#thank you for asking!! i'm so glad you're enjoying it :')

[daisymbin]

Hii!! I found out your account and fell in love with it!! You're insanely talented, your writing is amazing 💗 Could I request a suggestive fic with jeonghan and female reader with prompts 14 and 24? Thank you soo much!🫶

omg thank you!!! I'm so glad you enjoyed my works 🥹 & yes! of course you can 🤍

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suggestive prompt #14: "you've been staring at my lips for the past five minutes." +

suggestive prompt #24: "you know exactly what you're doing, don't you?"

jeonghan liked to think he had a lot of patience. he could handle long practice days, tease his members for hours without losing his cool, and charm his way out of just about any situation. but this—this—was testing him in ways he wasn’t prepared for.

you were sitting next to him in the quiet corner of a book cafe, sipping your drink and occasionally glancing down to read your book. nothing out of the ordinary.

except for the fact that you’d been staring at his lips.

at first, he thought he was imagining it. but five minutes in, with the same pattern repeating—your eyes flickering up to his face, lingering just long enough to make his pulse quicken, and then darting away—he knew it wasn’t in his head.

he leaned back in his chair, arms crossed over his chest, watching you with a mix of amusement and curiosity.

“you’ve been staring at my lips for the past five minutes,” he said suddenly, his voice light but edged with something unspoken.

your eyes snapped up to his, wide with surprise, and he didn’t miss the way your cheeks flushed.

“i have not,” you protested, though your voice wavered just enough to make him smirk.

“oh, you definitely have.” he leaned forward now, resting his elbows on the table, closing the distance between you just enough to make you squirm. “don’t lie to me.”

you looked away, fidgeting with the sleeve of your sweater. “you’re imagining things.”

“am i?” his tone was teasing, but his heart was pounding in his chest. he wasn’t sure why your gaze had him feeling so on edge, why the way you looked at him made his skin tingle.

you didn’t answer, and he couldn’t stop himself from pressing further.

“you know exactly what you’re doing, don’t you?” his voice dropped slightly, enough to make you glance at him again, your expression caught between nervous and intrigued.

“what are you talking about?” you asked, your tone defensive but your eyes betraying you.

“you’re messing with me,” he accused, though there was no heat behind his words. “you’ve been doing it all day—giving me these little looks, acting all innocent like you don’t know what you’re doing.”

you opened your mouth to respond, but he cut you off, his smirk growing.

“it’s working, by the way,” he said, his voice low and smooth.

you blinked, caught off guard. “what is?”

he tilted his head, studying you like you were a puzzle he was just beginning to piece together.

“making me think about it,” he admitted, his gaze dropping briefly to your lips before meeting your eyes again. “about you.”

your breath hitched, just barely, but he noticed.

“jeonghan,” you started, but he leaned in closer, his voice dropping to a near whisper.

“just tell me one thing,” he said, his tone soft but insistent. “do you want me to kiss you as much as i want to kiss you right now?”

your eyes widened, and for a moment, he thought you might pull away, might brush it off with a laugh or a teasing comment. but instead, you stayed frozen, your lips parting slightly, like you were trying to find the right words.

he didn’t give you the chance to respond.

“because if you do,” he continued, his gaze fixed on yours, “all you have to do is ask, angel.”

the space between you felt smaller than ever, the air charged with a tension he didn’t know how to describe.

you swallowed hard, your voice barely above a whisper. “and if i don’t?”

his lips curled into a grin, one that was equal parts playful and confident.

“then i guess i’ll have to wait,” he said, leaning back just enough to leave you wanting more.

the disappointment in your eyes was fleeting, but he caught it, and it sent a thrill through him as a smirk makes its way up to his face.

“do you want to kiss me, too?” jeonghan asked again, but this time, his voice was lower, more earnest, and the teasing was gone.

“you’re so cocky,” you muttered, shaking your head as if to clear your thoughts.

“and yet, here you are,” he teased, leaning his chin on his hand against the small table as he watched you with a satisfied expression.

you looked at him then, really looked at him, and he saw the moment you made your decision.

“hannie,” you said softly, your voice steady despite the flush in your cheeks.

"hm?"

"kiss me,"

and that was all it took for him to close the remaining distance, his lips brushing against yours in a way that was both teasing and deliberate. the first kiss was slow, testing the waters, but the second—when you grabbed his shirt and pulled him closer—was anything but.

his hands found your waist, tugging you into his lap with a smoothness that made you gasp against his mouth. your fingers tangled in his hair, and he couldn’t help the low growl that escaped his throat when you tugged, just slightly.

“you’re such a tease,” you muttered breathlessly between kisses as jeonghan's hands roam your thighs.

he grinned, pulling back just enough to look at you, his lips red and swollen. “me? you’ve been staring at my lips all day, and i’m the tease?”

"I can't stand you—"

“and yet, you’re still here, on my lap now no less.” he murmured, his voice softer now, his hands tracing lazy circles on your hips.

you didn’t have a response to that, but you didn’t need one. instead, you leaned in again, capturing his lips in a kiss that felt like everything you couldn’t say out loud.

jeonghan melted into it, his control slipping entirely as he lost himself in the way you felt against him, the way your hands gripped his shoulders like you didn’t want to let go.

you weren’t sure how long you stayed like that, caught in a web of feeling, of wanting, of something so much more than just friendship. but when you finally pulled back, breathless and flushed, your forehead resting against his, jeonghan’s smile was soft, tender.

"that was nice," you whispered, though your voice wavered with uncertainty.

"yeah," he agreed, his eyes softening as he gazed at you. "it’s nice... but i think we both know this isn’t just a kiss between friends anymore. friends don't kiss each other like that."

[ri-writes-if]

Hi! I just found your story and I love it, so I was reading all the asks 🤣 for the "save MC or the world" I wanted to ask, if after years (a century? Enough that their mind is "stable") that the ROs saved the world, while on a trip they see MC alive in the "country side", what do they do? Do they think they are immagining things, do they try to find MC? If they decide to look for them and they meet MC, what would they do if they find out that MC doesn't recognize/remember them (MC almost died and lost their memories)? MC now lives a quiet life with the one who saved/healed them (not clear if they are romantically or platonically involved with each other, but they are very very close). Do they try to get MC remember them, do they try to restart all from the start, do they leave MC there and go back?

The mentioned scenario

Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying the story 💛

What a curious ask 👀

Vez knows it's you, but they want to make sure they're not mistaking someone else for you, so they'll come to talk to you. Upon realizing you don't remember them and figuring out you're not pretending, they hide their pain behind a smile and bid your goodbye. They'll arrange for someone to protect you, but they'll never go to you again, believing that they wasted all their chances with you when they sacrificed you. They don't deserve you, and you'll be better off finding happiness somewhere else. Better even if with someone else. If you ever has problems with something, they'll help you from the shadows, never revealing their involvement and identity. You still will be a part of their life, though you won't know about it.

Os doesn't believe it's you at first. Surely they're mistaken. They walk away, but the memory keeps pestering them, so they halt and run back to where they saw you. They don't know what to say to you, so they carefully observe you from afar before gathering courage to approach you. When they realize you don't remember them, they once again are thrown into utter confusion. Do they let you go? Do they try to remind you of them? But they sacrificed you. Would you want to be with them after all of that? They won't be able to decide at the moment, so they'll need time to think it over. Ultimately, they'll decide to let you go, but they last long. They want you in their life, in any way you can be, so they'll approach you again and try to befriend you. They won't let you come too close to them, however, because they don't want to hurt you again.

Laz thinks they're hallucinating, though they shouldn't. They're stable now. Which means you're real. Which is impossible. They follow you around, observing your behavior intently, like a hunter hunting its prey. They won't approach you at first—instead, they'll send someone to gather information about you. When they conclude it's really you, they'll come to you. It doesn't matter that you don't remember them. They'll crawl back into your life one way or another, no matter how much time it'll take. They know they shouldn't—you were hurt because of them—but they're too selfish to let you go. They won't pay much attention to your new friend; they're no threat to Laz or your relationship, and if they try to become one, well... :)

Ash cries. They break down right on the street, where they saw you. They're unwell, and they can't follow you because it's hard to breathe and their vision is darkening. Ash returns to the palace and tells everyone about this and asks Vez to send someone to find you, to gather information, because they don't know if it really was you or if they hallucinated. If it was you, then they'll come to find you, though they won't go alone—they're too scared. When they realize you don't remember them, they're shocked. They didn't think of this possibility at all. They thought you didn't want to come back to them, and if you said so, they would respect your decision, though it would break them all over again. But what do they do with this? They'll try to remind you of them and tell about your times together. If you allow them back into your life, they won't ask for much or try to get back with you. They'll let the nature take its course. As long as you're alive and happy and they can be near you, they're content.

(Let's pretend Az didn't go insane) Az comes right to you, asking you so many questions, babbling, barely making sense. I doubt you would understand them. Once you tell them you don't know them, they quieten, staring at you in surprise. They laugh, thinking you're joking with them, and say that this is a very cruel prank. When they realize you're not lying or joking, they take a step back and try to clear their thoughts. They'll calmly introduce themselves and explain that they knew you, and something bad happened, and they thought they lost you, but you're clearly alive, and they're very happy about it, and how have you been living so far? The barrage of words doesn't stop. Ultimately, they'll try to win you back, but they don't mind playing the long game and slowly gaining your trust. They did it once—they can do it again. They'll be very careful with your friend, try to get on their good side too, because they understand you might send them away if they offend your friend, and they won't allow that to happen. If your friend at any point shows romantic interest in you, well, Az knows how to play these games, and nothing will stop them from becoming the one you choose.

Thanks for the ask! The answer is kinda long, so sorry, lol... Hope you enjoy it 💛

[jamie-prescott]

"Exactly, Sir!" Jamie said happily, pleased to see the Dominant understood his point. Realistically, Jamie was familiar with practicing when other people were around, but there was always something nice about having the space to himself and being able to just move and not have to worry about potentially bumping into anyone or bothering someone else. "Well, I'd be truly honored to see you dance, Sir." Jamie told him. "Especially if it's not something you do very often anymore. As for swimming, if you're ever looking for someone to join you... I am a strong swimmer." He said, and he was from growing up down in Florida. His parents had made certain he could swim and it was an enjoyable past time.

Jamie was handling the cold better this year than he had last year, most likely because he truly knew what to expect this time. "Thank you, Sir. I think my experience last year helped to better prepare me this year." He told him. When the man spoke of Noah, Jamie nodded his head with a smile as he thought of the Switch. "That's him! It is his fault mode, but I nudge him occasionally to ask if I can come see him or get him to have lunch with me. I try not to push him that much unless I'm genuinely worried." Jamie told him.

The submissive gave a nod of his head in confirmation, unable to help the way his smile seemed to grow ever so slightly at the mention of Oliver enjoying their time together. The Switch told him that, but it felt more real to know Oliver admit it to other people, especially to Sebastian. "I'm glad to hear he enjoys his time with me, Sir. I enjoy my time with him too." Jamie said, and he genuinely did. "No plans specifically. Austin gave a bit of an invite for people to come by since he's deep frying a turkey. I was just going to potentially tag along there." He told him. "I wouldn't feel right interfering on anyone's plans with their family or other loved ones."

Sebastian laughed as he took a look at the vaste empty space surrounding them. "I can see your point. The chances of headbutt someone at moments like these are definitely lower" he said, now pacing slowly around. He stopped and turned to look at Jamie, a fond look of surprise and pride on his face. "I would love for you to come and watch me dance one day. I don't do it often, even if I did went to ballet academy back home in Paris. These days, I mostly do it to decompress. That, and swimming helps me a lot with that."

He chuckled. "Either way, I see you are much more comfortable with it that you were last year, so that is progress." He nodded. "It was indeed a busy day. A house always has issues that need to be fixed." Another chuckle. "Noah Andrews? I got to meet him more regularly during the Locktober event, and I think that is his default mode most of the time." An easy, honest smile came to his face when he mentioned having spent time with Ollie. "You have? I'm happy to hear that. I know for a fact he enjoys any moment he gets to spend with you." He tilted his head a little. "Do you already have plans for Thanksgiving? Now that you're more familiar with the people here, which I'm glad that you are, I'm sure your choices will be plenty."

[fidgetspringer-art]

Hi, I need more cowboy x punk stuff after the suggestive boots, I also kinda wanna see them slowly infect each other's style since they look like similar sizes

I'm never gonna pass up the chance to draw Noah wearing Martin's clothes ;)

[prince-liest]

I am so sorry if i come off stupid with this ask but i’m not very educated on this topic and my english isn’t that good so pls dont take any offence but i’ve read some of ur fics (ur very skilled btw!!) and in some of them vox and alastor are depicted to be sexual at times but isn’t alastor acesexual? I used to think that ace ppl were repulsed(?) by sex and touch in general and now im a bit confused is he only comfortable with touch because they have a deep bond or is him being repulsed by touch just an act?

No worries at all, I think this is something that a lot of people get caught up on! Asexuality isn't very commonly talked about in terms of actually explanations, so a lot of folks tend to have the impression you did.

Asexuality is a spectrum that often correlates with but isn't actually inherently linked to comfort with touch! Asexual people can be sex-positive, sex-neutral, or sex-repulsed—or a combination of those three things depending on the context and their feelings at the time. I always write Alastor as aromantic and asexual, but I play around with his comfort levels regarding all those things depending on the fic or even how he feels in the moment, oscillating between sex-positive to fully touch-repulsed (or sometimes both, which causes some complicated feelings for him). (There are also demisexual and graysexual people but I'm just going to talk about asexuality here.)

I think a key point to understand is that for an asexual person to have sex, they're just going to have different reasons from an allosexual person. Alastor is never having sex in my radiostatic fics because he thinks Vox is hot and is super attracted to him (unlike Vox, whom I write as allo and who pretty consistently thinks Alastor is hot and wants to fuck him). Instead, some of the reasons he's slept with Vox in my works include: curiosity; societal pressure; nonsexual enjoyment of kink; sexual enjoyment of very specific acts (again, still not the same as "being sexually attracted to Vox"); seeking intimacy; being under the influence; etc.

If you think about it, allosexual people also have sex for reasons outside of sexual attraction. Lesbians may have sex with men out of social pressure or personal exploration; a lot of people have sex just because they're lonely and it's how they find intimacy; you can even imagine the stereotypical frat bro who has sex with a girl because he sees her as a status symbol; etc, etc. Just because someone is ace doesn't mean they can't have sex, it just means that their reason isn't going to be sexual attraction.

[not-poignant]

I just read all of Palmarosa yesterday and I am blown away by your character development. You are amazingly talented and I cannot wait for Chapter 29.

In good news I finished chapter 29 today! I also started chapter 30 (I really don't want those chapters coming too far apart because chapter 29 honestly ends in a really bleak/grim place), and got about 1000 words into that!

It's been really awesome to have a bit more time for Palmarosa again :D And I've started playing BG3 again which has really helped just for mentally holding the atmosphere in my head! Every time I see Raphael I get so stupidly excited lmao

[sleepykas]

God i love Hireath so far. Like you don't understand how refreshing it is to find such a well written fabrication where Sun and Moon act like their in-game self. Also I live your asshole Sun like WOW he's amazingly written- the passive aggressive and straight up aggressive uncalled for behavior has me wild. Not even to mention Moon- he's my favorite character thus far. He's just a little prankster guy. He's just so him. Rrr I love your writing style and Y/N like yay! We have a backbone! Very good. Anyways, I will be eagerly awaiting the next chapter! Love your work!

WAIT HOLD UP. WAIT. YOUR HONOR. I'M SO FLATTERED OH MY GOD. THANK YOU!!!!!

[fountainpenguin]

hello! I've been reading your fop fanfics for around a week now, and I wanna say that your worldbuilding has some of the most impressive ones I've ever seen for a preexisting IP. you made excel sheets, charts, indepth character bios including species and timelines and etc etc ITS SO GOOD Ive been going crazy over them. also as someone who's been enjoying the pixies recently and planning stuff with them with my own oc story, your worldbuilding with them is so awesome. so good. I really really like it MOSTLY BECAUSE IM PIXIE-HEADED RIGHT NOW BUT YOUR FICS OF THEM AND EXPLANATIONS AND SPECIES BIO KEEPS ROTATING IN MY MIND I LOVE IT. I LOVE THE PIXIES!!!!! I LOVE THOSE SILLY BLOCK CREATURES to the point I've been rereading your class overview of them three times. I love you pixies. also I may have taken inspirations from your species bio or have it in my mind subconsciously while writing my own pixie oc (and more yet to come) like their defining character traits, how they do relationships, etc etc. nothing too big ofc but it's really great that it imprinted on my brain

I'm still a newcomer here and yet to know more in-depth about your universe, but with the amount of posts you have made, I believe I'll be sticking around for more :) thank you!

Thank you!!! I'm glad you like my 'fics and posts. Many, many, many hours of work have gone into my worldbuilding over the last 9 years and I appreciate your appreciation!

I'm glad the Pixies are getting more acknowledgement these days! They're my favorites... I'm happy to see them get a boost in love even though they didn't make it into New Wish Season 1 <3

Here's a Sigfried for you- I like his tie clip :)

I like his fancy crown hat too.

Thanks again for your kind words!

Links for anyone interested in checking out my FOP work & trying to find their preferred way to explore:

#FAIRIES! - My blog tag for FOP content

📕 Easy AO3 Series Navigation - Customize your reading by subscribing to the arcs / characters you like

✨ Worldbuilding Sideblog Masterpost - Lore galore!

🟪 Class Overview: Pixies - Mentioned in this ask

☁️ Cloudlands AU Guide

🌃 City Lights AU Guide

🗄️ Reedfilter Rules AU Guide

🌈 'Fic summaries page

🚂 130 Reasons Why I'm Fairy Trash summaries page

[speremint]

Hihi I wanted to know what periods of time the demons are from? S3 so far is amazing btw ❤️

It definitely varies from character to character. Valentin and Acylia I admit are from ambiguously the early 1840s (?), but admittedly their designs don't do a GREAT job reflecting that since they're actually a friend and mine's old TF2 OCs that we shipped together LOL. But in my heart, BECAUSE they've been there for so long, they've just straight up changed their fashions to be a bit more modern bc they're both a touch vain. Same with Yuwei.

Laz is (I think it's obvious at this point, or I'd hope so) from the 1930s.

Yuwei I did a decent amount of research for when I was first working on her bc she's supposed to be influenced from a specific figure in Chinese history, and that being aid I believe I modeled her initial clothing when she was human off of 420 AD China so quite loose robes (albeit again, she has updated her outfit to be more modern, but in flashback panels she's obviously wearing more period-accurate clothing)

[miasmat]

YOUR ART IS SO GOOD 🙏🙏🙏 THEY R SOSO CUTE !! thank you for feeding me silverv content because im definitely late to the cp2077 hype but i just got the game after 2.0 update and the endings left a gaping hole in my chest

Reject canon, embrace the delusion

They are both alive and smooching, can't change my mind

[ynnova]

“all about me” ask game #22 and #23 !

Love your account btw

' ALL ABOUT ME ' ask game // questions 22 & 23 ☘️

"what's your favorite thing to do with your members?"

"there's a lot of things i like to do with my members," you say with a mischievous smile; however, you don't expand on what you mean by your words.

"but i think my favorite thing to do with my members is going out and having dinner with all of them and just... enjoying ourselves," you say with a nod of your head. "we don't get to do it too, often, but when all nine of us go out... it brings me joy and i wish we can do it more often," you say with a smile.

"oh! i also love playing games with my members, some of them like hongjoong-oppa don't play games too often but even then he'll still sit with me and attempt to play them. i like making him play horror games with me, its funny when he scared, but i'm not any better," you say with a laugh. "me and seonghwa-oppa play animal crossing together, he got me hooked on it and i like visiting his island and running around and matching outfits together. me and the other members also like playing competitive games like mario party... it gets pretty competitive and we've almost been banded from it a few times by our managers."

"what's your favorite thing to do by yourself?"

"hm, there's quite a few things! i love journaling and gaming and recently i've been into thrift flipping old clothes and turning them into new ones! but i think for this question, i would have to go with gaming! it's just something that i've always loved to do, especially playing indie games those are just so fun!" you say with a clap of your hands. "i know i basically said the same thing for both questions, but gaming it so fun! with both the people you love and by yourself."

got a question for y/n? send it in!

[kvetchinglyneurotic]

Hi. Sorry to bother you. Was just wondering if you were working on anything Ted lasso at the moment? I've been rereading all your works! They're my fav

Thank you for the ask, I'm always happy to take questions! Unfortunately I continue to be incapable of working on more than one fic at a time, and at the moment, the one fic is my original sci-fi novel Arson and Other Fires. That being said, I do have ~4 TL fics in various stages of planning and might either take a break between parts 1 and 2 of AaOF to work on them, or take another stab at doing the multiple WIPs thing once I'm free from the admittedly self-imposed torment nexus that is applying to PhD programs.

Here's what I have outlined for 5 times someone suspected something was up with Jamie, +1 time they said something about it:

One (season 1): who remembers their first drink of alcohol, anyway?

Two (2x03ish): Sam mentions he got the idea for the Dubai Air protest because his dad was upset the team had them as a sponsor, and suddenly Jamie's being... weird every time he gets a phone call from Ola

Three: Things are weird after Wembley. Isaac tries to be a good captain.

Four: In which Roy feels bad for slapping food out of Jamie's hand, and Jamie doesn't understand why

Five: Jamie's depressed and talkative

+One: Jamie comes back form Manchester with a manic energy and a head full of stories about his dad. Everyone else is alarmed

[whipplefilter]

Hey Whipple! I love your Cars headcanons and the insight you put into them!

I have a Cars question! Feel free to dive deep if you want!

What do you think Lightning and Sally love most about each other? What are the qualities and traits that strengthen their bond?

Thank you! This blog has actually written a lot about this question, so I'll link a few posts that I think offer a strong constellation of all the ways and reasons Lightning and Sally love each other:

Lightning and Sally are each other’s person with whom they will have conversations about things no one else knows is in them. Sometimes Lightning and Sally go out on a bluff and talk for hours on end and when the wind blows the right way the town can hear them and it’s a conversation so referential and full of implication and shared shorthand resonances and so interested in a bunch of things literally only Lightning and Sally find worth talking about that no one every quite knows what all they’re going on about or why. That’s what they give to each other that no one else can—what they are like to each other as partners.

Their love for each other is woven with many more threads than just themselves. The Lightning Sally fell in love with was the Lightning who’d already fallen in love with the town and the whole of the Valley, after all. They offer a picture of a serious romantic relationship that is about the many ways and many venues in which those big feelings are expressed, the communal actions that demonstrate commitment rather than flee from it, and the ways that love between two is never just about two. 

They love each other as much as the mountains are tall and the valleys are deep.

They love that they don't have to always take each other seriously.

They love that a fight won't end it all:

It’s their first real fight. Any time they’ve come close before, some neurotic part of Lightning–the part that believes that if they fight they will lose what they have and they will never get it back again; they will never be in love again; he will never have a home, ever ever again–kicks into overdrive, and he backs way down.

Frankly, it’s probably one of his least attractive qualities, since Sally’s always been a sucker for a good debate. But she knows he’s trying; trying not to be who he was, trying to catch up with the rest of the world when it comes to things that aren’t corners and racetracks. Generally, she’s happy to be patient.

But the fact is, Lightning’s bad at dealing. He’s pulling, at best, a C-average when it comes to life skills. He’s not ready for death. [Keep reading... ]

They love that if there's going to be a dangerous flash flood, there's no one they'd rather nearly die with.

[bundleofboys]

I love the OG boys but DAMN, DAMH (ik they aren't pronounced the same but still)

This comic with Damh and Thorn has me SO JAZZED

So happy to hear that ☺️✨ I'm looking forward to sharing more of their dynamic!

Fun fact: the mh in Damh makes a V sound (Gaelic), so it's pronounced closer to "Dahv" (or "Darv" with a thicker Irish accent). I assume everyone reads it as "dom" or "dahm" since it's such a rare/niche name, which is fine too, but the Prince wouldn't hesitate to correct you 😉

[lu-sn]

lu, I didn't know you watched my school president until I saw you comment on a post. Please tell me if you have Thoughts™️ about the show. Because mine is just 😩🥺😭💗

HI MILKTEA I SURE DO HAVE THOUGHTS

so here's the thing, okay. MSP hits every BL trope that i'm so tired of. school setting, main character plays guitar and sings, main character is in a band, band is trying to win A Very Important Competition. love interest is So Charmed by the main character and his one-of-a-kind guitar playing but cannot reveal his crush, gasp, so instead they antagonize each other.

so many BLs fit this? like, all of them??? did i just describe the plot of 2gether? do you really need to watch the 2930730472037th thinly-veiled 2gether remake?

(answer: yes.)

because some genius scriptwriter finally did it right. MSP isn't just a grab bag of tropes and caricatures duct-taped together. it's not just banking on hot actors and smoulders to carry a flimsy story.

it's about a kid, and his friends, and their small but precious dream. it's about a kid looking for understanding and connection, finding it in the most unexpected person, and then doing everything possible to make that person happy. it's about kids and their moms, and what it means to watch your kid grow up, and what it means to grow and change with them. god, it's about FRIENDSHIP, so much goofy stupid lovable friendship. it's about reaching for dreams and failing to grab hold of them and having no regrets anyway.

it's so genuine.

and fuck!!! it's funny!!!!! IT'S SO FUNNY. literally every single gag landed. when they first panned to that chinzilla plushie on the altar i busted a lung laughing. props to the cast and crew for just nailing the comedic delivery and timing.

good pacing, good writing, great characters with complex needs and wants. and fourth and gemini are a fantastic lead pair, they're strong actors and they're so effortlessly comfortable with each other on screen and they're a straight shot of serotonin 🥹🥹🥹 I WOULD KILL FOR THEM

cough. anyway. tl;dr i loved it 😩🥺😭💗 it's in my top five BLs for sure, if not top three. everyone should watch it immediately. this has been a PSA.

[prince-liest]

I think it's slowly hitting Vox just how much Alastor doesn't care for the sex part of the, well, sex. I love seeing Vox being confronted with yet another instance of Alastor straying away from usual allosexual experiences. He is not even realizing anything, it just slots into 'Alastor being Alastor'. I love this obssesive idiot.

It is, admittedly, also slowly hitting Alastor! In some ways, Vox is actually paying more attention - he's just shifting his perspective from "I love sex, sex is great, especially the sex that we definitely had that Alastor seemed to be into at the time" while Alastor is commuting in from "this isn't relevant or interesting for me to think about, so I won't" city for his weekend hobby of indulging his own sadomasochism, where he's admittedly still had to see all the allonormative billboards metaphorically plastered all along the freeway.

For Alastor, it's a matter of slowly exploring something he's never been interested in before - which is why he was open to a lot more earlier on before he decided those things weren't for him. For Vox, it's a matter of really, really wanting to and enjoying being that person for Alastor, and so being, just, so ready to enable the process in a way that involves himself. This is, in some ways, a greater motivation for Vox than self-discovery is for Alastor, hahaha.

I was going to write a little more about the particular details of Alastor's reactions and preferences, but actually, I think it's going to come up in the next sequel, so I shall hold off until then!