#that was my first edit on this blog and i love it alot but...i cringe when i see the romantic ship name in the tags

[jeonscatalyst]

Hi there

Sorry for any grammar or spelling issues English is not my first language. I was never a fan of bts I have heard about them bt was never really interested. So about a year ago or I think in the beginning of this year I saw a reel on YouTube abt TH and JK at the airport where TH was trying to hold JK hand and I didn't understand ppl where commenting abt how they were finally coming out and JK was shy or scared and all I could think abt was that JK body language was "the hell you trying to hold my hand for" that's what I got. Remember now I didn't know them didn't even know their names bt that reel was just cringe for me,and I didn't even know there was shipping going on in bts😩... Bt about 6or7 weeks ago a saw a funny video of them on insta and rm caught my attention so I searched their songs on YouTube became a instant fan bt then I got obsessed with jimin. Well suddenly all these tkk reels started coming on my tml and I was curious at first because there were so many tkk stuff and ppl always commenting under posts tkk is real I looked Into that first and I got to say I don't know how ppl can say they a couple bc I didn't even know abt jkk and those tkk stuff got me messed up coz when a saw a vmin reel I was like yeah they can maybe be a couple bt Def not tkk so I started searching jimin Omg that man is heaven Send... And low and behold jkk stuff popped up on my time line, my god when I tell you about the butterflies I felt when a saw that reel about 2018 where it looks like JK wanted to devour jm I knew a was at the right place.. Now I still don't know very much abt jkk I'm still looking into it bt for me who didn't even know bts or abt tkk, vmin, and jkk and learning about tkk before even knowing abt the other 2 bt saw at first glance that no a big hell No are the a couple, now for me that says alot because I would vmin a chance of being real before tkk. And can you maybe tell where and what I can watch to know more abt bts and jkk... I really love all 7 so much.

Hi anon.

No don’t worry, your English is fine and welcome to the world of BTS and shipping even though it’s crazy out here so buckle up lol.

I guess some people see something in taekook while others don’t and you happen to be one of those who doesn’t. For me, it’s always been clear that taekook are just friends not just because I couldn’t see anything beyond friendship but because all the evidence and common sense points to them being just friends but I guess not everyone sees things the same way and that’s why we still have tons of taekookers out there.

As for Jikook, they���ve always been the most likely pair to be real to me not just because of what I see or feel about them but because there’s been alot of that has strongly pointed to the possibility of them being more than friends over the years. I cannot swear that we are right about them being a couple because we never know but I know for a fact that they have and have always had an incredibly deep bond. Also, I am positive that taekook are nothing more than friends, no matter what taekookers would like to say about them and the solo era.

I would advise that you try to find and watch as much original content as possible. You can find some on Youtube, daily motion, weverse etc. Try to avoid youtube, instagram or tiktok edited videos because those tend to take out alot of context which makes you misunderstand alot of their interactions or moments. You can also check out @stormblessed95 blog. She has done an incredible job in explaining their dynamics and breaking things down. She is also the best person to go to if you need to find a specific content. To know more about the other members you can follow member focused accounts on any social media platform but make sure you are not following toxic or delusional shippers or solos because they could influence you to start hating on or being shady towards other members. Find content like run bts, In the soop, Bon Voyage to really get to know them. You can also watch their Vlives from weverse. Those are good places to start and you can always send in asks if you have questions about anything. Hope you have a great time catching up with content anon💜

[aroaceleovaldez]

ahhh im the anon that asked about ocs SO cringe oc time!!

her name is charlie shes a centaur relative of chirons!!! her mother isnt blood related to chiron but theyre very close and have been for centuries so she grew up considering him as an uncle. she has a knack for getting into trouble and after a particularly disastrous incident (read: nearly killing a nymph on olympus) her mother sends her to stay w chiron so she can learn some discipline. at first shes totally stoked bc its hero trainer uncle chiron!! is she going to become a hero? will she go on a quest? will she get a prophecy!?!?!?? but no lol she gets there and he drags her around like a teachers assistant and makes her babysit the pegasi.

she gets along very well w mr D for no reason except that she gets on chirons nerves and he encourages it. she sits at the big table during meals too so she ends up bonding alot with mr Ds kids and they reign her in a little.

she likes the other demigods well enough, before she came to camp chiron told them all not to encourage charlie’s nonsense so naturally most of them are actively encouraging charlie’s nonsense.

she rly shines when it comes to looking after the younger kids so thats what chiron leaves her to do most of the time, theyre the only ppl she’ll let ride her around. they showed her a my little pony comic and she reads them all the time in private and wonders what her cutie mark would be was AFFRONTED.

she lowkey… has beef w the pegasi. “omg they think theyre sooo cool because they have wings its like i thought ur patron was poseidon? youd think theyd have gills or something? why would they want to be in the air… they have no loyalty uncle it sickens me” -charlie venting to chiron, who only asked how her day went

she tried his weelchair one time for shits n giggles and it was actually the most uncomfortable thing shes ever experienced BUT she got to try kick flips with the demigods which was a plus

also. any tips for starting a pjo ask blog? or just a pjo blog in general?

she sounds adorable! I love her beef with the pegasi, lol. its always lovely hearing about pjo ocs! and cringe culture is dead i killed it myself live your best life.

as for blog tips - my advice there got a bit long, so i'll make a separate post for it and link it back here when I've posted that!

Edit: Here's the link to the second half of this post

[timextoxhajima]

updates regarding this blog

to all my lovely readers, it’s been almost 3 years on tumblr (will turn 4 in july) and i must account for the last... year or so because i realised i had lost multiple mutuals, multiple readers who had de-activated and i had no idea until i looked back at older posts and realised they were de-activated. 

i don’t know if my regular readers are still here, and i don’t know if my closer mutuals are still active or on hiatus - being online makes everything harder to track, especially on a social media platform like tumblr that has a shit algorithm. 

alot of things have changed since i first announced my semi-hiatus wayyyy back in late 2021 and i’ve been writing on and off here but i feel like i wanted to explain why and what would happen to this blog thereforth, so if you’re interested, please click read more. 

personal life

the years 2019-2021 would be what i considered my covid years. i spent my birthdays in quarantine, went through a partially messy break-up, made this tumblr account, made new friends, lost some friends, got into some sticky situations myself. but the last year was arguably the most impactful period in my recent teen-to-adulthood period. 

i started my own k-pop dance cover crew on youtube and instagram (if you’re interested, please dm/send in an ask if you’d like to help support). dance has always been extremely important to me as a person and my personal growth, because i’ve been into k-pop for so long, i attach the idea of persistence/resilience/reward with dancing and practising. some of you might know that i have an unhealthy relationship with the school’s dance crew that i’m part of, and their incompetence has led me to make my own crew, aiming to provide new opportunities. this also comes with regular dance practises, filming time, editing time, posting time. this has definitely taken the time away from writing, away from daydreaming and watching/reading content that would inspire me to write. 

i also had an operation barely a couple of days after new year’s. i have since been diagnosed with endometriosis, which is a lifelong condition that causes my menstrual flow to go in wrong directions, possibly cause blood clots, serious period cramps and perhaps even cause difficulties in pregnancy in the future. i’m currently on school leave and am not fit to dance until late feb. this crushed me, for i had songs lined up to practise and film that have since been shelved because i am not fit to dance. i cried a couple days back. had an episode. it’s difficult to come to terms with the condition, knowing that i could’ve done nothing about it. it’s got nothing to do with diet, health, routines. if anything, you google ‘causes of endometriosis’ and it says unknown. it was disheartening to know that i’m suffering from a condition caused by a body part that i didn’t ask for. i had to withdraw from a concert because of this. 

but i also got into a relationship in may 2022 and he’s been very kind, very understanding and very supportive of whatever i’ve been doing. he was there while i was filming, through some of my painful periods. i just think he’s the one (which is so cringe to write now that i’m writing about myself). his patience with me is unrivalled, and he has habits that i write about (like kneeling to do my shoelaces and swapping foods with me when he knows i don’t like what i ordered) and it feels surreal. 

tldr: i’ve been pretty fucking busy. i’m on the free side now because i’m still recovering from an operation and i can’t do anything physically strenuous for another month. i also have a boyfie <3

content

as far as blog content goes, i will still mostly write for the boyz/enhypen. those are still the groups i’m somewhat dabbling in, but i have to admit that i am no longer as invested as i was. i missed tbz’s whisper comeback and i hadn’t been keeping up with enhypen since they wrapped future perfect promotions. i can’t find it in me to start stanning other groups. 

perhaps you can say i’ve outgrown my horny, hormonal era, but i’m finding it much harder to produce smut nowadays, especially writing for idols. i’m not saying it’s wrong, i’m just saying it’s gotten harder to write that genre of material. thus, i will be cutting down on smut and shifting to explore other genres as far as writing is still concerned. 

activity

from now to late feb, i will be on semi-hiatus. i’m still trying to write the rest of grey area, and i do have a juyeon fic sitting in my drafts waiting for me to flesh the rest of it out, but i cannot make any promises. some of these days are still difficult to get by, especially when i think about how i have a lifelong condition that might affect other things in the future. march onwards, i can almost promise you i’ll disappear again.

but i promise you, i will still be here. for all my mutuals and all my regular readers, please, please PLEASE if you’re going to de-activate or get off tumblr, don’t hesitate to reach out and at least say bye. i might not be churning out content but i will still be checking my notifs and what others are up to.

everything else

there’s a huge part of me that regrets i hadn’t done more for this blog, but there’s also a part of me that is extremely grateful for everything that this blog has given me. yes, i started this blog wanting and hoping that i could get the interactions and leave the impacts that i wanted, but i never imagined receiving complaints about how the stuff i write made people cry or ignited some kind of reflection from my readers. 

this blog will not be what it is today, known for fics like hostis, love me a little less, the ntl series and several other fics that have done significantly well, if not for my readers. and with that, i sincerely thank everyone who has looked past my spelling/grammar/punctuation and other mistakes throughout my works and chose to look at the bigger picture instead. 

sometimes i lay in bed and use timextoxstart and scroll through the asks that i get on this blog, talking about how people recommend my blog to others, how people wait for the chapters to drop, how the characters and the fics have made a difference in their lives, how much research i do before i begin on something just so it’s as factually accurate as possible. this taught me nothing but realise that effort will always go noticed, and i will always remember you for teaching me that. 

this may seem like a goodbye post, but it’s not, i promise you. even if the day comes, i will not delete this blog, for i have poured my heart and soul out on here for the thousands of strangers to read and resonate. words are timeless, so i hope my work is too. i will continue to write as when i deem my work fit to publish, and i’m hoping for everybody’s safety, good health and happiness in this shitty world. 

love, dana

[sungohans]

I’ve been meaning to say something about this for awhile now so here goes. Unless I state otherwise in my initial post, please try not to tag my non-shippy edits with the romantic ship tag. If I did not tag my edit with the romantic ship name...it means that the edit is not meant to be about the pairing in a romantic context. Obviously I can’t control how people choose to tag a post they reblog on their own blog and I’m not really trying to, but please be mindful that not everyone ships certain pairings romantically. Especially when their relationship in canon is obviously not meant to be romantic. That is all. Bye.

[mellz117]

Hello and welcome to the start of Mellz Plays Kingdom Hearts Re:CoM on the Playstation 2; Riku’s campaign

If you haven’t seen my thoughts on Sora’s story, why not start with Part 1? For the 5 of you who’ve been following along since then, welcome back! Check out the rest under the read more! I’m playing on standard difficulty so if I’m having a hard time, I just suck.

So we, as Riku wake up in the basement of Castle Oblivion. How did he get there? Sora just waltzed in like it was no big deal. Riku has to materialize in a cold basement and be woken up by the disembodied voice of an all too familiar bastard… Who has a new voice.

Thanks for the card, voice of Ansem, “Seeker of Darkness”. That ain’t him. It’s been almost 10 years and I don’t remember much of this game but I know that new Richard Epcar voice ain’t Ansem.

Riku’s got no time to waste, he’s a man on a mission.

So we get a melancholy scene with Riku happening upon the room Maleficent gave him during his association with her in the first game. Memories he’d rather forget.

After progressing a bit, the disembodied voice returns once again to taunt Riku. “You cast aside your home, your friends, the darkness. What else do you have? Nothing. Your heart is as empty as your old room.”

It’s so weird playing as Riku but I hope we get more of that beyond KH3 (ReMind hasn’t released at the time of writing this)

Alot of this game so far has been me saying “I don’t remember this”… …So I don’t remember Riku’s level up system being this different to Sora’s.

…well that’s bullshit. I vaguely remember that. The fact that I can’t even edit the order my cards appear to me in battle is even more bullshit. I like to organize my cards by type and value until I’m forced to use a different method.

So I dont have to wait for the reload gauge to count down, it’s immediate and I dont lose a card on every reload like I thought I remembered… What’s the catch? I don’t trust like that.

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We meet up with Maleficent at the end of the map. She’s 100% aware she’s a figment of Riku’s memory. Riku is none too pleased to see her.

I love his sass

Riku’s ready to kick the asses of everyone corrupted by darkness, including his own, he says. Time for a dragon fight because otherwise Maleficent isn’t a threat apparently lmao. I don’t think the mcguffen card even showed up.

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Oh look it’s that asshole. Or is it? Dun dun dunnnnn. God his lips look soft. Why was this necessary???

So who has dominion over this castle? Marluxia, or Ansem?

This fucker is like “Sonny, you couldn’t even win against Sora. You don’t stand a chance against me”.

You have a teenager lying on the ground... Please reword your demands.

Oh my god it’s Mickey Mouse! well… sort of. He’s a bright light. Gives Riku some nice words to keep him going.

Knowing what I know now about the Guardian heartless bro, everything is so much worse…

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Ooh first scene with the boys in the dark room. “Don’t I even warrant a hello, Lexaeus?” I don’t remember seeing this as funny before but now, like 10 years later I appreciate how funny it truly is. Zexion sounds so insulted.. Lexaeus is a man of few words. Then Vexen shows up and he’s getting right down to business. Zexion’s like “Nice to see you too. We all used to be so close, what happened?”

Vexen’s all offended about that and gets pissy about “rank this, rank that, ooh I’m number 4, you shrimpy child.” as if your number indicated rank. Xigbar is the 2nd member but Xemnas’s 2nd in command is Saix (from my understanding) so sit your ass down, Vex.

So Zexion’s special talent? He smells people.

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Riku smells people too?. Oh ok he can smell the darkness in his skin. Take a shower! …When was the last time he even got the opportunity?

Mickey appears before him and tells him some words of encouragement. He’s transparent because he can’t fully manifest in the castle right now. So where’s the other 50% opacity hanging out at?

“We shook hands in our hearts” omg… 

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Let’s go to Neverland first yay. I did a team attack with Mickey. I remember that!

Imagine being in Riku’s stupid, dumb, giant, anime boy shoes… addressing a giant, bipedal mouse as “Your Majesty”……….. Actually my sister and I used to do that back in the day when we both were obsessed with the series. Regardless of context we’d call him “King Mickey”. It makes me cringe thinking back on it.

Oh I was gonna try to challenge myself to avoid using the dark power but I guess I dont have a choice but to use it. Might as well put points into it if that’s the case.

uses Key to Beginnings, is immediately thrown into a battle with Captain Hook oh I guess we’re not focusing on any events in these worlds they’re literally just to pad out Riku’s story. Riku is officially less Disney than Sora.

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How does Zexy know who Riku is? “Riku is here because Sora is here”. Vex that makes zero sense. What else is new?

Agrabah. Uneventful. Riku is not good at hitting small targets. Had a hell of a time fighting Jafar, or rather beating Iago to a pulp, in comparison to playing as Sora.

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Next scene, and immediately like NO breath between the fade in and the scene itself, Vexen appears. And in even less time after he appears, “I take it you’re Riku?” This mofo has no time to waste. He’s a busy man.

Riku’s already tired of his bullshit and is ready to FIGHT. Same, Riku. Same.

I had him stun locked during most of this battle.

I JUST LOVE RIKU’S COMPLETE LACK OF FUCKS GIVEN HE’LL BEAT VEXEN’S SHIELD WITH HIS FISTS AND POMMEL

Vexen is a fucking twerp. And seems alot more crazy, mad scientist-y when interacting with Riku than Sora. Emphasis on “mad”. He cray

Why do they hang out in the dark? I mean, why no lamps? All I can imagine is them hanging out and barely able to actually see each other. The only way anyone knows who’s there is because Zexion can smell people, everyone else just assumes Lexaeus is there, Vexen won’t shut up about something something science, and Axel likes to hear himself talk.

Fat boi

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Zexion and Lexaeus are talking about what’s going on,  I’m still not sure what they’re doing here. Like, do they want Sora for the Organization? But Marluxia wants Sora as his personal puppet? What about Roxas? Isn’t he like, in a coma or something? Just kill Sora, Roxas will wake up, and SOMEONE’S got a Keyblade wielder again. Lex says Vexen hates Marluxia and things with the replica could turn out disastrously because of it. What IS Vexen’s beef with Marly?

Ok I know it’s to pad out a second campaign but why does Riku go to SORA’S memory worlds? Unless Riku stalked him throughout the entirety of KH1, or had so visit them for darkness missions, and those are his memories as well? Idk, it doesn’t have to be explicitly stated

Oh no Riku, it’s you.

So at this point he’s aware hes a copy? Does he forget later? With Namine’s meddling? How does Vexen create a living, breathing entity out of battle data? Like, where did the body come from? Did he have it on standby for a while until the right moment?

“You’re afraid of the dark” Repliku states.. Lmao yeah, Riku- he still sleeps with a night light. Don’t tell Sora.

Repliku is like, a worse Riku as far as personality goes. The punk-ass bitch Riku from KH1 but worse. Repliku is quick to ditch the double pants with suspenders and ankle belts for a muscle suit and grass skirt. I’m not sure which one’s worse.

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! I got two level ups out of that!

I high key love Repliku’s laugh here when Riku tries to attacks him again RIGHT AFTER THEIR FIGHT. It’s adorable, hilarious, and creepy. GG David Gallagher! Check out that video if you want. [video]

Dutch angles make everything more dramatic. Unofficial rule no. 1 of cinema. Repliku peaces out and we give chase up another flight of stairs and another cutscene plays. Repliku joins Zexion, Lexaeus, and Vexen in the dark room and they talk about introducing him to Sora.

Riku finds himself alone on the next floor, yelling at empty air. Ansem shows up to taunt Riku again. This dude just doesn’t quit. God forbid he learns no means go the fuck away.

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Oh hey we’re in Atlantica! Maybe Riku can wash that darkness smell off his skin. Oh wait the water doesn’t really exist. And hes just a human, not swimming like a mermaid. Give me mer-Riku, you cowards. Twiggy mer-Sora is funny, twiggy mer-Riku with buff arms would be HYSTERICAL. I had a difficult time with Ursula because poor card management and I’m avoiding battles to get this game over with, which kinda shoots me in the foot as I’m not leveling up.

Yeah I was right, he ends up thinking HE’S Riku. I honestly feel bad for the guy… he’s so scared and betrayed. I know I was shit talking him just a bit ago but I need to protect Repliku. [video]

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Give Riku a Halloween Town outfit, you cowards.

This scene between Repliku and Namine is so bittersweet. [video] Just listen to how gentle he talks to Namine. Oh, my heart cannot handle it.

This game makes me so sad. Poor Repliku, poor Namine… Larxene continues to be The Worst. Like, the ABSOLUTE worst. Was Elrena like this?

(I keep getting progressively more and more angry because I can’t upload a video file to this on desktop but I can on mobile, but if I post a video on mobile I can’t edit a read more on desktop. AND I HAVE THREE VIDEOS I WANT TO PUT IN. SO I MADE A BLOG SPECIFICALLY SO I CAN POST THEM THERE AND LINK THEM HERE)

See you in part 2, where I will continue to drag Larxene.