#state for the 3rd year in a row

[pathologicalreid]

𖤓 margotober masterlist 𖤓

in an act of insurmountable indecisiveness, i couldn't choose between flufftober, angstober, and kinktober. naturally, the only solution was to find a way to participate in all three. previews will be posted a week at a time because my indecisiveness extends to my inability to choose what fics to post.

fluff 𖤓 angst 𖤓 smut

october 1st - caretaker

↳ in which you take care of your fiercely independent boyfriend after he gets shot in the knee

october 2nd - always, i'll wait

↳ in which Spencer dedicates himself to pulling you out of your depressive state

october 3rd - wake me from this dream

↳ in which you've been struggling to come to terms with the kiss between Spencer and Cat, and you've finally reached your breaking point

october 4th - with your hands tied

↳ in which you and Spencer continue your kink education, with a hands off approach

october 6th - the build up

↳ in which you and Spencer spend an entire day just waiting to make it to the hotel room

october 7th - what to expect

↳ in which you find yourself frustrated at the end of your pregnancy, and Spencer talks you off a ledge

october 8th - kryptonite

↳ in which all roads lead to Spencer's apartment, at least they do for jareau!reader

october 9th - don't get dark

↳ in which you disclose an attack to Spencer, and he assures you he's not going anywhere

october 10th - cocoon

↳ in which your life is put in danger during an otherwise routine case, and you haven't even told Spencer about the baby

october 11th - diphenhydramine

↳ in which reader has a hard time getting to sleep at night, leading to Spencer's step by step instruction of which hormones help you fall asleep

october 12th - all we ever do is talk

↳ in which Spencer and wife!reader fear they're getting boring, so the BAU sets them up with a hotel suite for Spencer's birthday

october 14th - sanctuary

↳ in which hotchner!reader reunites with the BAU after her time in WITSEC

october 15th - pyrophoric

↳ in which Spencer seeks the help of a chemist to help with his research into white phosphorous

october 16th - wavelength

↳ in which your son ends up in the hospital on one of the BAUs busiest nights of the year

october 17th - heart to heart

↳ in which hotchner!reader is set to have heart surgery, and Spencer can't help but be concerned for her

october 18th - love song for lady earth

↳ in which reader has her first experience with munch!spencer

october 19th - home run

↳ in which Spencer and jareau!reader finally get the opportunity to take the next step in their relationship

october 21st - ode to a conversation stuck in your throat

↳ in which Spencer tries to talk you out of taking a job across the country

october 22nd - here with me

↳ four times Spencer feels out of place in your house after being released from prison, and one time it's like he never left

october 23rd - burn notice

↳ in which your workplace is targeted by a group of extremists, and Spencer tries everything to keep you safe

october 24th - lock and key

↳ in which an act of violence - and subsequent serious injury - brings the truth to the surface and initiates a change

october 25th - in an arrow heart

↳ in which Spencer finds himself distracted by you during an otherwise routine outing to O'Keefe's

october 26th - come a little closer

↳ in which you and Spencer have sex for the first time since his release from prison, and more importantly, since Cat told him what happened in Mexico

october 28th - little duck

↳ in which Spencer is too excited about his first Halloween as a dad to remember he's supposed to be celebrating his birthday

october 29th - missed calls

↳ in which Spencer answers Hotch's daughter's phone when he calls to check in after a case

october 30th - prisoner

↳ in which you and Spencer conduct a custodial interview with a death row inmate - Spencer's first since he was released

october 31st - hysteria

↳ in which the BAU is called into a case in rural Appalachia when bodies start showing up in an abandoned insane asylum

[ptseti]

I continue to say - FVCK THEM.

May the evilness of these actions bring Karma to everyone involved in this act of inhumanity! May 13, 1985, Philadelphia MOVE Bombing. The city officials dropped 2 Bombs on the Black, MOVE organisation, murdering 11 people, including 5 children, 2 survivors. The police fired 500 gunshots into the home within 90 seconds, and it was determined that police lied about Move members firing on them. The Move members were public nuisances, giving loud speeches, but had committed no violent crimes. The two survivors: 🛑Ramona Africa, an adult MOVE member, spent 7 years in prison, convicted of 3rd degree murder, although moved fired no gunshots 🛑Birdie Africa, a 13-year-old boy ✅The city officials responsible for the murders did not go to prison. 🛑Black Mayor Wilson Goode approved the plan, but states he didn’t approve the bombing. 🛑White Police Commissioner Gregory J. Sambor made the decision to drop the bomb. A former Brigadier General in the US Army Reserves 🛑White Fire Commissioner William Richmond allowed the fire to burn, contributing to the destruction of the block. 🛑 White Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh was informed about the stand-off between MOVE and the Philadelphia authorities, but he did not intervene or take direct control. 🛑White City Prosecutor, Ed Rendell, sent the victim, Ramona Africa, to 7 years in prison. She later filed a lawsuit, received $1.5 million. He later became Mayor and Governor. ✅Number of homes destroyed: 61 homes. Over 250 people were displaced. Estimated property damage was

$13.5 million in 1985 dollars 🛑valued between $30,000 to $50,000, typical for middle-class row homes in West Philadelphia.

[muffinlance]

State of the Muffin Report 2024-25

Happy birthday to my fanfics! As of March 3rd, 2025, I have been writing AtLA fics for SIX YEARS. Little Zuko v the World is in elementary school. WHAT.

Behold, last year’s stats!

[id: Screenshot of a spreadsheet showing my 2024-25 word counts. Important info is that over six stories, I wrote 107k words, for a monthly average of 8.9k and a daily average of 297 words. End id.]

Fanfic:

Thanks to last year’s Fandom Trumps Hate donator, I speedran Case 1 of Dark Night in Ba Sing Se, woo! (Much like Zuko speedran his trip to the library.) (And Ryo Cho Jyo speedran his retirement to desk duty.)

Also finished Scaled Over, double woo!

Honestly that’s way more words than it felt like I wrote, and a slight increase from last year, so YAY WRITING MATH.

Serious Face Writing & RL:

Li’s Friends has now raised $4,335.71 USD for wildlife charity, not counting gift matches. <3

Firstborn can recognize electromagnets and is making flying buttresses with magnet tiles. Secondborn’s hobbies include weight lifting, FASHION, and horking down pea pods and cherry tomatoes from our winter garden as fast as I can grow them.

Goals for the Coming Year:

Fanfic:

Sure looks like Fandom Trumps Hate is supporting the third part of Kindling this year, woo!

Finish the current book of Towards the Sun. We’re currently on the final field trip, so that should be very doable. —I say, using the exact same wording for the fourth year in a row. BUT HOLY CRAP YOU GUYS I JUST CHECKED AND SOMEONE CAME IN LAST MINUTE TO PLEDGE THE $500 FOR KICKING MY BUTT INTO GEAR? HOLY CRAP? Okay if they actually go through with that then I guess we’re doing this! I AM DELIGHTED IN THE WORST OF WAYS AND SHAKING MY FIST IN THE BEST OF WAYS! HOW VERY DARE YOU AWESOME PERSON YOU!

Mystery third FTH fic pending talk with the bidder!

More Blindsiding Badgermoles because that’s the one I personally <3 at the moment.

Serious Face Writing & RL:

Finish the third book in the Fox’s Tongue and Kirin’s Bone series, Face of the Wolf King. As arbitrary deadlines do wonders for my writing, and so does Avoiding Other Work, I trust that I can play Wolf King off my FTH fanfic commitments like some kind of author-shaped work-avoidant pinball.

KILL ALL THE WEEDS IN MY GARDEN THIS IS WAR. Lovingly put mesh nets on all my apples to gently shoo the moths away. I love moths please stop eating my apples your delightfully terrible wiggle-children got ALL OF THEM last year they are so delicious in pies please go to the neighbors down the street they don’t even PICK theirs.

I love you Linux Mint I'm never going back to the tyranny of Windows

Special thanks this year goes to BlindBeta, who is my awesome sensitivity reader on Blindsiding Badgermoles, and to Fandom Trumps Hate, because last year’s anonymous bidder was awesome and boy does it look like this year will be EVEN MORE AWESOME.

Cheers,

MuffinLance

[little-boyyyy-blog]

back to america

jessie fleming x reader

when jessie makes the to move to portland, you were the only thing on her mind. yet still somehow. you make the biggest move of your relationship.

“i missed you.” the brunette girl you had missed so passionately whispered against the soft skin of your neck. your arms going and wrapping over jessie’s shoulders as you kept the door open with your foot.

“i missed you more jay”

there was a few bags behind the girl; knowing the the rest were getting flown out later in time. jessie and you had spent months (years) going back and forth over the idea of her making the move back to the states from west london. she had always fallen homesick, missing being so close to her parents and longtime girlfriend.

even while at ucla; jessie causally saw her family and friends. either making the trip up to london, ontario on school breaks or her family flying down on their long weekends to spend time with their girl. jessie and her family were thick as thieves. and she’d been telling anyone who asked that, that very reason was why she wanted to come back.

but she had also missed you. and she had just started subconsciously thinking of you as family.

but long distance had been extremely hard on you as a pair. and after you secured a job that was somewhere you felt like settling down at; at least for a while. you started not being able to take off nearly as much time as you could while finishing your masters and working a small restaurant job.

so once she did decide on coming back to the states, she wasted no time in coming home. and by that she meant you. and your high rise apartment that she loved dearly.

“there’s never been a longer plane ride a day in my life.”

jessie and you had met in a shared 3rd year kinetics and transport in material engineering class. it was one of the hardest classes you both had to face in the first 3 years at ucla. that was until you both had ended up in a group of 6 for your midterm final.

you had obviously known who jessie was, everyone did at ucla. but you also knew you had no chance at the gorgeous girl; subsequently leading to never letting you set yourself up for failure by even starting a conversation.

keeping your head down and your eyes away from the soccer stars vicinity allowed you to miraculously never end up in a position to gain a further crush on her. for three years at that! but once you were placed in the same group as her for your midterm, there was absolutely no point in trying.

“do you think anyone else is actually going to show up for this?” presley asked, is hands on his hips as he looked out the door. “it’s only 5:51, just sit down and relax”

he turned and squinted his eyes, causing you to crack a laugh from your friend. “i hate you.”

“no you don’t.”

“i showed up?” presley’s friend piped off; looking up from his computer to now watch the door. “we knew you would canonn, thank you for being early.” presley rolled his eyes before looking back out into the hall. “oo! jenny is here!”

“jenny?” you questioned.

“short blonde who sits front row? always has a question no matter the situation or subject?”

“ah jenny..” you mumbled. well let’s hope she’s useful. or at least more useful than you and some good ole google.

as the time ticked on further until 6’o clock; you found yourself letting out a small sigh of relief. as frustrating as it may be to have to carry the weight of one person in a group you couldn’t help but find a positive of jessie not being there. you didn’t have to face her. that gorgeous gorgeous face.

it was a matter of time. you knew you’d have to come face to face with the brunette who didn’t even know you existed; but you had felt a small amount of relief at it not being today.

but even without the girl your group started hitting the ground running; you working on your computer as the others gave you the information to type down onto the shared slides. the group had been mostly focused on creating an easily accessible but slightly complex introduction to a prototype for the project.

“-i am so sorry! is this group 3 for dr. kimmich’s class?” your eyes shot up from your computer, only to lock with your forever-far away crush. you knew your lips parted, no words coming out but parted as you stared at the beautiful girl. “yes it is! glad you could join us!” presley shot up from his seat, is coffee in hand as he quickly made his way to the brunette.

the last open seat was placed directly infront of you, so as presley ushered the girl in. you were shitting bricks.

the group picked up right where it left off. and jessie ended up being more useful than anyone else. she was insanely good at any engineering class it seemed; but you had never seen it first hand until now.

you could have caught many flies with the way your lips stayed parted and your eyes fixated on the soccer player. her hair was in a messy bun, wearing a ucla soccer shirt an a pair of grey sweats. she looked other-worldly.

you loved how bright her smile was and how her eyebrows furrowed inwards when she didn’t completely understand something. presley has landed multiple kicks to your shin, giving you the crazy eyes and mumbling under his breath everytime for you to stop staring.

you never really could.

“come on, let’s get your stuff inside” you pulled away from her embrace, stealing a peck from her lips and pushing her off to the side. stuggling but managing to pick up the few (four) duffle bags off of the ground and bringing them into your apartment.

“you say let’s and then bring them all in yourself”

“don’t want my pretty girl to hurt herself”

pushing through your bedroom door and placing them on the foot of your bed. jessie found her way behind you; wrapping her arms around your torso as you quickly unzipped one of her bags.

you were prepared to unpack her things, wanting to set up home base for her to make her feel more peaceful with the big change. and you shamelessly knew she’d find a way to wrap her arms around you as you did such. you both had spent 100’s of trips doing the small motions; and this one felt better as you knew it would one of the last.

pulling out all of her shirts and shorts as she laid kisses on the inside of your neck; whispering her ‘i miss you’s’ on the soft skin. having to resist your girlfriend as she continued even through your groans and teasing comments about her being a horny boy.

actually; that probably was one of the traits of jessie’s. she could easily be found herself getting lost in your neck any second possible; even in very public settings or terrible timed events.

“mm jess, get some hangers please” you pushed her away from you, you hand pressing against her hip and tapping for her to move. “fine.” she placed another soft kiss to your neck before scurrying off.

a small smile coming across your face as you continued pulling out her clothes. laying out the shirts flat on the bed and unfolding her pants/sweats only to refold them in a way that would make hanging them up on the hangers easier.

“where did your clothes go?” jessie questioned as she came out of the closet, arms filled with hangers.

of course she noticed right away.

“they are packed up” you rolled your eyes at your girlfriend, she had never been known for her abilities to pick up on subtle details. but she had to pick on this one?

“going on a trip? for what? a month?” she joked; sighing deeply as you grabbed the hangers out of her hands and started hanging up her shirts. a small smile coming across your lips as you caught the end of a portland jersey inbetween your fingertips. “more so months.”

portland has always loved their canadians; and jessie was absolutely no exception to that. so when she got the offer, there was absolutely no way she was going to decline it.

and trust, you understood why portland loved canadians so much. just look at yours?!

“baby what’s going on? there’s a lot of things missing?”

you swallowed your heartbeat down, feeling the anxiety of the impending implications coming faster than expected. you had secretly prayed that she wouldn’t have started questioning things until maybe a few days in.

you had cleared out space in your shower caddie for her own products, a little space on your bedside table for her things to take up. you had even set up an extra key ring by your door for her to be able to hang her keys up on; a brand new key to your apartment occupied it currently. one that she didn’t even know existed.

you watched as her head started looking through the room, her eyes going from the closet to you, to the bathroom door, the nightstand, under the bed, and moving to go to your armoire.

you placed your hand on the soft skin of her forearm, drawing her attention back to you; stopping her from moving around the room to see what else is missing.

taking a deep breath before you even looked at the brunette-girl eyes. “i love you jess, i have since our first group project junior year..” her right arm going around your waist, holding you as your hand gripped on the other girls forearm.

“..you’ve chased ever dream you’ve ever wanted and truthfully got them. making them more and your own in the process. you’ve shown me incredible elegance and composure in some of the hardest times of our relationship and i truly don’t see myself living this life with anyone else..” jessie’s grip found its way to somehow thighten; holding you almost flush against her as you stared up into her eyes.

your eyes watered at the look of complete awe she happened to hold in her beautiful face, incomparable to any 7 wonder or model you’ve ever seen. “..you’ve made the biggest move; the riskiest move of your career to come and make us work. and i would hate myself for not at least asking. so. will you move in with me?”

her smile reflected the same one you given her the day you said yes to her when she asked you on your first date. her hands now both coming up to hold your face as she looked at you; as if she was completely infatuated with you now.

“no way did you just ask me that?”

growing slightly shy at her gaze , you feel your own cheeks heat up in the hold of the girls rough palms. one of your own hands coming up and lightly clasping around her left wrist. a small nod coming from you as you felt embarrassment start to creep up. the lack of anwser made your brain run wild. “if you feel like it’s too soon or too much change at one time i completely un-“

“too soon? i tried countless times to have you move to england with me. i had hoped to quietly make myself at home but this is even better.” she shook her head at your self doubt. almost in amazement that you could even imagine something of the sort. “yes y/n. id love to move in with you.”

“really?”

“i can’t believe you’re re asking me that. im absolutely fucking sure.” her lips coming down to silence any response you could think of. and let’s just say those clothes did get folded and hung up. just happened to be the next morning.

[whencyclopedia]

Battle of New Orleans: The American Agincourt

The Battle of New Orleans (8 January 1815) was the final major battle of the War of 1812, in which a ragtag American army under Major General Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) beat back a superior British force under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham (1778-1815). The battle was incredibly lopsided – the Americans suffered 71 casualties while the British suffered over 2,000 – and was fought after the peace had been signed. But despite its needlessness, the battle gave the fledgling United States a new self-confidence in its sovereignty and set its victor, Jackson, on the path to the presidency.

Pakenham & the British Invasion

The events that would lead to the bloodshed at New Orleans were set into motion three months before when, on a cool October evening, Sir Edward Pakenham received a letter from Lord Bathurst, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. It informed him that the Prince Regent had been "pleased to confer upon you the Command of all the Troops operating with His Majesty's Fleets upon the Coasts of the United States" and directed him to conduct operations against New Orleans, a city strategically situated at the mouth of the Mississippi River (quoted in Napoleon Series). Bathurst hoped that by striking this vulnerable underbelly, the British could draw American attention away from Canada, where most of the fighting had been taking place; if the British could then push into the lands of the Louisiana Purchase to use as a bargaining chip for peace negotiations, all the better. Indeed, American and British diplomats were currently negotiating peace at Ghent in the United Netherlands (modern Belgium). However, Bathurst told Pakenham to disregard any rumors of peace he may hear and proceed with the campaign no matter what.

A dutiful and ambitious man, Pakenham threw himself into preparations for the campaign. Since the age of 16, when his family had bought him a lieutenant's commission in the British Army, Pakenham had known nothing but a soldier's life. He had most recently fought against the armies of Napoleonic France in the Peninsular War (1808-1814), serving under the command of his famous brother-in-law, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852). Pakenham had distinguished himself at the Battle of Salamanca (22 July 1812), where he led his 3rd Division in a bayonet charge that drove the French soldiers back in a state of 'irremediable confusion'. For such actions, he had been knighted and promoted to the rank of major general. Having spent years fighting Napoleon's veteran soldiers, Pakenham felt he had no reason to worry about the backcountry militias of Louisiana and Tennessee. In November, Pakenham set out from London to join his army, which was already en route to New Orleans – having assembled in Jamaica, the British troops had boarded 50 Royal Navy ships under Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane and sailed into the Gulf of Mexico, anchoring just east of Lake Borgne, Louisiana, on 14 December 1814.

Access to Lake Borgne was blocked by five American gunboats under Lt. Thomas ap Catesby Jones. In the evening, 980 British sailors and Royal Marines got into 42 rowboats and silently rowed out to dislodge Jones' small force. After a brief engagement, the British succeeded in capturing the gunboats at the cost of 17 dead and 77 wounded (the Americans lost 6 dead and 35 wounded). The British then began to disembark; over the next six days, 1,600 soldiers under Maj. Gen. John Keane rowed out to Pea Island, about 30 miles (48 km) east of the city. They advanced overland until, on the morning of 23 December, they reached the east bank of the Mississippi River, 9 miles (14 km) south of New Orleans. Keane stopped there to await reinforcements. As his soldiers set up camp, some of them broke into the home of Major Gabriel Villeré, who leapt out a window and ran all the way to the American lines outside New Orleans. The soldiers he found there were a ragged hodgepodge of 4,000 men: French-speaking Louisiana militia and crude-talking Tennessee frontiersmen, mounted Mississippi dragoons, and undersupplied Irish immigrants, two battalions of Black men, some enslaved and some free, as well as Choctaw Indians, pirates, and privateers. But perhaps the most striking figure of them all was their commander, a tall, thin frontiersman with piercing blue eyes and a fiery temper named Andrew Jackson.

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[akaakeis]

room for you -- oikawa t.

synopsis :: you and tooru oikawa have a history. you're known each other for over a decade. as he outgrew sendai, you got left behind while he took leaps and bounds forward, moving to argentina. when you're already a university student, the two of you end up getting back in touch. 

wc :: 1936.ᐟ

gn!reader x oikawa tooru (2nd person)

notes//cw :: named after and inspired by 'room for you' by grentperez + lyn lapid,, im so projecting onto the reader like they are literally me,, fic follows you from elementary -> junior high -> high school -> university (just in little snippets, nothing too long!!),, the school system in this is some kind of japanese school system mixed with the american school system,, kinda hurt/comfort(?) im not even sure if this qualifies actually,, fluffy end <3

a playground. it's filled to the brim with little kids, hanging from the monkey bars and sliding headfirst down the slide. yet here you are, sitting on the sidelines, cross-legged on the sidewalk as you twirl a piece of sidewalk chalk in your little hands. you're alone- till you're not. the sound of quick, loud steps, followed by a final huff, draws you out of your distracted state. the smallest gust of wind blows your hair away from your face as someone drops to the ground to sit next to you.

"heya, i'm tooru. why're you all alone? whatcha doing?" his eyes dart all over your face excitedly. it doesn't seem like he minds the fact that you didn't answer his questions. he finally glances down at the sidewalk below him and is absolutely fascinated with your chalk drawings. he looks at both you and your drawings with childlike wonder. you can't help but wonder why he came up to you, but you're glad that he did.

that was 14 years ago.

a full cafeteria sits in front of you, tables shoved full with kids. it's loud and overstimulating to be there, especially when you have nowhere to be sitting. junior high students rowdily chatter as they mow through their lunches and head outside to play. it's almost as if you're watching a movie play out in front of you as people keep moving about the cafeteria- until you hear a voice call out for you, pulling you out of your daze.

"hey!! over here!" tooru calls out, waving you over to his lunch table. he has a wide grin on his face as he beckons you over. when you get over to the table, he casually slings an arm over your shoulder and pulls you to sit down at the table with him and his friends. maybe junior high wasn't going to be so bad, after all. now you had a friend group, no?

"you fit right in!" tooru comments, nudging you as he laughs. truth be told, it's relieving to hear him say that. you could get used to this.

that was 7 years ago.

aoba johsai's gym. tooru's first high school volleyball match is going on right in front of you. it's amazing, the way that his serves spin across the net with such force. he plays with such agility and honed skill, and it leaves you in awe. the game wraps up quickly- practically in the blink of an eye. when he runs off of the court, you're the first person he comes up to. he jogs to you happily, beaming with excitement.

"how'd i do? did you see all my serves??" he asks, looking at you expectantly. he's very proud of how the game went.

"you did great!" you reply back, just as excited as he is. 

after the gym is cleaned up, you accompany the team to a nearby restaurant for a celebratory dinner. it's a walk, with the silence being filled by tooru and hajime's endless banter. this is comfortable. everything feels right, in this moment. as you walk in silence, listening in on hajime and oikawa's latest disagreement, you can't help but reflect on what you saw at the game. tooru was already playing so well. was it wrong to feel like you were getting left behind? to fear that he would leave you behind sooner or later? 

that was 5 years ago.

seijoh's auditorium. it's now filled with rows of students, ranging from 1st to 3rd years. it's your- it's all of the 3rd years' ending credits. it's all happening too fast. as you hear your name called out, it echos and rings through the auditorium. you automatically fall out of the line of students, and you receive your diploma, bowing to the principal and thanking him. then, you quickly head back to your spot in line. this was really it. it was weird, but it didn't make you feel any certain way. that was, until you heard the principal call out another name.

"oikawa tooru." you pause. all of a sudden, your heart ached. it was truly sinking in, how momentous of an occasion this was, whether it was for better or for worse. as tooru made his way to the front of the auditorium, you found your eyes gravitated to him as he walked. he glanced towards you and flashed a brief smile. he walked up to the principal, receiving his diploma with a bow and a "thank you." this was actually happening. it wasn't something incomprehensible that you would always be working towards. you had truly completed high school, and that was it. you could feel your heart twisting in your chest as he walked back to his spot in line, waving his diploma at you for a moment and grinning. you muster a smile back to him. 

you get a bad feeling about this. what if this is it? what if you never see each other again after this? of course, tooru isn't some mindreader, though. he has no idea you're feeling that way- he's completely clueless. you're probably just getting into your head about it, though. of course you guys would see one another, again. after all, the two of you had plans to go to the same university, anyway.

that was 3 years ago.

a phone is being held in front of your face. argentina national team, it says on the screen. is this some kind of joke? what about all the plans you had made with him? he's definitely joking... but his face betrays that idea. he looks dead serious about this, but at the sane time, he looks so excited. that means you have to be happy for them, no matter how much you feel like going home to process the grief you're now going through.

"oh, wow..." you manage to choke out. "argentina." where even is that? it's sure as hell not close. 

"yeah!" he says excitedly. "isn't that cool?" it's like he's forgotten about all the plans the two of you had made. how disappointing.

you nod slightly, mustering up a happy reply. it sounds forced. "yeah, it's super cool! when are you leaving, then?"

"umm... in a week! and we can stay in touch for sure! i'll message you as soon as i land, and then we can call at night!" he says, shutting off his phone and pocketing it as he looks at you, his ever-excited face still apparent. you need to match his energy- you wouldn't want to ruin the excitement of this moment for him, of course.

"totally!" you reply, smiling back at him. you're excited for him, but admittedly, you felt a little worried over being left behind. what would happen from here?

that was 1 year ago.

after tooru left for argentina, he stayed true to his promise. he texted you once he landed, and he called you every night- for a while at least. then the calls started coming less...

and less...

and less...

and less...

till they altogether stopped.

it only took 2 months for the calls to stop coming. not to mention, when you'd try to call, he'd answer, but he would only say he's busy and would talk to you later. you would be lying if you said you didn't get what could have caused it, though. for one thing, he's now committed to a national level volleyball team. the two of you are also 12 hours apart, time wise. it really does make sense why the calls stopped, but you just can't wrap your head around it. the two of you have been friends since 1st grade, so how could your relationship be falling apart so easily?

you missed him- you missed talking to him, too.

that was 10 months ago.

now, you sit in your university dorm, watching the computer screen in front of you as it plays a live volleyball game: argentina vs. japan. there were a couple familiar faces- amongst them, of course, being tooru. it felt weird, seeing him like this. it was like you had never known each other, seeing the game from here.

you wonder how he is. he was so enamored with the idea of being a part of a national team. he truly put in an effort to become as good as he is now. you miss him.  you resent him for leaving you behind. hopefully, he's okay, though. you still care about him.

the volleyball game comes to a close after long struggle, with japan coming out on top. hours pass as you sit in your dorm room, wasting time with multiple activities. the day feels so slow.

bzzt—

your phone rings, but quickly stops. you pick up your phone and check where the call was from. it was from tooru, and it was followed by a text that read, "oops sorry." you text back a "you're fine dw" and then put down your phone with a sigh, only for your phone to buzz again. tooru texts you again, asking how you are. 

soon enough, a conversation starts as the two of you continue to text back and forth. tooru calls you, explaining, "i figured if we were gonna continue talking... we should just call, right?" he pauses for a moment. "ah- and i'm sorry.. for not talking to you for a while. i don't have any excuse... i just stopped."

your heart twists in your chest. "...it's fine, don't worry. i get it. you're busy." you reply, picking at the sides of your phone case. it hurt to know he didn't even have a reason to stop talking to you,

"no... seriously. i'm sorry." tooru continues, "it won't happen again. i've missed you a lot."

"i missed you too," you reply simply. "i just wish you were still here, y'know? ...i saw your game against japan. you guys did really good. your serves have improved since high school, tooru," you add, feeling slightly better.

"yeah, i've been missing sendai, seriously." he sighs. "and why the hell did you not tell me they tore down the old house?" he groans. "our precious meet up spot..."

you laugh softly. "i figured it would only make you upset. but hey, we can make a new meet up spot. that old house was so school days," you reply, a joking lilt in your voice.

"yeah, you're right," he replies, laughing. "sorry, i won't have time to meet up this time, though. i'll make time next time i'm here visiting, promise."

you smile slightly, still picking at the sides of your phone case. "alright, that sounds good."

"and... hey," he says, his voice softer.

"hm?" 

"you know i'll always make time for you, right? there's always room for you," he says, your name following. it rolls off his tongue effortlessly. you've always adored the way he says your name. it felt comforting.

his words make you freeze up for a moment as you process what he just told you. "...thanks, tooru. i hope you know i will too. there's always room for you," you echo, a smile gracing your features as you realize- maybe your relationship didn't fall apart at all. after all, the relationships that have stood the test of time are usually the strongest, no? distance is just another obstacle for the two of you to overcome together.

while you two may not be fortunate enough to live near one another, neither of you will let physical distance be the reason your relationship fails. the two of you will always have room for each other inside of your hearts.

notes ::

₊ ⊹ guys im gonna be honest w u i heavily fw this fic

₊ ⊹ i hope u guys feel the same way <3

₊ ⊹ I WAS SO CLOSE TO 2K WORDS ON THIS DAMN IT

₊ ⊹ i feel like i get all my fic plot ideas from music i listen to... pls forgive me for that i can't help it 

₊ ⊹ idk what this fic genre would be classified as? but i really enjoyed writing it

₊ ⊹ i was on a plane when i wrote this i was SO locked in

₊ ⊹ i also wrote some of this in a car and i got so sick... that was not demure!!!

₊ ⊹ oh and not proofread are we surprised! let me know if u find any glaring grammar or spelling mistakes PLEASE

₊ ⊹ i'm so tired it's like 3 something itm in my timezone... if u see formatting issues thats why probably??? idk my vision is blurry rn

₊ ⊹ any other works can be found on my masterlist!

🏷️ (sorry for the random tags.. i just really really like this one </3) :: @bokukos ,, @iiwaijime ,, @hatsukeii ,, @causenessus ,, @kuroppiii <3

[xolunelle]

Making Vision Boards

AdvisorElle, Episode 3

[To: The person who requested this post (not adding the username for privacy) - Thank you so much and I wish you all the best <3]

I mentioned vision boards and how they work so well for me in my previous post. Before I get into how I make mine and my tips, here are some goals that I reached by giving myself the ability to see what I was working towards.

2024 (February, April and November - I would include most months, but these were the most memorable)

During February, I managed to live a lifestyle EXACTLY like the one on the photos (studying, working hard, reading more, stretching and taking care of my health).

April was the month that my grades were given (for that specific term) - and guess what, I passed well!! I also studied more Japanese, did more ballet, got more books and baked more that month.

Last but not least, one of my favourite months of last year - during this November, I managed to make new friends, dress really well and feel good about myself, I read more. I essentially achieved everything on this board during that month.

Now these are only some examples of the vision boards that I made throughout the year (and it was my first time trying that out!). But something that I quickly realized was that these vision boards were there not to be stared at without any form of work, I needed to put in the work, not just the pretty images.

Moving on to my tips:

Please make a 'monthly intentions' list or breakdown of what you want to do during the month. These can work towards "bigger" yearly goals, or they can just be random goals you want to work towards, as long as they are taking you forward or maintaining where you are now.

Look for images and quotes that actually align with these goals. Through Pinterest or any other media app. If you are like me, and you want everything to stick to one theme, you can search up colours or 'aesthetics' behind each word. For example, some of the images that I got on my November vision board appeared by searching 'brown aesthetic' and going underneath any images that appeared to align with my goals.

In addition, if you don't manage to find the quotes that you want, you can make them yourself via Canva and save them as images. [Example: November (3rd image) - top row, second image.]

The images chosen don't need to explicitly state "THIS IS THE GOAL" unless you want it to, you just need to have the association with each image.

I want to emphasize this: the images you choose MUST not be ones you kind of just slap on the Canva document or PowerPoint, they actually need to have meaning. (This was something I struggled with while doing my first vision board and it ended up just becoming another random background).

I did mention before, but they do help making each month more intentional. They also give you something to look at when you're maybe feeling unmotivated or tired while working through goals (which is why most of the workbooks made by A.M. Journals feature one). And (in my humble opinion) making monthly vision boards is a lot less daunting that yearly vision boards. I may switch out the focus of each month based on what I'm going through or what goals I really want to press into achieving.

Above all, there is a beauty in being able to navigate yourself, no matter what you go through and no matter what comes your way.

X's and O's, Elle.

[aysouday]

The Golden Raven Spoilers

Part 2

Ok now let's talk about the good parts

1. I loved Andrew in this book. I love all the fox cameos. From Aaron driving Andrew's car to Nicky being angry in court to Renee figuring out Jean's crush on on Jeremy. I wish these two teams were in closer states so we could see even more of our foxes.

2. Andrew being protective of Neil

"Did Johnson touch Neil?" I was screaaaaaming. Then when he stopped smoking so he could be better at Protecting Neil. OMG I NEED ANDREW POV. NORA PLEASE😭

3. Also I just know Nora is gonna finish the 3rd book with USC finally winning the finals against the foxes, and it's just so mesmerising at how Jeremy says the foxes can't pull miracles two years in a row, but they are literally gonna win all the necessary games to go to championships without two of their best players (neil and andrew) and with a messed up new team (all the drama with the freshmen) and still beat Penn State at the end to face the Trojans. Bold of Jeremy to assume these guys will give up or give ground. I'm also eager to see how far Neil and Andrew has come since they've both been training with Keving for months now.

4. Idk why but I love Derek and Derrick so much. The oui senor scene had me laughing for 5 minutes straight. And they are so chill and cool about everything, I wish we saw them more.

Also what was up with Cherise or whatever her name was lmao

5. Just a random thought I have is that literally no couple is tsc is straight😂 the only ones I can think of are wymack and abbey, Derrick and Cherise, and Xavier and min but we rarely see them so they don't count.

6. HAVE A WINNING DAY WITH A THUMBS UP

7. Neil is just dropping bomb after bomb in every interview😂😂😂😂😂😂he is so shameless I love it

8. Can we talk about how Rhemann was so understanding and supportive of Jean. He really was a great father figure

Wymack 2.0

9. Andrew's gaydar picking out Jeremy is gay in 5 seconds is never not gonna be hilarious😂😂😂😂bro was only in the house for a few minutes yet he figured out everything

10. Jeremy being like I wanna show kevin all the wonders of california, then spending the rest of the day playing board games with him lmao

Go to part 3 for the rest

[linkons-most-wanted]

Story Timeline & Serpent's Cast

Light spoilers for the new Serpent's Cast World Underneath story below! This is a bit of a ramble but if you're into the lore you'll probably enjoy it...

I've been scraping together clues to try to put together an approximate main story timeline (since there are some pretty big time skips in different places and it's easy to lose track) and Serpent's Cast was both such a godsend in terms of concrete timing and also left my mind spinning.

I actually kinda suspect part of that is because it's ret-conning a timeline error they accidentally introduced... but I'm curious if other folks feel the same way!

For better and for worse, the game's visuals don't always 100% line up with the writing. We've all seen a scene or two where MC "removes his tie" and he's shown to be wearing a sweater, things like that. I generally defer to the writing as canon, especially since sometimes visual assets are re-used for convenience's sake and you don't want to read into that too much. (For example, Zayne's Prologue to Tomorrow branch uses the background of his living room for Dawnbreaker's apartment, which is a completely different location.)

So, originally when I read the Under Deepspace main story, I assumed that the visit shown in Chapter 4 (Under Twilight) was the one mentioned in Chapter 1, where Caleb says they'll see Grandma "at the end of the month". So then, the Bloomshore District explosion would have happened within a month of MC becoming a hunter.

But, I wasn't always sure that fit with Grandma's comment that "You haven't visited much since you became a hunter". If she were visiting daily and then dropped off it'd still make sense for her to say that within a month, but it also sort of feels like more time should have passed.

And, to that point, Serpent's Cast specifies that it's winter when the Bloomshore District explosion happens, meaning it's been about 6mo since the start of the main story. (I'm happy to go into it, but there's a pretty big pile of evidence that the main story starts in approx July 2048, around the 14th anniversary of the Chronorift Catastrophe). This would then also put the events of Galactic Sunset in the summer (a year after the start of the main story) which makes a little more sense for Rafayel and MC setting out in a row boat, but the writing is usually cagey about the seasons so it could really go either way.

This time skip actually fixes another issue I'd run into in my attempt to make a timeline, which is that Voyage of the Outcast specifically states that Prologue to Tomorrow takes place in autumn, and putting the Bloomshore District explosion in December 2048 actually makes that timing pretty much spot on.

But what's interesting here is that given the way that the Family, Interlude, and Within Reach chapters are written, there's absolutely zero indication that it's winter. Which would, y'know, seem relevant.

My theory here is that this was initially left to be a flexible time skip to give the writers room to manuever, and then they ended up realizing it needed to be a pretty big time-skip, so this seasonal reference in Serpent's Cast is a ret-con to ensure the overall timeline makes sense (for which I'm extremely grateful).

They also give us the specific year when Caleb finished his 3rd year at DAA, as well as his age at that time (since it's midsummer it'd be just after his 21st birthday) which is also a blessing for my efforts to work out the timeline. Caleb's age is still implied to be uncertain, as with MC's, but we at least know what age/birthday is locked in on his paperwork. (Which we won't ever know for MC, because part of the point of her birthday being unknown is that it gets to be the player's chosen birthday.)

Notably, part of why I think the season is a ret-con is getting Caleb's concrete age is also a bit of a ret-con--what's in Serpent's Cast contradicts (and I think is more accurate than) the age referenced in Summer's Echo, where MC notes a "seventeen or eighteen year old Caleb" a the end of the summer after his freshman year. Since he's got a June birthday, based on Serpent's Cast he's actually 19 at this time. My best guess is that the writer(s) for Summer's Echo had caleb as being 9-10 during the Chronorift Catastrophe, and didn't know his birthday, so they said "17 or 18" because that would be Caleb's age at the start of the year. This also means that Caleb turned 11 the year of the Chronorift Catastrophe. For him to actually be 17/18 at the end of the summer in Summer's Echo, he'd be quite young for his grade and he wouldn't turn 25 until 2049, and for the characters with ages that actually matter (pretty much just Zayne and Caleb at this point, maybe also Rafayel) their ages seem to be as of 2048 when the main story starts.

This gets interesting when we compare it to MC's timeline, which is most consistent with her starting 3rd grade in 2034 and graduating college right before the main story in 2048. In order for them to overlap for a year in high school (as implied in Borrowed Promise) then they'd have to be going to a 4-year high school (as is more common in the US) as opposed to a 3-year high school (as is more common in CN) in order to accomodate the apparent 3 year grade gap.

So I kiiiinda think the writers painted themselves into a corner, and gods bless the Serpent's Cast writer(s) for giving us some clues as to the canon timeline. 😅

Is anyone else overthinking this? Any alternate theories?

[askyuuandco]

Twst Incorrect Quotes: Halloween Edition!

Yuu: What the fuck?! Oggie Boogie just broke in the goddamn studio! Yuu: He lifted me out the chair, with one hand grabbin' my pipehole! ;m; Yuu: He hopped on the damn mic and said 2 lines and then he left a note! Yuu: I'ma read that bitch to y'all real quick this what he fuckin' wrote! >m<'/// Yuu: "Dear all trick or treaters! >:)" Yuu: "I'm coming back for that ass! >:D" Boys: ! O_O Yuu: "If I ain't get that butt last year, then this year it's getting smashed! >:)" Boys: OAO'/// Yuu: "I ain't pulling up in no granny costume that shit hard to run in I'm pulling up in a tracksuit and we really gonna get this fun in. 😈" UmU'/// Ace: What the fuck?! >A>'/// Deuce: What that mean?! ;A;'/// --------------------------------------------------------------- Skully: There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people. Skully: religion. Skully: politics. Skully: and the Great Pumpkin. :>

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Vil: I put a spell on you~! Vil: And now you're mine~! Vil & Rook: Mine~! >:)

Vil & Rook & Epel: Mine~! >:)

Vil & Rook & Epel: All Mine~! >:D

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---The First years go trick or treating and go to the first house--- First Years: Trick-or-treat! Money or eats! Ace: *after getting his bag filled* Can I have an extra piece of candy for my stupid brother? He couldn't come with us 'cause he's sitting in a pumpkin patch, waiting for the Great Pumpkin. >:L Ace: *gets her extra candy, then the other kids get their bags filled*  It's so embarrassing to have to ask for something extra for that blockhead. >:L Ace: *sees his bag* I got 5 pieces of candy! :D Deuce: I got a chocolate bar! :D Jack: I got a quarter! :D Yuu: I got a rock. :( -----they go to the next house---- First Years: Trick-or-treat! :D Epel: Gee, I got a candy! :D Orthro: Boy, I got three cookies! :D Sebek: Hey, I got a pack of gum! :L Yuu: I got a rock. :'( ---they go to the next house---- Grim: Trick-or-treat. I got a popcorn ball! :D Deuce: I got a fudge bar! Ace: I got a pack of gum! First Years: ? >.> *look at Yuu* Yuu: I got a rock.... For the 3rd time in a row.... Yuu: You know what! *chucks the Rocks at the house's window* >:(

First Years: OAO !!! Yuu: GET TRICKED!!! >:( -------------------------------------------------------------- Lilia: Welcome, foolish mortals, to the Haunted Mansion. I am your host, your ghost host. Kindly step all the way in please, and make room for everyone. There’s no turning back now. Our tour begins here in this gallery, where you see paintings of some of our guests as they appeared in their corruptible, mortal state. ^v^

[antimony-medusa]

MCYT on Ao3 — July '23

The state of MCYT on Ao3, just for fun. Yes I do this every month, I like numbers. 

The Cube SMP (8 works)

Slamacow Minecraft Animations (Web Series) (9 Works)

iDots SMP (14 works)

30 Day SMP | Free Trial SMP (27 works)

Legacy SMP (27 works)

Epic SMP (30 works)

Cogchamp SMP (32 works)

Kaboodle SMP (33 works)

Art of Survival SMP (33 works)

Dominion SMP (33 works)

Shady Oaks SMP (42 works)

X Life SMP (45 works)

Mer SMP (50 works)

Area Unknown SMP (51 works)

IvoryCello's Prison Escapes (Web Series) (52 works)

100 Hours Hardcore SMP (53 works)

Bear SMP (55 works)

New Life SMP (70 works)

SadSMP (70 works)

Magic Animal Club (89 works)

Tortillaland SMP (103 works)

Slimecicle Cinematic Universe (Web Series) (111 works)

House Builder Gang SMP | HBG SMP (129 works)

WitchCraft SMP (157 works)

Rats SMP (202 works)

SMPEarth (252 works)

SMPLive (274 works)

Outsiders SMP (277 works)

Mianite (Web Series) (357 works)

Yandere High School (Web Series) (370 works)

Afterlife SMP (371 works)

Evolution SMP (492 works)

MindCrack RPF (493 works)

Fable SMP (694 works)

Karmaland SMP (729 works)

Lifesteal SMP (1,021 works)

Origins SMP (1,416 works)

QSMP | Quackity SMP (2,256 works)

Empires SMP (5,235 works)

3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series (7,127 works)

Hermitcraft SMP (16,348 works)

Dream SMP (78,022 works)

Minecraft (Video Game) (107,041 works)

Video Blogging RPF (255,567 works)

Some Notes:

The only new SMP this month is New Life SMP!

Fics are primarily in English, but now we have three exceptions with significant Spanish fics: Karmaland, Tortilla SMP, and QSMP. QSMP also includes fics in Brazilian Portugese and a (very few) in French.

A couple of the smaller fandoms saw fic decreases, and 100 Hours Hardcore saw a 1-fic decrease for the third month in a row.

For smaller fandoms, both SMPEarth and Outsiders SMP tied for growth, both showing increases of 14 fics. Those are both original canonized tags for MCYT, so we also have one year of stats. Notably, that 14-fic increase breaks SMPEarth's monthly average of 9 fics per month, but doesn't beat Outsider's month-over-month average of 16 fics per month.

For mid-sized fandoms, the stand out is once again our friend Fable SMP, which has a consistent month over month growth pattern, showing a growth of 33 fics this month. Fable is one of the original canonized tags however, so we know that this month doesn't reach the heights of some of the previous months this past year, as the yearly average is 42 per month— by they did break last month's record of 32!

Lifesteal broke the 1k mark and I now officially consider them one of the bigger fandoms! Let's go Lifesteal!

In the larger fandoms, QSMP’s increase of 628 fics did not reach last month’s 692 or the previous month’s 816, but still beat out Empires (218 fics), Hermitcraft (501 fics), and 3rd Life (364 fics). The only one that beat it was Dream SMP, with an increase of 1,376. Dream SMP also broke last month’s increase of 1,357, but did not reach their month-over-month average of 2,446.

Of the canonized tags last year, Dream SMP has shown several months of not reaching their monthly average, Hermitcraft’s 501 this month did not beat their monthly average of 593, Empires 218 this month did not reach their monthly average of 296, Lifesteal's 58 this month did not beat their monthly average of 76, but the one standout is 3rd life, whose 364 this month DID indeed beat their monthly average increase of 359. 

Detailed breakdown of increases under the cut, showing both one month of increases, and one year of changes.

The Cube SMP (8 works, 8 last month, 0-fic increase | 9 works last year, 1-fic decrease over a year, which is an average of 0.08 fic decrease per month

Slamacow Minecraft Animations (Web Series) (9 Works, 10 last month, 1-fic decrease | was not canonized last year)

iDots SMP (14 works, 14 last month, 0-fic increase | was not caonized last year)

30 Day SMP | Free Trial SMP (27 works, 27 last month, 0-fic increase | 25 last year, 2-fic increase over a year, which is an average of 0.17 fic increase per month)

Legacy SMP (27 works, 27 last month, 0-fic increase | 22 last year, 5-fic increase over a year, which is an average of 0.42 fic increase per month)

Epic SMP (30 works, 30 last month, 0-fic increase | 28 last year, 2-fic increase over a year, which is an average of 0.42 fic increase per month)

Cogchamp SMP (32 works, 32 last month, 0-fic increase | 28 last year, 4-fic increase over a year, which is an average of 0.33 fic increase per month)

Kaboodle SMP (33 works, 28 last month, 5-fic increase | was not canonized last year)

Art of Survival SMP (33 works, 34 last month, 1-fic decrease | was not canonized last year)

Dominion SMP (33 works, 32 last month, 1 fic increase | was not canonized last year.)

Shady Oaks SMP (42 works, 41 last month, 1-fic increase | 30 fics last year, 12-fic increase over a year, which is an average of 1 fic increase per month)

X Life SMP (45 works, 45 last month, 0-fic increase | 27 works last year, 18-fic increase over a year, which is an average of 1.5 fics increase per month)

Mer SMP (50 works, 41 last month, 9-fic increase | was not canonized last year)

Area Unknown SMP (51 works, 50 last month, 1-fic increase | was not canonized last year)

IvoryCello's Prison Escapes (Web Series) (52 works, 52 last month, 0-fic increase | was not canonized last year)

100 Hours Hardcore SMP (53 works, 54 last month, 1-fic decrease | was not canonized last year)

Bear SMP (55 works, 54 last month, 1-fic increase | 33 last year, 21-fic increase over a year, which is an average of 1.75 fic increase per month)

New Life SMP (70 works, was not canonized last month | was not canonized last year)

SadSMP (70 works, 70 last month, 0-fic increase | was not canonized last year)

Magic Animal Club (89 works, 87 last month, 2-fic increase | was not canonized last year)

Tortillaland SMP (103 works, 100 last month, 3-fic increase | was not canonized last year)

Slimecicle Cinematic Universe (Web Series) (111 works, 100 last month, 11-fic increase | was not canonized last year)

House Builder Gang SMP | HBG SMP (129 works, 124 last month, 5-fic increase | 94 last year, 35-fic increase over a year, which is an average of 2.92 fic increase per month)

WitchCraft SMP (157 works, 151 last month, 6-fic increase | was not canonized last year)

Rats SMP (202 works, 198 last month, 4-fic increase | was not canonized last year)

SMPEarth (252 works, 238 last month, 14-fic increase | 144 last year, 108-fic increase over a year, which is an average of 9-fic increase per month)

SMPLive (274 works, 268 last month, 6-fic increase, | 236 last year, 38-fic increase over a year, which is an average of 3.17-fic increase per month)

Outsiders SMP (277 works, 263 last month, 14-fic increase | 85 last year, 192-fic increase over a year, which is an average of 16-fic increase per month)

Mianite (Web Series) (357 works, 354 last month, 3-fic increase | tag was not canonized last year)

Yandere High School (Web Series) (370 works, 355 last month, 15-fic increase | was not canonized last year)

Afterlife SMP (371 works, 367 last month, 5-fic increase | 250 last year, 121 fics over a year, which is an average of 10.08-fics per month)

Evolution SMP (492 works, 461 last month, 31-fic increase | 157 last year, 335-fics over a year, which is an average of 27.92-fics per month)

MindCrack RPF (493 works, 493 last month, 0-fic increase | was not tracking that tag last year)

Fable SMP (694 works, 661 last month, 33-fic increase | 194 last year, 500-fic increase, which is an average of 41.66 fic increase per month)

Karmaland SMP (729 works, 706 last month, 23-fic increase | tag was not canonized last year)

Lifesteal SMP (1,021 works, 963 last month, 58-fic increase | 108 last year, 913-fic increase over a year, which is an average of 76.08 fic increase per month)

Origins SMP (1,416 works, 1,378 last month, 38-fic increase | 816 last year, 600-fic increase over a year, which is an average of 50-fic increase per month)

QSMP | Quackity SMP (2,256 works, 1,628 last month, 628-fic increase | tag was not canonized last year)

Empires SMP (5,235 works, 5,017 last month, 218-fic increase | 1,681 last year, 3,554-fic increase over a year, which is an average of 296.16 fic increase per month)

3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series (7,127 works, 6,763 last month, 364-fic increase | 2,822 last year, 4,305-fic increase over a year, which is an average of 358.75 fic increase per month)

Hermitcraft SMP (16,348 works, 15,847 last month, 501-fic increase | 9,228 last year, 7,120-fic increase over a year, which is an average of 593.34 fic increase per month)

Dream SMP (78,022 works, 76,646 last month, 1,376-fic increase | 48,670 last year, 29,352-fic increase over a year, which is an average of 2,446 fic increase per month)

Minecraft (Video Game) (107,041 works, 106,506 last month, 535-fic increase | was not tracking tag last month) Video Blogging RPF (255,567 works, 252,019 last month, 3,548-fic increase)

[imopeningup]

feeling absolutely cuckoo this is the like 3rd or 4th year in a row i've realized how important cancer season is to me .. gotta pull those curtains back, wipe the windows clean, sweep those bangs aside, keep on looking though it hurts to look. I'm watching nighthawks and I just saw the numbers of my birthday on the apartment door of this guy the main character is sort of seeing. and i've been noticing my bday numbers a lot these past few months--I don't know what to make of it...numerology searches tell me that this means I'm on the right path or maybe it means there's a new beginning. but both of those things sort of feel like the same thing to me. today my roommate got upset with me because I was trying to handle our apartments ant problem and I didn't realize spraying diluted peppermint oil in water around the areas where the ants are was not good for cats. I obsessively washed the window panes where I sprayed diluted peppermint oil and my roommate locked the cats in theirs and our other roommates room and I over apologized and they looked like they were crying. I sort of spiraled out when they got angry at me and sat on the floor in this tunnel vision state and then I talked to my therapist who offered that I could do something opposite than what I thought I wanted to do (sit in my room isolated overthinking). I was on a walk when I called them, we only had 15 minutes because it was one of those emergency calls I guess...not paid for...but then I decided to keep walking. I looked up at the houses in bed stuy and noticed the decorum in the carved awnings and the stain glass window designs. then I crossed the street and saw someone wearing a backpack with a cat in it. when they passed me I realized I had met them in late february a bit after I had joined this bookclub and went to a show someone from bookclub was playing at. I got to talking to them because I was desperate for nicotine and they were really smiley and so I walked up to them and told them they looked like someone who smoked cigarettes and could I bum one but they were quitting in solidarity with a friend who was getting surgery. they play the cello or maybe upright bass but are short like me lol and I really want to ask them about it. anyways I texted them, hey I think I saw you in the street! and now we're gonna hang out next week

[ncityprincess]

And don’t you forget it

Pairing: bf taeyong x single mom reader ft. asshole johnny

Plot: blah blah blah this is just fiction I don’t know these people. Johnny is not very nice in this and he may bring up some abandonment wounds so proceed with caution 🫶🏾

MINORS DO NOT INTERACT

“Yeah sorry babe, something…came up” Johnny slurred with a dazed chuckle. Here you were, up way earlier than usual getting your 5 year old daughter ready for her day with her incompetent daddy, and he couldn’t even be bothered to give you a heads up before he cancelled. Again.

“Yeah I can see that John” you sighed, running out of the little patience you had left. You could tell he was lying in bed with whichever chick he picked up last night. “You know, being hungover on a Tuesday isn’t a good look. And neither is flaking on your daughter for the umpteenth time in a row.” You were ready to tell him off even more, but you were interrupted by a woman’s cartoonishly seductive voice.

“Johnnyyy baby, come play with me again.” A woman with a thin sheet wrapped around her body came into the frame and leaned down to press sensual kisses into Johnny’s neck. He groaned obnoxiously, making you roll your eyes. “In a minute, doll” he purred.

“Ugh, you’re such a joke. You know, Kaylee is going to kindergarten this year. She’s not dumb John, she’s gonna grow up to resent you for abandoning her like this.” Your voice kept getting louder and louder in the echoey bathroom. You had dealt with his carelessness for far too long.

“Look I’m sorry ok?” He said nonchalantly. “Let’s just try again next week. Gotta go, give Kaylee a kiss for me, will ya?”

“FUCK YOU” You shrieked, and hung up the FaceTime call before slamming your phone onto the bathroom counter. You could feel the hot tears forming in your eyes already. Once again, your child’s father had made all these extravagant plans for your daughter, just for him to not follow through.

A faint knock on the en-suite bathroom door made the shame of the situation set in even more for you. You took a deep breath and let out a defeated “come in.” It was Taeyong, your current boyfriend and first relationship after having your daughter and separating from Johnny.

Even in your state of frustration, you were able to admire how beautiful he looked with his messy bed head and navy blue boxers hanging dangerously low on his lean hips.

Your relationship with johnny all came to a head when he had made the final screw up that made you gain the courage to break up with him. He missed Kaylee’s 3rd birthday party because he was out doing his usual routine of getting hammered, and ended up getting into a bar fight for one reason or another. he had to spend the rest of the night sobering up at the local jailhouse, thus missing his baby girl blow out her candles.

After spending the better part of a year beating yourself up over your break up and blaming yourself for Kaylee not having a good father in her life, you decided enough was enough. Johnny needed to figure his own shit out, and do his own healing. His demons have nothing to do with you or your daughter, and it wasn’t your job to fix him. You made the decision to try the co-parenting thing, but it was easier said than done.

On one spring day, Taeyong had approached you at a cafe to tell you how beautiful you looked in your yellow dress. You couldn’t even look him in the eye, too embarrassed to receive such a compliment. It was the first time you had actually felt seen that way in a while. From there, your relationship flowed like water. Everything just came naturally for the two of you. Kaylee absolutely adored Taeyong, and he loved to spend quality time with her. He would take the three of you to see the latest Disney movie, go to the water park, and treat you to ice cream dates. Everything just felt. Natural.

But of course, the great co-parenting dilemma always lingered.

“Hey” he greeted with a softly with a small, gentle smile.

“I hate him Tae. I hate him so much!” By now the dam had broke, and the tears started flowing. Taeyong immediately embraced you and rubbed your back soothingly.

“My love…” he cooed, but let you continue.

“Why does he get to keep doing this to us? To her? He—he doesn’t even care that he’s hurting Kaylee. And once again, I’m left to break the news that her father doesn’t want to see her.” You sobbed.

This song and dance of johnny attempting to be a father had gone on for far too long. When you were pregnant, you were convinced the three of you were going to be a happy little family forever, but once Kaylee was born, Johnny had changed. A lot. He partied till 4 am, came home plastered, and did the same thing all over again the next day. You were the only one getting up at all hours of the night to feed your daughter and change her. You were cooking all the meals and cleaning the house. You were there to pick up the pieces when Johnny messed things up. You felt like a single parent in your own home. After three years of failing to be a good father to Kaylee, you made the decision to break up with him and asked him to move out of your house.

“He’s a coward. Any man that can’t take responsibility for their child is immature and selfish. We’ll figure this out together baby.” Taeyong held you for a few more moments and pulled away to cradle your face in his warm hands. You looked up at him through tear-stained lashes. His eyes held so much sincerity and reassurance.

“The day doesn’t have to be totally ruined. How about the three of us go to the Zoo! They just opened up that new butterfly exhibit, those are Kaylee’s favorites.”

You sniffled, making taeyong’s heart swell. “Yeah?”

“Of course.” He said softly. Taeyong wiped the last few straggler tears that were left on your cheeks. “You’re too good to me, Tae” you whined. “Nonsense, nothings to good for you, my love. As long as I’m around, you and Kaylee’s happiness are my top priority.”

He leaned down to press a soft kiss against your lips. Taeyong’s kindness was one of the things that drew you to him the most. He was so selfless and never made you feel bad about being a single parent. The overwhelming love you had for him made you fall deeper into the kiss. You wanted to forget all about this situation with your ex.

After a few moments of passionate kissing, taeyong gently grabbed your hand and guided you back into the main bedroom. He stopped right in front of your full length mirror. Taeyong stepped behind you and ran his hands up and down your sides. “Look love, look at yourself in the mirror. Aren’t you so beautiful?” He whispered into your ear.

You cast your timid gaze into your own reflection, noting taeyong’s hungry eyes staring into yours through the mirror. You could feel the front of his body pressed against your ass. You felt yourself getting damp at the sensation of taeyong’s morning wood. You quickly looked down at your feet, the intimate sight in front of you was too much to handle. “Tae come on…”

“Ah ah ah, say you’re pretty. Tell me how pretty you are.” he raised your head back up with gentle fingers and looked down at you. He pressed slow, intentional kisses into your neck, making your eyes roll back.

“I’m—I’m pretty” you finally breathed out.

“Yes *kiss* you *kiss* are *kiss*”

Your legs felt like jelly. If it wasn’t for taeyong’s strong arms wrapped around you, you surely would have melted onto the floor. His one hand snaked up the front of your body, past your tank top covered breasts and settled around your neck. His piercing eyes met yours in the mirror once again “and don’t you forget it.”

Taeyong pulled your tank top off of your body, cursing when he saw your bare breasts. He played with your nipples, admiring the way your ass started to grind against his stiff dick.

“Mmm, I want you” You moaned out. Taeyong guided you onto the bed and laid you on your back. “I’m all yours, my love.” He pulled off both of your bottoms and stroked himself a few times. You both moaned once he finally entered you. The delicious stretch of his cock got rid of whatever lingering thoughts of johnny you had in your mind.

Taeyong wrapped your legs around his hips and picked up the pace. He caressed the side of your face, smiling down at you. “You feel so good baby” he grunted. You loved how gentle and sweet he was being, but you needed something a little different in this moment.

“Tae…pound me, please?” You begged. Taeyong slowed his movements and a smirk grew on his face. “Anything for you, my love”. Before you knew it, you were flipped over and placed on all fours. Taeyong slammed back inside of you, making you cry out.

“Fuckkkk just like that!” You grabbed onto your headboard for dear life, partially to stop it from banging against the wall. Kaylee was only a few doors down.

Taeyong let out a guttural groan, loving the way your walls squeezed his dick. He had a vice grip on your hips, pounding his lower body into yours. “Shit, feels so good baby. You’re so wet.” Your arousal was dripping all over your thighs and his dick, making it nice and easy for Taeyong to piston in and out of you. The obscene noises of pleasure and skin on skin caught up to you, and you were ready to burst any second now.

“Baby I’m gonna cum” you whined, toes curling in preparation for your orgasm. Taeyong reached around to play with your clit, rubbing it in small, tight circles. You couldn’t hold on anymore, and allowed your high to wash over you.

“Oh good girl, I’m right behind you baby” Taeyong praised. He sloppily thrusted into you a few more times before blowing his load inside of you. You whined at the overstimulating feeling, enjoying the sound of taeyong riding out his own high.

He finally pulled out of you, and you both collapsed onto the bed side by side. You caught your breath, and turned to face him. He was already staring at you with sleepy, satisfied eyes. “I love you Tae, thank you. For everything.”

Taeyong caressed your hip. “I love you more baby. Now, let’s go see where Kaylee wants to eat for breakfast before we go to the zoo!”

The end ❤️

[ostensiblynone]

Welcome to the mad ferret review of the last year in the world of Oasis. Enjoy :-)

Summer '98 - Soccer World Cup in France. During this time Noel was having constant panic attacks and wrote Gas Panic about these experiences. It was during the World Cup that Noel decided to give up drugs.

June '98 - Little James, Liam's first song to be recorded properly by Oasis is written. The song is about Patsy's son from her ex-husband, Simple Minds singer, Jim Kerr.

Summer '98 - Who Feels Love? written whilst on holiday with wife Meg in Thailand

Mar '99 - Tony McCarroll, the Oasis drummer who was sacked in 1995 after a fight with Liam settles out of court for a undisclosed fixed sum which means he's no longer entitled to any future royalties from Oasis.

13 Mar '99 - Noel brings the band to Bermondsey's Music Bank Studios for two weeks of rehearsals of the new album. According to Liam that it was during these rehearsals that the band decided that they would give up alcohol during the recording. Although Noel & Liam agreed, Bonehead was not entirely happy with the arrangement.

27 Mar '99 - The whole group fly out to France with Mark 'Spike' Stent to Chateau de la Colle to begin recording the new songs. The luxury French castle is owned by Christian Dior and costs the group £32,000 per month to use it.

31 May '99 - Noel plays an acoustic set at the Kosovo Benefit gig in London. The set included Noel singing an acoustic version of The Verve song 'Bittersweet Symphony'.

Summer '99 - The group finish recording and Bonehead and Guigsy go home to England. Noel and Spike stay in France finishing up different parts and overdubs and has to try to get Bonehead and Guigsy back to finish off their parts on the album. They refuse and don't return to France, so Paul Stacey plays most of the bass tracks, Mark Coyle plays a lot of guitar parts including main slide guitar part on PYMWYMI.

30 Jun '99 - Rumours that Bonehead has quit are denied by Johnny Hopkins, Oasis's PR officer.

10 Aug '99 - Bonehead releases a statement stating he has left Oasis. Noel and Liam state that they haven't spoken to him and they don't really know why he's left.

25 Aug '99 - Noel and Liam present a press conference in The Water Rats in London announcing Guigsy has also left the group.

13 Sep '99 - Baby 'Lennon Gallagher' is born to Liam and Patsy

17 Sep '99 - Noel goes to NYC with Spike, Stan and Howie Weinberg to master and mix the album.

26 Oct '99 - Gem Archer, the ex-Heavy Stereo guitarist joins Oasis as rhythm guitarist. At this time it is rumoured that Monaco guitarist David Potts is to join as bassist. It is later revealed that he spent a week rehearsing with Oasis from the 1st October but didn't fit in.

05 Nov '99 - Oasis record the video for their comeback single 'Go Let It Out' in high security in the English countryside with Noel playing bass and Liam playing acoustic guitar in the video as they still hadn't hired a new bass player.

12 Nov '99 - Andy Bell the ex-Hurricane#1 and Ride guitarist and songwriter joins Oasis to play bass

29 Oct '99 - Oasis officially announce album tracklisting

25 Nov '99 - Oasis announce the UK stadium tour including two nights in Wembley Stadium. It is also announced that Alan McGee the owner of Creation Records is to quit the record label in June 2000. Oasis announce they are to set up their own label, Big Brother.

03 Dec '99 - The first official airing of a new track was Who Feels Love? on the 3rd December '99 promo USA radio show in Philadelphia (PA First Union Center) for the radio station Y-100. It was played acoustically in the radio studio with Noel on guitar/vocals, Mike Rowe on keyboards and Gem playing guitar. Oasis play three short radio gigs performing only old material but playing a cover of the Beatles' Helter Skelter.

25 Dec '99 - the entire album had been leaked on cassette and had been converted into digital mp3 files on the internet. The first MP3 came from the first official promo for the album, a 12" vinyl version of Fuckin in The Bushes which had been released to the press only earlier in the month.

Jan '00 - Oasis play a radio session for BBC Radio 1 - They play an electric version of Talk Tonight and a cover of 'The Who' song 'My Generation'

Jan '00 - By the end of January the original demos for the album including 3 as yet unreleased songs were available online as mp3 files again leaked by an Oasis insider. The three songs were titled: 'Solve My Mystery/Revolution Song', 'Let There Be Love', and 'It's a Crime' But these titles are not confirmed by Noel. [read more about them here...]

27 Jan '00 - Daughter, Anaïs Gallagher is born to Noel and Meg in London's exclusive Portland Street Hospital

07 Feb '00 - Go Let It Out released and it goes straight to number 1. Oasis appear on Top of the Pops on the 10th for their first TV appearance since 1997

11 Feb '00 - Jools Holland Session. Oasis go into the studio to record an amazing special gig for Channel 4 which is to be shown later in this year.

21 Feb '00 - Standing On The Shoulder of Giants released in Japan with one extra track, Let's All Make Believe

28 Feb '00 - Album released in Europe and goes straight to number 1 in the UK.

28 Feb '00 - Album released in USA/Canada which came in three versions. One standard version, One with an edited version of Fuckin In The Bushes and one with a 2 track bonus CD containing Go Let It Out & Let's all Make Believe. It reaches a high of number 24 in the US Billboard Chart.

29 Feb '00 - On the day of SOTSOG's US release Oasis play first gig of world tour in February Tokyo Yokohama Arena

03 Mar '00 - In Fukuoka Japan, Liam pulls out after a few songs due to sore throat. Noel carries on the show on his own.

05 Apr '00 - US tour starts in Seattle, Noel debuts the Oasis version of Neil Youngs song, Hey Hey My My dedicating it to Kurt Cobain who died 6 years ago today. Kurt placed the line from the song 'It's better to burn out than to fade away' in his suicide note.

17 Apr '00 - Who Feels Love? released getting to number 4 in the UK Charts

17 May '00 - A return to the European tour in Lisbon. They play one more night in Madrid, then Alan White has an arm injury for the Barcelona show so it is cancelled. Noel and Liam get into a huge stubborn fight over Noel's plans for a solo album. The fight gets very physical and Noel ends up leaving the tour and returning to England.

The next 4 concerts are cancelled while ex-Weller guitarist, Matt Deighton, who's never really met Liam joins the group to play rhythm guitar. Gem takes over Noel's lead guitar and the band come back to a storming gig in Milan on 30 May. The next 13 gigs are mainly European festivals until the 1st July when the Roskilds gig is cancelled due to 8 peoples deaths the night before at a Pearl Jam show

03 July '00 - Sunday Morning Call, the last single from SOTSOG. It reaches number 4 in the charts.

07 July '00 - It's officially announced that Liam & Patsy have broken up. Noel says he hasn't seen Liam as happy in ages

08 Jul '00 - Dublin Ireland when Noel returns to join Oasis to an incredible reception at Lansdowne Road in front of a 40,000 packed stadium

21/22 July '00 - Oasis play 2 nights to a packed Wembley stadium with 80,000 each night. They are the second-last group ever to play in Wembley before it is demolished to be rebuilt. The 2nd Wembley show on 22 July is shown on live tv & Liam is blatantly playing up to the camera, ranting between songs

26 Jul '00 - Swiss festival show canceled half way through after thugs throw stones & bottles at the group

29 Jul '00 - Huge Murrayfield show in Scotland followed by another four European festival dates without Noel. On 7 August in Portugal the band are forced to leave the stage again due to more hooligans throwing stones at them.

30 Aug '00 - Amidst huge rumours that a split is to be announced on Tuesday the group play the last 3 dates of the world tour in Reading, Glasgow, then Leeds. The split rumour happened as a journalist asked Noel if they were going to split. He said 'if they were going to split he wouldn't say it till Tuesday after the tour was over. the journalist did the usual cowardly thing of printing that Noel said they were to split with an announcement on Tuesday.

05 Sep '00 - Noel and Meg announce they are to split due to drifting apart over the last year. Again tabloid rumours are full of custody battles and divorce but both Noel and Meg are still very anxious to talk and insist that nothing is definite yet and they are still trying to save their marriage.

Sep '00 - Tailgunner, featuring Oasis producer and live sound engineer Mark Coyle, 'Giants' bass player Paul Stacey and Noel Gallagher on drums, release their debut album.

14 Nov '00 - Oasis release a DVD and video of their huge Wembley concerts from July as well as a double live album of the gig. The album and DVD get some of the best reviews of any of the past few Oasis album releases.

[godmerlin]

First pic: me meeting Rob in March of 2019- him remembering me from Instagram (the bottom picture)- "come here, baby, let's have a cuddle" and he hugged me. It was surreal. I've loved him since I was 5 years old. I never thought I'd ever see him live let alone meet him but then the Vegas residency happened. Curse covid for taking away a 2nd time for me. But there is rumour he's to have another one in 2026!!! I will be there. I do hope to one day see him live in the UK though. I just never thought it possible because I grew up poor and was always poor. I'm still pretty much poor but able to save money and travel on a budget. 🩷

2nd pic: me next to the stage as he performed "My Way" (in my eyes rob is the only one other than frank that this song belongs to.) Saw him 3 nights in a row and it wasn't enough.

3rd pic- as stated above. Me on an Instagram live with him. We talked for like 15 minutes. Just chatted like old friends after my initial omg! Moment. He was so happy I was American. It was so funny when he asked where I was and I told him New York. He looked at the camera strangely and said "what are you doing there? Wait- are you an american!?" 🤣🤣🤣 i was like YESSS WE EXIST!!! and then prodded him to perform in the states and he basically alluded to Vegas. We talked about marvel..I accidentally spoiled infinity war. 🤣 and then he proceeded to tell me how amazing Hugh Jackman was. It was great. He loved my glasses. Then he saw my lip piercing and asked if I had any tattoos and when I said yes, 3 (i need more!!! I need a panda for my mom and a tinkerbell for my friend) he asked what they were so I told him. A 4 leaf clover for luck, RIP which was for my grandmother's, and the number 1. He asked first why the number 1 and I told him it was an inside joke with my sister and cousin- that I'm the number one dumbass! He got laughing and he was like whaaaat hahaha so I explained it and in the long run he told me to tell my sister she needed to tattoo a number 1 on her forehead because SHE was the number one dumbass 🤣🤣🤣 and then he asked again about my RIP and he asked me if I was close to my grandmother's and I said yes very. And then he started talking about his nan. And he mentioned nan's song and I'm like yes I love that song but it makes me cry and he's like good hahaha we were like bonding over grief. Which is another reason why im so mad covid took my 2nd trip/concerts away from.me. it would have been a month after my mom died. She had given me some money to be there. It was one of the last gifts she ever gave me. I was going to tell him that and that his performance of Angels was going to be extra special for me that night. But nope. Didn't get to happen! Ugh! Anyways back to the story. He started asking me about myself and what I did. At the time I was a full time care giver for my mother so I told him that and then he asked me questions about my family. I'm not sure how i managed to tell him my dad was a Vietnam veteran and he was like thanking him for his service and such. It was just a surreal experience. Like I hold it so dear to me. And some very nice person recorded the whole thing and sent it to me so I have it for always! These are just screencaps I took. I only managed 2 because I was more focused on talking to him. Haha

Anyway, the whole point of this was to just let people know that he's honestly the sweetest and kindest person. His movie deserves to be watched. Even if you don't know who he is. You will walk away with a sense of it. He's a hero of mine as he's been through hell and back and shines through. He also was talking about mental health long before it was an acceptable thing to be talking about.

One of my faves is from the Stephen Fry documentary from 2006.

But yeah

I keep going on about Better Man and I mean it from the bottom of my heart, it's a genuinely great movie. Get past the monkey.

[demonjunction]

Milton Stanley Wayne (Cor)

Animal/object: Shark/TV head Gender: Transwoman (she/him)* *Keep in mind Cor will discover this identity within the story. Orientation: Demisexual bisexual aromantic

Age: Physically in his early 30s (March 3rd 1920) Died: Early 1950s Height: 6'6"

Voice reference: V/ox in this comic dub (tw blood and drunkenness) / Daria by CAKE Theme: Lovers Rock by TV Girl / After Me, the Flood by Bear Ghost

Tag: #cor🦈 Ship Tag: #heartbeatlovers💞

Description

Sinner

Keep in mind she can change her screen and eye color, though a part of this comes down to how she sees herself at the time, and is difficult to do consciously.

She's a TV headed sinner, with a dark purple square head that is, more or less, even on adjacent sides. Her eyebrows match her frame color wise. Her screen is a deep blue, though may turn gray if she's distressed. Her blue turns more purple when she's feeling...stimulated. She has wide, red cat-like eyes with pink slit pupils. Her mouth is comprised of several bright pink teeth that are layered, the second rows (both top and bottom) looking like a duplication glitch on her screen. Her claws are skinny and quite sharp, inward facing on both her hands and her feet. She is lithe with curves, having a holographic bright pink shark fin on either her head or headset, and a more electronic shark tail with holographic fins on her bum. This mimics how her neck looks. She still maintains her "masculine" body from life. Her wrists are a dark purple, being panels that can be opened. There's also a short of pink lava lamp in the middle of her chest that she just loves to show off.

She typically wears black jackets and slacks with accents of red, and a dark purple turtleneck underneath, along with gloves. Her heeled boots vary from blue, to red, to pink, to full on black depending on the day.

I apologize, I got a little lost in my description there!

Human

She was viewed as a white man with shoulder length black hair, reddish brown eyes, a perky nose, and thin lips.

Her Photo (Art by @floofyboi57)

Human References

Picrew links: https://picrew.me/share?cd=pR8BrgkzZR / https://picrew.me/share?cd=T8tYDhbg7b

Personality

To the outside world, or the average sinner at least, Cor is one of the only powerful sinners who actually cares about the people of Hell. She's altruistic, heartfelt, charismatic, and trustworthy. In person, her constant cheerfulness can come off as creepy, and many note she is quite careful when it comes to her actions and words, which makes her appear thoughtful. Whether someone thinks this is for better or for worse highly depends on the individual! However, among her fellow powerful sinners, she is known for acting like a "dumb blonde", and they're always caught off guard when she makes a clever remark or observation.

Yet, beneath this public façade, Cor's personality could be described as grumpy at worst, sardonic at best, and considerably pessimistic about the state of Hell overall. Not to mention, when she isn't masking so intensely, she can be known to be clumsy, vulgar, and her agreeability is replaced with an often shocking amount of bluntness. Yet, she tries to suppress these "flaws" to appear more likable to others. I find them quite charming personally.

She's interested in sharks, singing, dancing, video games, and is known as an excellent cook.

Power

She's able to create realistic illusions or projections on and from televisions, typically feeling more real than what was on them previously and drawing people in.

Past (tw bullying, homophobia)

Cor had what some may call a troubled childhood, with a distant mother and a father considered the "local hero", always helping others and rarely his own family. Though they were well off, Cor always sought a more personal relationship with her father that he'd never give her. During her teenage years, Cor was bullied for being a more feminine "man", and even more relentlessly so for her tendency to say "inappropriate things". Social rules were never her forte. She was viewed as a pervert and a jerk due to misunderstandings and despite never meaning any harm. Her father wasn't of much help, simply telling her to just turn the other cheek. Cor left the house the moment she could when she turned eighteen.

As an adult, Cor worked as a TV host who spread false information and took bribes. An old bully from Cor's high school days ended up working for Cor without her realizing, lying low and getting evidence of Cor's corruption over the years. When he was satisfied with what he'd gathered, he threatened to expose Cor, causing Cor to shake one of her dressing room shelves in a fit of anger. A TV fell on her head as a result. To think life can be so fleeting at times.

This is a summary based on what she's told me. She gets very little enjoyment from discussing such things, so I suspect there are some important details missing.

Relationships

She works with Queen and Saccharin in the entertainment district, seeming fairly close to Queen, though I won't pretend to understand her relationship with Saccharin. The same can be said of her relationship with Tripster. They seem to trust and distrust each other in equal measure. Though, beneath the hesitance, there is genuine care. Lee and Cor also get along quite swimmingly thanks to their similar personalities, and have since started calling each other "gummymates", whatever that means. She's best friends with Brutus, though in a competitive hero and villain sort of way. Cor has a deep bond with Lyre they seem to be trying to keep a secret. She is good friends with Brook, though they rarely get to see each other.