#that's a criticism more fitting for --AHEM!

[barb-l]

Just wanna take a moment to talk about how much I adore Vaggie's verse in "Whatever It Takes", especially this line.

Because it makes so much sense after finding out Vaggie's backstory. Unlike the other residents in the Hotel, Vaggie wasn't someone that needed Charlie to be redeemed. Vaggie had always been a good person. She was a real angel who put down her weapon and refused to kill a child, even if it were a demon.

Lute saw Vaggie's mercy as a weakness and flaw that made her undeserving of her halo. Vaggie didn't need someone who saw and believed in the good in her. The problem is that she was seen as sinful just because she extended her kindness towards someone supposedly damned for eternal punishment.

Meeting Charlie made her realize that she wasn't alone. Vaggie is an outcasted angel for showing mercy to a demon, while Charlie is a ridiculed demon for believing in redemption for damned sinners. Charlie understood how it felt to be punished for her kindness, but still persevered with who she is, and so Vaggie does too.

One of the things I love about their relationship is that Charlie didn't "fix" Vaggie. She saved her, yes, but Vaggie had always had that good in her that she acted upon despite the consequences even before meeting Charlie. Such a pure soul like Charlie deserves someone whose kindness isn't dependent on their romantic relationship. It's why Vaggie saying that she believes in Charlie's dream aren't just empty words for the sake for supporting a loved one. Vaggie may be more realistic about it, but she definitely means what she says. She has saved a demon before, heaven's orders be damned. So she'll help Charlie save many more.

Vaggie isn't just helping Charlie with hotel just because she's being a good girlfriend. Well, she is duh but also they both just genuinely care about people even Heaven abandoned. That's why she and Charlie are partners.

[fungifanart]

Hello! I was wondering if I could request a nsfw fic with a male!reader who is chubby with Leona Kingscholar?

Context: Leona returned to his home country for a festival with his boyfriend, where one of the events involved dancing women, where one of the girls got injured, leading to the reader asking to take her place and performs out in public, wowing everyone and enticing Leona with the reader's outfit and performance, leading to enjoyable night...

Hope this is good! Thank you!

A song of yearning and lust

Characters: Leona Kingscholar, Male reader, plus size!reader, Falena and Cheka are there for two seconds

CW: Smut, blowjobs, anal fingering

Word count: 1.6k

Notes: Hi! Thanks for requesting! I'm SO sorry that this took so long. Like I said in my last fic, my muse has been in a bit of a state recently and then he decided to run away with this fic after he finally recovered. Regardless, I hope you enjoy it!

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At this point, Leona's come to the conclusion that he just can't have nice things.

There's always gotta be something that gets in the way of his plans.

Case in point, he was able to bring you, his precious boyfriend, with him to a festival in Sunrise City, but then the lead dancer managed to hurt herself while practicing for the main event, which was SUPPOSED to be a romantic moment between you two.

"It’s too last minute and we don't have anyone to fill in for her! We'll have to cancel the whole show at this rate!" The event organizer laments, much to Leona's great frustration.

"What kinda event organizer are you that you don't have ANYONE lined up to fill in for the most important part of the show?!" Leona criticizes harshly before you chime in.

"U-um, if you need a performer, then I think I can fill in for her!" You offer, which, while surprising to the lion, causes the organizer to look at you like you've grown a second head.

"...*ahem* With all due respect, the role of lead dancer is traditionally filled by a woman with...slightly less...circumference than yourse--" The organizer begins to say before finding Leona's hand clutching his neck like a vice.

"That's a BOLD statement to say to the literal second prince's boyfriend right in front of him." Leona states in a very threatening tone that comes with an unspoken order of 'Choose your next words VERY carefully.'

"I-it's just that the costume might not fit him a-and--" The organizer manages to squeak out before the lion's grip tightens further.

"Then make it fit him. You don't have a choice now." Leona finishes, leaving no room for debate and releasing the organizer who immediately scurries off with you in tow.

After being seated in the crowd section reserved for the royal family, Leona waits anxiously for the show to begin. He's seen you express an interest in performing arts, but he must admit that he's never seen you actually perform before, so now the lion is VERY interested to see how this goes.

The surrounding lights dim as the time for the performance arrives and a single spotlight shines on the center of the stage, revealing you in an outfit that makes Leona's heart skip a beat in how it beautifully accentuates every curve on your body. He suddenly feels the need to cross his legs even before the performance has started.

It's then that the sound of hand drums fill the silence and you begin to sing.

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Embrace the dark you call a home,

Gaze upon an empty, white throne

A legacy of lies,

A familiar disguise

Sing with me a song of conquest and fate

The black pillar cracks beneath its weight

Night breaks through the day, hard as a stone

Lost in thoughts all alone

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Oh, what the hell.

Leona watches, fully mesmerized, as you dance and sing to the music perfectly, your voice powerful and full of passion accompanied by sharp and spirited movements that show off your curves even more with every roll.

He needs to cross his legs even tighter now.

"Unca, are you okay?"

Leona tears his intense gaze away from your performance to face his poor, innocent nephew who's looking at him in concern from his seat next to his parents, "Y-yeah, 'm fine." He responds while subtly trying to position his clothing in a way that hides his growing erection.

Unfortunately, the brat's nosiness draws his father's attention.

"Hmm, you are looking a little stressed, Leona. Are you sure you're alright?" Falena asks as he reaches out to feel Leona's forehead for a fever.

However, the younger lion quickly slips away from his brother and out of his seat, "I said I'm fine. Just need to go get some water." He lies before striding out of the royal seating area and towards the back of the performance stage.

Speed-walking down the hallway, he hears the music of your performance finish and sees you emerge from the door at the other end, still wearing that damn outfit.

Your face lights up upon seeing him approach, but then turns to concern when you see his serious expression.

"Leona! U-uh...did you like my performance--" You start to ask as he reaches you at the middle of the hallway, but you let out a yelp in surprise as he hooks his arm in yours and drags you into the room you'd stopped in front of, which seems to be a large, but dimly lit supply closet.

Leaving you to stumble into your new surroundings, Leona quickly turns around, shuts the door and locks it before turning back around and pushing you up against the nearest wall.

"L-Leona???" You shriek, still disoriented, "What are y--"

"So when were ya gonna tell me ya could perform like that, huh?" The lion cuts you off in a low, intimidating voice, "I was so caught off-guard, that I almost couldn't cover this up in time." Leona reaches down and moves the fabric in front of his pants, relishing in your surprise upon looking down and seeing his erection struggling to free itself, “And how embarrassing would it have been for you to have made me pop a boner in front of my family?”

“U-uuuhhhh…” Is your only response, seemingly unable to take your eyes off of the twitching bulge in Leona’s pants.

Amused, Leona uses his strength to force you down onto your knees, “Since this is your fault, why don’t you go ahead and take care of it for me? You’re already drooling over it anyway.” He says mirthfully while reaching down and lifting your hand, guiding it halfway towards his bulge, allowing you to close the distance of your own free will.

Finally, you lay your hand on the other man’s bulge, sending a shock of pleasure through his lower region from that one touch. You then begin rubbing all along the outline of his shaft inside his pants, already forming a wet spot around the tip from the precum leaking out. You look back up at him, silently asking for permission, as if you need it.

“Do it…Herbivore, please. Just do it.” Leona urges, almost begging you to continue.

You nod before taking hold of the waist of the other man’s pants, pulling them down and allowing his member to break free and stand at full attention. And, no matter how many times you've seen it, you still have to take a second to take it all in as Leona's patience wears ever thinner.

“Herbivore, for the love of all that is–” Leona takes a sharp inhale as you interrupt him by laying a kiss on the tip of his dick and then proceeding to do so along the shaft to the base, worshipping every inch until you reach his balls. You then proceed to lick all over them, only stopping to spit in your palm and use it to start pumping Leona's entire length before fully taking his balls in your mouth, swishing them around with your tongue.

“F-fuck, you're so good…!” Leona praises as you release his balls from your mouth with a satisfying pop before dragging your tongue from the base of his cock along the shaft to the tip, swirling your tongue over it and savoring the taste of his precum.

Before taking his full length in your mouth, you take a brief moment to pull away from Leona's dick, putting your right hand in your mouth and thoroughly coating your fingers in as much saliva as possible before snaking your arms around to his now uncovered backside.

“Herbivore? What're you– gah!!” The lion exclaims as you use your left hand to spread his asscheeks open and run the moist fingertips of your right hand over his exposed asshole, lubricating it enough to insert two of them and begin gently massaging the inside as moans begin escaping the proud lion’s mouth.

With your right hand at work, you move your left hand back to your boyfriend’s shaft, still rock hard or perhaps even harder then before, and hold it steady as you begin taking it fully into your mouth, bobbing your head up and down his length, running your tongue over all of his most sensitive spots and causing his moans and grunts to turn into whines as the stimulation overtakes him and the pleasure builds more and more.

“Shit, Y/n, keep going…!!!” Leona begs as he drops his nickname for you and puts his hand on the back of your head, pushing you further down his shaft, making you choke slightly before doing as he says. You make your fingering and tongue movements faster and more rough as the pleasure starts to overflow and Leona feels himself about to burst, “Fuck, I-I’m gonna–” He cuts himself off with a huge moan as the pleasure spills over and you keep your head still to let him release his huge load down your throat.

After reaching his climax, Leona lets go of your head as your massaging of his asshole and shaft slows down, coaxing the last drops of his cum into your mouth before releasing his softening shaft, letting it flop down against his pelvis and finally taking your fingers out of his asshole.

“Damn, Herbivore,” Leona says, out of breath, while caressing your cheek affectionately, “You’re always so good to me.”

You smile at him as you finish swallowing the rest of his cum that was in your mouth, “It’s because I love you!” You respond while standing up, allowing Leona to share a deep and passionate kiss with you, ignoring the salty and sour taste still on your tongue, until he feels something hard brush against his thigh.

“Heh, guess I should return the favor.” Leona says while looking down at your own throbbing erection poking through your outfit.

[groove-on-boogie-down]

Random morning Acolyte thoughts but... After the finale I saw the criticism that Osha should have had a more visceral outpouring of emotion after her actions.

But as I am thinking about it, I think what we see is a woman who, after failing to process her emotions and repressing them as a result, suddenly snaps and, out of shock, goes right back to what she knows. Osha has a small outburst in the first episode when she tries and fails to use the force (some argue she did use it; the ship moves after all). Then, she has a large outburst with Mae in episode 8. She has been angry with her for 16 years. But Sol? Sol is a complete betrayal for her. It came out of left field, and the simmering boil of those emotions she failed to restrain finally overflowed. It burned him, it burned her, and she shuts down.

Everyone doesn't react the same in every situation. Osha shutting off her emotions can be seen as familiar to her. Suppressing her anger was familiar. We know that even after leaving the order, she tries to follow the teachings. Qimir was the one who told her to feel openly, and when she loses her grip on the reins of those feelings, she does the unthinkable. Her fear that her vision of Mae killing Sol would come true is what sent her to Brendok in the first place (ahem, Anakin).

"You really think I'm capable of betraying the order, overpowering a Jedi Master, and murdering her?" - Osha to Yord in episode 1.

(I could go on a tangent about how the angry black woman trope can be addressed in this show, and how in many cases people view us as angry when we aren't, or how at the same time our anger is only valid to some when we make a scene. But that's a post for another day.) All this is to say, I personally think Osha's response is fitting for her character. She reached a tipping point, and afterward, we see her fully release all the pain she has been holding inside when she reunites under the Bunta tree with her sister and the truth. I believe that was her mourning the time she had lost, her family, the father figure that hurt her, and all she had experienced in the span of less than a week. It was a lot. So, I don't think there is a "wrong" way for her to have responded.

[dontbesoweirdkira]

If you don't mind can I request any yandere you want and see reader in a wedding dress they thought reader was planning a marriage turn out she just like the dress

A/N: BAHAHAHAA this is so funny. Yes of course, im *assuming* you are referring to the MK guys? Just send in another request if not😭😭

Characters: MK1 Johnny Cage, MK11 Kung Lao and MK11 Erron Black as a wild card lol.

Warnings: buffoonery and Johnny Carlton 😖

Requests: always open 24/7

Masterlist

Johnny ca(needs to be arrested asap)ge

Oh boy…why did you have to get this man started?? I'm going to assume you just thrifted a pretty white dress, not realizing it was a wedding dress in the impulsivity of the buy.

When you got back home to try it on, it unexpectedly fit like a glove. Accentuating every nice thing about your body. The lace and embroidered rhinestones made everything just 100 times better. A gorgeous glam dress that you’re sure Johnny would love just as much as you do.

Excited, you waited by the front door for his arrival to show off your new purchase.

Immediately he froze at the doorstep, the sight of you in this little git up took him aback.

You stuck a cute pose and did a full body spin to show him every detail, egarly asking him what he thought.

“Ta-Daaaaa! So, what do ya think? I picked it out at the charity shop down the street. I figured it’d be perfect for a special occasion..”

Girl you are so damn foolish😩 that man is going feral now

Johnny had been playing his obsession very cool this entire time. Only maybe slipping up once but now…???

That “special occasion” is obviously the day you’ll become his wife. What day is more special than that?! He’s so happy that you initiated this first. He’s been wanting to make you his forever since he’s met you and obviously you feel the same way too.

See, you’re perfect for each other! He knew you were the one. Only a bit sad he didn’t realize your feelings sooner or else he would’ve taken you to Vegas months ago.

“When I gave you my credit card to get something nice I didn’t expect for you to buy a wedding dress. I’m not complaining tho~ it was only a matter of time until it happened.”

….what?

You had looked back down at your dress and realized that it did look oddly similar to one…but that was just a coincidence.

You explained to him that no, it wasn’t supposed to be a wedding dress. You had picked it up because of the detailing, you figured it’d be perfect for the next red carpet.

Ohhhhh he sees what you’re doing here. You’re playing dumb, this was only a hint that you wanted him to claim you. He’ll promptly propose. It’s the traditional way of doing things. ;)

You reiterated again, more seriously this time that this was only a dress for his red carpet. Honestly more of an impulse buy if anything. You hadn’t realized what the dress actually was. It was far too soon to get married and you wasn’t even certain if Johnny was who you wanted to be with in the long run.

His vision of you walking down the isle in that snatched, sexy little dress was shattered… for a mere moment he became overwhelmed with sadness. Wha— what do you mean that you’re not sure you want to marry him? Who else would you marry in place of him? You’ve been planning to leave him, haven’t you?..

Quickly that sorrow turned to anger and a side of Johnny you’ve never seen came out to bite.

His eyes were narrow and sinister as he peered down at you, over his expensive sunglasses. His voice was low yet venomously brash.

“Sweetheart—“

“You don’t get to play silly little games like this and get my hopes up for nothing. We’re getting married, there’s no other option better than me. And if you think for a second that you’re going to leave me—heh—-I’ll make your life agonizing.”

Oh..

It wasn’t long after, that he held you down and shoved a ring on your finger…ahem romantically proposed and you were eloped with an insane contractual agreement.

Poor thing…use critical judgment next time you’re out shopping.

Kung lao

You were out at the markets getting some groceries and household items. Normally Kung Lao would accompany you, but after much negotiation, he decided to let you go out alone. He was well familiar with the shopkeepers and locals so there wasn’t much to worry about. And he didn’t fear you being hit on there as everyone in the town knew who you belonged to. Any man who was stupid enough to talk to you was a man who was certainly going to die.

Of course like any woman, after your necessities were brought, you decided to do a bit of window shopping of vendors that were in the area.

Nothing new or interesting caught your attention until an older woman pulled you into her store to show you her selection of dresses. They were all so gorgeously designed and hand crafted, they must’ve taken ages to make.

“I have something very special for you. I think this will make that man of yours very pleased.”

After searching through a few boxes, she found the one she was looking for and displayed it for you. The dress was a striking red with gold embellishments and pleats that were colorfully embroidered.

It was so well done that it almost appeared painted on. It’d kill you to have that dress, even trying it on would be a dream in itself. But sadly, you knew that anything at this level had to be exorbitant in price. There’s no way that you could afford, let alone justify paying for it.

Thanking the shop keeper and complimenting the dress, you shook your head and declined. Explaining to her that this purchase would make you struggle for a couple of months.

The old lady wouldn’t take no for an answer and pushed the box towards you.

“My dear, this one was made for you. I must let you have it, don’t worry about payment. Just make sure I get to see you in it.”

Shocked, you asked a couple of times if she was serious and she was very adamant about you taking it home with you. She winked at you and sent you on your way.

Excited, you rushed home and into your room. Entirely running past your boyfriend in the process to hurried try the dress on.

It was exactly your size. It was almost as if if was made exactly to your measurements. You spun around in the mirror a million times so happy to be able to own something so luxurious.

“Y/N? What’s going on in there?? Are you okay? You didn’t even greet me when you came in.”

Opening the bedroom door you surprised him with the dress.

“Can you believe it, Kung Lao? Some lady at the market gifted this to me. She said it was made for me and insisted that I take it home.”

Yeah…ummm

That “random” lady wasn’t so random. He’d been planning this moment for over a year. He took out half of his savings to purchase it and have it custom built for you. All of your favorite colors and style preferences were put into this. He told the lady that whenever she was finished with it, to give it to you the next time that she sees you.

It was a surprise seeing you in the dress though. He knew you’d look beautiful but not this damn good. All of the details brought out the best in yourself. It wasn’t form fitting as it was a traditional xiuhuefu but it still such a perfect fit on you. He was proud that did exceptionally well in designing this for you.

Acting dumb, he asked many questions like who the lady was and was you sure it was truly for free. So manipulative…

“I guess this is a sign of fate…that we are destined to be married soon.”

Ummmm….what?

You laughed and explained how it was just a traditional dress that you plan to wear at a festival or something. What was he talking about marriage? It’s just a pretty dress right??….right?

Girl—-

He explained that no, it was actually a traditional dress only worn by brides. —And that since you was not only “gifted” it, but that it fit you well must mean that you’re ready to be his bride.

“Oh…no…I had no idea, Lao. I just like the dress, I don’t wanna be married to you.”

Let me take a sip of my drink😪

Immediately his face scrunched up in anger and he backed you into the wall.

“You don’t wanna be married to me?! Don’t you know how much money I spent on this dress? Do you know how many hours that poor old lady spent on this, customizing everything for you? I even tried to make the experience receiving the dress special. And you don’t want to marry me?”

He harshly grabbed your chin and pulled your face closer to his

“You don’t get a choice in this, my precious flower. Any other girl would kill to even be noticed by the great Kung Lao..don’t be such a fool and make this difficult.”

Yeah..we’ll at least your wedding was absolutely massive and filled with tons of yummy foods.

Erron Black

(Yes I know Erron’s mom was crappy but for plot purposes please let’s pretend he lovvveeeed her okay.)

Erron had left you back at home while he took care of some business and agreed to let you go through the attic. It was very very old and cluttered and he couldn’t care less about what you did with most of the stuff. He hasn’t seen most of it since he was a much younger fella anyways.

He told you there might be a few old clothes that were his mothers and sisters and you were free to take anything you’d like. You're about their size anyhow and he’d rather them on you than to be rotting in a box any longer.

You made your way through tons of old nicnacks and relics, it took a few hours of searching to find any of his old childhood things since they were in the faaaar back.

Eventually you found a hefty box that read women’s name on it and brought it back downstairs.

Hats, blouses, skirts and accessories were all in there. Not much that you’d wear since they were all a little dated and too mature for you—but there was one thing that caught your eyes. Something wrapped in dainty floral wrapping paper and tied with a pretty bow.

……Erron did give you permission to open whatever you’d like so I’m sure this wouldn’t hurt him.

Upon carefully unwrapping the delicately wrapped piece, the most gorgeous vintage wedding dress was revealed. Yes it was rather dated like most of the clothes with big puffy sleeves and a high neckline for modesty. Kind of gaudy as well but still an eye catching design nonetheless.

You held it up to your body and it looked like it'd be a perfect fit. This isn’t too surprising, but it fit you rather well. You looked straight out of the 19th century but it was cute, you put your hair up really nice and added some of the accessories from the box to complete the look.

You strutted around the house and pretended to be some snobby rich woman on her wedding day.

“Why yes. The orderves were made by Frederic, the renowned chef and the silk table cloths were imported from across the seas….hohoho.”

In the middle of your play time, Erron walked in and saw you in the dress. He paused and observed you up and down. It seemed as though he was a bit upset by the sight of you.

Maybe it was the wrong choice to put on this dress of all things. This was probably the one thing that was unspokenly off limits.

You quickly try to deescalate the situation and explain yourself. That you just thought the dress was pretty and you wanted to fool around in it. That you didn’t think much of it or that he’d be home so soon.

“I’m not mad, y/n. For a second I got a glimpse of my ma again. This dress is perfect on you.”

You twirled around in place and asked him if he truly thought so.

“I’m as honest as I’d ever be right now. What do you say we go down to the chapel right now?”

Thinking he wasn’t being serious, you laughed and began to take the dress off

“You’re not the marrying type, Erron.”

His demeanor turned from a sentimental bliss to a pissed off cowboy in seconds.

What did you mean he’s not the marrying type? He ain’t no saint but he’s been good to you and planned on being so for a long while.

“What did you mean by that, darlin?”

He stared straight and menacingly at you with his drawing hand on his holster. Your next words better be catious.

“N-nothing. Just figured you weren’t into the marriage thing because neither am I. That’s all.”

That’s all? You think you can just wear his deceased mothers wedding gown without any plans of commitment.

He suddenly pulled out his pistol out of his holster causing you to flinch. He didn’t point it at you but he inspected it before putting in a cartridge that was stored on his other hip.

“Dear, I know I ain’t no romantic but if you think for a second I’d let you walk out of this relationship alive…you must be one dumb broad.”

A chilling smile plastered his face as he pointed it towards you

“So what do ya say? You going to come down to the chapel with me or go have tea with the queen in purgatory? …your choice.”

Of course you had to say yes. That proposal was so…romantic? Hey, at least the priest down at the old chapel prayed over your soul and gave you a cross if you so ever shall need it dealing with a devil like him.

[merwgue]

Okay, but can we talk about how Nesta is so autistic-coded and the Inner Circle is just... completely missing the memo? COMMING FROM AN AUTISTIC PERSON🥳

Look, I’m not saying Sarah J. Maas intended to write Nesta as autistic, but come on. You’ve got a character who struggles with social interactions, needs her own space to recharge, has intense, specific interests (ahem, reading), and who’s constantly being misunderstood by the people around her. If that doesn’t scream autistic-coded, I don’t know what does.

1. Social Interactions? Nope.

Nesta’s social skills (or lack thereof) are a big flag. She’s always being criticized for not fitting in, not behaving “the right way,” or not being all warm and fuzzy with everyone. Sound familiar? People on the autism spectrum often get labeled as “cold” or “aloof” when in reality, they just don’t vibe with the social expectations around them. And what do the Inner Circle do? They constantly expect her to be like them instead of trying to understand her on her terms.

Feyre’s over here like, “Nesta, why are you so difficult?” And Nesta’s probably thinking, “I literally just need some space from all you over-hugging, over-talking, too-much-energy people.” But instead of giving her the tools to communicate or cope better, they just drag her to a cabin in the woods. Sure, lock her up. That'll definitely fix everything.

2. Sensory Overload, Anyone?

Nesta’s reactions to stress and overstimulation are spot-on. The whole time she’s in the Night Court, it’s just noise, noise, noise. Between Feyre’s incessant meddling, Cassian’s loud warrior energy, and Rhysand being... well, Rhysand, it’s like Nesta’s surrounded by sensory overload. So what does she do? She shuts down. Classic move when the world is too much.

But does anyone ask, “Hey, maybe this isn't about her being rude, maybe she’s just overwhelmed?” Nope. Instead, it’s more like, “Nesta’s broken, let’s force her to train and socialize until she magically becomes like us!” Not how it works, guys. Not at all.

3. Obsessions Aren’t Just a “Phase”

Nesta’s love of reading could be seen as a deep special interest, which is a common autistic trait. And yet, what does the Inner Circle do? They act like it’s some sort of escape or avoidance mechanism rather than a source of comfort and grounding for her. Of course she’s going to retreat into books! They make sense, they don’t demand anything from her, and they’re not trying to change her every two seconds.

4. Bluntness? It’s Called Honesty.

Nesta’s “rudeness” is really just brutal honesty. She doesn’t sugarcoat things. And why should she? In her mind, it’s more logical to say things as they are. But the Inner Circle constantly misinterprets this as hostility or coldness. Why? Because they’re all about emotional theatrics, and they just don’t get someone who communicates in a more direct, matter-of-fact way.

5. Let’s Talk About the Whole “Locking Her Up” Thing

So, Rhysand’s big idea for dealing with Nesta is basically to isolate her in a house she doesn’t want to be in and force her to follow his "recovery" plan. Yeah, because forcing someone who is already struggling to conform to your idea of healing works so well. The whole thing feels like they’re punishing Nesta for not fitting their mold. It’s like, “Nesta, you’re not behaving the way we want you to, so we’re going to fix you.” Cue the eye roll.

What They Should’ve Done Instead:

Instead of forcing Nesta to be like them, maybe — just maybe — the Inner Circle should’ve, oh I don’t know, accepted her for who she is? Maybe they could’ve recognized that she doesn’t process the world the same way and that’s okay. Give her the space she needs, stop trying to mold her into their version of “normal,” and for the love of everything, stop treating her like she’s broken just because she’s different.

Maybe Nesta just needs some sensory breaks, a quiet space, and people who actually listen to what she needs. Instead, she gets dragged through the mud, labeled as a problem, and forced into a version of recovery that only works for everyone else.

So yeah, the Inner Circle missed the memo — and that memo was: Nesta’s not the problem; their complete lack of understanding is.

Ty @fenrysmoonbeamswife for the idea!!! I loved your posts pookster

[fttlouie]

Significance of props in LFCT

I have been obsessed with lfct and its ruining my life. I need ep 7 and 8 now, today, NO YESTERDAY !! The best part is how well directed it is, rather, the direction in this show feels more intentional than other bls i have watched in a long time. The layers in the show, and the fact that the show trusts the audience to pick up on things is what makes me like it more. So I get frustrated when people complain it is too "unnecessarily confusing", isn't that the whole fun, to discover the story ourselves rather than have everything spelled out to us like we are just horny teenagers waiting for the two main characters to make out? (although that's exactly what I'm waiting for, but you get my point) Anyway, I'm sure there are valid criticisms, but I gotta defend this show because of my brainrot rn. :)

I wanted to compile a list of props that might have symbolism, can someone please help me organise and make sense of it. :)

1... Cigarettes: I found it odd that the show used a tracking short at the beginning and the first main character we see on our screen is Hyunwoo. The first conversation is also about cigarettes. The two students are punished by their teachers for smoking, and HW himself is hiding a pack behind a book. This immediately pointed to me that cigarettes must be a symbolism for something. Cigs or cigar, typically in many queer films or films with queer subtexts, have been a metaphor for homosexuality, due to the *ahem* phallic *ahem* shape, indicating to us that when two characters smoke together, they're probably fucking. Its definitely untrue in the context of show because we have seen that DH does not smoke but his dad does. So my next interpretation is that it represents abuse or trauma. Im going to interpret as whenever there is a presence of cigs = presence of abuse/trauma. We have not seen HW smoke but he holds the packet behind a book, aka hides his trauma from others, and put it in his left coat pocket, aka his heart. The two students are getting dragged by the teacher in the first shot, probably to get abused, hence the smoking talk. Whenever the dad beats up other kids besides JY and DH inside the taekwondo studio, he always says that it is because they were smoking. One of the friend and JY quit smoking because they were teaching children (they say that before DH comes to the funeral) because they do not want to transfer their trauma to kids, so quitting cigarettes represents stopping the cycle of abuse. They smoke together because despite us not seeing the two other friends being beaten by DH's dad, because they came from same, school, neighbourhood and time when corporal punishment was legal, they probably share the abuse. JY just came back from crying at his abuser's funeral so it feels fitting for him to smoke and reminisce his trauma. The dad is smoking indoors when DH confronts him for hitting JY. The dad and his friends are always smoking when they call DH and JY for their late night errands, the director could easily have them just be drunk, not smoke. But because they are all complicit in DH's abuse, they smoke along with the dad. I hope they bring up cigs in final two eps so we can see if its consistent. Its also fucked up that they used such a prominent queer symbolism with an abuse metaphor. Genius.

2... Vehicle: This one is also very consistent throughout the show. I am thinking the car represents their lives. JY uses the taekwondo van from his work. The key features of this vehicle is that it is bright, it is used to service others (picking up kids, dropping them off), it is rented, and it is big. Despite being apart from DH, JY is a positive person and his personality stands out brightly. If we look at JY's story so far, we can see that he is mostly a selfless person because he stood up for his friend who was getting hit, and for DH, and he probably has not changed much since that time as shown by the van. It is pretty sad to say but JY also probably does not have a life of his own, he is constantly influenced by people he loves and people around him. He works for his friend so he is using his friend's car (he returns the keys back to her in ep 6 before going to DH). It also means that the way he lives is similar to DH's dad (minus the abuse obv) as both JY and DH's dad drive a taekwondo van. Probably why DH does not want to ride in the van aka live a life that is so close to the image of his father. The taekwondo van had to go, and I'm glad it did. Side note but their first few kisses often happened on the back seat of DH dad's taekwondo van. Pretty symbolic that it was not on the front seat as both of their lives are being driven DH's absent father. JY also has never owned a car. The second car which he rented before going to see DH is heavily influenced by DH. Despite still being big and bright, it is a new and expensive car. It is white, just like DH's car. The fact that is rented also may imply that the life that JY and DH share may be temporary. I am scared. Hopefully he buys a cheap, bright car soon after everything is resolved and takes DH out. Make it more permanent JY, please. DH's car is expensive. Probably the only stand-out feature. His life right now is for show. He also has a lot of money. DH's car also has to go, start walking, get it towed away, crash it idc. DH and HW currently share a life together (despite the ambiguousness of their relationship) therefore they share a car multiple times, DH wants JY to drive his car aka, come to life. All DH desperately wants is to live his life with JY so this man keeps asking about whether JY can drive well, aka "whisk me away safely, thank you".

3... Food: Love. Thats what I think it represents. DH initiates the act of giving love first. He prepares food for JY. Always. And JY does not get a chance to return it, which is why he keeps saying that he wants to cook sometimes. He finally gets a chance to make food for DH and they eat together. JY also wants to eat with DH's dad, he says 'it would nice to eat together often' during ep 1. DH is uncomfortable because he does not have love for his dad. JY's parents pay for his meals but never eat with him in the show, they pay for his love aka they love him but never directly (idk what kind of twisted love it is). We never see them share the love between them last time because JY never gets around to making the lunchbox before the final test. We are also never shown the food they eat at the restaurant that JY chooses after they are reunited, their love is a shrodinger's cat at this point, we will never know if they shared a meal there together or not. We also see a conflict when HW wants to have a nice meal with DH after he books a restaurant. DH does not want to eat with him aka share his love with him. We never see them eat together despite going to a restaurant with their friends. We see a menu but never food. A twisted love once again when we connect money with food, representing what is going on with DH and his current friends.

4... Chapstick: No idea. Please let me knowww :(

Then there is the glaring ones like telephone, snow, taekwondo and alcohol. Is there any other, I want to talk about this show forever...

[sunnytastic]

Everytime I engage with another fandom, I am reminded of how much of a chiller environment Sunnyblr is. For all of Sunnyblr's faults, we really do have it good, all things considered. Here, we take differences in opinions in a relative slide. Sure, we have our popular ships (ahem, Macden), but no one is competitive or feels that the existence of one ship negates the existence of another. Hell, I swear we are all one post away from agreeing that The Gang are in a queer platonic and romantic polyamorus relationship.

But most importantly, we embrace the toxicity of our characters. We don't pretend The Gang fits into real-world morality- or more accurately, we don't care. Fiction (and the real world) is way more fun when you realize everyone is an idiot who has done bad things. It doesn't mean they are unworthy of love or should be criticized to death. It just means they are human- and in our case, very shitty humans who zero have regard for anyone but themselves.

So yeah, shout out to everyone who continues to make a Sunnyblr a genuinely nice place to manically theorize, sprout nonsensical bullshit, and just exist in an echo chamber of pure affection for our favorite show.

[elvendorx]

The Remus and Sirius height discourse has become so loaded. Today I saw a post claiming that viewing Sirius as taller than Remus means that one supports jkr? (What?)

Canonically, Sirius is taller than Remus. That's just a fact. And I understand that some people don't care about canon, and that's cool!! But even if you don't give a flying fig about canon, that does not make the view that Remus is taller than Sirius any more valid than the reverse, and you can't go around telling other people that they are wrong, or worse, bad people for not agreeing with a version of the character that exists in your head?

Look I get that it would be annoying to have people inject an "ahem actually..." on posts that are clearly based on headcanons. I get that. But that is the natural consequence of taking the names/tags of characters from popular fandoms and using them for your own OCs, and the fact that these fans jump to "they must be horrible people!" as opposed to "they might be confused about my relationship with canon" is... something.

As someone who is neurodivergent, I find that the fandom that claims to love diversity has very little tolerance for people who don't understand the unwritten rules about when canon is and isn't allowed to be used as a reference point. (Somehow, we still hate Snape because canon, but all other canon is garbage?) Sorry for the rant, I'm just tired and confused.

don't be sorry at all, i think this kind of thing needs to be talked about because at its worst, this rhetoric is an attempt at emotional manipulation and censorship. nobody is ever going to 100% agree even with the exact same words on a page - this is the entire literary criticism field, most of the time variation in readings are a good thing but this isn't even a "reading", because it has no bearing on the characters, they just are or aren't a certain height, so it becomes a tool for personal agendas - "if you think sirius was tall, you're a fascist". even though those two facts are not connected, because sirius' height is never anything more than a physical description of him. and it's glaringly obvious that the people who fixate on this aren't interested in sirius as a character, just as a vehicle for their own fantasies/validation.

this is the problem that comes from people trying to put dynamics & personalities that they want to see onto characters who don't fit those moulds. the height thing doesn't actually matter, it doesn't change anything in the narrative, but it summarises the attitude towards canon which for me summarises critical reading & reading comprehension as a whole within hp fandom. i don't think canon is perfect and i don't think it's sacred but i don't understand why you would engage with something that you have to twist out of recognition in order to enjoy it.

part of the fun of fandom, for me, is finding the limits and boundaries while maintaining recognition. at the very least, even if you change everything else, character has to be consistent. you have to recognise who you're working with otherwise what are you doing here? other authors are writing and have written exactly what you want, so why do you need this character with a history and motivations and a distinctive personality to be the ideal version of you/the partner you want (because lbr, that's it!). i'm not saying that people can't use their imaginations and bend things, i do it, and people can do that by bending characters out of recognition if they want. i don't get any enjoyment out of that or see the point in it but i'm not going to try and stop people. it's the flagrant dismissal of logic and evidence that i think is a more dangerous stance when applied more widely.

it's ALWAYS the people who want remus to be taller and sirius to be tiny who have 10 million personal reasons why they need it to be that way around despite it being clear that sirius is specifically tall, and remus is of such average and nondescript height that it's never mentioned. it's nobody else's responsibility to validate anyone's projections onto a fictional character, and your personal reasons for wanting a character to behave in a way that they wouldn't isn't anybody's responsibility. i don't think these kind of people see the irony in how they're trying to force their view on everyone else even though there's direct contradiction to it, yet are claiming that people who go with that feature from the text are violent fanaticists or something.

when you question why it makes such a difference to the "big strong remus and baby boi sirius" people, it comes down to "it's cuter" or "it allows me to simplify m/m relationships into tough and cute and use physical attributes as symbols rather than thinking complexly about personality traits and dynamics." the height thing is basically one step away from top/bottom discourse and just because someone identifies as queer or relates to a character doesn't make it unproblematic. if you need to see a character who represents your specific circumstances, find one or make an original one, imo. it's not an entire fandom's job to validate individuals and it's manipulative to suggest that someone else seeing a character according to the way that character is explicitly described is an act of hatred or violence or something.

apologies if this turned into a rant of its own - i don't CARE that sirius is tall but the attitude towards minor, basic facts is wild to me. it makes no difference to me but idk why you would take being taller than snape away from sirius bc he clearly enjoys being able to tower over him. if i did want to argue that sirius' height makes a difference in the text, i'd say that sirius is tall because padfoot is also a large creature and there seems to be some kind of reflection of the human in animagus forms, whereas the whole werewolf thing is something inflicted externally rather than something that comes from within the person so remus' human height isn't reflected by his lycanthropy. but that's a whole other question i would have to research more.

[whatitshouldvebeen]

As a passionate lover of David 8, I am enjoying your work, "Heartwired". There isn't a lot of fan-written works for him, but your characterization is well done. I admire your writing style and the way you make the reader feel motivated to find out what's next for the protagonist's agenda.

My only critic is that he lacks the creepy undertone to his character. I haven't watched Prometheus yet so I'm not sure how he was pre-Covenant, however, I feel like his fascination with the reader could be explored (in a scientific/creative standpoint).

Overall I hope you finish the story with love, and there is no rush to completing it. ❤️

I appreciate this very much and I know you're on anon so I am not sure if you're willing to discuss but I had a few things I wanted to say/ask;

Spoilers ahead for my David 8 fic so read it first if you don't wanna be spoilererered

1. I feel like watching her dreams every night (ch 1), deciding to "take over" for your husband (ch 1), including crafting a cock that matched your dreams (ch 2, continuing to watch her dreams after she's woken up (ch 3), jerking off on her cryo pod (ch 2), and sniffing her panties (ch 5) are all pretty creepy. Plus there are more in further chapters you'll be seeing in the coming weeks!

2. You as the reader get to know the depth of his obsession from his perspective, which you can likely feel is not exactly ahem, healthy.

3. This is a slow burn, and I write smutty parts as treats to myself for making it to a point where it would fit story-wise, and I promise it will get a lot more possessive/obsessive/smutty as we get further in. Davis can't exactly let the mask slip right now as he's working to make the protagonist fall for him. This will take time unfortunately, but it is building up I assure you.

4. You say his obsession could be explored, which I am trying to do within the slow-burn territory, and I want to know if you have any specific thoughts of what you'd like to see. I love suggestions and assistance with writing a story we can all find joy in, and I'm open to hearing whatever you have in mind!

[maythearo]

Ahem ahem, If I may rant a bit about Little Nightmares 3 with my thoughts on the trailer announcement + my predictions on how the game will go... cause I'm still freaking out and I'm so excited for this

Kind of a deserted, post apocalyptic theme, possibly associated with dangers of radiation or toxic waste of some sorts? I assumed because of Alone's gas mask design especially + Low's design is very post apocalyptic-like, and also from some of the enemies in the trailer. (Specifically about the obviously unnaturally big doll monster, and the bunch of human hands that crawled out of the sewer kinda resembling a humanoid spider creature for all we can see, maybe some of the enemies have been affected by whatever bigger danger this story may try to convey. I mean, characters from previous games were also unnatural looking, but for what I remember their designs and stories were fit of that very dark supernatural theme, as for this one in contrast seems to be going on a different kind of territory IN the means of supernatural, mixing a bit of more ""realistic"" tones to it)

The official podcast "the sounds of nightmares" seem to be going on a scientific/psychological evaluation and or experiments route, which I think grounds the story a little more, but at the same time I have NO idea how its narrative is going to relate to the game's itself lol something about dreams... hmmm

There is mirror travelling ig, that's super cool, but so far, I got no idea what it means 👍

I thought it would be a risky decision to leave the primary claustrophobic environment of the previous games and chose to go for a brighter, more "open world"(?) look for the main characters to adventure on, but at the same time, this setting can still be well explored on a horror perspective, despite me not seeing much of this theme being executed at all in any media I've consumed so far lol. I imagine it could be a great opportunity to contrast jumps between the game's levels, as in one stage you're out on the open desert and the other you fall into a darker area to explore through

Although I have my criticisms on some of Supermassive games' stuff, I'm still very fond of their work and takes on horror videogames in general, so I trust little nightmares 3 is in very good hands 👍

The ost is going to be awesome, the song in the trailer gave me goosebumps ngl

I believe we're not going to/are barely going to see Mono or Six in this story. Their arc was pretty well constructed beggining to end, but the lack of appearances of the two, at least for me, is not a negative thing at all! I think Low and Alone's story is going to focus on the world building through different lenses rather than exploring further what we already knew before. Mono and Six may be vaguely mentioned but not crucial to the sequel ig

Just a side note I'm a terrible game theorist, so if I said stuff that clearly contradicts something in the trailer or franchise, I am very sorry, I can't help I'm very inattentive most of the time, this is embarrassingenfjenfjebrk😫

I watched a full gameplay of the first and second game like, years ago- and only now I got the opportunity to play LN by myself. I finished the first game, went half of the dlc (I'm taking a break from it bcs it's so difficult for me and the switch version takes almost a full minute to reload after I die..) and I'm currently mid way through the second, although I still remember most of the stuff that will happen in its story. I'm following the episodes of the recent podcast, and I'm going to seach for the webcomic for me to read, yahooooo!!!

NOBODY asked for this post but I DO NOT CARE, little nightmares fascinates me from story, to gameplay, to visuals. It's one of a kind on its storytelling and art. Just my thing and I care about it very much. But that's it thanks for listening to my insanity arc

[esbisimp]

Wish Awards

Don’t care who reads this but I’m just about to burst from the thoughts I’ve been keeping to myself. Ever since the Wish Awards nominations came out, I’ve seen posts that made me roll my eyes, seethe, roar in angry laughter, curse, and even throw up a little in my mouth.

Because I’ve been happy stanning sb19 and interacting online with moots who share my admiration for the group, I’ve forgotten that a fandom is comprised of people of all ilk. Just like any community, including its ‘suburbs’, it has smart people, extroverts, introverts, opinionated loudmouths (ahem), and unfortunately, idiots and assholes.

I wish to address two of these creatures. Just guess which ones (if the shoe fits, wear ‘em).

To those who, for unfathomable reasons, decided to share their choice for AOTY with the statement: Sisiw ako pero bigay na natin kay Pablo kasi malaki ambag nya sa group or he was the one who shaped Ken to be what he is. What compelled you to preface your statement with “Sisiw ako pero”? To lend more weight to your argument? You can’t lend weight to an argument based on a fallacy. The category is for solo artists, so Pablo’s work for the group or what he did or didn’t do for Ken doesn’t have any bearing here. Even if you didn’t begin with that useless yet explosive (you know what happened, right?) preface, you would still lose the debate. What’s worse is that, however specious it is, it’s painfully insulting to BOTH Felip and Pablo.

Now, if you used that preface to a sounder argument, say, “I like the albums of Pablo more”, my question is WHY begin with that at all? What’s the purpose? Do you just want to brag that you have a bias but you’re not a blind follower, that you exercise keen judgment and critical thinking?Sure, whatever makes you sleep at night. But then, guess what creature you are.

To the group who came out with that fateful list- you probably realize by now that the list, supposedly for use as a mere guide, is extremely MISGUIDED. Are your members toddlers that need to be spoonfed? Let them think for themselves.

To those who are now pouncing on this issue to push the narrative that there are dark forces out to “sabotage” Felip’s chances to bag the award, destroy his career even, stop watching melodramas. The brain rot is showing. You’re making Ken sound like he’s a helpless, spineless orphan being abused by his stepmother and her wicked daughters. He’s FELIP, for fuck’s sake! And also, hold back just a tad on the corny, sappy posts. Please. They’re so cringe.

Ok. That’s the rant from this overly opinionated loudmouth bitch asshole. There, I said it to spare you the trouble.

[plasmasimagination]

Greetings ! I saw your match up event and I don't know if you're still up to it but I'll give it a shot anyways !

Fandom : Honkai Star Rail

Characters I don't want to be paired up with : Blade, Sampo (sorry boys)

Ahem, I'm an ISFP who's rising sign is Scorpio, moon sign is Aries and solar sign is cancer.

I absolutely adore writing, reading and exploring outside, urbex is the best thing I've ever known in my entire life. I'm also trilingual ! I just like languages so I'm studying them, probably to travel later although I might just change and get a bachlors degree in psychology just so I can help people. I also love swimming, favorite sport ngl. I forgot to mention, my pronouns are she/her and I'm bisexual though I lean a little more towards women (bless them).

In terms of personality I'd say I'm pretty shy and quiet with strangers but once I know them I'm a goofy dumbass and seem pretty extroverted because I become rather chatty. People have mentioned how intimidating I look, I'm about 5'8 and fairly fit with broad shoulders. So some have approached me out of curiosity and because I look mysterious (their words not mine). Though I'm a big teddy bear, my love language is physical touch and quality time after all.

Aside from my height I have middle length wavy (mb fluffy too ig) brown hair and brown eyes. I wear glasses or else I can't see crap. My clothing style is rather tomboyish, I prefer brown and beige colours and wear pretty simple things (tho I make them stylish).

Some details about myself are that I really like a good challenge and annoying the heck out of someone, some say I seem a little sadistic with my teasing lmao. Despite being chatty I'm rather laid back and quiet.

Have a good day btw ! I hope it was enough.

HELLO THERE SWEETHEART YAYAYA, so you didn't mention which gender you want to be paired up with so i just decided to give you uh...both? Bisexual problems frfr anyyyywaaays, matchup go!

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March 7th!

Okay okay I know you might be asking why and stuff, so first off, who are you to question my way? (/J) and second here's why!

I always like to pair up introverts and extroverts together so they can balance each other out

And you two would fit so well, like-

Intimidating girlfriend that looks like she could beat your ass, and cute smol girlfriend protected

IDK I JUST FIND IT ADORABLE

You might say that you see her more as a friend but I think you two would start off as friends and then turn into something more

Also two chatty cuties would be a blast to be with one another, like I like to imagine march would enjoy chatting with you even if it's just random ranting about insignificant stuff and then be excited to hear your opinion on the insignificant stuff😭

Welt!

Calm collected and reserved

A complete opposite of march yet still a fit for you

This time two introverts together, who enjoy each others company

He prefers to listen to you talk rather than talking himself, but he does enjoy making small comments or chuckling at your stories

Very interested in your writing hobby

Will ask you to show him the newest thing you wrote, he gives constructive criticism but also praises, a tiny bit ;)

Your annoying won't work in him because he will just see it as your personality (ouch) and will sit there with a small smile on his face

Also enjoys different languages and will be fairly impressed by your knowledge, sometimes will ask a thing or two about a certain thing he's unsure of

Doesn't mind your displays of affection, quality time and acts of service are his so he's completely content and happy with spending time with you

About physical contact, he's rather not the one to initiate it, but if you do it first he'll have no trouble ab it

[raw-law]

What a captivating sensation to be held so high by such brilliant men, I couldn't quite describe it even if I tried to and I don't often lack of words to choose from so just know you two have deeply touched me as well. There is a certain distance people like to keep when something is even slightly intimidating to them, for example in the form of pure honesty, confidence and strong mindedness. All of which represent my most valuable traits in my opinion, so I greatly appreciate and thank you for your.. alluring praise. Yes. Certainly. I suppose humans are like this because they fear what they don't know and envy what they don't have, the classic example of a species made to have things fit their way instead of finding a way to fit with others. This just makes my appreciation bigger. I mean, you know it's serious when Ryuzaki starts swearing, right? Haha I would like to establish that I do not particularly care for "socially right" so be unafraid when it comes to expressing yourself, Ryuzaki. I just.. Wish for you to indulge in it. Don't limit yourself to society's expectations of how to accept a compliment. Really, the only shame here is that you have not received them more often throughout your life. Light, I assure you there is no need to apologize for the little wait. In fact, I'm honored you two chose quality over quantity haha

(No pressure for future asks, reply when you can and want to! Please.)

I dearly hope you didn't worry too much about.. Your words or reaction being a suitable match to what I have told you, because really, I do not send these for praise or recognition, even though it's a nice side effect. (And it's a real story, believe it or not) The fact that I have managed to get you to understand where I am coming from and where my point stands.. What a blessing, especially after being criticized by me haha although maybe now you can understand my initial complaint of shallowness. I have expanded my explanations because I knew you are capable of understanding and you boys did not disappoint. Nothing inadequate about it, Light. It's a pleasure. Enough about moi!! I want to come back to you. First off, since we can all agree that my experience equals my knowledge, I think I'm safe to end the "who tops in Lawlight?" debate. Because really, if Eroticism anon can't tell, then who could, ever? :p After analyzing your responses so far I can confirm there is no traditional "top". You're both sword and shield depending on the situation and you both challenge each other in a multi faceted way, resulting to.. Switching. That's my final conclusion. Anyhow.. Ahem, coming back to more serious topics. After this lovely conversation so far, I'm dying to ask you something. Tell me, Ryuzaki, Light, do you like literature? Do you have favorite works, if so? I write erotica/horror erotica (what a surprise, wow) so I'm always interested to find out what other people read, if they do. No worries, once I reveal myself you boys may bombard me with whatever questions and statements you feel like regarding the whole eroticism subject.

- 🩶

Light:

Thanks for understanding about the wait...and I'm glad you enjoyed both our responses!

And of course it's a real story, I never doubted that. There are some things that you can't fake the authenticity of, no matter how hard you try...and your story is certainly one of them. Don't worry about the criticism---it's helped to widen my viewpoint, so I definitely appreciate you pointing the shallowness of my answer out. Feel free to call me out in future, no worries.

Anyways, I suppose I do agree with your statement about the 'who is top' argument....I think someone did ask this question a while back, and Ryuzaki's and my answers were similar in respect to yours.

And thank you for asking that question! Yes, I do love literature---in fact, it's probably my favourite subject in school, and one of my hobbies when I get bored. Honestly, I'll read just about anything. I'll just include some of the books I've enjoyed/plan to read for a few genres, then, though I'm not going into too much detail because of the length:

Philosophy:

The Stranger (Camus), The Prince (Machiavelli [though this reads politically]), Beyond Good And Evil (Nietzsche, want to read)

Non-fiction:

Too Big To Jail (Garrett, about coporate law enforcement), Why Politics Fails (Ansell, mentioned in a previous post of mine), Heart (Barrett, on heart health), The Power of Geography (Marshall)

Short stories:

Binge (Coupland), Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory (Bob-Waksberg, previously mentioned), Cursed Bunny (Bora Chung)

That's it for now. I could go on and on, but I think it's a little overwhelming for one day...thanks for the ask, though. I rather enjoy sharing my book taste with other people.

L:

well. in my defense, when words fail (which they often do), swearing is the next best option. and i'll keep in mind this uh. "indulging" bit. it'll.. take getting used to, but i won't say no. so.. thank you. it means more than i'm able to express, hah.

but i agree with light. there are some stories in this world that are too beautiful to make up. and i'm also glad that you criticized our initial shallowness. don't hesitate to do it again, since i'm sure there's still a lot i don't know in this realm of intellect.

and in regards to the top argument.... i'll accept that as the final answer.. ... light-kun would like taking it up the ass more though. he's kira if he says he doesn't.

for the actual question though,, my relationship with literature is very... hate-love-ish?

i like literature, but frankly i despise the general act of reading. anything longer than a few pages feels like hell to sit through. having to sit there and focus all my attention on scanning through words without being able to multitask is just.... euck. and i don't say that to drag anything down, because i do heavily enjoy literature, and art in general. it's just a personal thing really. i'm not happy about it either. i like being immersed in stories. i like drowning in pages of knowledge.. but i just can't stand all the words after a while. it's why i attach to video essays more, or audiobooks. anything that can give me the same/around the same amount of closure that a book can while allowing me to multitask is something i'll latch onto. it's just more efficient for the way my mind functions.

anyways, ignoring the fact that i just said i hate reading (i swear i still have redeeming qualities that can make up for it. maybe. hopefully.), i do still have works i really like. .. though, admittedly, they're a lot less sophisticated than light's recommendations. i would explain why but i think it'll explain itself fairly quickly:

Dork Diaries, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, That's Debatable, and this one book i have that's just a collection of historical US documents (it's name is legitimately just The U.S. Constitution and Other Writings).

and.. that's all i have.

thank you again for the ask and response. i'll just hope i still have a reputation after this.

[house-of-lovin]

To my dear house-of-lovin:

I have a series of questions about Legally Binding bear with me, this is all merely speculation and possibly too much all at once so I apologize in advance.

Cherry-pick from this ask if you have to!ᵕ̈

How young was R when she’d been forced to start acting and singing?

I read somewhere on your page that you answered early teens! And you referenced Zendaya so I’m assuming she got her big break at possibly 14 and before that moderately small acting gigs?

R definitely seems to have a passion for music but how often does she get to produce?

She also seems like the type to make music more for herself than to share with the public given her history, I think not only something she really enjoys but uses as an outlet to cope with things.

Can you give us a few songs as reference to what music R’s produced?

I’m interested in listening to them from R’s POV! Personally, I thought of Never Felt So Alone by Labrinyth. I have no fucking clue at all what song R’s creating right now and I’m assuming since it’s for Coachella it has to be upbeat but might I suggest thinking about Good News by Mac Miller. Pfft or even The Spins by Mac Miller, fun, cocky and memorable like R.

Is there someone else in particular besides her family that made her start to think of everything she does in public from a ‘business standpoint’?

What character in the MCU does R play?

For me the first character that came to mind is possibly someone from the Spider-Verse! I mean why not bend some truths and pretend there’s one Spider-Verse comic that fits R’s description? I think it would align with the fact that R’s been an actor since her teen years and by now if a few movies have been released; her Spider-Verse character has got to be aligned with her age!

Hmm so I’ve read through someone else’s asks and you mentioned not having enough time to look up tv shows and movies aligning with R’s age. I was thinking for some of them, why not just have R’s character in said projects be someone that doesn’t necessarily exist in the current adaptation but is popular anyways?

For other fandoms you say? Is what you wrote still lurking on those platforms I’m curious! Your daydreaming keeps us supporters taken care of.

What kinda music do you play/listen to? I listen to just about everything under the sun except Heavy Metal, too much shouting and I’m already losing my hearing as is lmao.

(I love to trespass abandoned building/areas, for the first date just run when I do and we’ll be good but that’s at night, can and do you like swimming? If you say yes then during the day we’re exploring open waters/pretty nature on a jet ski (safe waters dw)

Am I possibly also picking the first activity to be be held? Ahem HEARSAY you can’t prove that)

Cordially,

Specter

I think yes early teens like 13 or 14 possibly. I think somewhere in my head Justin Bieber was lowkey a reference for R's character.

R gets her big break as a teen and does roles for smaller movies that gain her critical acclaim until major studios recognize her. (Sorry to Hailee but maybe Edge of Seventeen as one of those movies LOL) Before def small roles. (Idk what good movies have a 13 or 14 year old soooo)

I don't have a list of songs for R but with all the asks its def building. I'd love to hear what you guys think? But like I answered before, I see slow & modern R&B. Like SZA (cussing songs LOL), Frank Ocean, Omar Apollo, Yebba. BUT OMG I LOVE MAC.

I feel like with R's family background & starting so young it made her grow up faster than most. So I think over the years, she's just built a wall around herself around people in the industry giving her that 'business standpoint' mentality. I mean come on, there's no way she's had a whole career w/out getting burned by someone. It happens more often than ppl think.

I think her MCU role is def a spider-verse role too! Maybe there's a version of her a Spider-Gwen in the MCU movies LOL IDK.

There's a fic or two on AO3 for a totally unrelated fandom but its a couple years old so idk its kinda cringe LOL. (I also have a Kate Bishop unfinished series that I've just never posted LOL)

I play the guitar so I listen to a whole variety of genres! I like/am open to most music except heavy metal too lol. But I love R&B, Soul, Jazz, Rap. I like older music too so I listen to a lot of 50s, 60s and 70s. EVERYTHING. I WANT TO LISTEN TO EVERY SONG EVER MADE LOL. (but same my hearing is shit lol)

I CAN swin (somewhat) I just can't tread water (ik ik disgraceful) but jet ski you say👀

(I'm indecisive af so I need ppl to plan things for me LOL)

ENJOYED ANSWERING THIS <3

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Just me reposting about Yurika because I can

Ahem I deleted the previous post because some stuffs changed since I played Ryoushi's route.

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THIS POST WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS OF BOTH TAISHO X ALICE SERIES AND THE FANDISC. YOU ARE WARNED.

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So. Where do I start.

I think there is something important about TaiAli: characters may have biased opinions about each other. (like in reality), and that also includes Yurika. Yurika is a character that is humanly complex and flawed while the games tend to show her representation as "Arisu" inherently girlbossy as being some kind of idealized version of herself that'd be able to go to crazy and unrealistic lenghts to save the one she loves (like stabbing herself in Kaguya's route). That's the whole point of her character: that she is different and more flawed than this "princess."

"Arisu" is a representation of Yurika's will to save Alistair that is molded into *his* inconsious. She's a character that is biased by his own twisted perception of Yurika since he's idealizing her starting some point and to some extend. But that idealization alone is again, complex.

Since her birth Yurika was assigned roles because she happened to be "smarter than other kids". "Genius" - that was a role she struggled to recognize herself as a kid. Probably because from her perspective it felt like it was something she wasn't, but something she needed to appear as to gain her parent's attention and approbation. (This leading for her to have extremely low self-esteem as a child). Ryoushi's route describes rather well how lonely her childhood was because nobody actually really watched over her as an adult should watch over a child. Every child needs she could have was instantly brushed off by the "she's smarter and more mature than other kids" allegation. Even Ryoushi himself kinda avoided her because of his own issues. Adding to that her appearence: reminder we are in the country side Japan and Ryoushi's route despised that not only children but full grown adults would criticize Yurika's unique appearence and even go as lenght as telling their childs she must be cursed for having that kind of eyes. While not having experienced blatant bullying, she was still ostracized. Yurika's parents again pushing the "that's what makes you unique" agenda could have felt really insensitive toward the fact she had actually suffered and been lonely. (Flashback the scene where Yurika's mom claims that "it's not a big deal if she doesn't have friends in kindergraten" because "she's not like other children."). While her parents may have genuinely not any bad intention, they were in fact really cold and in denial of Yurika's emotional needs. No matter how "smart" or "gifted" she is, a child is still a child. 

This led to her developing her first love for someone with whom she didn't need to care about fitting the "genius" role: "Alice". To her that was the first person who didn't push the role onto her and didn't watch her with prejudiced eyes because of her appearance. In reality, you may say that he was, in fact, assigning her another role: the "princess". The one who needs to be cherished and protected. This may feel diminutating for us, but from the little Yurika's perception, it was a positive experience. Because the "princess" role was the exact opposite of the "genius" role (= something she struggled to see her in). "Princess" is allowed to be weak, allowed to ask for others compagny. It may have been incounscions, but to Yurika, it must have felt like her emotional needs were *finally* listened.

That's why to Yurika, "Alice" validing her appearance was way more impactful than her parent's agenda. It was the first time she was able to really bound with someone her age. So she took everything related to him to heart value and started to have a wish for the future = "bride", that's childish, yes, but that's accurate to her age and her situation. Her parents already planned her future as something like her researcher or a doctor, only taking into account her IQ but not what she may actually want. "Alice" was the first person who allowed her to act like an actual child, so she felt comfortable and wished for this comfort to stay.

But shit happens ofc and as a child, even if she gained a lot of self-confidence thanks to her bounding with Alice, she was still unable to go against her parents. She was still unable to say that she didn't want to go to america. We don't really know how happened while she was studying in america, it was probably "normal" but she kept for years the ribbon that matches with "Alice", probably as a momento(?) or something that'd remind her of him and the way he valided her. We don't really know if she just never stoped be in love with him or it's more like a childhood love that rebloomed when she met him again years later.

Years later, when reunited with Alistair and learning about his situation. She let go of the "princess" role when she realized he himself wasn't the same person from the past. (This is emphasized by her changing the ribbon in her hair). Yurika couldn't anymore be a "princess" that needed protection because she grew up as bright, cherfull, assertive and confident young girl, that was plenty capable by herself without needing the help of a "prince"... Or at least, that's how she appeared to Alistair. Because the little crybaby girl he felt the urge to protect was now appearing as strong compared to him who suffers from mental illness. So Yurika came from "Princess" to "Queen" (more powerful and independent position). She even reflected their own past experiences by being ostentatious on purpose by changing her way of speech, so she would be seen as "the weird one". Just as "Alice" took her ribbon to be as "abnormal" as her when they were childs. The roles are now reversed, and Yurika doesn't appear as the one who needs comfort anymore.

But the "princess x prince" combination was still something Yurika and Alistair longed for, because it was deeply rooted in their happy childhood memories. Time passes by, and Yurika is assigned another role: the "witch" (Gretel's birth), totally unwillingly. It's like her just being here automatically leads to other predefined titles. But real people aren't defined by fairy tales archetypes, right ? 

But still, since humans are so complex, it's sometimes more comforting to use these archetypes. The character you play in Taisho x Alice, the persona born from Yurika's will and Alistair's incouscious is a "princess" modled for Alistair. Because while pushing the princess allegation to Yurika, Alistair's own definition of what is a "princess" is by time influenced by her. So the Taisho x Alice "Arisu" isn't a princess that is weak, but someone strongwilled and energic, proactive, and.... ultimately succeding. (Because the attempts that fail to save the prince are erased). The main character that leads to a happy end is, by definition, never wrong. Only the result matters, so "Arisu" is free of guilt as she's only driven by the wish to save her prince. What happens to Alistair's dream belongs to him and his alters. It doesn't need to be healthy, to be sane, to be the despiction of a realistic relationship in a realistic setting. It's a fairy tale written by Yurika and interpreted by Alistair's inconsciousness to bring him comfort. The comfort of being fully, inconditionnaly loved.

So the "Arisu" is a princess, while Yurika herself doesn't fit to this only role. The real Yurika is more flawed, she did useless stuffs when being pressured, she hesitates, she shows weakness. She's in fact neither a princess, a queen or a witch, she's nothing but herself, with her own contradictions. Or maybe she's also all of theses titles depending on where you stand ?

She's smart, but not the crazy mastermind she may appear as. While being subject to emotional dependency and smart enough to act up in a way that could be considered "abnormaly," common sense and moral still apply to her. When broking windows, she took care of not risking to hurt anyone. (+ I beg to remind you it was a one-time situation while she felt pressured). She felt genuinely bad for counting on Ookami and did actually develop a real friendship with him. (Note that Ookami isn't stupid either and didn't feel used to the slightest. Please stop with the "evil yurika manipulated the poor innocent ookami"). She's even capable of crying for him, too. She may have done discutable, not necessary stuff, but she does feel bad. I think that's what Ryoushi meant when saying it's "not that she doesn't see anything but the one she loves, she just chooses to ignore." It's not that moral doesn't apply. She'll just side with Alistair no matter what, even if she had to suffer from her own decisions. When talking about her dangerousness, Ryoushi thinks mostly about her being a danger for herself, not others; highlighting her emotional dependency. But Yurika being written as a complex human being, she does progress. Having her genuinely bounding with Ookami is the most explicit proof of that.

Charcters describes her by many ways that may be contradictory: "smart" "dumb" "capable" "abnormal" "beautiful". By awaking and discociating himself from Alice, Alistair accepts Yurika for who she is, somehow keeping the prince/princess roleplay but in a way more healthy way as they mutually accord to each others.

Conclusion: Yurika is a flawed, complex teenager. While I myself sometimes push the Yurika crazy girlboss agenda, she's, in fact, way more nuanced. What matters is that her and Alistair broke free from their unhealthy coping mechanism and had a new fresh start. And that the FD's being somehow an open ending is beautiful because that means Yurika actually has the choice and isn't dependent anymore. (Wish them all the happiness 👁👁).

IM DONE WITH IT FOR TODAY XOXO

Anyway, Yurika is my comfy chara, and I just find her so interesting en endearing at the same time. Luv.

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Notes:

Rewrite to the second episode of the first season. Most changes were made towards the end of the episode but there are little changes throughout as well!

Warnings: Canon-typical violence; no beta

Word Count: 1971

Ao3 link

S1 E2 Compulsion

It is a calm day at the BAU spend with finishing the paperwork from the last case. Everyone is quietly working except for Reid who already finished his. He is now playing chess against himself trying to firgure out a way to beat Gideon when said man steps up from behind him, sets him check and walks away again.

“You know you’ll beat him if you start learning.“ Morgen taunts at Reid’s pouting. “Learning What?“ “To think outside the box.“ Before Reid could answer again Elle comes up behind them asking about the footpath killer’s stutter, but that is a question Gideon has answered neither of them.

Reid listens to Elle and JJ introducing themselves to each other when Hotch comes out of his office “BAU-Team, can you meet me in the conference room, please? I need to show zou something.” He asks into the bullpen while walking towards the conference room himself.

“This is from the Phoenix office, Bradshaw College in Tempe, 6 fires in 7 months.” Hotch explains while showing his team a video recording of a student burning alive in his dorm.

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At Campus they immediately meet with the director and the fire inspector realizing that they have to move act fast since flammable chemicals have been taken from the laps this morning.

So far the unsub acts completely out of pattern. Different than other arsonists he doesn’t set the fires to watch them. He would not have been able to see what was happening inside the dormroom. Futhermore the team concludes that the typical motives for arson don’t fit here as well. “The unsub doesn’t see the people as people but as chess pieces. They are just part of his game” Reid concludes.

Shortly after another fire accursed involving a teacher Gideon failed to safe in time when a student, a research assistant at the science department offers their help. Hotch and Reid go together to interview the students when Hotch successes that Reid talks to them since he is closer in age and the students might be more comfortable around him.

Reid starts nervously scratching at his hands again. He might be closer in age but this does not make this interaction easier for him. He has no idea what he is supposed to say and starts rambling about who he is and what he is working as “ Ahem. Hi- hi, guys. Uh, my name's, uh, Dr. Spencer Reid. I'm a, uh, agent with the- the BAU, the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the FBI, which, um, it used to be called the BSU, the Behavioral Science Unit, but not anymore. They changed it to the BAU. Um, it's part of the NCAVC, the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime which is also part of this thing called the CIRG, the Critical Incident Response Group, and-“

He knows he is completely of topic but that does not make it less embarrassing when Hotch chooses to interrupt him. “What he is trying to say is we would love to know how you can help us” Hotch explains with a amused smile.

At that Reid tries to make himself appear smaller and retreats a bit further back into the room, away from prying eyes. After the student took the lightbulb, that was used to set the fire from Hotch, Hotch also moves to stand next to Reid again, putting a hand on his subordinate’s arm for a short moment hoping to offer some comfort. He hopes Reid knows that he won’t hold this against him. Hotch knows how much his young agent struggles with social interactions after all, even more when he isn’t prepared for the situation. But he thought that maybe this would be a good learning experience for Reid, though now he realizes that maybe he should have warned Reid of his plan beforehand.

They both listen as the students explain how the unsub used the lightbulb to set the last fire and how easy it is with some simple ingredients and an manuell from the internet. One of the girls lists the ingredients for a homemade Molotov cocktail that sets itself on fire. Hotch and Reid quickly glance at each other when the girl repeats three times that you just need normal household sugar, but they quickly forget about this again.

On the way out of the laps Hotch, Reid and Jeremy, the student that offerd the help in the first place, take the elevator. Jeremy explains that you need a key to get it to move past 10pm as Hotch tries to press the button to the ground level. Jeremy also explains that they are often staying late because they are working on the three body problem which peaks Reids interest who was standing in the corner of the elevator before, still embarrassed about his social awkwardness.

Hotch on the other hand couldn’t stop the amused smile that appeared on his face as his subordinate lights up at the mention of science. He sometimes questions why Reid didn’t pursue a occupation in science when he is so interested in this type of field. With his knowledge the boy could get any job he wants after all, but he is glad Reid found his way to the BAU instead. Gideon was right he is a great asset to the team and nowadays he feels a bit ashamed for doubting Gideon when he first brought Spencer in.

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The next day the FBI tip hotline gets an anonymous call from someone stating “Karen. I do this for Karen.” Which leads the team to interview all the Karens on Campus while Garcia is working on reducing the background noise of the call to maybe get some more info from it.

Spencer is left alone in the set-up office working out the missing components. Something feels wrong about this case, he just doesn’t know what yet. What he does know though is that their unsub is not their typical arsonist.

He is looking at the whiteboard again when the door behind him opens and Gideon puts his head through. “Keep thinking.” He says. “You mean outside the box? That’s what Morgan is always telling me. He says that’s why I can never beat you at chess.”

“He is probably right.” Gideon responds with a cheeky smile.

“But what is the box? What goes inside and what is left than?” Spencer asks. “The standard profile of a seriel arsonist goes in the box. The unknown is what is left. From here on you need to get creative. Keep working on it Spencer. You can figure this out. You probably already have an idea, you just don’t know it yet.” And with that Gideon leaves again, leaving Spencer alone with his own thoughts.

‘Morgan and Gideon are right’, Spencer thinks, he is being hold back by his own box of knowledge. This entire time they have been trying to fit the unsub to the typical profile of an arsonist, but maybe they have to accept that he just isn’t their typical arsonist. He is something completely else.

This is when Spencer remembers an odd thing in the video of the guy who burned alive. Something that has been bugging him this entire time but he didn’t really know what it was till now. He goes back to look at the video footage one more time.

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After some time they get a call from Garcia telling them that their anonymous caller did not say the word Karen during the calls but something that sounds more like ‘Charon’.

Reid explains that Charown is Hebrew and it’s God word in anger.

Reid feels like he is missing something obvious. Something that he should have realized already but he just can’t put his mind into it. “Keep thinking. It’s like chess. Don’t look at just the next move. Try to look three moves ahead” Gideon comments as he sees his young protégé struggle.

Reid goes through the evidence again in his mind: ‘Three times. Professor Wallace. Tuesday, 3:00. Apartment number 3.’

“That’s it!” Reid exclaims. Everyone is looking at him. “You were right to tell Morgan not to rely on precedent. The fires have been task oriented. The unsub is not a classical serial arsonist. He uses fire because of a completely different disorder.”, Reid explains, “An extreme manifestation of OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder. He does. Everything in 3’s, and if I’m right, he’ll have to kill again.”

Reid continues to list the behavioral evidence to the team. How the unsub either sets three fires or if a interval of three threes is given. He also shows them the video footage again and how it looks like the unsub is compulsively turning the doorknob three times.

Gideon is now looking at Hotch to see if he agrees with Reid only to find a look of realization on his coworker’s face. “What is it” he asks.

“I think I know who it might be.”, Hotch states, “Clara Hayes. A chemistry student. When I was talking to her she kept turning the ring on her fingers in intervals of threes.”

“And she repeated the word sugar three times as she was listing the ingredients for a lightbulb bomb, like she couldn’t stop once she started.” Reid added.

Elle and Morgan set out to look at Clara’s dorm and find even more evidence that leads to her being the unsub. Right as they told Hotch this the fire alarm went of and Gideon and Hotch go to look for Clara’s whereabouts.

“Reid I want you to keep looking trough Clara’s files and the evidence from her room maybe you can figure out who her next target is. And call us if you find anything.” Hotch instructs Reid.

“Of course, sir.”

In the end Hotch and Gideon stopped Clara just in time and saved the other three students that Clara tried to set on fire.

On the plane back Reid is playing chess against Gideon again. With all of his practice of outside the box thinking during this case he is feeling pretty confident. “Check in 3.” He answers with a smirk.

“Not bad”, Gideon thinks for a moment before making his next move. “Checkmate.”

Spencers stops smiling. He lost again. “Don’t worry, you’re getting there.” Gideon assures him. The older man stands up from the seat across from him and moves to the back of the plane. Giving his protégé an encouraging pat on the shoulder.

Moments after he left Hotch takes his place. “I’ll probably never beat him.” Reid admits with a sigh. “I’m sure you will one day. You are getting better with each game already, aren’t you?” Reid manages a slight smile at that.

“Anyway, you did really good today Reid. That was good thinking with the OCD. Without you we would probably still be stuck on that case and three more students dead.” Hotch praises feeling like his youngest agent needs to hear this at the moment. He knows that Reid is still not sure about his place within the team and that he feels a constant need to prove himself.

“Come on, Hotch. Don’t you think you are exaggerating a bit now? You would have managed that with out me, too. Gideon looked like he was already thinking something down that line, as well.”

“Spencer”, Reid looked up, surprised at the mention of his first name, “I think you are not giving yourself enough credit. You figured it out and that just in time. Even if Gideon would have gotten it eventually we would have been too late. Those students are still alive because of you. You can be proud of yourself.” If Reid would not have looked away at that moment, overwhelmed by the praise he would have seen that his boss’s eyes practically screamed ‘I’m proud of you, too.’