceful as it gets in the red light district. You followed Draken all the way to his house and then hid when he got out. You walked around till you met the front desk clerksman and he recognized you. Though you didn't know how . He offered you some tea and led you to Drakens room. " I don't know when he'll be back and I'm not calling him so stay comfortable " he shut the door and left . You were in Drakens room your excitement trumping your guilt because you followed your boyfriend outta jealously. " It's so neat in here" you announce to yourself in a slight mischievous tone. Looking around cautiously you start to what any girl in her boyfriend would do . Look for evidence, not bad evidence but evidence. You had been strategically Looking and putting everything back in its place just in case he might get upset with you for Looking through his stuff. You did find a porn Magazine that showed you why he was dating you. You fit the body type of the page with white residue on it to a T . I mean her ass was a bit bigger but hey what's a girl to do. You had now moved on to store i.e. his closet . You opened and marveled at how many of those damn black and white jackets he has like damn Boi buy another color shit. You now completely forgotten you are trespassing cause your boyfriend doesn't know you are there. You start to strip and try on his clothes. Draken was making his way home it was still light outside and plus he needed to Chang into his toman uniform because Mikey wanted to meet up tonight. He was in the building heading up the elevators. Wondering why he hasn't heard from you all day. TF were you doing 😒, were you mad at him. He doesn't really know or care . He's just pissed you hadn't texted him all day. "I'm going to punish that brat next time I see her 😏" the elevator door opened and he stepped off with a pep in his step to change a little faster and head to your house and mess with you before the meeting. He walked up to the desk .

You had lost track of all time and now was getting ballsy. You half naked was about to put on his toman uniform. All your sanity is apparently out the Window cause you are giggle Loud as fuck. Your couldn't fit the pants but his jacket and boots fit nice and the way your ass looked hanging out the bottom of the jacket oof girl, you left it open revealing your bust just enough and you had your hair in a pony tail trying to mimick your boyfriends hair. ' I'm Draken and Mikey is my leader and son and if you wanna hurt him you gotta fight mee grrr"... you had your fist up and a very sad attempt of a bad ass face. You currently fake fighting and giggling like an idiot had no idea Draken had been watching you since you put your hair in the pony tail. (Stealthy bitch) you turn around doing a bad ass kick and scream and dive to his bed and cover yourself up. " WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE. YOU DIDN'T CALL OR TELL ME YOU WERE COMING " Draken laughed " Sweetcheeks this is my room' he approached the bed and ripped the covers off of you. You squirmed away from him till your head hit the wall. Giving Draken enough Time to place himself over you." Well hey there babe , you look pretty sexy in my uniform " his hand trailing up the side of your thigh. " I have 1 and 45 before the Toman meeting that's enough time to show you my bad ass skills huh sweetcheeks" you gasped .......... Draken was very late to the meeting that day and your brother was pissed when you went home the next day but shit that was the best sleep you ever had 😏😏😏😉🤷🏿‍♀️.

[ourmondobongo]

Hello! I'm new on tumblr :) I found your blog and came to love your interpretation on Levi's character ❤

I've recently come to notice that aside from many eruri shippers, there's also a vast majority of the fandom consider Levi as an obsessed revenge-seeker who doesn't give a flying crap about humanity in the final battle. I personally disagree with this idea and can't even bear the thought. Levi only proved to us in the final battle how much he cares. He was ready basically ready to put himself in danger anytime and almost forgot about the promise. But anyway the reason I'm here is because a few people and I were discussing this issue with a guy who keeps saying:

"1) He was just happened to be there in the final battle. He was there for Zeke and he made it clear in 126 that his intention is killing the beast titan to Magath and Pieck. No Zeke. No care"

"2) On the plane all he was thinking about was killing the monkey and it's not because it was Hanji's theory. He just wanted to kill tbe beast"

"3) Before getting onto the plane he didn't participate in battle but once he knew they were getting close to Eren's whereabouts, where Zeke probably was, he took part and don't tell me it was because he was recovering in those days while Hange and the other were fighting the Jaegerists. If we were to consider that then he needed rest till the very end of the series. He didn't need to take part in the battle"

"4) While flying on Falco he kept saying "Where is he? Where is the beast? And kept remembering Erwin's orders. Doesn't that sound like a simp to you?"

I'm sorry this turned out long but these horrible things are only parts of what he said. We tried arguing with him but well sometimes it's really hard to make someone understand lol What do you think about each of these 4 takes? I would love to read your thoughts and analysis. You sound like a very logical person.

Hello!!! 

Welcome to Tumblr!!!

Thank you for the kind words! I love Levi a lot!

And though I'm nowhere near as in depth or accurate as other snk metas writers who long live here, I try my best to at least one or two points here and there as best as I can!

Before we begin exploring your points, excuse me for a sec while I share a bit of a concern I have…

You know, I feel like these last volumes of snk had a strange pacing, which compromised the depiction of facts and how the characters were living the events. Because while many things are getting clear now, almost one year later, the fact that there were an incredibly lot of faithful and sincere readers feeling way off or confused about the end of snk isn't normal, imo. Veteran people here on Tumblr - who used to write very in depth analysis of snk! - were so disappointed they dropped out of the fandom, or wrote frustrating rants. I can’t help but feel like there is a communication gap begging to be fixed and crossed between Isym, the manga, and the readers (at least the non-Japanese ones?).

And besides the seemingly need for a less rushed pacing, be it for the lack of more accurate manga translations, or side material officially published (such the smartpasses and other guidebooks), or snk interviews published in a official place to be referenced easily, or WIT's badass-biased portrait of characters - there seems to be a little gap between what Yams had been trying to say and what was written and shown in the manga, imo. Not to mention all the wild push-and-pull between ships, yeagerist x alliance, "the ML is always right" x "the ML is a complete maniac incel", and whatevers...

So I think this is why the anime now seems to be adapting the chapters slower, more detailed, orderly in timeline, and kinda heavy, brutal, and more humanistic. Though at first I didn't want to see a snk movie for the end, I'm somewhat starting to like the idea - if this is for the anime to fill up and smooth out the convoluted transitions between what Isym managed to present in the manga and what he wanted to do but couldn't on the paper for whatever reason. I think it will be good for the general audience who will still stick to the conclusion!

Now, let's go to the points you brought up!!

"1) He was just happened to be there in the final battle. He was there for Zeke and he made it clear in 126 that his intention is killing the beast titan to Magath and Pieck. No Zeke. No care"

Sometimes I feel like the fandom kinda forgets that EMA are the MCs of snk. I've forgotten sometimes that as well ngl  

Levi certainly grew to become the most beloved and why not to say most important character of snk alongside Eren. But still, the main plot was not his history to resolve the final problems himself. The "hierarchy" is Eren-Mikasa-Armin, and then Levi. Or even, Levi's story was paralleled with Eren's. 

Regardless of this, most of the time I feel like people who claim Levi was just by chance/alive in the final battle are mostly arguing based on "death plot armor" and "Levi was nerfed so Mikasa could shine" ideas. And tbh, it kinda bothers me when I read people saying "Isym nerfed Levi because he was too OP and would have killed Zeke and Eren in a blink" and other typical shounen sayings because I don't think it was the case at all. 

While it's kinda controversial that Levi could fight on such horrible conditions considering that in the Female Arc he was put out of commission due to his injured feet, they were facing the end of the world now, and with barely anyone left to join the fight. But since my own view is but my own on the matter, I like to reference people to this interview here, in which pretty much Isym explains Levi wouldn't always be placed on the front lines by being too powerful. But rather than simply "nerf" him, this actually adds depth to Levi's character (as well to all other characters who had to put themselves together and face the danger). Levi's worried face and clenched fist in chapter 33 tells us how hard it was for him to stand by and only watch people having to fight while he can't...

...But this nuance is mostly lost because anime people usually pick the manga to read from where the anime season ended, and Thank you WIT for bringing Levi out of nowhere and making him save everyone's asses in the anime for the sake of fanservice - it helped to unnecessarily OP his character a lot!! (*sighs*)

(As a side note about Levi's injuries after 115, the drawings of Levi's chest and abs on 126, there weren't broken ribs or any other visibly serious injury, nor major problems aside from his face. I believe Hanji would have wrapped his abs with something to show it, or Yams would have made it bleed or purple or whatever. Levi definitely should have purple bruises since he fell hard on the ground, tho, but please MAPPA do NOT cover Levi's sexy back LOL)

And talking about chapter 126 - imo, it falls in the list of chapters that definitely should have been split into two different chapters. It feels kinda rushed, too much info packed into 45 pages, borderline cringe in some parts. Maybe it's why the aot leaks say the anime will have a whole episode dedicated just for it - they might flesh out the content to make the plot flow more smoothly.

But regarding Levi and Hanji’s talk with Magath and Pieck, something everyone should consider is that MagaPi didn't know LeviHan at all - just that they were highly capable soldiers and leaders of the Survey Corps. They were "sworn enemies", the ones who put into shame ALL their precious Titan Shifters. And as far as MagaPi knew, LeviHan were supposed to be cunning and merciless, vengeful "Island Devils" that had invaded Liberio and wreaked havoc, and killed military and civilians just a month ago; they had been secretly working with Zeke all the time.

So why would MagaPi believe our devoted hearts would want to save their deadly, hate-filled persecutors? And also after all the tragedies Marley itself had imposed on them? 

As humans and soldiers that had all the reasons to distrust one another, LeviHan presumably understood that MagaPi needed some solid goal or purpose besides the "we want to save the same people that want to kill us all!!!". If even readers mocked this idea, and Isym also kinda ironizes this in the "Avengers Pose" at the end of 126 as well as using Yelena to make critics over the superficiality/naivety of the thought of saving the world in 127, what makes anyone think this would simply work with LeviHan and MagaPi right of the bat? 

That's why they use Zeke as a credible link to instigate the start of a conversation.

I presume MagaPi were well aware of Levi and Zeke’s animosity. They might have deduced that Levi’s hurt predicament was due to a fight with Zeke too. I would like to point out, tho, that while Levi proposes the idea, Isym does a close up on Hanji, Magath, and Pieck's faces. Hanji's eye is hidden (meaning it's not simply this killing intention they had in mind), and Magath isn't buying it just yet too, and above all Pieck once again dislikes the idea of killing Zeke, just like in 119.

Their main interest definitely isn't aligned as of yet. But it was the best first step they could try out.

Thus, "No Zeke, no care" is but a heavily blindly obsessive-revenge interpretation of Levi's character. Thank you Kodansha for officially translating Hanji's words of vexing feelings as a need for revenge too 🙃 Levi's character was benefited by it (*sighs*).

As for Levi’s general feelings and thoughts in the final battle, I think chapter 136 couldn't be more explicit than that!

Levi is literally dropping his burden goal of killing Zeke because he is too injured to fight him (and it would bring more dangers to his kids if he died meaninglessly), 

and Levi is shoving up and scrubbing into our faces that the world he himself and the others hoped for when they decided to fight in the SC wasn't to destroy others (but thanks again, KodanshaTM, for changing WE DREAMT to YOU DREAMT 🙃👌), 

and when gripping his sword, Levi is showing he is renewing his will to not give up his dream and die succumb to the pressure of the horrors of the moment, and that he is gonna fight until his dying breath now - whether Zeke appears or not - while entrusting the future to the youth who held the same look of hopeful freedom he saw at the Heart of the SC. 

But, ofc, there comes Erwin's name after this all, and Levi expressing no regrets about having let him die, and near the eyes' sentence; and as the first KodanshaTM "you" wasn't translated as plural you, Levi's heartbreaking and multilayered monologue is read as him being a one-dimensional-soon-to-be-dead-vengeful-impaired-simp nerfed by Isym and that just wanted to fulfill a promise "to kill monkeyTM". 

At this point, I can only hope the animation can somehow save Levi's character now. Or maybe, Isym himself may give an interview which clarifies this all with his own words so people can settle this matter once and for all. I wonder what Japanese readers think of this whole crazy ordeal...

Lastly, Super-peace-fangirl has shown perfectly panel by panel how much Levi cared about snk final events especially on chapter 138, after Zeke's death. If Levi isn't clearly showing AGAIN that he is saving and caring and battling for humanity, I don't know what his character is doing anymore!!

"2) On the plane all he was thinking about was killing the monkey and it's not because it was Hanji's theory. He just wanted to kill the beast"

Being a bit bitter, I'm not even shocked over Hanji erasure here. 

Hanji’s treatment in this ending was… rushed and kinda unfair. And it doesn't help that Yams drew Hanji mentioning the Zeke hypothesis back in chapter 126, in a minuscule panel during a supposedly important conversation that made enemies worked together but that only lasted for 02 pages (*sighs*). 

Still, at least two key points are being forgotten when people argue that Levi is but "obsessively hunting down his prey" in chapter 133 and so on:   

The Characters don't have ORVP 

We, readers, have the omniscient reader viewpoint. The characters don't. So we readers might know whatever is going on inside the Founder and the extension of Zeke’s relationship with its power, but Levi and the others didn't know.

And when we read the scenes projecting our awareness upon the text and the characters actions, then we slip down on the problem of "Oh, this is so obvious!". Which ends up with us proceeding to read events and statements as a "broken record", which I feel that happens with Levi regarding Zeke (and the vow too). 

Hanji is the Biggest Titan Specialist of snk World 

Levi is one of the most sincere narrators of snk, even if sometimes he needs a translator.  

If he himself said "I'm not certain, but that was what Hanji predicted", then Levi (Professional Titan Killer, and not ORVP/reader/Yams) might not be 100% sure that killing Zeke will stop the Rumbling, but since Hanji (the Biggest Titan Specialist of their world, as even hinted by Pieck on 126) predicted as much, Levi was betting on it. To him, following Hanji's experience and knowledge of 10 years regarding Titan studies, killing Zeke has a great chance to stop it all. And if it spares Eren's life, then it's something even better. So Levi is not using lame excuses, or blind vengeful reasons, to go after Zeke. This, or Yams is fucking kidding with Hanji’s character. I can’t believe he would go so low as use this crap with Levi of all characters.

And I also want to highlight that no one else there but Armin and Levi could have thought of that idea. But it's quite logical Armin wouldn't be used in this because his dilemma over killing Eren had to last longer. At the same time, imo, this is Isym also showing that Levi was reluctant on killing Eren as much as everyone else. We can see it from 112, then his behavior in 133 in Paths, and then until chapter 137/138. Things are not simply one-dimensional-in their interpretation in AOT.

Another note, I want to highlight how broken Levi looks when mentioning that it was Hanji's idea, and then how he asks for everyone's cooperation and help later. If revenge is the 1st and only thing that comes into one's mind when seeing these panels - and not Levi heavily struggling to keep focused physically, mentally, and emotionally in the battle ahead because he is deeply injured, and has just become the last veteran, the last one carrying all the weight of thousands of devoted hearts on his back alone, and millions of people are dying because Eren and Zeke meet, and Levi just wants all that slaughter and pain and suffering to end - then...

I.don't.know. 

Levi's character is already a "I will kill monkey" meme by now. Curse it all lol

"3) Before getting onto the plane he didn't participate in battle but once he knew they were getting close to Eren's whereabouts, where Zeke probably was, he took part and don't tell me it was because he was recovering in those days while Hange and the other were fighting the Jaegerists. If we were to consider that then he needed rest till the very end of the series. He didn't need to take part in the battle"

They themselves answer their arguments while overlooking the obvious facts lol Way to purposely find reasons to shit on Levi's character. They must hate Levi for nothing lol

Well, in chapter 128-129, it has been 2 days since Levi nearly died in a thunderspear explosion. While us readers had to wait 10 - 12 months to read the chapters, to the characters it was 2 days! Levi is totally wrecked at that time, which is made even clearer at the beginning of chapter 132. And while Levi's bad hair moment is cute in chapter 127, it is also a little reminder that for a man who usually slept only 3-4 hours per day to be asking people to shut up after he had been sleeping for almost two entire days… well, Levi is definitely wrecked.

And, again, just like on chapter 33 moment, Levi is worriedly watching Hanji, his kids, Titan Shifters, and his former SC subordinates (because as SC Captain, Levi was still on top of the Survey Corps) all fight to death while he is powerless to do a thing - powerless to protect everyone. I dare anyone to look at Levi's body language here, and say he didn't want to be capable of fighting! 

And as if not enough, Yelena also goes and rubs salt on his psychological wounds saying Humanity can't be separated from violence. Levi is being crushed from all sides just in 2 days of having to kill his 30 titanized soldiers + nearly have died + now this, and with millions of people dying meaninglessly under Colossal Titan feet because of Eren!! 

Oh, Levi definitely needed to rest until the end of the story - to be wrapped on warm blankets, cradled to sleep, with someone softly combing his hair, and calmly whispering to him that the fight was over, and that everyone was okay and safe, and that they're finally free so he could sleep how much he wanted!! But Isym said, "No, sweetie! The Titanpocalypse is here, and you better pull yourself together, and get your nearly-kissed-by-Death body into that goddamn hell after rising from the dead in three days, and save everyone's asses - making parallels with the One with whom you share your birthday date!"

He can't even mourn Hanji's death in peace either

"4) While flying on Falco he kept saying "Where is he? Where is the beast? And kept remembering Erwin's orders. Doesn't that sound like a simp to you?" 

That's what we get when the only remaining adult who is not actively engaged on the physical battle to rescue Armin is trying to do something useful despite being nearly incapacitated on a Flying Titan's back (*sighs*).

I don't blame anyone for thinking whatever they think Levi looks like in this part though. This is the moment Levi has to reflect about his and the SC's role, and this also has to do with his matter regarding Zeke and Erwin and the vow indeed.

Levi believed in Hanji's theory that the Rumbling - which was about to crush the rest of humanity right under Levi's sight - was going to stop once Zeke was killed, but I definitely can see from where it comes the "Levi is obsessed with killing Zeke for Erwin's order from 4 years ago". The drawing and Levi's words are all in front of our eyes. Moreover, it's to Erwin (person) that Levi makes the vow to, and in a position where he is clearly set as a Knight making an oath to his King. And at the same time it's interesting that Levi remembers Erwin tired, the lights of his eyes dead, and when he looks up at him, Erwin isn't free as Levi remembered when he saved Armin during serum bowl. If anything, it's the first time Levi feels like he has failed his duty, disappointed his Commander, and imagines a dead person expecting something from him.

But the more I reread Levi's chapters (80, 81, 112, and 136), the more I feel like Levi's take towards the vow is multilayered. Killing Zeke has been one of the focus of Levi's narrative since chapter 75, where Erwin says he just trusts Levi to kill the Beast, and this got to another level along the years/story/chapters, especially after chapters 80-81, 112, 113. And, boy, Levi's devotion to fulfill a promise to the dead was his ultimate shackle - the biggest curse of his life, in a way.

But just like everything else Yams does when dealing with human nature, I don't think the vow can be solely understood as a plain "I'll kill the Beast Titan". It’s part of it, but not it all? Or maybe it's just me struggling to comprehend how Levi succumbed to the danger of being drunk on something that Kenny had warned him in his dying bed. Levi hellbent on fulfilling Erwin's last order as his duty (as he addresses the topic on 136) makes absolutely more sense to me than just revenge.

Still, at the very end, as strong as Levi's unwavering will to give meaning to all SC deaths, he helped humanity have a chance of survive at all because it was the right thing to do. I particularly feel like it is a reduction of Levi whenever he is frequently marked as a man who fulfilled a promise to his Commander rather than also praising ALL aspects that encompasses it. Levi's devotion to his duty, his sense of responsibility, his inhuman willpower to keep fighting even after nearly losing everything is incomparable. And this belongs to Levi's character in such a broader way. That's why he is Humanity’s Strongest after all!!

Another point people forget is that killing Zeke doesn't give meaning to the SC devoted hearts. It might have helped stop the Rumbling, but that's not enough - never was, and never would be worth their sacrifices. Levi also makes it very clearly in 139. The Titans are gone, the nightmare is over, humanity is free and not all doomed to die eaten alive or stomped powerless = "I guess this is the result of all of your devoted hearts". At most, killing Zeke is Levi finally breaking free from a curse that lasted way too long, and Levi held no personal triumphant satisfaction with it - just the damned realization this shit was finally over, forever.

Another poignant matter is that it was thanks to Erwin and the recruits' sacrifices that Paradis could learn about the truth of the World - the most crucial matter at stake at that moment. And the RtS victory allowed for the Island to be freed of the horror of the Titans. Yet, Levi rejects this huge fact as enough to be worth the devoted hearts. I can’t imagine how getting Zeke’s head alone would ever be comparable, or superior, to all that the SC had accomplished until they got the brats to the sea. Unless, ofc, Levi's narrative is really supposed to be the "Revenge-Avenge" Tragic Hero...

Then, if considering this idea is a part of him, it's interesting to remember too that Levi knows Zeke killed Mike, Nanaba, and the Ragako Village; and that Levi chose to send around a hundred people to their death in the Beast's hand so that Humanity inside the Walls could survive; and that the massacre on Marley was orchestrated by Zeke mostly (bc Eren doesn't have the brains for it), and that Zeke titanized Levi's soldiers in the forest... Then it makes sense Levi also had assumed to be his role to guarantee Zeke wouldn't get out of this all in impunity for all the deaths he had committed. But there is still a difference between revenge, punishment, and retributive justice.

Levi knows, though, what Grisha did to Zeke, and he had a brief idea what Zeke lived in Marley, and must have imagined how Zeke was used as Beast Titan for years in Marley wars, and what Zeke ultimately wanted to do when Yelena asked Hanji and everyone to admit Zeke’s plan was better. I really wanted to see what happened in chapter 132, when Levi reflects about Yelena's words, and hearing Hanji blaming herself/taking responsibility for Eren's downfall, and saying she was powerless. But thank you, Yams, for leave me hanging on this too 🙃

Anyway, in chapter 136, Levi has a lot to cover of his and SC's narratives in the brief 03-04 pages he is given. And imo, it goes as the one chapter I wanted Yams himself talking about just for the sake of full understanding. But we're probably never getting it, so at this point, everyone will take Levi's words and actions however they want - from reduced to a simp who just fought to kill monkey to get revenge from the man Levi himself chose to let die (and *cough* had no regrets about it *cough*) up to Humanity’s Strongest soul and last bearer of the Wings of Freedom, with a unmatched devoted heart.

However, blessed be the new OP!! I think the nihilism and despair and desperation and tears are setting even more clear the state of the last events of snk. Scratch the stupid ass shipper interpretation of that moment, and focus on Levi's journey with SC's devoted hearts in a world bathed on blood, death, and meaninglessness. Hopefully, it and the animation will help dissipate the mist over Levi's character too.

Yes, it's raining tears

[awkwardkindatries]

For concerned citizens such as this one, the answer to your question is quite simple. I forgot

I don’t prioritize the server more than my blog, not even on it that much as I’m quite busy and only have a moment to pop in every now and then. Much like this blog I dish out a few minutes every so often to interact when I can but otherwise posting comes when I have a sec.

So I mean, you’re free to leave but literally all it takes is a quick ask “hey wasn’t there a Thranduil thingy coming?” Because I’m a person who forgets things, very often actually. Every time when I gets messages like this it makes this blog less fun, ruins the quality and fun of the content that I do put out. Obviously that persons a child and I’m glad they’re gone but regardless.

I’m gonna have to seriously think on some stuff.

The Thranduil head cannons will be released when I get home from work.

Edit:

your audacity is why creators are constantly leaving tumblr, our fandom is already scarce due to the lack of interaction and when we do get it it’s anon assholes like you that berate us without the gumption to actually put yourself on blast when you do it. Coward.

The more I simmer on this the angrier I get. You won’t discourage me from writing, please take a moment for self inventory and get back to me when you’ve matured. Actually don’t, please stay away.

This is a place for kinder individuals and you have ostracized yourself, proven you do not have a place here.

I’m taking a step away from this blog for a bit, I’d like to work on some other works. Thankyou to all of you who have been so kind and supportive and understanding, but I need a moment.

I’m sorry to have disappointed those of you who have been so patient and kind.

I’m sorry.

But anon, fuck you.

[pellucid-constellations]

This is kind of silly but one of best friends just ghosted me and forgot about plans that we made for the second time and I’m just :///// it just hurts when people forget about you :(

Hi! ♡ I'm so sorry this took me a sec to get to, I haven't been on tumblr.

I'm sorry that happened to you! I know canceled plans can feel very invalidating, and it can make us get stuck in a loop where we don't reach out to people because we are afraid it will happen again. Just know that you are amazing and it had nothing to do with you!! What other people do is never a reflection of us, and you deserve consistent people in your life. I hope you spent the day doing things you love and reminding yourself of that ♡♡

[t-lostinworlds]

When you were on hiatus, how did you stay away from tumblr? 'cause I always try to take a break, but I always end up back on it...

hey love! i’m sorry it took a bit for me respond i’ve been dying busy but, well first off, i logged out everything. as in, delete app + clear browsing data on desktop. which my laziness comes into play sometimes bc i’m too lazy to type and log back in 😭 and if you want to, you can restrict the site and app. let someone put a passcode on it etc. (i believe there’s apps for that.) but most of what i did was, i kept myself busy with other things. i mean, i became a plant mum, i tried my best to exercise everyday even if it was just, a couple mins (i got this app that basically counts how many days in a row i’ve exercised so it was motivating bc i’m way too competitive so i did that with myself by beating my own score lmao). i read a book, like, physical book. and just, try and do things that aren’t necessarily on your phone/on screen. but even then, i watched youtube, scrolled through insta sometimes which is mostly just food vids and animals vids. a perk when u don’t follow any fan accounts in other platforms. and, i focused on writing my series or just writing in general which was the best feeling ever. keeping in touch to some mutuals helped as well! and to those who i talked to during my break can confirm how much i fell in love with writing bc that was basically all i babbled about + mob!tom lmao i’m sorry but ily 😭 i mean, i still popped up on tumblr here and then, mostly on desktop but i always made sure to just pop by for a sec, say what i needed to say, restrict myself from scrolling and log out. it’s going to be hard the first couple of days, but once you actually get a hang of doing other things? like replacing the time you spend on tumblr with, more productive things? you start to enjoy it. like, i was planning to take a break for maybe just a month but as the days went on, i kinda didn’t want to come back? like genuinely. it ended up 3 months i think it was? i forgot what made me decide to come back but it would’ve ended up longer. and, i actually had it in my head that maybe i won’t come back 😅 but i had stories i wanted to share so here i am <3 anyways, idk why i just went on for a while there but basically: distract yourself with other things, be productive and stay as far away from your phone as you can, and just, discipline yourself.

[toss-a-coin-to-your-bard]

Ooooh 11 and 14?

Dearest, I love these omg 💕

11. Is there an unpopular character you like that the fandom doesn’t? Why?

Hmm, im not that deep into book/Gwent/game canon BUt I recently learned that there is a Bear witcher in the Gwent Canon that is cat!witcher sized (forgot his name im so sorry 😭) and for no reason other than ‘smoll bear witcher with so much inherent strength omg look at HiM’ he lives rent-free in my head. Fave unknown character by miles omggg I mean the story and character development possibilities are endless!!! Hm this went from salty to let's gush my heart out real quick lmao

I also like show!triss because she seemed strong and like someone who can choose kindness over cruelty but maybe im projecting I am aware that some game lovers can't stand her visual character change but im just like *shrug emoji* cause there are so many fair-skinned, red-headed witches out there im not mad we get a show!triss tbh

(Disclaimer: I don't know her characterization in the books tho and there is a can of worms to be opened with casting ‘colorblind’ but not factoring in that previously white coded characters need to change sometimes to not make everything worse but hey, this is the first season of a fantasy show. I'm putting some trust into character arcs and development here)

14. Unpopular opinion about your fandom?

I can understand why some book fans are salty at us show fans lmao Dandelion/geralt is - from all that I could gather through Tumblr osmosis - a completely different ship and shipping experience than geraskier and im not begrudging anybody their opinion on how geraskier!shippers are not understanding the book shippers (does not mean im stopping with my love for geraskier tho it's just a tentative stalemate of sorts)

Show!viewers also can be very horny (👀 who, me???? No....) for the characters (and/or the actors let's be real for a sec) and could potentially be an offsetting thing to some. I thought about that for like two weeks now and I can 100% understand where the point is coming from.

BUT a) I think this is partly a first season break thing and partly because the actors chosen just are hot (im sorry but books/games just don't have that kinda thing happening usually) and b) im just trying out different viewpoints of the fandom here because that's how I roll and who I am at heart (I want to see my fandoms through as many eyes as possible). It makes my place in fandom clearer to me. And part of my place is - sadly (?) - horny jail lmao

This got so long omg 😅 I hope you like my ramblings dear heart and thank you for the ask! 💕✨🌸

[hwahawt]

My new cat | j.w

Non idol! ateez, gn reader

TW: mentions of d**th, cats (?)

Word count: 1.8k

A/N: My first piece in tumblr, my writing feels shitty but oh well :(

Wooyoung, your first love, probably your last too. The short relationship with him had been filled with kisses of all types: passionate, cute and innocent, aggressive, and apologetic. You can still feel the last kiss you shared. What hurts the most is that neither of you knew it would be your last.

The tears escaped your eyes for days until you there were no more left to shed; the constant pain in your chest, the emptiness hurt, the silence in your home was deafening. You needed a distraction, something that could fill the void in your heart and home, even though you knew that whatever you decided for, it would never be as loud and filling as Wooyoung. For once his screaming and excited squeals were missed, the pain you felt when he shouted in your ear long gone; you could only hope one day something could bring you that happy pain again.

~~~~~~~~~~ 

   "A cat? I don't know Lia, I want a loud animal, I need a strong distraction, cats are too independent, don't you think?"

  "You're delusional, cats are responsible yet caring, you just need to remain open and let the cat choose you not the other way around. Or you could pick up the first cat you see and have a little demon to accompany you, it wouldn't be too different from Woo, would it?"

You sigh, you don't know whether to laugh or be angry at her, however, she was just trying to remind you of the everyday Woo you fell in love with. You were scared of forgetting him, forgetting your life together.

  "A cat will do I guess" you give up, Lia was as stubborn as Wooyoung, you would never win.

~~~~~~~~~~

   "You have a cat!" An excited San rushed past your front door to get his hands on Mew Mew.

  "This ailurophile I swear to god," A tired Hongjoong said while hugging you, shaking his head in disapproval before he shouts "leave the cat alone, we would like to make it out with no scratches!"

  "Sorry about them Y/n, you know how they are, an obsessed man and a cocky one who doesn’t miss the chance to show off his vocabulary” Seonghwa engulfs you in a big cozy hug and you hadn't felt so warm in months, his motherly nature really was a blessing.

Meow you feel something stepping on your feet and scratching your legs.

  "Mew Mew? Need something baby?"

To say your cat was demanding was an understatement, your cat was the clingiest one in the entire universe, it reminded you of Wooyoung constantly, and although at first, it hurt, you started to feel glad that you could remember him without feeling so much sorrow. You were at peace with his absence, most of the time.

  "Hello Mew Mew, I'm Mingi" Your sunfish best friend saluted the cat in your arms, from the corner of your eye you see Hongjoong’s left eye twitching at the action thinking how come no one respects me like that?

  "Step aside, I want to pet him," Yunho softly pushes Mingi and extends his giant arm to pet your companion "wait! Mew Mew is a boy, right? Omg, I might have misgendered your pet, I'm so sorry Mew Mew!" he starts bowing in apologies and the tips of his ears turn red in nervousness.

  "Calm down, he's a boy, no one is misgendering anyone" You snatch Mew Mew from Yeosang who had quietly coaxed the cat into going to his arms.

  "Hey! That's my best friend!" He exclaims with the most adorable pout you had seen on him. Without you noticing, the boys glare at Yeosang to shut him up. You didn't know yet, and you might never know, it's up to your one functioning brain cell to get a hint, but even that could take a few lifetimes.

Jongho walks to the couch while humming, his unbothered persona balances the room, a moment of silence settles to appreciate his vocal cords, that is until Yunsan start bickering about what movie they'll watch.

All of you are now spread out in the living room, some laying on the couch, others on the floor over tons of blankets, while Seonghwa decided to take two chairs for Hongjoong and him. They really are like grandmas you think.

~~~~~~~~~~

  "Thank you for this wonderful evening Y/n" Hongjoong reaches out for you to hold you against his chest, the warmth coming out of him reminding you how grateful you are for still being alive, lucky to be surrounded by so many bright and warm stars.

  "It was my pleasure having you all here for the day, I missed you guys a lot," You say after letting go of Hongjoong "I also wanted you to meet Mew Mew, especially you, Sannie"

  "Thank you, I loved spending time with him" San shows a blinding smile while muttering an imperceptible again.

  "Life is a special gift Y/n, we're glad you are making the best of it" Jongho pulls you into a hug, you quickly melt in his embrace until you realise what you're doing. You could only remember being hugged by him four times, his arms feel like ambrosia, healing the last broken bits of your heart.

~~~~~~~~~~

While washing the dishes, you see a brown-black fluffy ball jumping up the counter and walking towards your busy arms. "I can't hold you right now Mew Mew" you reject him softly, the cat is stubborn and climbs up your arms to your shoulders, settling himself there with his tail going behind your neck to give warmth to your other shoulder.

You scoff, what a clingy cat you got, but at least you're reminded that you're loved, "I love you too, baby" you reassure him and he purrs in return. Pleased with your affection and warmth, he rubs his head against your neck.

~~~~~~~~~~

   "Wooyoung! Stop pretending to be tired and help me with the table please"

Not receiving an answer back you frown, about to call for him again, reality slaps you in the face. Wooyoung is gone. However, before any tears slip down your cheeks, your new companion purrs and jumps up the table, he sits down beside a used napkin and looks directly at your eyes. While the time you spent with your cat felt like years, it had only been a few months. His constant affection made you forget he wasn't a human, and sometimes it was hard to believe a cat was so loyal and tuned in to your emotions than your own therapist.

Looking into your cat's eyes always led you down a rabbit hole full of love and gratefulness, however, this time was different, looking into his cat eyes you could see emotions you had never felt in him before, very human emotions in your opinion. Mew Mew seemed to be sorry, "don't pity me now Mew Mew, I'm not delusional, I just forgot for a sec". The cat meowed and jumped in your arms, that was when you had a crazy idea.

  "Yeosang! Hi, I'm sorry are you too busy right now? Ok, what about the boys, can they come over for a bit too? Perfect, thank you!" You look at the cat that now sleeps soundly over your piano. He's still as cute as you remember him.

~~~~~~~~~~

  "What's the matter Y/n? We were worried you called so suddenly" Yeosang throws himself at you, hugging you while checking for injuries.

   "I'm alright, don't worry. Come, let's sit down, ok?"

The room is quiet, and the only thing you can hear is the soft snores coming from the impostor laying shamelessly on your piano. Your eyes naturally drift towards him and a smile is painted across your face without you intending to.

   "He's Wooyoung, isn't he?" The question makes every man in the room panic, the person in question quickly jumps off the piano and runs towards your lap.

   "Well, it's not like you're not allowed to know. We just weren't expecting you to catch up so quickly" San says while reaching out to caress the cat and whine something about broken agreements and betrayals.

   "Now I understand why you called him your best friend," Yeosang's cheeks are dusted with a fluffy pink colour, “at the time I was so immersed in my pain that I forgot that you all were hurting too. For that I'm sorry."

   "Your connection to him was different, you were kind of left alone but we still had each other" Hongjoong reassures you while taking your hand in his.

   "That's why he decided to stay with you, not us. San had seen him in the street a few days after Woo passed, he brought him back home of course," Seonghwa rolls his eyes at the memory, even though his face fails to show any annoyance at San's actions, "after spending time with the cat we felt like Woo was still with us, Yeosang and San realised first, after all, they were the closest to Woo back then. We started calling for Wooyoung and the cat would always respond, he would look at us like he knew what we were asking for."

Without you noticing, there are tears running down your cheeks and wetting Wooyoung on your lap. The feeling of knowing that you didn't lose him forever was unexplainable, a mixture of relief and sadness because it took you so long to understand your cat's affection.

   "It might take you a bit to get used to having him with you again, especially as a cat, but we know you love Mew Mew nearly as much as you love Wooyoung, so don't think you're going crazy at some point, because you're not" Jongho softly states with his signature gummy smile and Mingi pats your head.

   "We're glad you're back" Mingi whispers to Wooyoung, and the latter purrs at Mingi in response while wagging his tail playfully against his thigh, the usual gestures he did as a human.

~~~~~~~~~~

  "Woo wake up! Time for lunch!" Your voice bounced off the walls, and in a matter of seconds, you heard the rushed steps of the boy (technically cat) in question. Excited sounds coming out of him.

Once you settle your plate, drink, and cutlery on the table you look at the cat who was staring at you, pretending not to be tempted by the food on the table. Glaring at him playfully and doing a motion saying that you're watching him, you go back to the kitchen for his food, and once his plate is set next to the wall, you sit down and start to eat, however you're interrupted by hissing.

  "You're hissing at me? How dare you, little brat!" Wooyoung hisses again and proceeds to push his plate with his snout, "ok I'm kidding baby, come up here" You take the plate and place it on the table so you both can eat together. Your cat is bratty.

~~~~~~~~~~

  "I love you baby, thank you for coming back to us, back to me" Your cat purrs and snuggles into your chest, rubbing his body softly against your shirt to keep his smell there. Your cat is clingy.

I'm happy to be back with you Y/n

[of-a-chaotic-mind]

January Writing Prompt List ❄️

I really want to do a different writing prompt list every month and have you all send me numbers and a character if you want or I’ll just randomly pick one if I run out of ideas. However, I couldn’t find one that I liked and I don’t want to steal anyone else’s so I’m compiling my own list each month (hopefully). I’m pulling all of these from Pinterest btw but some of them have been taken from tumblr and posted there so I’ll tag for credit if I can, if I don’t credit something that’s yours, pls lmk and I will. If I’ve edited them, it was either to make it flow better in dialogue form or to change the pronouns to they/them/their.

Note: I’m only going to do each prompt once and I’ll cross it out here when I do.

So here goes nothing:

1. “All that ‘You can’t love someone unless you love yourself first’ mess is bullshit. I have never loved myself. But you, oh god, I love you so much I forgot what hating myself felt like.” (edited)

2. “Awfully confident aren’t you?” “I can kill every person in this room before most of them have a chance to get to their feet. Skills like that do wonders for a persons self confidence.”

3. “I don’t know how but I’m going to blame you for all my problems.”

4. “You occupy a very small space in a very large world, but your conscience is ever the umbrella. You also have a cute butt.” -This as well as numbers 2 and 3 were from @shitmygaywifesays and was things their wife has said to their cat but I thought they’d make good prompts too lol, hope you don’t mind!

5. “This movie is really scary, but you’re into it so I’m trying not to cover my face the whole time, but- WHAT IS THAT?”

6. Character A tilts Character B’s chin up to get a better look at their face and the evidence of the fight. A delicately thumbs away the streak of blood by B’s mouth, saying nothing as they examine it. After a brief pause, B’s heart skips a nervous beat as A looks them dead in the eyes. Their voice is quiet and tense, their anger barely restrained. “Who did this to you?” - @whumpster-dumpster

7. “Bite me.” “Eat me.” “Kiss my ass.”

8. “You have to tell me why were committing a felony before we do it. Not that that’s going to stop us, but at least I’ll have all the facts.”

9. “Call me that one more time, see what happens.”

10. “It’s pitch black in here and I can see you’re blushing.”

11. They pointed across the room. “Who’s that?” “Someone you don’t want to mess with. I heard that...” Too late. They were already walking over there. (edited)

12. “I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, ‘I’m going to mop the floor with your face.’ I said, ‘You’ll be sorry.’ He said, ‘Oh, yeah? Why?’ I said, ‘Well, you won’t be able to get into the corners very well.’”

13. “I always take life with a grain of salt, ...plus a slice of lemon, ...and a shot of tequila.”

14. “If being clumsy was a currency, I’d be a bloody billionaire.”

15. “Sorry, I have a clingy and feverish assassin on my lap. I’ll call you back when I’ve convinced them that a cold doesn’t mean they’re dying.” (edited)

16. Person A getting really annoyed with their tangled headphones and Person B just taking them off them and doing it for them.

17. Person A seeing that Person B’s shoelace is undone and instead of telling them, they just do it themselves.

18. “Did any of these assholes mess with you?” “No, you’ve marked your territory so hard they’re scared to even say ‘hello’”

19. “I’ve had a rough day and honestly all I want right now is a drink and someone to cuddle with...”

20. “Do you need a hand?” “Does it look like I need your help?” “Do you really want me to answer that or would you like to maintain plausible deniability for later?”

21. “Don’t tell me you’re fine, I can see the blood!”

22. “Is it still murder if I give them a heads up?” “That’s called a threat.” “Damn.”

23. “You keep pointing that gun at me and blabbering on about how much you’ve been wanting to kill me. I’m beginning to doubt your committment...”

And my personal favorites from @chounemui, Responses to: “We have a problem.”:

24. “Let me guess. You caused it?”

25. “No, YOU have a problem. I have an idiot who keeps getting into one.”

26. “Gimme a sec, I’m not drunk enough to listen to this yet.”

27. “And it’s another Tuesday, what’s your point?”

28. “If you mean the flaming pillar, that’s our solution to the last week’s problem.”

29. “Would shooting you solve the problem? No? Then get out.”

30. “You call it a problem. I call it a solution.”

[botwstoriesandsuch]

Hi I was hoping to ask for your advice on writing. I’m trying to write from headcanons to little short fics (like one shots) from the readers pov but I’m finding it difficult to do so smoothly. Any idea how to do the transition without it coming out as a fanfic readers worst nightmare?

Well, I cannot guarantee the quality of my “advice” but I will give it a shot! 

Apologies for you folks that hate my big essay length posts, but I do love infodumping about the writing process :P 

So just click “J” to skip the post (if you’re on mobile...sorry just exercise your scrolling finger a bit more)

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So I’ll start with the distinctions between a headcanon and a fic. On one hand, you got simpler sentences, that summarize a broader idea or scene. You might have visualized the entire thing in your head, but at the end of the day all you do is write down a few sentences or pieces of dialogue that give the broader basis of an idea and/or scene. That’s not to say writing headcanons is easy, but it is, bluntly, the simpler method.  

Writing, obviously, is more complicated. Not only are you trying to convey a more abstract idea to your reader, but you’re doing so with more layers and complexities, given that what you are trying to write is generally more detailed. You have to not only account for what your basic premise is, but the method in which you convey it. So, in a “good” fic, it typically doesn’t just focus on the basic “what is happening right now” in a scene, but can give subtleties and intricacies with its tone, themes, point of view, connotation, foils, imagery, symbolism, sentence structure, diction, context, figurative language, narrative, foreshadowing, setting, irony, character arcs, and the thousands and thousands of other layers that go into constructing story. 

And I say “story” there deliberately, as I think the best way to summarize the differences is that a headcanon is a plot, while a one-shot is a story. Your one-shot has the ability to tell different messages, details, and themes, and give several points of interest to your reader, while your headcanon is limited to the structure of its initial premise.

[And before you English nerds bash me for my definition of story and plot, please know that I am using my film teacher’s old definition, which (to quote this quizlet I found) is “Story is all of the elements of a narrative that are involved, both shown and un-shown on screen. Plot is only all of the elements of a narrative that are shown on screen.” So yeah, it theoretically could be rewritten as a headcanon is a scene, and a one-shot is a story, but I’m just nitpicking at this point half of you don’t care and want me to move on anyway, apologies!]

So how do you transition between them? Well, in honesty I don’t exactly have a sure fire way for you, saying I do would be very hypocritical. However, what I can do is point out the “gap” between headcanons and fics, and perhaps from there you might be able to forge your own path..? 

Chances are, if you’re already familiar with writing headcanons, you’ve already knocked out half of the work. See in a story, specifically in our case, fic, you have eight elements that construct it. You’ve got

Plot

Setting

Conflict

Character

Point of View

Tone

Style

and Theme

With a headcanon, (assuming it’s slightly more specific than “Headcanon that this character likes peaches!”) you’ve already got plot, setting, conflict, and character down. 

Plot: being the actual premise of your story. What happens, why things happen, how other characters react, the beginning and ending, etc.

Setting: Being the location and time of your scene/plot. The setting might be a contingency to your story, such as a prison break that takes place in prison, or maybe it is the time that is essential for your High School AU fic

Conflict: Typically goes hand and hand with your plot, although not always (obviously, plot and conflict aren’t essential when talking about fics, *winks at the nsfw side of tumblr*) But if your headcanon does have a basic plot, then it probably has some sort of conflict whether external (The Calamity kills everybody) or internal (you’re character is going through grief)

Character: This whole aspect is practically already done for you. Whether by canon from the video game or media you got it from, or perhaps by fanon, with the collective fandom agreeing on certain traits about your character(s) in question. Obviously, if you got an OC, that’s another thing, as you have to create their traits, and construct a believable way that that character reacts and makes choices throughout your plot, depending on how you characterized them

So congrats! In writing up your everyday headcanon, you’re now halfway there to making a full on fic! Obviously, 50% is still a lot, which is probably the reason you were seeking advice in the first place, so now we should move on to the other half, and arguably it is this other half of elements that give the entire distinction between a headcanon and a one-shot. So in theory, if you get these elements down, you’re on your way to writing that much faster!

Quick additional note: Another way to think of your headcanon is as an outline. While not in every case, a good way to jump from your headcanon to a fic is to stick with the major elements of your headcanon, and weaving your writing style in between. Think of the headcanon as your skeleton, and the story being the meat and muscle. Idk if that makes sense, blame my old English teacher for the metaphor

Alrighty, so for demonstration purposes I’m gonna use the very first headcanon I’ve ever written as a basis. Bear with me for a moment:

“Zelink Headcanon: Zelda Just Wants Some Snacks

Everyone always jokes and adores about how Link eats so much and cooks great food in the game (he’s gotta carbo load guys, he walks like 9 miles everyday!)

However I propose, equally hungry and feral Zelda

After Link and Zelda defeat Ganon, one of the first things they do is stop by the nearest cooking pot and eat

She hasn’t eaten for 100 years!! She’s gotta be starving!

Link just cooks up some meat skewers

“…wait I forgot the Goron spice, gimme a sec…”

But Zelda just immediately snatched it off the fire and eats the whole thing in two seconds

Link keeps trying to go out of his way to make really nice food but Zelda is just like “I DON’T CARE RIGHT NOW PLEASE LINK”

So yeah, their first date is basically just Link cooking Zelda a buffet until his inventory empties out”

Again, this headcanon has already given us half of the answers. 

We got our plot: Link, a talented chef, is cooking food which Zelda scarfs down without fear and hesitation

Setting: They are by a cooking pot, perhaps in the wilderness, away from the prying eyes of nosey villagers. This takes place sometime after the initial defeat of Calamity Ganon.

Conflict: Link keeps trying to cook “good” food, but despite the Princess’ royal upbringing, she has no care for the whole “show” of cooking with spices and garnish. She is starving, willing to eat anything

And Characters: Link and Zelda. You know... (Today unfortunately is not the day in which I construct a thorough character analysis of the two...perhaps one day...)

So, now that we have this, we start adding the meat and muscle of our story with point of view, tone, style, and theme. These elements, could be summarized as your writing style. Yes, writing style is more intricate than those four elements alone, but they do fit in with its broad definition. 

So, in essence, a way to transition between headcanon and fic is to find out what kind of writing style you’re comfortable with. 

How do you do that? Well... shocker, I know, you gotta write. 

Write first, plan the elements of your one-shot later!! 

Allow yourself to write complete utter garbage. I know you said that you don’t wanna create a “fanfic reader’s worst nightmare,” but if you become more concerned with the quality of your content before you even start writing, you will never ever ever get anywhere. You’re gonna be stuck in writer’s block for eternity, so just let the garbage and nightmares out and write. You’ll never improve if you don’t have something to improve from, you feel me? 

So, now that your mind is open and ready to write anything, whether garbage or gold, let us dive in to the parts of your writing style. 

Point of view: Do you prefer writing in third person? First? Second? Each have their pros and cons. Second person is good for your “x reader” inserts. First person is good for your narrator’s characterization. Third person is good for describing elements of your surroundings that might not be inherently obvious to your characters or audience. There are hundreds of other pros and cons to the different POVs that you can search up online, but it’ is ultimately up to you to decide which method you like best. 

When you find the method you like best, make sure you use it to it’s full potential! Use foreshadowing with your third person POVs. Use connotation, and diction to further characterize your narrator in first person. Elevate the mood and senses of a scene when in second person.

Tone: Now, this element is often confused with another literary device, mood. The difference being that you as the author have more control over the tone, than the mood. The tone, is the attitude that you as the author (or as a character/narrator, depending on your POV) have towards something. For example, your tone might be suspenseful if you withhold information from your reader, or if you have a certain choice of diction. It is typically better to look to the type of genre you’re writing for to identify what kind of tone you want. 

Mood is the feeling that the reader experiences from your writing. It’s really much more simple, a beloved character dying give a depressed mood. A cute couple hanging out will give the reader a happier mood. This is your angst and fluff feelings, if you will. (Although, please remember than mood and tone are not a binary thing, it is a spectrum, as broad and diverse as the capabilities of human emotion)

Style: Ok yes this is a bit meta, me explaining how to use style to help you construct a writing style. Blame the bendable definitions of the writing world. So just think of this as the face of your writing. The more obvious and apparent part that is unique to you and your personality. 

Think cake. Your story is a delicious cake, it is a chocolate, Zelink cake. Now, your style is the way that you present this cake. Pink frosting? Yellow? A full cake or just a slice? Chocolate ice cream cake? Chocolate lava cake? Five tier cake? Cake pops? These possibilities are the infinite ways your style will present the story.

Style, sometimes called voice, is the combination of your use of tone, mood, POV, syntax, diction, and other literary device that you commonly use in your writing. This isn’t something you learn, it’s just something you do naturally when you write. It’s what readers will like about your fics, because they like the way that you use this or that, or the way you describe this thing or that person. It’s something that can change and improve over time, but in essence, it’s what readers can read and identify as you, without even looking at the username.

Style isn’t something you have to remember, per say, like other literary devices, but it is something to be aware of as you should try to keep it consistent through your whole story. Sometimes have people have different writing styles depending on their own mood, or what they’re writing about. That is fine, so long as you keep it consistent through your whole work. A good trick for this is to listen to music that fits with the style of your writing. Use that one catchy love song whenever you’re writing cute headcanons or fluffy one shots. Use that anime opening theme for your adventurous fics and fight scenes. This way, you are keep in a consist atmosphere and your brain will be in the “Oh! It’s time to write ____ stuff!” mood. 

So just be aware of when you’re in a descriptive style, a narrative style, argumentative, or whatever style you like using. You style might even derived of the way you already create headcanons!

Theme: This is a big one. Have a cohesive theme can easily bring any story from good to great! I like to think of it as you’re story’s destiny, or reason for existence. 

Theme is an outlier for the other elements in that not only is it not necessary for your fic, it is also not necessary for your writing style either. It’s really not necessary... at all. Yet, people always use theme in their writing, even accidentally. 

Theme is your story’s underlying message, or lesson. Yes, yes, if you paid attention in your basic English class you probably already knew that, but this is a big pet peeve of mine. 

The theme of your story isn’t “true love,” the theme isn’t “innocence”, or “failure”, or “trauma”, or whatever. Theme isn’t a broad idea, it’s a specific question and an answer. 

For example: The theme of Breath of the Wild isn’t “exploration” or “time”. The theme is there is always something to seek and find, so long as you have the curiosity and courage to find it. The theme is despite the eternities of time, we still found each other. 

Your theme shouldn’t be a broad, one word answer. What about love are you trying to convey? What specifically about failure are you saying?

Theme is the entire reason why the entertainment medium exists, because artist found a way to create something compelling and interesting while also connecting them to real life things. 

When you give your reader something to really chew on, even days after they finished reading your fic, then you did a brilliant job. Essentially, you want to use theme in your story because it is what will stick with our readers even years after they’ve read your work.

While that’s all sentimental and sappy, that’s still not your biggest problem, is it? You still need to practice, you still need to learn how to use the things you’ve learned to actually write. So, a summary of what I advise you should do.

Look over and improve your old headcanons, and keep making more! Keep making headcanons and litte prompts, and let them grow bigger and bigger, and more desprictive. This could help you ease into actually writing paragraphs a bit more

Find out what you like to write. Yes, you probably already have a fandom in mind, but think back to those first four elements. What types of plots are you comfortable with, what settings, characters? Genius is only the work of enthusiasm, if you don’t like what you’re going to write, you’ve already failed

Write, write, write. Practice, practice practice. Let yourself write complete and utter garbage and nonesense. Then read it over. See what you don’t like about it. Then change it and write again. I MEAN it when I say you should write garbage. Write a completely terrible, nightmarishly cringe scene. See what you don’t like. Then rewrite it again. Repeat, repeat, repeat. In fact, it doesn’t even have to be a scene or something from your fandom. Let it be your description of a shirt, let is be some cringy poem from 7th grade. Just write and learn how you like to write. It will be so much easier in the long run

Read stuff. The stuff you read usually seeps into how you write. When you get used to reading things a certain way, you usually unconciously try to imitate it when you write. So, got a favourite fic writer? Read their stuff over and maybe even analyze the elements you like (again, think back to those eight elements I talked about) and hey, writers like it when you analyze their stuff so maybe even hit them up and talk? We like book reports we swear, most of us don’t bite. 

When you finally think you’re comfortable with your writings, maybe think about what kind of themes you’re into, or what kind of messages you want to say. It doesn’t even need to be that complex. Could be as simple as “I love this ship because it shows that you can still have flaws and be loved” Again, themes are the rEASON for eVERYTHING in the entertainment world

For further demonstration purposes, I’m going to come up with further elements for a hypothetical fic I would write based on that Zelink headcanon. So I’ve got the plot, setting, conflict and theme down. Hmm... I’ll probably use a third person POV as that is what I’m most comfortable with. With third person, I can better highlight the descriptions of Link and Zelda’s surroundings taking in the atmosphere and the aromas and and tastes. The tone will be more happy, focusing on the fun of Zelda and Link’s banter, I’ll try to create a mood in which the reader is laughing along with them, and enjoying the scene. My style will be more descriptive, again with the tastes and smells and other senses of the scene. However, I might go into a more narrative style for Zelda and Link’s banter and dialogue. While typically some people don’t want to use two different styles, I am personally familiar with the styles and know how to write them so as to blend them together more seamlessly. I might have a hint of angst at the end of the fic, as a little climax, given that the setting of the fic is after the defeat of the Calamity. I might through in some themes about how it wasn’t the material power of Hylia or the Master Sword that saved Hyrule, but the courageous and wise bond between Link and Zelda. Then...idk, a little romatic kiss for resolution because this is a fic and I can throw in some fanservice because my writing my rules. 

Babam! I just converted a headcanon to a fic.

So yeah, go write your headcanons. Then maybe next a paragraph. Then next a scene, and then you’re well on your way to one-shots and chapter fics. Happy writing and good luck!

[a-solitary-marshmallow]

Do No Harm Take No Shit Chapter 6 - Smile, the World is Watching

So. I should begin by saying, I am truly an idiot. I forgot to post this chapter on Tumblr! The whole thing is in order on my AO3, but sorry to the people who got confused. And thanks to the anon who told me!

Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled program.

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The video started with a blur of concrete bricks – it shook for a moment before swinging up to catch Adrien’s face, flushed with exertion and eyes sparkling.

“Hey, Bugheads.” He said quickly as he appeared to be walking across the school gym. “This is for the Ladyblog, which a good friend of mine runs. I just saw Ladybug come overhead, I’m gonna ask her for an interview. Hang on a sec!”

The video blurred again, showing the wall this time as Adrien dashed towards the gym exit and rushed down the stairs. He slowed, though, lifting the camera to catch a glimpse of red and black dropping from the ceiling, down to where a single student was walking.

“Is that Lila?” Adrien’s muffled voice came over the sound of Lila’s surprised yelp, as Ladybug landed directly in front of her in the deserted schoolyard. “I don’t wanna interrupt bestie time so maybe next time, Bugheads-”

“You need to stop.” Ladybug’s voice rang cool and clear across the silent schoolyard. Adrien stepped awkwardly sideways to duck mostly behind the fence and keep out of sight.

“Stop what?” Lila responded sweetly, but Ladybug wasn’t having a bar of it. She folded her arms.

“Your lying. This has gone too far.”

And now Lila leaned back and folded her arms too, mirroring Ladybug’s stance. Her voice came light and sarcastic. “I’m not hurting anyone.”

“Another lie.” Ladybug said in a low voice. Behind the camera, Adrien made a small squeaking sound. Luckily neither girl noticed. Lila tipped her head.

“Oh, so you know about the Marinette girl?”

“You lied about knowing me.” Ladybug said witheringly. “That was understandable. But a source at the school tells me it runs deeper than that. That you committed truancy, that you put your mother’s job as an ambassador at risk by claiming to have gone on extravagant trips that could have her arrested for embezzlement, or fired at the least. That you don’t run any of the charities that you say you do, and the money your classmates give you goes into your own pocket. That you fake injuries to get out of crucial schoolwork.” Lila stepped forward to speak but Ladybug cut her off. “And now tripping a classmate down the stairs. Do you know you could have killed her?”

Lila laughed nastily. “It would have served her right.”

Adrien made another sound low in his threat. Even Ladybug seemed to flinch, and Lila stepped forward.

“It’s almost too easy, you know. The people at this school are so idiotic, they didn’t even fact check me when I started with my unbelievable claims. So why should I ‘stop’ anything? It’s their fault for believing me. They could have stopped me on day one by listening to that annoying do-gooder Marinette. If you want to blame anyone, blame them.”

Ladybug clenched her fists. “Miss Rossi, you have been manipulating your classmates and caused a girl to be injured, and this will not stand. I want you to go to the Ladyblogger and record a formal apology video, delete your previous videos claiming to be my friend, set the record straight with your classmates and any other family members you have deceived, and repay any money they have given you under the impression it was going to a charity. You will also apologize to the girl you injured and pay compensation. Do you understand me?”

Lila laughed again. “What are you going to do about it, Ladybug? Hurt me? Remember, you’re a hero. It wouldn’t do your reputation much good to have injured a poor, innocent girl!” Lila struck a damsel in distress pose. “A rift in friendship that turned to violence. I’m sure Alya would close down her Ladyblog. Oh – or!” She perked up with another idea. “Maybe Chat Noir attacked me. He’s always looked a bit shifty to me, don’t you think?”

Ladybug stepped forward, vibrating with barely concealed rage. “Do not spread lies about my partner, Miss Rossi, or you will find yourself in deep trouble, do you understand me?” The ferocity in her tone made Adrien step back with a faint rustling sound. Lila only tipped her head.

“You may be a superhero, but you don’t get to tell me what to do. Not when I have Hawkmoth on my side. Remember, next time I get an acouma, I can destroy you just like I destroyed Marinette. So don’t get in my way.” She gave a saccharine giggle. “Okay? Good talk.”

Lila went to walk past Ladybug, only to have an arm shoot out and block her path. Lila recoiled slightly and quickly tried to pass it off as brushing invisible lint off her clothes. Ladybug met her eyes coolly.

“You should watch yourself, Miss Rossi. Hawkmoth uses people. Whatever arrangement you think you have with him, he will use you to get what he wants and then he will stab you in the back.”

“Thanks for the concern.” Lila’s voice dripped with sarcasm. She started walking again, and this time Ladybug did nothing to stop her. As Lila disappeared around the block Ladybug let out a sigh and flung her yo-yo up, disappearing in a red and black blur as quickly as she’d arrived.

The camera rustled as Adrien stood there silently from a few seconds. Then he lifted the camera up to his white face and cleared his throat. His eyes were huge and he swallowed twice before he could speak.

“Uhhhhh. So, that happened. I think – um – I should probably tell someone about this?” He glanced away quickly as a voice called out his name. “I gotta go, see you later Bugheads.”

  As the video cut off, the class dissolved into shouts.

Adrien stared, trying not to grin at the sheer and utter chaos he had inflicted upon his classmates. Nino sat stunned. Nathaniel cringed away from Lila, his desk partner, who was frozen in her seat. Rose jumped up and clung to Juleka, who glared at the offending liar. Max tapped frantically on his calculator. Alya stood up and yelled over the shocked murmuring.

“YOU HURT MARINETTE?”              

Surprisingly, Chloe had the strongest reaction of all. She spun in her seat and started shrieking like a banshee, nearly toppling over her chair and instead grabbing Sabrina for support as she leaned over the desk behind her. Her high-pitched screams drowned out the cacophony of voices and chairs scraping back.

“I fucking knew it! Ladybug would never be friends with a little shit like you! Come here and I’ll wring your scrawny neck for dirtying her name you no-good bitch!”

Sabrina yelped and grabbed Chloe around the waist to prevent the incensed girl from charging up the stairs and throttling Lila herself. Marinette met Adrien’s eyes with a shocked look. He raised his eyebrows in agreement.

Ms. Bustier lifted her hands, calling out uselessly for silence. No one was having a bar of it. Adrien calmly retrieved his USB and started moving to take his seat next to Nino, pausing only as Marinette stood and darted forward to wrap him in a hug. Adrien squeezed her tight. When she pulled away her eyes gleamed, bright and hard like steel. It was a look he usually saw accompanied by a red and black mask. It suited her here, too.

And then Kim screeched, “Akuma!”

[songofclarity]

moss- tumblr why!!! i cant remember what i wrote so it'll just be lost forever 😔 oh well. and ahahahahah omg poor nhs (but cmon, da-ge just wants whats best for you!!) lxc is so sneaky at gently brother-ing people into doing things, i love it. his little satisfied smiles just make me go 🥺 lil apple takes after wwx except her skill lies entirely in breaking OUT of her stable if her apple quota is not fulfilled. her favourite people to terrorize for apples are wwx and jingyi,(1) pls dont get ate

(2) both of whom happened to be outside the hanshi arguing... with some tasty-looking snacks in their hands!! inside, xichen lay in bed and watched, amused, as wwx's flowers were flung inside, safe from a disgruntled donkey. if knowing that they were breaking several rules to cheer him up made him feel soft and warm, well- he couldnt bring himself to be too bothered about it. (lwj, chief cultivator: i Do Not See. maybe xiongzhang deserves some rule breaking in the name of love.) (tumblr pls.)

(3) OH hang on i kinda recall the lost part2; re: the modern AU wedding w baby photos! wwx nearly weeps at the sight of Very Unimpressed bby lwj staring at a mildly alarmed nmj (LAN ZHAN. SO. CUUUUTE can be heard from every corner of the hall) and then with the flower photos, wwx demanding lwj allow him to braid flowers in his hair too. lxc, already thinking of the guest list and menu for the wangxian wedding, beaming at lwj(wangji when will you propose- WANGJI PLEASE I AM GROWING OLD-). ok done

Love LXC gently brother-ing people 🥺 And NMJ brother-ing people like a punch to the gut

"lil apple takes after wwx except her skill lies entirely in breaking OUT of her stable if her apple quota is not fulfilled" Omg wait, hold on a sec! Lil Apple COMPLETELY takes after WWX, who is totally breaking out if his Emperor's Smile quota is not fulfilled! LWJ knows this best!

Although is lil Apple going to break into Lan XiChen's room at this rate, like everyone means everyone, right!?

Lan XiChen feeling soft and warm 🥺 Sorry, LQR and Lan Elders, but rules were made to be broken so Lan XiChen can feel better. Or maybe that should be the rule? Rule #4001 "Rule breaking in the name of love for Lan XiChen" is now in deliberation!

Oh my God I can't believe that I forgot WWX would be seeing that baby photo too! NMJ and LWJ are just "....." while everyone else is having a good time. NHS over there preening over what a good job he did. (NHS used to market p*rn to WWX and now he markets LWJ's baby pictures, NHS is the best bro lmao). I'd like to see the tables turn and WWX laugh and Aww about LWJ having flowers in his hair -- only for LWJ to put flowers in his hair~

Flowers ARE the love language!