#sorry im not the best at explaining things...

[bbyg4rl]

gentle love

cw: flangst, argument, happy ending !

summary: a heated argument leaves you and JJ reeling.

a/n: you can assume this is after the topper thing in s1 but its not really specific so it can be at any point in time! im having such a bad day need him so bad :/

JJ had never known love like yours. He had never known love that was gentle, a love so soft it wrapped around him like warmth. A love so nurturing, it could sustain him more than food ever could.

You were his own slice of heaven—his safe space. The one thing that could restore him when the world knocked him down.

He reveled in the way you looked at him—like he was the only boy in the world, the only one that mattered. The way your eyes softened and your lips curved into a smile in his presence sent a spark through him he couldn’t explain. Being with you was the best feeling in the world. He loved knowing you were his, and even more, that he was yours.

But like all beautiful things, your relationship had its struggles too. JJ wasn’t one for communication. When something overwhelmed him, he’d turn tail and run—usually straight into your arms. But when it was you who stirred those feelings in him, he was lost, unsure where to go or what to do.

All couples fight—it’s normal. Not everyone can get along all the time, right?

The argument started like any other. You were angry at him for getting into a fight with some random Kook, and he brushed it off, insisting he was fine and that you didn’t need to worry. But this time was different. This time, it wasn’t just a fight—he had pulled a gun on someone.

Normally, you would have talked him through his anger, calmed him down like you always did. But the weight of exam stress had made you sharper, less patient, and he didn’t take it well.

Blunt words were exchanged, tempers flared. His frustration boiled over as he snapped, “You never understand me.” His voice was raw, edged with something almost desperate. Then, quieter, almost to himself, he muttered, “Maybe this just isn’t working anymore.”

Before you could respond, before the weight of his words could fully sink in, he stormed out, slamming the door behind him.

Tears welled in your eyes as you collapsed onto the floor, clutching your knees as waves of pain rippled through your chest. You had never fought with JJ like this before.

Your fingers found the necklace around your throat, trembling as you rubbed your thumb frantically over the J-initial locket. What did he mean by that? His words echoed in your mind like a broken record, each repetition cutting deeper.

Did this mean you had to take the necklace off? That you had lost him? The questions swirled in your head, suffocating you as you sobbed against the cold bedroom floor.

Eventually, the exhaustion, the heartbreak, and the sheer weight of it all pulled you under, dragging you into unconsciousness.

You're only woken up by JJ's calloused hands gently cupping your jaw, pulling you into him. Blinking up at him, you find tears streaming down his face, his expression shattered with guilt. His breath trembles, and then—a wrecked sob escapes him, your name breaking apart on his lips.

You assume he let himself in through the window, just like he had countless times before. A quick glance at the clock tells you it’s been an hour since he left—an hour that felt like an eternity.

Looking back at him, you pull him close, a mix of relief and heartbreak crashing over you. He wraps you in a tight embrace, arms locking around you as if afraid you might slip away. His grip is desperate, unyielding—like he’s holding on for dear life.

You sit in silence, finding comfort in each other’s arms as your breathing slows, your hearts steadying together. The quiet wraps around you like a fragile truce until, finally, his voice cuts through it.

"I’m sorry."

"I'm sorry too" you whisper back, your voice barely above a breath. You know he was only doing what he could in the circumstances he was trapped in.

"I should've let you explain before I snapped at you." You look up at him, a pang of guilt striking your heart as the words leave your lips.

"It's alright," he murmurs, his southern drawl soft, almost sheepish. "I shouldn't have yelled at ya either. I was bein’ a dick."

You both settle back into silence, the weight of unspoken emotions lingering between you. Then, his voice breaks through again.

"I hope you know I’ll never leave your side. Whatever I said before... I was just angry. I didn’t mean it."

His words tumble out in a rush, his tone almost frantic—like he’s trying to take his previous words back, like he’s just stepped on a puppy’s tail and is desperate to make it right.

You press your palm against his chest, feeling the rapid thrum of his heart as he apologizes. It’s a silent gesture—one that tells him you believe him, that you accept his apology without needing to say a word.

"I could get rid of the gun if you want me to" he murmurs softly against your temple. "You mean more to me than a piece of metal."

"No, it’s okay. Keep it. Just… don’t get into trouble." Your voice is quiet but firm, a stern edge creeping in.

He nods without argument, pulling you closer, his arms tightening around you. Then, with a sigh, he buries himself in the crook of your neck, as if that’s the only place he truly feels safe.

You turn your head, pressing a gentle kiss to the top of his head. "Please don’t ever tell me you’d leave me again," you whisper, your voice trembling, fragile with fear.

He lifts his gaze to yours, guilt pooling in his eyes. "Never" he vows before pressing a soft kiss to your lips.

Then, without a word, he reaches for the ring on his pinky finger, sliding it off effortlessly. He gestures for your hand, taking it in his own as he carefully slips the small ring onto your finger.

"Never again." he murmurs, a silent promise, a quiet commitment to never hurt you.

You cradle his face in your hands, pulling him into a slow, lingering kiss—deep and unhurried, saying everything words couldn’t. He was yours, and you were his. That was all that mattered.

Entwined in each other’s arms, you stay on the floor, neither willing to let go. The bed is forgotten, lost in the warmth of his touch and the quiet intensity that lingers between you.

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[wosospacegirl]

I'm just gonna throw some ideas here but maybe reader's parents are like bery busy (not in a an abusive way ofc) so theu kinda of just let yn do her own thing and when they realized she's like super good a football and they don't wrap their head aroud it and alexia gets to know yn and maybe she's like 13/14 (a little younder than you Arsenal teen reader) and alexia goes and talk to her parents and she explains that yn can come live with her (maybe she lives faaaar away from la masia so she has to take like 3 buses) and her parents agree!!! And then you could write fics like growing up with reader and alexia kind of being her big sister? Sorry for the rant as you can see I'm a big barca fan

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Barça Teen Reader

She's like 12 when La Masia really starts seeing potential in her, but she lives very far away, so she's often tired and not the best at school.

Alexia goes to La masia to talk with the girls and all that, and then she sees Yn, and she's like that girl is the future of barcelona.

Alexia goes, say hi to yn but she's very shy so alexia is like oks i might step away a bit.

At the end of the day she sees reader training alone and she asks if she can train with her, reader is like ?? Hmm ok if you want to.

And then alexia asks questions about her life but reader doesn't let out much.

When she's 14 barcelona signs her as part of team B, but reader starts to have problems again because my girl leaves far awayyyy

Alexia is like ok im going to talk with your parents and u can live with me until you're a bit older yeah :D

And reader is like 🙄 whatever!!!!!!

Reader goes live with her and then i can write about a bunch of stuff like:

Maybe she hasn't have he period yet do her first period happens at Alexias house but reader is so so shy that she doesn't tell alexia???

And then write about all the things teenagers go through

I want to write this reader as being a little over with alexia honestly hahah maybe everybody treats alexia as LA REINA and reader is there to humble her a bit like

Yeah whatever La Reina can you please drive me to my friend's house or not? 🥱

[vampyrhydes]

I like your jcvtu au! Is cheng training her to bring back his daughter?

yess that's exactly what happens. was thinking that in this au you can't separate the powers from her and after cheng takes her he realizes he cant force himself to kill her so he decides to raise her for the purpose of reviving his actual daughter. along the way he develops a genuine soft spot for her but it's all very fucked

treading into heavily making shit up territory here so bear with me: remember when ed called mr cheng a mogui king? assuming he has a reputation and influence, why wouldn't he have his own little palace somewhere in the bowels of diyu? that's where he's raising and training her in this au, forbidding her from leaving. ed is there to play a babysitter/big brother role and gugu spends those 16 years desperately trying to save her

in terms of personality she would be wayy more angsty and insecure than canon jentry for sure. she pushes herself a lot to win cheng's approval but more often than not that results in her hurting herself and disappointing him. needless to say his quick tempered and emotionally unavailable ass sucks at teaching lmao. her mandarin would be better tho

[prismatiger]

Tell me your opinions on the stuff. Any stuff.

Grins. Smiles, even

I'm using you as an excuse to infodump my theory about the Island because I've had no in to do that, and my theory is pure opinion. Anyways:

THE ISLAND IS STUCK IN THE FUCKING FUTURE

(SCARE CHORD)

Hi so you might ask me. What the fuck do you mean by that. Well. Let's start with what we know about the Island, the King, and Wish Craft. (long ass post under cut. sorry)

The Island was redacted from the perception of outside world, via Wish Craft.

Wish Craft has the power to enable Time Craft. We see this primarily through Siffrin's timeloops, but also through the King's powers.

One of the King's powers is to show the saviors a "vision of the future."

...And this same attack is deflected back at the King by Mirabelle in ACT 5, in which the King is able to see the Island before being frozen in time.

...So. The King's "vision of the future." We're never told explicitly what this vision is. All we know is that it's apparently powerful enough to wipe the party in one hit, hearing it from a distance hurts your head, and that whatever Siffrin (and Loop) saw, they don't seem to actually be able to describe it. Even the King himself doesn't know what his vision entails.

We don't know whether the party all sees the same thing when struck by the vision, and Adrienne's answer to the question about it in the Reddit AMA is. vague? It's not a "no," and the specific wording makes me think the answer might be yes. But that's me reading into it.

Now. What do we know about the Island's redaction? The Island was affected by the wish recently, as in "like a decade ago" recently. We know that nobody in Vaugarde or the rest of the world is capable of thinking about the Island, anything closely tied to the Island's culture, or people on the Island for very long. When they do recall these things, they slip right out of reach. Particularly, the consequence for trying to think about the Island (or, more specifically, break the wish that forces the Island out of perception) is significant pain, localized in the head.

And that said pain is enough to become lethal, if pressed hard enough.

From here forward I'm running with the assumption that the King's "vision of the future" is not personalized to any individual, and is unchanging throughout the course of the whole story. Now. Remember the end of ACT 5, where the King gets hit with the deflected "vision of the future", and instead of dying, he recalls the Island and gets frozen in time? Very odd, yeah? Why wouldn't the King just die like everyone else does? He even does take 9999 damage when trying to say its name, like Siffrin does, and like the party does when they're hit by the attack.

Well. We know that he has a "true wish" that the ability to freeze Vaugarde in time grants. I don't think it's at all a stretch to guess that the King's "true wish" is to be able to remember the Island. My personal guess is that the King (and Siffrin) brought this "true wish" into effect via the "SAY ITS NAME" sequence- he even tries three times, a significant number in wishing.

The King (and Siffrin's) wish breaks, because it can't be fulfilled in this moment without breaking the wish to prevent the Island from being thought about. However. Consider the conditions at the end of ACT 5- the King sees the vision of the future reflected back to him, and what he sees is the Island. He remembers the Island, fulfilling his own wish, and is frozen in time. I consider this a compromise between his wish and the one binding the Island- the King gets to remember the Island, but nobody alive is able to think about it, because he's frozen in time; it's like the Universe is correcting itself (I WILL GET BACK TO THIS). The wish of all of Vaugarde to defeat the King is fulfilled, since he is no longer a threat, and Siffrin's wish wraps itself up soon after.

MY POINT BEING. The King's attack is a vision of the future. This "future" is of the Island, in some uncorrupted state. The saviors see it when he attacks them, and he sees it when it is deflected back to him.

The logical next question is "okay, so the Island exists in the future, but how do you know time shenanigans are even related to the Island?"

Recall a very odd series of interactions throughout the game, in which you try to interact with a piece of equipment that you already own.

The game rewinds slightly, before the item disappears, as the Universe corrects itself.

This is awfully similar to two particular events: looping back without seeing the death screen, and talking to the Daydreaming One about her sister. The latter is more interesting to me for the purposes of this theory.

In both instances, something is misaligned within the Universe (an item existing in two places, someone remembering something they're not supposed to) and it is corrected through some sort of rewind. Also compare the dialogue above to when you try to give Mirabelle the Stylish Bow when you already own it.

The world glitches, but Siffrin defuses the situation before the Universe has to intervene. Omitted from the screenshot is the fact that Mirabelle's portraits switch to happy from "catastrophically anxious" with no transition after Siffrin shows her where the bow is. Important to note is that when Mirabelle tries to recall receiving the bow, her head hurts, much like how trying to break the Island wish causes a headache.

The Universe leads you away from perception, and you can only follow.

My theory that I keep circling around is that through Wish Craft, the Island has been displaced temporally. The denizens of the Island, as well as the Island itself, still exist, but they are in the future. The Island is still loaded into the world, like how equipment is before you try to interact with it, and the Island cannot leave this quantum state, because it never actually went anywhere. The magnitude of the redaction event is so severe with the Island, because it is so much larger as an entity than a sword or a bow. There are of course things I don't really have pieced together, like why somebody would wish the Island into the future, how far into the future it is, or why equipment behaves this way. But it's the only Island theory I've seen that I have some level of confidence in, so I might as well lay out my cards for it.

[ricenugget]

one thing im wondering is...whats happened to the pure vanilla we once knew?

shadow milk implies hes dead but that can be almost certainly disregarded since this guy is literally the misinformation spreader ever

but what gets me is that pure vanilla, as fortune teller or as truthless recluse, also implies that the old him is dead, or something like that

my theory is that normal pure vanilla is stuck in the abyss of his soul, trying to process everything thats happened to him (since truthless recluse says that hes fallen into the 'deepest abyss') and this new pure vanilla is a defence mechanism of sorts (i dunno what to call it 😞) to prevent anymore mental harm from coming to him. perhaps in the next episode, gingerbrave and friends will help him to snap out of it and face reality,,,

[rebornofstars]

if anyone seeing this post is under the impression that not attending university lectures is fun and edgy. let me paint you a picture. you are going to look at your calendar one day soon and realise your final is in 38 hours and you still have 17 and a half hour long lectures to watch and take notes from.. and while this is possible to achieve it's not exactly relaxing. yeah i'm still fine-tuning my academic skills what abt it

[moonilit]

Do you think Dick is Kory’s primary medical… assistant (??) as in he is the one who gives her her vaccine shots and get blood samples? Because of her Trauma of being test subject she canonically hates anything that reminds her of labs and such but she still need a medical record? She can’t be just immune to everything on earth and even if so there is a whole space out there (i assume she could be allergic to something at least), my point is she still need some kind of medical records with whatever information she is willing to give and what the team could learn from other Tamarians physiology, and I assume its Dick who is being her assigned medical assistant (doing the needle work, doing her X -rays and screening etc at least being in the same room or on the microphone maybe hold her hand in  dental appointments lol) like she probably have PTSD about being experimented on and i assume Dick didn’t just think they can avoid hospitals and medical care forever lol 

Yk, Part of how Dick also helped Kory and it wasn’t just one way thing

[quaranmine]

On Wednesday before I gave my presentation I confessed to a new employee that I was worried it would be too long and she brightly told me her life hack was to just let AI rewrite things for her. She said I should put in all my talking points and ask ChatGPT to give me a five minute exactly presentation. I was like....how is the most polite possible way (since this is a new colleague I shouldn't get off on the wrong foot with) that I can express that I will Not be taking this advice. Ever. I told her that I didn't think we were allowed to use ChatGPT at this job (we most certainly are not, it is a nightmare for any type of protected information) and also that I prefer to write all of my own work. Despite my best efforts the last part of that was still passive aggressive, lol.

Something about being a writer makes it so that it's almost offensive to me for someone to suggest I use AI to do my work instead? Like, the day I reach the point where I let AI write something for me is the day y'all need to be checking me for brain damage because clearly I'm losing it

[jumioxox]

drdttober day twelve - traditional clothing

[liquidstar]

a friend who'd wait :)

[pempempemto]

I'm a little confused about why Eclipse became partially present in the last comic. Did Moon become more prominent when the Daycare Attendant demanded to know what was going on (the panel where the Daycare Attendant says, "Michael, just tell me what's going on!") because Michael's continued silence triggered the DCA's security protocols or because Sun backed out due to the environment or something? Whatever the reason, it seems Michael finally talking brought Eclipse back into full control.

ah ! thats a valid question don’t worry don’t worry, glad you asked though !

i think in my mind it was a combination of all of it. I think in this au i see sun as a lot more in the backseat after what happened with him and moon before cassie came along in ruin, and moon is still admittedly a lot more active even after the reboot.

i also still do stick with the hc of moon having their security function still in their system, and that with the addition that usually moon gets a front row seat when it comes to handling Michael with His Issues, since most of them before this tended to correlate with rest.

Ive always seen michael handling these things with mostly silence, so when he does it again both moon and eclipse r kinda like “oh god he’s at it again” and both kinda come to the forefront when they get a little impatient, also explaining why eclipse/moon sounded a little more aggressive in that moment.

And yes, moon did retreat a little when Michael starts talking.

He’s still slightly more present, though, from Michael’s weird mannerisms. He’s just left it to eclipse, since it’s probably an issue better handled by him.

[dailykugisaki]

Day twenty-two | Id in alt

Kugisaki's reasoning is that Gojo wouldn't listen to her asking and she didn't want to ask in the first place.

[dawnleaf37]

in honor of the tpot short with the failed debuters (assumedly) being announced soon heres my tierlist of all the tpot debuters most favorite to least

tags for longer opinions :3

[selfship-confession-box]

Hello everyone! I'd like to address an issue i've gotten asks about before.

The word 'simp' is aave, I have learned that, yes. I am not poc myself, so I have no right to use the word, and I try my best to not, though I do forget sometimes, and I apologize to any who may be offended.

I have gotten confessions with the word in them. i often hadnt noticed it when i first posted them, as I mostly just skim over the asks, and i usually do not pay too much attention to it. Again, I apologize for that.

I'm going to ask you all to not use the word in your confessions here at all. I cannot truly verifiy if the person sending in a confession is poc or not, so it would be easier and less likely to cause issues if the word was not used here in general.

i do believe that i have stated i dont want the word used here, but i understand that it could be a little confusing, as with the other words on the list, i allowed them to be used to say that other people were saying it.

if anything here was confusing for you, please let me know! i want the subject to be as clear as possible and easy for everyone to understand ^_^

[teruel-a-witch]

as i'm waiting for my new tablet to arrive i'm reminded why i don't shop online ever and hate paying in advance for something i haven't been able to hold in my hands yet.

it's starting to seem like it won't arrive before my birthday tomorrow so i am officially livid. i specifically picked a store that wasn't far away and promised delivery on the 28 at the earliest but it looked like they only shipped it on the 28th judging by the status 😒 the one time I order a gadget online instead of going directly to a store and this happens. birthday officially ruined.

[findingcrow]

Halt: I can’t tell which I’m more surprised by- the fact that you didn’t realize you have intense trauma, or that you thought you were straight.

Will: Okay now that’s not fair