#the ways I could improve her smh

[asteria7fics]

Hello! I'm kinda nervous to ask this because I don't want to make you feel pressured to write certain things, but do you think you'll ever write a fic like The Song of Broflovski again? I'm starving for canon age content of the kids just being kids while getting into wacky hijinks and that fic was 100% what I've been looking for. I notice it's different from what you seem to usually write so I'm curious if it was just a one-time only thing. Do you maybe have recommendations for similar fics? Either way, thank you so much for writing my new favorite South Park fic!

Hi, dear anon!!

It makes me really happy to know that people still enjoy TSOB, despite it being my first work in the fandom and therefore certainly not my best. I wrote it for similar reasons though; I wanted to see more canon age shenanigans in fan works! Selfishly, I always just write what I want to read hehe!

I’d like to say it won’t be a one-time only deal because I really did enjoy writing the kids as… well, kids! I put far less pressure on myself when writing that fic, and though I don’t think I’ll ever be able to recreate that perfect formula for my own experience while writing again, I would love to be able to recreate the sort of fic that it produced!

I have a few small ideas floating around, as well as a couple of potentially pretty big ones, too! I never forgot the lovely anon that asked if I would do an ‘Odyssey’ retelling with Craig and Those Guys… trust me, the ideas are still churning!

I don’t, however, want to promise anything major. I wrote a lot in about a year’s time (two novel-length fics, on top of RSB which is just under novella length, plus I started about ten other projects that are still incomplete) and I fear it may be time to take a small break soon, from writing in general but especially from writing such long fics. As much as it is creatively fulfilling, it’s also kinda draining!

To answer your second question, I unfortunately don’t have a ton of recommendations (yet), though I would like to point you towards specifically Chapter 37 ‘Demotion’ of @alwaysinstyle’s SickFic Book! I finally got a chance to sit down and enjoy this chapter a few days ago (fake fan I know I’m working on it guys! I don’t have a lot of reading time these days!) and let me tell you, it did NOT disappoint. Excellent canon age shenanigans with some really sweet Style and some really iconic Cartman-isms!

Thank YOU for reading and enjoying my work enough to reach out! TLDR; I hope to return to writing canon age fics eventually!

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[kilannad]

On Prythian and Fairy tales

Here's the thing about ACoTaR that drives me insane; SJM had the perfect set up for a Lunarian Chronicles-level of fairy tale retellings. The first book is literally a ya fantasy version of beauty and the beast. She did all the work setting up and then abandoned the concept! Why? Seven Courts--seven books, each for a different fairy tale. You could even keep the Hybern/Koschei meta-plot, just have it carry through the seven books and end with an MCU style final battle. She did something similar enough in ToG.

Anyway, this is a very long way of leading in to what I think each of the court/fairy tale match-ups should have been.

Spring; Beauty and the Beast. Done. Perfect. Give Feyre and Tamlin a happy ending instead of the BS from book 2.

Autumn: Cinderella. Beron is finally insistent that his eldest marry. Problem--Eris discovers his mate is a servant; someone his father absolute would never allow.

Summer: The Little Mermaid. A naiad/siren saves Tarquin's life somehow and he tries to use it to improve faerie rights while the naiad tries to use him for her own gains. Except they fall in love.

Winter: This one I'm the least certain about. The Ice Queen is right there of course, but the original is FUCKING AWFUL. So, something about a cursed artifact--the Trove perhaps???--getting Kallias and Vivianne forced to work together. Childhood bffs to lovers pipeline.

Dawn: Snow White. Thesan's niece/something goes missing after Amarantha is killed. Turns out some of the priestesses are planning a coup and the niece is a problem. Enter...someone?? Nuan maybe. Idk, we know very little about Dawn y'all.

Day: Sleeping Beauty. An ancient stronghold is discovered but is deeply cursed. To prove himself as a worthy Heir, Lucien has to go in and discover its secrets--and in the mean time finds an ancient seer that was sealed away from the Age of Legends.

Night: RAPUNZEL. Literally built for it, smh. A Hewn City lady--Thanatos's unnamed daughter perhaps?--is locked away inside the mountain. Enter Rhys, who needs to get a hold of his people and a political marriage is his best bet. ALTERNATIVE: Mor is Rapunzel and Az is her Flynn Rider. Depends on how you want to take it.

Do you see the vision? Do you understand what we could've had???

Does anyone know anything about Dawn outside of Thesan, his lover, and Nuan??????

[queenjunothegreat]

And I'm back with this! You didn't FORGET about it, did you? (TBH, it's been THREE WEEKS since I updated it, so I would understand if you had smh.) ANYWAY, I'm here now! :D This chapter has absolutely ZERO sad in it, unlike the first two chapters. It's JUST cute.

Also, side note! Big thanks to @aureusarc for keeping me from accidentally making Jason a Neo-Nazi! That was MUCH appreciated <3

Anywho, may I present Chapter Three of Where the Love Light Gleams: It's Grand Just Holding your hand

“So,” Jason drawled, drawing out the word as long as he could. “Why, exactly, did you kidnap me? Other than to force me to watch you fix my car?” Leo whipped his head up from where it was buried in the engine of Jason’s car and looked at him in obvious offense. “I saved you, man. You have absolutely no idea what fate you just avoided.” “Yeah?” Jason grinned. He rested his elbow on the car and propped his chin up with his hand. “And what, exactly, did you save me from?” “Piper always throws this gigantic party the Saturday before Christmas,” Leo explained. “She goes full Martha Stewart, hostess with the mostess kinda stuff, you know? Basically the whole town shows up to Cabin Ten for food and drinks and games and stuff. It’s even on the town’s list of official events. Annabeth put it on there last year, and Piper wouldn’t shut up about it until July.”

First Previous

Three days after the magical tree lighting ceremony, Jason once again found himself standing in the middle of Crooked Hollow Bend, wearing an absolutely heinous Christmas sweater. This time around, he’d been smart enough to just put the damn thing on when Piper threw it at him, which definitely improved the situation, but didn’t make the sweater any less itchy. He wasn’t in the best of moods, seeing as he’d started his morning with Piper leaping on his bed and violently shaking him awake before scrambling away, shouting something about him needing to get ready right now. He’d stumbled into the kitchen shortly after, where Reyna was waiting to walk him through the morning’s plans, seeing as Piper was still too wound up to string together more than a couple words.

“There’s a gingerbread house decorating competition in town this morning,” she explained pleasantly, buttering her toast. “Piper really wants to take part.”

Jason had once again tried very hard to convince Piper that she didn’t really need him tagging along and dragging down the mood of her whole Christmas Wonderland, but she hadn’t let him get more than a couple words out before she was scoffing and swatting his complaints out of the air. She’d been nice enough to give him a proper breakfast, just like she had every other morning, and he’d been given a giant Thermos of piping hot coffee to replace the poor cup he’d been forced to abandon.  Still, he wasn’t exactly thrilled about the whole situation, and would have much preferred to be inside, actually enjoying his exceedingly rare time off. 

That being said, he’d just spied a pair of pointy ears and a mess of curly hair, so maybe the morning wouldn’t be awful after all.

“Why the hell did you call me out here, Pipes?” Leo whined, nuzzling down into his scarf to keep his nose warm. “It’s way too early for this.”

“It’s, like, nine,” Piper corrected, clucking her tongue. “And it’s gingerbread house day! You know I’ve always wanted to do that!”

Leo tilted his head back and groaned, and Jason pressed his fist to his mouth to muffle his chuckle. That’s when Leo finally noticed him, and his eyes bugged before he rounded on Piper. “You dragged Jason into this, too?” he hissed. “Hasn’t the dude had a hard enough time without you tormenting him?”

“Don’t worry about it. He’ll have loads of fun,” Piper scoffed dismissively. “I’ll make sure of it.”

Leo rolled his eyes, ignoring the borderline threat, before he looked at Jason, chagrin clear on his features. “I’m sorry you got roped into this,” he said genuinely. “I know Reyna’s not going to apologize for Piper’s behavior, but someone needs to.”

Jason smiled. “I don’t really mind all that much.” Surprisingly, he was being totally honest. Reyna apparently noticed, too, because she paused and looked at him funny, but he ignored her. “So, I’m guessing you’re not a morning person?”

“Not in the slightest,” Leo admitted. “Are you?”

The yes was perched at the tip of Jason’s tongue, but he bit it back. Sure, he was used to waking up early, but he’d really enjoyed the lazy, late mornings he’d had the past few days. After the initial horror of sleeping in for the first time, he’d quickly grown attached to his bed, and Piper or Reyna had needed to wake him up for breakfast every day since. Instead, he shrugged. “I can go either way, honestly.” He grinned and offered Leo his Thermos. “Not without coffee, though. You want some?”

Leo physically recoiled from him, face twisting up in disgust. “Absolutely not. You keep that gross junk as far away from me as possible.”

Jason took a step back, his free hand held up in playful surrender. “Okay, okay. No coffee for you. Got it.”

“Yeah, you’d better–”

Piper interrupted him then, flinging her arm around Leo’s shoulders and hanging off him. “Come on guys! Reyna’s inside signing us up! Leo, you’re on my team; Jason, you’re with Reyna.”

Jason’s eyebrows shot up. “Wouldn’t you rather work with Reyna?”

Leo scoffed. “Uh, no. Pipes and I have been partners since middle school. She’s gonna need more than a piece of paper to ditch me.” In response, Piper pressed a loud, wet kiss to his cheek, and he made a loud gagging sound, and then she was darting back inside. 

“So, what did she mean about never getting to do this event before?” Jason asked as he and Leo followed her inside. “I’d kind of assumed she’d done everything even remotely Christmas themed.”

“You’d think that, wouldn’t you? Honestly, she’s done everything else, and the only thing that’s held her back from this one is that everyone’s split up into teams of two,” Leo explained. “Because of that, the three of us couldn’t all do it together. Reyna and I both tried to tell her that we’d be okay if she just did it with one of us, but, well. I’m sure you can guess how she felt about that idea.” 

Jason snorted and walked up to the little fold out table where Annabeth was reviewing the sign up forms Reyna had given her. She smiled at Jason and offered him a handshake. “You must be Jason. Reyna told me there was someone staying in Cabin Ten for a bit.”

Jason straightened his posture and gave her a quick, firm handshake. “Pleasure. Yes, I’m Jason Grace; I look forward to my time here.” 

Leo wrinkled his nose at Jason’s words, but Annabeth didn’t seem to mind because she just nodded at him, then turned to Piper and laid the papers down flat, her expression serious. “Your application for participation is denied.”

Piper’s jaw dropped. “Denied? What the hell does that mean? Why?”

“You must think I’m stupid if you really think I’m going to let you and Leo have unrestricted access to icing and powdered sugar. I know you two.”

Piper was still standing there, mouth agape in offense, so Jason stepped forward. “What if we swapped up the teams? I could work with Leo, and Reyna could go with Piper.”

Annabeth looked him up and down critically, and Jason gave her that same smile he always used to put clients at ease. Eventually, her shoulders slackened, and she nodded. “That works for me. Try and keep him on a leash.”

“I will certainly do my best,” Jason said pleasantly, and he took the little numbered placards with their table assignments. “Thank you.”

Piper beamed at him and snatched up the plastic triangle Jason offered her. “Thanks, Jason! Come on, Reyna!” Then, she grabbed Reyna’s hand and dragged her off, Reyna looking more than content to be manhandled.

Beside him, Leo chuckled softly and Jason looked over to see Leo grinning. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone get on Annabeth’s good side that fast.”

Jason furrowed his brow. “What do you mean?”

Leo squinted at him, like he couldn’t decide if Jason was messing with him. “Uh, I mean the whole ‘I’m a fancy big city lawyer who’s very professional and responsible so you can totally trust me’ voice you used with Annabeth just now.” He wrinkled his nose at Jason teasingly. “You sounded like a real grown up.”

“Oh.” Jason frowned in consideration. “That’s just the way I talk.”

Leo shrugged and started gathering up the supplies they were apparently supposed to be making a gingerbread house out of. “You don’t talk that way to me.”

Jason thought about that. About the casual comfort that seemed to hang around Reyna and Piper and especially Leo like a fog. About the way he’d gladly accepted that comfort and embraced it, even in the short time he’d known them. “I guess I don’t.”

Leo grinned at him, and held up a tube of icing. “C’mon, Jace. We’ve got a gingerbread house competition to win.”

*-*-*

They didn’t win. They didn’t even come close. When the three winners and the three runner-ups had been announced, their number had not been called. Then again, neither had Piper and Reyna’s, and Piper wasn’t taking the news well.

“That was rigged!” she complained loudly as they walked down the street. “Our house was a work of art!”

“Yeah, I can’t believe the friendly competition designed for grade schoolers had grade schoolers as the winners,” Leo drawled lazily.

Jason personally thought that the age of the contestants wasn’t really the problem, and the issue was more about the fact that both gingerbread houses had been complete and total disasters. Leo had gotten bored about halfway through setting the second wall, and decided that a mini-food fight with Jason was a much more entertaining way to spend his morning. Jason hadn’t exactly planned on indulging him – he had a set of instructions and intended to follow them to the letter – but Leo had remarkably good aim and managed to lodge a gumdrop in Jason’s ear, and that had meant war. Annabeth was visibly unimpressed with their cracked cookies and wobbly walls and candy-coated mess, but Leo had been grinning from ear to ear, so Jason had just smiled sheepishly and shrugged out an apology he didn’t really mean.

He wasn’t entirely sure what happened at Piper and Reyna’s table, but based on the icing smeared across Piper’s forehead, he guessed it was something along the same lines. Now, though, Reyna was holding Piper’s hand and trying her best to comfort her wife’s obviously stung ego by offering various other activities. Jason wasn’t really listening, too focused on admiring all the pretty decorations on every door and window, until he heard Piper squeal with delight.

“Ooh, yes! Ice skating would be so much fun! Let’s do that!” she declared, grabbing Reyna’s hand in her own as the two of them hurried down the street together. 

Jason was frozen in place, watching them go and wallowing in the feeling of dread that washed over him. Leo noticed Jason’s reluctance and turned to him with a concerned frown. “What’s up?”

“Did Reyna really suggest ice skating?”

“Uh, yeah?” Leo cocked his head to the side. “Is that a problem?”

“I’ve, uh.” Jason cleared his throat and looked away. “I’ve never actually been ice skating.”

“Don’t you live in New York City?” Leo asked, baffled. “Isn’t the Rockefeller Center, like, the most classic winter date spot ever?”

Jason didn’t have the heart to tell Leo that he’d never been on a date to the Rockefeller Center, or anywhere similar to it. Any and all of the dates he’d been on were mere formalities at best, and never got any more personal than stilted conversations over dinner and an invitation for a late night cup of coffee in the other’s apartment. Instead of saying that, he shrugged. “I’ve never really been one for that kind of cheesy date.”

“Well, get ready to witness the cheesiest date you’ve ever seen, then,” Leo joked. “Piper and Reyna love going to the ice rink together. It’ll be fun.”

Jason still hesitated. “I dunno. I think I may just head back to Cabin Ten and sit this one out.”

“Oh,” Leo said, and Jason couldn’t help but think that he looked genuinely disappointed. Still, he put on an understanding smile. “Yeah, I get it. Honestly, I’d probably duck out, but I don’t really have an excuse, and I’d rather play third wheel than listen to Piper pout and accuse me of sibling betrayal or whatever.”

“I–” Jason cut himself off, and bit his tongue. He didn’t really like the way Leo’s shoulders had slumped, and he liked being the cause of it even less. “Well, I guess I could come. I don’t exactly have anything better to do either.”

Leo perked up at that. “Yeah?”

“Yeah.” Jason gave a decisive nod and nudged Leo with his elbow. “I mean, I’d hate to leave you to be the third wheel alone.”

Jason was already regretting the offer, but Leo’s whole face lit up with a smile, so he couldn’t really find it in his heart to back down. 

It would probably be fine.

*-*-*

It didn’t take long for Leo to come to the conclusion that ice skating was a bad decision. Personally speaking, he was having about as much fun as he ever did at the rink. He wouldn’t exactly consider himself the best ice skater on the block, but there wasn’t really all that much to do in Crooked Hollow Bend other than ice skating, so he’d had plenty of practice over the years. Meanwhile, Piper and Reyna were, of course, gliding around the rink with enough chemistry and grace to make Olympic partner skaters absolutely green with envy. They hadn’t stopped holding hands and looking disgustingly in love with one another since the moment they’d laced up their skates, so Leo figured they were having a grand old time.

The problem was Jason. Leo hadn’t really known what to expect from the other man once he’d heard about the abysmal skating history. Honestly, Leo had thought that Jason would wind up taking to the ice like a duck to water, skating around with perfect poise and powerful grace from his first step. He figured that anyone who looked like Jason was obviously blessed by some higher power, and that probably extended to ice skating.

Leo had never been more wrong in his life.

They’d been at the tiny rink for almost half an hour, and Jason had hardly made a single lap around the rink, clinging to the wall and muttering what sounded like Latin prayers under his breath. Leo had offered to help him a few times, but each time he’d been waved off with a hollow insistence that Jason would be fine, he just needed to get used to it, and that Leo should focus on having fun. Unfortunately, Leo couldn’t really bring himself to have much fun when Jason was so obviously miserable, so he figured it was time to step in.

He skated up to Jason’s side, which apparently startled him, because he wobbled dangerously for a moment before flinging himself at the wall in a desperate attempt to stay upright. He looked at Leo, eyes wide with obvious terror, and awkwardly cleared his throat. “Uh, hey, Leo.”

Leo gave him a sheepish, apologetic smile. “Hey, man. Sorry for sneaking up on you.” Jason waved the words out of the air, so Leo continued with his request. “Would you mind sitting in the bleachers with me? I’m exhausted, but I’d feel super weird just sitting there by myself and waiting for Piper and Reyna to get bored.”

Jason looked relieved beyond words. “Yeah, sure. Let me just get back around to the gate.” 

He started making his tiny, terrified shuffle-steps forward, and Leo grimaced, looking over at the entrance, which was on the other side of the rink. “Do you think I could maybe help you get there? No offense, but I’m pretty sure I’m gonna die of old age if I let you go it alone.”

Jason’s cheeks flushed a pretty pink color, and Leo grinned. “Fair. How do you… wanna do this?”

“Don’t worry, I know it’s your first time. I’ll be gentle,” Leo promised. Jason shot him a look, and he couldn’t help but snicker. He held out both of his hands to Jason. “Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. Look, how about you just let go of the wall and take my hands? You just stand still and focus on staying upright, and I’ll skate backwards and tow you to the gate. It’ll be just like when the Stolls brought in your Audi.”

“Thanks for bringing that up,” Jason grumbled. Still, he took a deep, calming breath before he let go of the wall and clung tight to Leo’s hands.

With Jason’s hands held in his, Leo couldn’t help but notice how different they were. His hands were smaller and slender, perfect for tweaking delicate machinery and getting into awkward nooks and crannies, but they were rough with scars and a lifetime of use. Meanwhile, Jason’s hands practically dwarfed his, big and strong and completely smooth, other than a neat line of calluses at the base of his fingers, likely from frequent trips to the gym and little else. Leo dismissed those thoughts and focused on helping Jason stay upright. He beamed at him as encouragingly as possible. “That’s it, man. You’ve got this. We’re just gonna skate right across and then we’re off.”

“You’re taking us across the rink?” Jason demanded sharply. “Reyna said it was safest to stay in the lanes.”

Leo glanced around at the rink, which was practically deserted, other than them, Piper, and Reyna. “I think we’ll be alright. I promise nobody’s gonna run into us.”

Jason didn’t exactly look convinced, but he didn’t protest when Leo took his first careful step backwards. As soon as they were moving, Jason immediately began wobbling, shaking from head to toe, and knees knocking against one another. Leo just squeezed his fingers and smiled at him. “Hey, you’re doing alright.”

“I’m really not,” Jason gritted out. “Can we please go back to the wall?”

 “You’re doing fine,” Leo insisted, though he did come to a stop again. He ducked his head so that Jason, who was staring at his toes, was forced into eye contact. “Hey, Jace? C’mon. Look at me.” Jason reluctantly did as he was asked, and Leo smiled gently at him. “Jace? Do you trust me?”

Jason didn’t say anything for a moment before he took a deep breath and nodded. “I do.”

“Okay, then just trust me,” Leo instructed. “Calm down and bend your knees and let me guide you. I won’t let you fall. Promise.”

Jason looked a little skeptical. “How, exactly, are you gonna keep me up if I lose my balance?”

It was a fair question. Considering Jason was probably more than half again as big as him, Leo would struggle to keep him from going down, even without factoring in the knife shoes and reduced-friction hellscape. But that wasn’t what Jason needed to hear right now. “I won’t need to. You trust me, and I’ll trust you, and we’ll make it across, no problem. Deal?”

Jason screwed his face up and took in a sharp breath. “Okay, deal. Just get us out of here.”

“You got it,” Leo promised. “I’m gonna start skating now, okay?”

Jason nodded, and together the two of them began their slow, steady pace across the ice. Every couple steps, Jason would apparently remember that he was skating and, therefore, meant to be off-balance, and he’d squeeze Leo’s fingers painfully,  but Leo would just squeeze back and tell him they were almost done. Fortunately, the rink wasn’t actually all that large, and before too long they were stepping off the ice, just as Leo had promised. 

“I don’t think I like ice skating,” Jason announced as he yanked the skates off his feet. 

Leo snickered quietly and took the offending equipment so that he could go exchange them for their shoes. “Just go find us somewhere to sit. I’ll take care of these.”

Jason did as he was told, and within just a few moments, Leo was sitting down next to him, two pairs of very different boots in hand. As he was lacing up his work boots, Leo suddenly remembered something and looked up at Jason. “Oh, by the way, I got an update on the parts for your car. They should be coming in tomorrow morning, so with any luck you can be on the road for California by Thursday.”

“Don’t worry about it,” Jason shrugged. “I’m not going to California, so you can take your time.”

Leo furrowed his brow. “You’re… not going to California? Isn’t that the whole reason you even drove through here in the first place?”

Jason hiked a brow. “Piper didn’t tell you? My sister canceled on me, and she was the only reason I was going in the first place.”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be. We were supposed to be handling my mother’s estate, but I didn’t want to, so I just hired a lawyer to do it for me. Well, another lawyer.”

Leo snorted, then he frowned in sympathy. “Still man, it sucks that your plans changed like that.”

Jason considered that for a moment before he gave Leo a tiny smile. “Well, I count myself pretty lucky that I got to wind up stranded in this town.”

Leo felt his cheeks flush and he dropped Jason’s gaze. “So, if you’re not going to California, are you headed back to New York?”

“No.” Jason shrugged casually like he hadn’t just dropped a major bombshell in Leo’s lap. “I have the month off work, regardless, so I figured I might as well spend it here. I’m starting to kinda like it.”

“Oh.” Leo’s cheeks were definitely red now and he looked up at Jason through his lashes. “Well, not to be selfish or anything, but I’m glad you got stranded here.”

Jason’s cheeks were just as dark as Leo’s, and he smiled. “I am, too.”

*-*-*

“So,” Jason drawled, drawing out the word as long as he could. “Why, exactly, did you kidnap me? Other than to force me to watch you fix my car?”

Leo whipped his head up from where it was buried in the engine of Jason’s car and looked at him in obvious offense. “I saved you, man. You have absolutely no idea what fate you just avoided.”

“Yeah?” Jason grinned. He rested his elbow on the car and propped his chin up with his hand. “And what, exactly, did you save me from?”

“Piper always throws this gigantic party the Saturday before Christmas,” Leo explained. “She goes full Martha Stewart, hostess with the mostess kinda stuff, you know? Basically the whole town shows up to Cabin Ten for food and drinks and games and stuff. It’s even on the town’s list of official events. Annabeth put it on there last year, and Piper wouldn’t shut up about it until July.”

Jason snorted out a laugh, but he felt a bright spark of interest at the announcement. He couldn’t remember the last time he went to a Christmas party that wasn’t hosted by the law firm, and he couldn’t think of anyone he’d rather have as a host than Piper. She’d been serious about making sure he got the full Crooked Hollow Bend Christmas Experience™ , and he had to admit he’d enjoyed a couple of the activities. Even the non-official ones like when she’d led an expedition into the woods to select the perfect tree for the living room of Cabin Ten. She’d probably looked at every tree and bush in the forest before she made her selection, declaring that the tree in front of her was a gift from nature itself for her specifically. Leo had loudly and comically complained after about forty-five minutes of searching, but his big brown eyes had been almost as bright with delight as Piper’s when Jason and Reyna dragged the tree inside and set it up. It hadn’t really looked like any Christmas tree Jason had ever seen – Reyna told him that it was actually a species of native Juniper instead of a fir – but he’d had to admit that it was really pretty.

Jason dismissed those thoughts and arched an eyebrow at Leo. “Okay, sounds like my plans for next weekend are set. What does that have to do with today?”

“Well, she’s gotta decorate for the party. Duh.”

Jason quickly ran over his mental image of Cabin Ten and all its candles and lights and wreaths and bows. “You mean she hasn’t already decorated?”

Leo snorted so hard it sounded like it hurt. “You think she’d be caught dead hosting a party with that pitiful display? As if. That was just the preliminary, dude. She’s whipping out the big guns today.”

Jason refrained from pointing out that Cabin Ten was the single most decorated house he’d ever spent time in in his life. “Yeah? Shouldn’t we be helping her then?”

Leo shook his head, looking deathly serious. “Absolutely not. Piper in decorating mode is borderline a war criminal. You do not wanna get in her way, and if you’re anywhere near that house, you will be in her way. Reyna even makes sure that they don’t have any guests the weekend before the party, just to keep bystanders safe.”

Part of Jason wanted to accuse Leo of being overly dramatic, but the more he thought about it, the more the accusations seemed plausible. “Well, in that case, thank you.”

“Thank you, actually,” Leo said, his nose scrunching playfully. “I absolutely procrastinated on your car to have an excuse not to help her today. Couldn’t have done it without you, man. I owe you big time.”

“Well, if that’s all it takes to get into your good graces, remind me to drive directly into the nearest snow bank as soon as I’m street legal again,” Jason teased. 

Leo made a comically disgusted sound. “Really? You’d put all my hard work to waste like that? I know I don’t like Audies, but she is a beautiful car. Surely you care about her a little.”

Jason involuntarily wrinkled his nose. “Uh, not exactly. Very few fond feelings about this thing, actually.”

Leo paused his work and looked up at Jason with one eyebrow cocked up. “Something tells me there’s a bit more to that story.”

Jason considered that and shrugged. “Not really. It was a gift from my dad for graduating law school. I mean, it’s a really nice car, and it’s useful when I need it, but I specifically asked him to not buy me a sports car because I don’t like driving.”

“Yeah? What did you want instead?”

“Promise you won’t make fun of me for being a rich kid?”

“You wouldn’t like me half as much as you do if I could make promises like that,” Leo countered, grinning like a shark. Jason just chuckled and dropped his gaze, seeing as he couldn’t even begin to argue. Leo poked him with the wrench in his hand. “Come on, nepo. Tell me what you told Lawyer Santa to get you for Christmas.”

Jason let out a heavily put-upon sigh, and muttered under his breath, “Rome.”

“Rome? You asked your dad for a city and you wanted me to refrain from making fun of you?”

“No, not the whole city,” Jason corrected, rolling his eyes. “I just meant a trip. I’ve been obsessed with Ancient Rome since middle school, and I wanted to see it in person.”

“Yeah?”

“Mm-hmm. I actually went and got a tattoo before I found out my dad canceled my trip. Probably not my best decision, but I like it.”

Leo’s eyes were bright with interest. “Can I see?” Then he paused and looked at Jason suspiciously. “Wait, it’s not on your ass, is it?”

“One way to find out,” Jason quipped, reaching for his belt. When Leo turned vermillion and spluttered, he laughed. “No, it’s not on my ass. It’s on my forearm. Look.”

Jason rolled up his shirt sleeve and Leo shuffled around the car to do as he was told. Rough fingers delicately traced over the silhouette of a howling wolf and the perfectly neat, even text below her, leaving behind a grease smear and sending a shiver up Jason’s spine. “What does it say?”

“Fiat justitia ruat caelum,” Jason recited. “It’s Latin for ‘do justice, even when the heavens fall.’ It’s a legal phrase that emphasises justice, regardless of the consequences. And this–” he pointed at the wolf– “is Lupa. In Roman myths, she’s the one who raised Romulus and Remus, who later founded Rome.” 

“You know,” Leo said conversationally, still running his fingers over the crisp clear lines of Jason’s tattoo. “You told me I couldn’t make fun of you for being rich, but there’s one thing you forgot.”

“Yeah?” Jason asked, pretending he wasn’t starting to feel a little breathless. “And what’s that?”

Leo craned his neck to look up at him, his eyes sparkling and all of his teeth glinting like a smug crocodile. “You didn’t tell me I couldn’t make fun of you for being a fucking dork.”

Now it was Jason’s turn to splutter while he was laughed at. After a moment, Leo hip checked him and teased, “Don’t worry about it. Dork suits you. Very well, I might add.”

Jason opened his mouth to reply, but Leo’s phone started ringing from the other side of the garage. Leo scowled, obviously displeased at the interruption and stepped out of Jason’s personal space. “I have to get that. That’s Malcolm’s ringtone.”

“Who’s Malcolm?” Jason asked, his tone ever so slightly sharp with an edge of jealousy that he tried to ignore.

Leo was obviously not ignoring it, based on the amused quirk of his lips, but he didn’t respond to Jason’s demands and just answered the phone, dramatically draping himself over the nearby couch. “Malcolm, what have I told you about keeping our midnight rendezvous secret? You can’t just call me in the middle of the day like this.”

Jason’s expression soured and he sat down next to Leo. “You’re not funny,” he said in a tone that was most certainly not a pout.

Leo’s lips just curled into an even more distracting smile as he listened to whoever was on the other end of the phone. “Yeah, yeah, I get it. How are things with you, man?” He went quiet as he listened to the response, and suddenly his eyes widened and his face lit up in genuine delight. “What? No way! Really? That’s amazing! Congrats!” Leo chewed his lip for a moment. “Wait, so you’re moving, not doing remote work? And you’re going all the way out to Washington?” A small crease formed between his bushy eyebrows and Jason had to resist the urge to smooth it out with his thumb. “Yeah, no, I totally get it. So, you’re leaving when? Wednesday? Really? Like four days from now Wednesday? So, what are you gonna–” Leo cut himself off with a wince and a groan as he slumped over into Jason’s side and thunked his head down on Jason’s shoulder. “Come on, man, really? You’re gonna do this to Piper, too? It’s Christmas. You know how much that means to her.” He heaved a deep sigh and started fiddling with the hem of Jason’s shirt. “Nah, dude, I get it, I really do. I mean, a little bit fuck you for this, but mostly congrats. I know this is gonna be huge for you, and you deserve it. Hope things work out well for you out in Washington.” He went quiet again, then barked out a laugh. “Yes, I’ll break the news to Piper, you fucking coward. I’ll let you go now. I’m sure you have plenty of very fun phone calls to make. Good luck out there, man.” 

Then he hung up the phone and huffed out a sigh, squirming even closer to Jason. He didn’t say anything, and Jason told himself that he shouldn’t push. Technically, it wasn’t really any of his business, and he needed to wait for Leo to open up on his own terms. He had to be patient.

Unfortunately, Jason Grace was not a patient man.

“Okay, what the hell was that about?” he demanded, twisting one of Leo’s curls around his finger and giving it a petulant tug. “Who’s Malcolm, and why are you talking to him?”

“He’s mine and Piper’s bookkeeper,” Leo said, swatting Jason’s hand away from his hair. “He’s the only accountant in town. Or, well, he was. Speaking of, I need to call Piper.” He pulled out his phone again, though thankfully this time he left it on speaker. “Hey, Pipes, you’re on speaker and Jason’s here, so behave or I’m calling dad and tattling on you.”

“You’d better have a damn good reason for interrupting me, seeing as you abandoned me on the day I need you most,” Piper said, ignoring the greeting.

“I have an important reason, but it’s not good,” Leo announced. “I just got off the phone with Malcolm. You remember that big job opportunity he was talking about last month?”

“Yeah.”

“Well, he got it, so he’s moving out to Washington on Friday.”

“Geeze, they didn’t exactly give him time to pack, did they?” Piper marveled. 

“Yeah, well, the other thing they didn’t give him time to do was finish November’s books.”

Piper let out a loud groan. “What? No way! How are we supposed to find someone to do our books at this time of year?”

“I guess Reyna could finish us out for the year and we can find someone online?” Leo suggested halfheartedly.

“Come on, you know she hates bookkeeping.” Piper made a frustrated sound. “Not that we have much of a choice.”

Jason was admittedly a little surprised to hear that Reyna apparently hated bookkeeping. Granted, he’d been the treasurer in all of their joint after school activities, and Reyna was so very obviously a different person from the girl he’d known. It really shouldn’t have been all that shocking that she’d changed in this aspect as well. Jason hadn’t changed, but maybe that was a good thing this time.

Without thinking too hard, he spoke. “I can do it.”

Leo whipped his head up from its perch on Jason’s shoulder to gape at him. “What? You know how to do bookkeeping?”

“Yeah,” Jason said easily. “I took accounting as a minor in college, and I’ve kept up to date on all my certifications. I can send you my resumé, if you want.”

Leo blustered. “I– No! We don’t need your resumé!”

“Agreed!” Piper chimed in. “You’re hired! What’s your rate?”

“Piper!”

“Well, considering both of you are way undercharging me, we’ll just call it reciprocity,” Jason chuckled. “Just get your stuff together and I’ll take a look at it.”

“Ooh, thank you!” Piper squealed. “Jason, you’re the best! I’m gonna ask Reyna if I can also marry you!”

“Piper!” Leo hissed, cheeks flushed. “What the hell is wrong with you?”

“Oh, sorry. Did you have dibs on marrying him, or something? You should have told me.”

“I’m hanging up now,” Leo seethed. “I hate you so much.” Before Piper got the chance to say anything else, Leo ended the call and viciously shoved his phone down between the couch cushions. He scowled up at Jason. “I, like, actually hate her.”

“I can tell,” Jason hummed indulgently.

Leo pouted and burrowed back down into Jason’s side. After a moment, he spoke in a quiet voice. “You don’t actually have to do the bookkeeping stuff, you know. Pipes and I can handle it.”

“I’m sure you can handle it,” Jason said, gently and genuinely. “And I know I don’t have to do it. But I really want to do it, if you’ll let me.”

“It’s seriously not a big deal,” Leo insisted. “We can just… hire someone online. It’s not a problem.”

Jason wrinkled his nose at the prospect. “Vetting out a good bookkeeper takes time, and the fiscal quarter ends this month, and you and Piper need those numbers. Look, just let me do this for you until you find someone else, at least. I can even do it when I go back to New York. I’ll get you and Piper set up with a scanner and everything.”

Leo puffed out his cheeks before he finally gave in with a huff. “Fine. But if we have to keep using you come January, we’re gonna start paying you, got it?”

“Of course,” Jason lied.

Leo snorted, then grinned up at Jason. “You know, if you ever decide to quit your fancy lawyer job and do bookkeeping full-time, you’ve basically got a whole town of clients waiting for you. Malcolm was the only accountant in town, so everyone’s high and dry now.”

“Huh.” Jason considered that. He thought about the look on his father’s face if Jason ever told him he was quitting the family firm to go play accountant for a town of 800 residents. It was oddly tempting. He huffed out a quiet laugh and wrapped an arm around Leo’s waist in a sideways hug. “I’ll have to keep that in mind.”

Leo laughed brightly and wrinkled his nose in that teasing way he seemed to love. “I’m sure you will.”

Jason didn’t reply with anything other than a smirk, letting Leo read whatever he wanted to in it. One thing was for sure though: He had a lot to think about.

[llamagirl28]

Hello! More of a technical ask here but I saw an ask where you said that we can get closer to morgana later even if we distance from her now and I am wondering how is that achieved. Is it like an

"if(relationshipValue>number) get this text

else get this other text"

Or does it have more to do with the reaction to a particular scene (ex: you said smh and Morgana will remember that and talk about it later in the story to mend the relationship)

I dont know if I explained myself well but thank you for this game, i love it a lot and I cant wait to read more of it^^

Yes, so!

Mordred's current relationship with Morgana is actually kept track off through a string value that sums up how close/distant you are:

"close" - your relationship is all well and dandy

"lukewarm" - your relationship is tense at times and there's some difficult emotions involved but you try to make it work

"distant" - your relationship is distant, cold and tense

(Chapter 5 - the first half of which is available on Patreon/Kofi and aiming to be publicly released next month - showcases how the relationship looks in each of these states)

So, as to the possibilities of improving the relationship: it'll be, most likely, a gradual shift that could start happening after chapter 6. There could also be pivotal moments that cause a more drastic change. And it can work the other way around too - a non-distant relationship deteriorating.

As to how these incremental changes would be tracked, probably a numerical variable that gets increased and once the scale tips over, the string variable gets updated.

Anyway, hope it makes sense the way I explained it!

[moonlit-dreamers]

Can you rate all TSAMS characters?

oh dear lord- i can certainly try tho i get the feeling i'll forget some lol

in order of favorite to least favorite

sun - 10/10 - hes perfect, nothing can change my mind. hes heavily traumatized and incredibly anxious. hes the perfect specimen for whump AND hurt/comfort. im also just Heavily biased

ruin - 9/10 - yall cant fight me on this hes one of my favorites. hes a tragic, morally gray villain that did what he thought he had to. hes a sad pathetic wet cat of a man who i bet all my money on (a whopping 500 bucks) that he doesnt even know who he is as a person

eclipse - 9/10 - him being below ruin on the list means nothing bc theyre equal in my heart. again, tragic wet cat of a man whos too damn tired to deal with this shit any more. i also relate to him in ways that probably arent healthy <3

solar flare - 8/10 - BRING MY BOY BACK HE DID NOTHING ‼️

dazzle - 8/10 - sweet baby girl she can do no wrong

jack - 7/10 - he can do many things wrong but nothing could make me hate him forever <3

molten - 7/10 - he baby. he sweet. he dont know the world and thats okay. maybe i just like it when murder machines turn into pacifists and just want to have fun.

dark sun - 7/10 - he fascinates me. i want to put him in a lil test tube and study him under a microscope. i need to ask so many questions, most of them being some form of "what is wrong with you"

computer/spaniard - 7/10 - we dont talk about the previous 2 computers we dont care about them (i dont hate them im just biased <3) i only care about SPANIARD. i miss my boy why did they have to kill him he couldve been so good. sun needs his husband back/silly

old moon - 6/10 - he is... certainly a specimen. i keep bouncing between "i hate him i want to rip his head off" and "im wrapping him in a blanket so tight he cant breathe". before he died he was an absolute prick and the fandom ruined him for me bc everyone fell for his manipulation and blamed sun for shit moon did and bc i was so biased towards sun it was difficult for me to not hate him. after he came back hes more fun (and tolerable) due to him actually improving but i wish he had more set-backs bc like. to him he'd been dead for like. a week. he should be struggling more <3

earth - 6/10 - cant quite pinpoint it but i Do feel like she could be done better as a character. she... doesnt really change that much? idk how to describe it. maybe i just find her boring lol

solar - 6/10 - yes i am putting him this far down on the list bc i feel like he couldve been done SO much better. he has so little flavor it hurts. what are his struggles? what is his goal? what does he even do outside of sun n moon?? and dont even get me STARTED on how little his past is brought up in a meaningful manner, let alone be something that effects him. you could say "oh hes gotten better" yeah but we saw none of it so like?? fbkdsgnjkds i'll need to rant about his character another day smh my head

killcode - 6/10 - it was fun while it lasted or something like that. he was interesting and i Do wish they had just.. left him alive? not bc he would be "useful" or wutever but just bc like. wut if he wants to come back randomly? like he wouldve just been a fun side character

nexus/new moon - 5/10 - listen. i dont wanna put him down here. but his current arc fucked him over. he was so fun and whimsical before! he was just a silly lil guy trying to navigate the world around him and desperately trying to fill a role he couldve never filled. his current arc couldve been SO much better. but its not as emotionally charged as it could be. like. they just completely threw away his original motive! and now he doesnt care?? not even the slightest??? booooo tomato tomato tomato throwing tomatoes/ref

lunar - 5/10 - again, you can fight me, but current lunar just isnt it for me. lunar before he died? hell yeah. he was such a lil shit that only cared about stuff if it benefited him. he didnt care that he was hurting moon with his movements, he just switched sides bc moon actually paid attention to him. him and bm couldve been SUCH a good duo too OTL

bloodmoon - 5/10 - honestly i liked v1 bm more than v2. idk man. something about their energy was so different and it lured me in. v2 kinda just felt.. boring. no critiques on his character, just not for me *shrug*

gemini - 5/10 - i dunno. just boring to me

monty - 4/10 - yet another moment of "no direct hate on the character just uninteresting to me" with monty. theyre just. boring. also another moment of "i liked them before [insert event]" with the event being before earth.

the creator - 4/10 - just. meh? he could be better as a villain but hes like. been here for so long that i wonder if he really does much of anything? idk man. im losing steam atp dnf,jsdgndkj

this might be all of them..? i dunno. probably missed a bunch (and yes im aware i shoved in some laes characters shush). im gonna leave out eaps characters so this doesnt get longer and so i dont go on a hate rant about puppet/j

[streamdotpng]

Coffee Enid [#2] 👍

After that faithful day of Enid serving her coffee and freshly baked pastries, she didn't think any of it about the punk, gothic, business woman???

Enid didn't know what to think of the short 5'1 woman that hardly overlooked the metal counter of her stand. But she was cute, in a death-punk way??? So many questions in the poor wolf's mind but she didn't think any of it.

Even after receiving a $100 tip in her jar JUST after she opened and served her FIRST coffee and pastry of the day.

However, that tip changed the game for her, at least in the equipment of one better mixer that wasn't a hand-me-down from her bestie, who also was her employee that did deliveries at their bakery. Listen, the wolf had an act for people, so she wanted to be on the front lines, and selling coffee.

Bitch wanted to bust out her lattee-making art skills she learned on TikTok and cafes!

But yes, Enid needed to conduct business and better improvements with her team aka her best friend group, so she was gone for 4 days, her usual clientele knew her situation so she didn't think any of it.

But to her surprise, someone was waiting for her at her stand, standing there like a stray cat looking for its owner or "hand that feeds them", Enid was quite shocked so she said something.

"Hey! It's you that left that tip, thank you so much for that and I am sorry for the wait!" Enid said unlocked the stand and set up for the day.

"It's not a problem, I give credit where credit is due."

"Oooh, so you must have losts of credit?" The wolf laughed.

"Yes."

Enid looked at the woman confused for a moment before laughing and fixing the final machine to ready, while also putting on some drip coffee because people like drip too, no hate.

"So what can I get you today?" Enid grinned leaning on the counter.

"... Quad over ice, and... Whatever you prefer on the side."

Enid raised a brow as she smiled. "Coming right up, may take a moment."

"Take your time."

When Enid prepared the goth's quad she spared fleeting glances at her, before humming to herself. The wolf fixed the coffee just like the last time and popped the lid on it, and grabbed a fresh prepackaged sandwich, a simple cold-cut turkey sandwich with bacon and tomatoes.

She handed her order to the goth, "You seem like you skip meals, that's not good so I packed a sandwhich for you, hope you like it!"

"How do you-" The goth grumbled but gently grabbed the bag and coffee, almost bashfully. The wolf couldn't tell, she looked too. Uh. Murderous.

So she said the total, to which the goth paid with the exact change and a large tip again, and then left without another word.

"She gotta be a serial killer."

"a serial lady killer," Enid mutters off handedly before snorting and going to make herself something to drink

Goth killer is pretty after all, maybe next time Enid could ask for a name instead of this extra digits?

Or, she could not do that

Smh Enid, where's her professionalism!?

Well, it's still nice company. Always a joy to see that scathing glare and the way her brow furrows.

It's... Cute, one can say. in a 'I am totally gonna murder you,' way.

Like a cat!

Oh that's a lovely image

[msommers]

🥪📚🤝🎒 for Riya, Meredith and one more of your choosing!

what is this?? tabby answering prompts in a timely manner??? unheard of. (mwah mwah i'm giving u kisses ty ty) // yet another oc ask game

🥪 On a scale from ‘burns water’ to ‘5 course menu’ how well can your OC cook?

RIYA — after thinking on it for a minute, i think Riya might actually have some decent baseline cooking skills purely because i can see her dad as being a great cook and he would have loved having her join him in the kitchens on occasion. and tragically Riya would do anything to see him happy, even stooping so low as to making her own brunch 🙄 i mean incredibly basic though. like she can chop the vegetables, stir the pot, keep things from burning, blah blah. no actual technical skills or know-how. so on the scale we'll give her "could cook fantasy boxed mac and cheese but you don't want her to because she's gonna complain the entire time about having to do it herself when there are actual cooks around"

MEREDITH — that b.ridgerton scene of the siblings standing in front of the stove all “well i should not know how to turn it on” “and you think i should?” but it's Meredith and Fergus. and she stays that way for the rest of her privileged life. she has more important things to do than whip up a meal! let the staff do it!! that’s what they’re paid for smh. she's a "might burn your toast because she misjudged the heat" on the scale.

GREER — she can heat up something that you give her but not much more than that. Greer spent more time in the dungeons than on kitchen duty and i wish i was joking about that. on the scale she's a "let her prep all the ingredients and i'll do the rest"

📚 Your OC has to improvise a 10 minute lecture about a topic of their choosing. What do they choose?

RIYA — if she needs to select a “serious” topic, then she’s going off on a deep dive on the history of the Free Marches Grand Tourney. it would naturally include her penchant for adding unnecessary details and perhaps a little extra drama here and there, and it’d reach a point where you can tell she stopped her research after the past eight or so tourneys (she won the 32nd so. lmfao), but at least she’s accurate and knows what she’s talking about. if she thinks she can be a little silly?? 10 minute long fantasy tier ranking of all the current top smut books in Nevarra and why her favorite is obviously #1, the others can't compete.

MEREDITH — i wanted to give her a fun answer but if it’s improvised she’d want to fall back on things she’s knowledgeable on and probably thinks she Has to excel or she’s a failure, so she’d likely go for something boring like a brief synopsis on the past decade of Landsmeet councils or explaining the basic duties and expectations of Teyrnirs and their heads. if she's feeling frisky then maybe the latest Fereldan fashion trends and their improvements on previous designs.

GREER — if she can get away with it, predictable righteous rant on the history of Templar crimes in her Circle alone. if not?? i think she could manage to scramble together a coherent ramble about theory on strong emotions affecting a mage’s casting and mana. as somebody so fueled by rage and passion she's absolutely done the research.

🤝 Does your OC have someone they want at their side when they are scared? Who?

RIYA — many people bro, she's not afraid of turning to others for support. top of the head would honestly likely be her eldest brother, Regulus. he taught her how to be brave in the first place and she'd feel fucking invincible with him at her side tbh. next in line would be Bastian but :///

MEREDITH — it's kinda fucked up and weird to say but like. anybody who is more frightened than her. because they're somebody in need and that's when it's easiest for Meredith to bury her own fear so that she can take care of them, the damn noble hero she is. if we want an actual name here then it's obviously going to be Alistair. he's her shield 💚

GREER — i don't think so, no. she learned pretty early on that she was on her own for most of her battles and adjusted to not relying on anybody for support.

🎒 If your OC had to pick three things of all their belongings to keep, which would they chose?

RIYA — she's shaking crying throwing up as she picks them but: her father's handkerchief, the golden heart-shaped locket sent by her family, and the pair of Valdivia signet rings (they're a combined set to her fuck off she's taking both or lightning bolting you about it).

MEREDITH — the Cousland shield, her father's signet ring, her mother's dagger.

GREER — her staff, a handcrafted spellbook gifted by a former apprentice of hers, the sending crystal gifted to her by Dorian.

[saessenach]

What is your favorite fic you've written? What do you like about it? What was the hardest part of writing it (if any)?

Hi there, anon!!

It'll have to be I will take good care of you, to absolutely no one's surprise lol. It was not the first thing I wrote in years (rook takes crow has that dubious honour haha), but it was the one I felt most comfortable with!

Prefacing this by saying that I'm not much of a writer, so this whole drive-to-write thing was incredibly surprising to me! With that being said, I loved the exercise of it, and the way I could discover aspects of the characters while I wrote down scenes and ideas. The fics I wrote in 2018 were also fun, but I had no idea what I was doing and I think they sort of reflect that - thankfully since then I've been reading all sorts of books and fics and hopefully my brain developed into something more or less coherent

I really liked discovering Teia's voice while writing - seeing Treviso and the occupation through her eyes, but also observing the pressure these things exert on her, all of it compounded with the dragon attack. Top all of that off with her simultaneously complicated and very simple love for Viago, her view on death, her profession and upbringing and the way she functions within the world, and you got yourself a character that just won't let me rest!!! I'm still not 100% I got her right, bc the more I write about her, the more I discover little details about her and reconsider things I write, but hey it's not supposed to be perfect.

I think the difficult thing was writing dialogue lololol (I'm kidding, but only barely) Dialogue uses up an entirely different part of my brain smh, and I'm much more comfortable delving into an internal study of characters and dynamics and going for the descriptions and thoughts and such; only to wake up several hundreds of words later like hm nobody said anything in a hot second huh?? I listened to a lot of their dialogue and reread 8LT a (redacted) number of times to hopefully match the rhythm of their conversations, so I'm hoping it's something I'll improve on!

Joke aside, it's been really fun to write out Teia and Viago's particular relationship in a way that felt true to the characters and to reflect my own love for the story they're part of!! I've got a bunch of other WIPs for them, which I'm excited to write, and which will probably challenge me in new and interesting ways hah

I think another fun fact is that I'm currently reading The Accursed Kings series, by Maurice Druon, in which one of my favourite characters is a shrewd Italian banker, who's incredibly complex and cheeky and very proud of his guild - so I'd say a good chunk of darling Uncle Spinello and his political intrigues rubbed off onto the way I think about Teia in particular, and the Crows in general.

Thank you for letting me ramble, anon!! I'm always up for a chat about DATV and Teia hehehe 🫶

[silvertws]

I may have watched all of the Descendants movies in one day.......

I'm ok guys, this is a sane thing to do.

Why Descendants if you may ask?

Because yes, songs are ok, Queen of mean is my entire gacha phase so I will of course watch it's origins ^^

Like, I could rant about them but like. You know.

I already forgot everyone's names.

Also wait wtf happened in the fourth movie??????? Where did our beloved golden retriever boy go??? Did he fucking die??? Are you kidding??? HOW WHY WHO DARED.

He was hands down the best character, I don't want to believe anything bad happened to him. No he's fine. I probably just misunderstood something... Right??? RIGHT????

I need to stop watching like, multiple movies from the same universe or an entire series in one day because like, emotions be emotioning.

Like, other than the fact that I taking down the barrier is literally the stupidest thing ever, because like, fine, you want to give the people who actually didn't do shit to have a chance to be normal.

BUT LIKE, YOU MEAN TO TELL ME, YOU'RE JUST- LIKE- WHAT IN THE EVERLASTING POWER OF FRIENDSHIP IS THIS?

I'm getting so worked up over some teens dancing and singing istg (nah jk, I love them they were great :3).

BUT LIKE BE FR.

Well, Twilight Sparkle would be proud ig.

Also like, so, all the Disney villains and heroes are there right? Something like that?

Also like.

WHY DID THEY MAKE THE DAUGHTER OF MULAN SO FUCKING PLAIN.

Nah like I'm sorry girl, I love you, but that energy in the second movie was not nearly enough screentime for you.

Like, she's the daughter of the most badass woman ever and the most badass man ever, there could literally be a whole movie about her maybe wanting to, unlike her mom, being more feminine and doing girly things because there's no war and so there's no need to train or some bullshit.

They could have gone the opposite way where the daughter is just as skilled as her mother (which has been shown to some degree but come on) and wanted to be just like her, maybe going through an arc where she was afraid of not meeting the expectations (not from her parents they would never) and instead making her own path, oh but we can't do that, why? WHY? IT COULD HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE FIRST MOVIE, INSTEAD OF HER JUST WANTING NEW HAIR??? LIKE SHE COULD HAVE BEEN AN ACTUAL HELPFUL CHARACTER and a good middle ground???? Smh.

Ok, I mayyyyyyyy be looking too much into this my bad guys, I didn't want to turn this into a ramble but I guess here we are.

Also like if the guy with the dog died or went missing... What happened to the dog? His gf???? Was she with him??? Were they both???? Like, istg if they don't delve into this in the next movie imma go YEET something.

But to me it looks like the next movie will probably be about Uma's aunt cuz, time travel, she's angry comes for revenge and yada yada yada.

That whole charade we definitely haven't seen before in like... 4 movies...

But hey, the last movie I can say from a special effect point of view, and overall quality definitely showed a lot of improvements from the other 3.

Also, 3rd movie, girly was so justified in her villain arc, like I'm sorry, but one, Queen of mean slays, second of all, Mal literally ruined everything she had ever worked for, everything she had ever known now didn't matter. All the things she prepared for, all the times she had to be perfect, and she was! Before Mal arrived and by the way, stole the prince by giving him basically a love potion, which was like, "ok it wore off so it didn't matter" because at the end of the day he loved Mal right? WRONG, Mal, I love you, but you should have just gotten with your best friend tbh (even tho I do love the combination of nerd × creative couple, they are actually probably the couple I enjoy the most) like I'm sorry, I'm just saying. So like, I'm not saying I condone her actions, but I do understand why and what led to that whole thing. That could have been avoided if Mal also just simply, I don't know, bothered to say sorry? To check on the person whom she stole the boyfriend from? Again, Mal, love you so much, but this whole thing was just a big no for me.

(I wanna clarify that I don't actually hate anyone..? Like just in case someone thinks I hate the actors...? I don't???)

I'm just vibing here guys, this is just me being silly, you know how I am atp, (especially if you've ever seen my rambles on Steve Stories and stuff).

I have no friends to rant about this with, so the internet shall deal with me (bestie I know you exist, but I don't wanna bother u with Descendants).

Anyway, everyone have a lovely day and remember, it's summer, so hydrate a lot.

[nihilnothings]

Who is Fumiko, What is Fumiko, and Why is Fumiko?

Introduction

“Chainsawman and problematic women name a better duo”

  Today’s chapter has sprung a lot of discussion regarding a controversial character who goes by Fumiko Mifune, a new character within the list of CSM’s problematic women that joins Makima and Himeno in the groomer gang.

Her making inappropriate advances and actions towards minors already makes her be on so many people’s shit list, doesn’t help that she herself is within the “good guys” side (in the loosest term considering that most CSM characters are somewhat morally bankrupt) which makes it squicky for characters as well as the readers to work with someone who does actions that are a little too close to irl, when you make even Denji uncomfortable I think that character should have a moment of self-reflection. However, considering that this is the CSM world and PS as an organisation isn’t really a moral paragon, I think it makes sense to have some problematic nutcases within the organisation (PS really needs to improve their HR department smh). 

Currently people are confused and befuddled on why her previous actions (diddling and humiliating Denji) contradicts the words that she said within the newest chapter (liking Denji for who he is and protecting him). Like most CSM characters, they aren’t often the most straightforward types so if you take their actions and words at face value, you’re probably missing something (or not). Based on the many opinions of people on her there are two ways that you can view her. 

Fumiko the Manipulator 

One of the ways people can interpret her contradicting statements and actions is to perceive her as a manipulator who would do anything to keep Denji from transforming into Chainsawman. If she has to provide him with sex, so be it. If she has to be a Chainsawman fan, so be it. If she has to say that she likes him, so be it. It has to be remembered that Fumiko works with Yoshida and under PS with the goal of keeping Chainsawman from resurfacing presumably to halt Fami’s plans. This explains why she says a fan of CSM in one page and then says she’s a Denji fan the next few days. She even reveals to him that she and PS invaded his privacy, a fan has a normal amount of idolization. This is just stalker behaviour at this point! 

I think everyone who thinks that she’s merely doing her job would find that this interpretation as making a lot of sense right? Yesn’t. If she were doing her job properly then why’d she blab her mouth about surveillance and why would she give semi-subtle nudges for Denji to maybe reconsider his choices in not being Chainsaw. This could be interpreted as mere teasing or incompetence but Fumiko doesn’t seem to be the type to be that incompetently stupid, she’s carefree but not careless.Therefore her contradictions could mean something else entirely with the below interpretation.

Fumiko the Misguided 

In the recent chapter, Fumiko mentioned a bit of her backstory of her being caught in the chaos of the battle between AKI47 and Denji. At that moment, two things dawned upon her, CSM is not omnipotent and that he’s but a child. This view of him being imperfect festered and held two contradicting feelings within her where she on one hand wants to be “super” like Chainsaw and at the same time holds some resentment for his inability to save. At the same time, she also developed pity that a boy not even of legal age has been involved in operations meant for adults. These two feelings she felt recontextualizes and explains why she acted differently within their first meeting compared to subsequent ones where she’s much more affable with him. It is not wrong to say that she cares for him but that care is not completely pure as it is “tainted” by the resentment and idolization she felt. In a way the assault can be interpreted as a way of her “caring for his needs” despite it being ethically/morally wrong for her to do so as an adult, according to some people who hold this interpretation. Even if she does care, sad to say Denji doesn’t see it that way as she’s already broken his trust by assaulting him and taking away his privacy, Denji might be often be viewed as desperate but even he has his limits and he himself has had enough of any sort of “care” that only serves to harm his being. Is there any way for reconciliation? Perhaps, but only future chapters can tell. 

I find this interpretation quite interesting as it exemplifies the morally grey and black world of the CSM-verse, it doesn’t forgive her wrongdoings but doesn’t necessarily paint her as a moustache twirling villain either. However, you may ask, is this true? Hard to say considering that this is a first and her backstory while believable feels “stock” that it feels as if there’s more that she’s hiding from Denji as well as the audience. Characters who are often marked for death in order to further the protagonist’s development in CSM tend to have a flashback when explaining their motives or back story and considering she’s a more amoral parallel of Himeno it’s quite odd that she hasn’t had one. 

The Future of Fumiko within the Narrative? 

With these two interpretations can we now determine her role in Denji’s development considering she’s been attached to him for quite a while? It’s a bit hard to say on where her trajectory is but considering that there’s glimpses of her “caring for him”, as twisted as it is, her development may lead to him having a glimpse of a healthier relationship with women other than Power and Asa during their brief moment in the Aquarium, considering her age she maybe the “mother figure” (still kinda yikes considering what happened in 137) that he’s looking for before getting offed or maybe not and it’s just something platonic where they both see each other as the flawed yet at the same time well meaning individuals that they are before she probably gets killed off. Alternatively, it may be something else entirely because Fujimoto often throws off his readers.

Conclusion 

Fumiko isn’t a character that’s meant to be universally liked, with her polarising as well as contradicting actions and statements, she’s meant to incite a divisive reaction amongst the fandom, similar to her predecessor but even worse considering that she’s even more loose and immoral than her. That said, I am hoping that she’s able to stay long enough within the series as there seems to be a lot left to explore within her as compared to Himeno and Yuko who are more or less figured out, Fumiko hasn’t “revealed” all her cards to the cast as well as the audience. Until she reveals it, she can’t die yet lest she becomes merely fodder with no purpose. 

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Hi! I'm pretty new to tumblr and I have no idea if it's appropriate to come into your askbox to talk about my drdt chapter 2 theories but I'm not confident enough to make my own post and it's more a fun thought I just had than an actual theory

/! \ this will contain spoilers for drdt obviously as well as THH in case people who follow you somehow havent played the game

the gist of it is, someone who is not the culprit could have messed with the crime scene.

It's mainly because so far the chapters seem to have reference to THH in more ways than just with the motives (it is probably too soon for it to be a pattern and ngl i kinda hope its not because if it is, with what we know of Rose' money issues she might end up the ch3 culprit and I want her to live so badly. would make the whole series a bit too predictable also, although i dont personally mind that kinda stuff)

because like. Chapter 1 had someone who got close to the protag, ended up betraying their trust, chose the murder location to frame someone specific, failed their murder attempt and died as a result with the real culprit technically acting in self defense (although its not 100% the case for Leon)

and in chapter 2 we have the victim who died a pretty quick and violent death (at least im pretty sure chihiros cause of death was a violent hit to the head? been a really long while, i could remember wrong) but the murder scene make it seem more complicated. And the victim died just after they decided to change/improve themselves in some way also

In both cases someone who has nothing (at least probably, in Davids case) to actually do with the murder have some pretty big part of themselves exposed during the trial

idk who would mess with the murder scene and for what purpose (Vero. for funsies. What a Legend)

I'm probably wrong cause that doesnt really explain the evidence at the crime scene. like. at all, i know

like Idk what the spinny thing has to do with anything (I mean you could put a bunch of tape on the handles just 'cause, i guess? but it would make more sense if it were involved in some sort of mechanism which you wouldn't need if Arei was already dead)

same for the ball of clothes and the flickering light

Whoever put the fish there though, whether its the actual killer or not, I'm pretty sure they did it to make everyone think the crime couldn't have happened at night time and fish water was actually never part of the murder itself

that would make someone physically strong like Levi the killer tho and even though it would make sense (pretty sure at this point that Arei has his secret) I feel like its too soon for him to die? Eden got more development and makes more sense to me (which breaks my heart, I love her)

Hi! Don't worry, none of us know what we're doing in this website! :D

No need to be shy about making your own posts, but it's also fine to talk/ask me about whatever crosses your mind! So, your theories/thoughts.

The possibility that someone other than the killer screwed with the crime scene is one I've seen before, and technically speaking, something like that most likely happened. I think it was an accomplice of the killer (Eden!Blackened Levi!Accomplice gang rise up), but a third party is part of other theories.

The fish are the main thing: given Nico's account (fish were all still there when they last fed them, which can be deduced to be around 7:00 - 7:30 PM of the third day, the day most of episode 7 takes place in), whoever took the fish must have done it at around the time the characters believe the murder happened. But there's no reason for the killer to bring the fish unless they were trying to confuse the time of death, which would only matter if they can have an alibi at the time the fish disappeared. But if they have an alibi at the time the fish disappear, they can't have taken the fish! (Which, btw, eliminates Veronika. Unfortunate, they won't let women do anything these days, not even mess with crime scenes for funsies smh)

So either it was someone unrelated messing with the crime scene, or an accomplice took the fish there to give the real killer an alibi. I'm planning to do a post summarizing my theory on how exactly the whole mess happened, so uh, stay tuned ig. But if you're interested in the "David screwed with the crime scene" idea, I recommend reading thebadjoe's theory on the murder. I may not agree with it, but it's still a fantastic post and a really fun read!

As for most of the other stuff, yeah Arei's death probably wasn't very simple. Explaining the odd contradiction of her wrists being bound but a mechanism clearly being involved (as you mentioned, tape on bars and flickering light, among other stuff) is a whole mess. It's part of why I'm not really sure this is absolutely supposed to parallel THH. Like clearly there's some similarities, but it's basically impossible to know what aspects of a case would be similar and which ones wouldn't. So, uh, yeah. Who knows.

I do agree Eden's the killer though! Why else would she take the tape from the gym? If you don't know what I'm talking about, basically the gym lockdown and the tape disappearing seemingly overnight makes it impossible for anyone but Teruko, Ace or Eden (or I guess Rose if she's lying) to have taken the tape. But since the tape also disappears from the background right after Ace wakes up... yeah, just Teruko Ace or Eden. But we know Teruko didn't, Ace couldn't have done it without Teruko noticing, and Eden got knocked to the floor when the tape disappeared from the floor :p

And yeah, it hurts. It will be a sad day when the killer gets executed, regardless of who they are, but especially if it's Eden T_T

[whenthechickencry]

Umineko Ch1. Replay 6

Not really Battler even if they weren't all in cahoots I don't think anyone likes him

when the kid's rambling and knowing every dinosaur fact everyone praises them but when it's human sacrifice and rituals everyone freaks out smh, more kids into archaic rituals please. Also Maria puilling her weighjt for team yasu! She helps a lot in setting up the Beatrice mythology, if it wasn't for her I can imagine the cast just going it's creepy but whatever people are dying

I think Maria's relationship with Christianity is pretty interesting and helps you translate and sympathize with "magic" by showing a very realistic way of how people can use it to improve their lives, with how it helped Maria translate her being raised by a single parent into something that made her feel bad into something that made it a point of pride for her, of course it's not all positive and both Yasu and Maria use it to self destroy in many ways, but

Guess you could interpret this as Yasu seeing her plan and ultimate suicide as an "escape" from the dead-end fate they see their life as

No, that's episode 2 Battler

Maybe if you weren't cheating on them and doing baby swaps! Wonder how Kyrie would have developed differently if the guy she became obsessed with and saw as an escape from her home situation wasn't the word partner on earth.

You were entirely right until you assumed that you getting pumped up and wanting to discover the killer was an unintended side effect and not the point!

Here you are completely off base, though, The magic circles are more or less just for Yasu herself, I think. Just to demonstrate her knowledge and complete the image of The Witch Beatrice she has for herself.

I don't have anything to say here other than I love all the gun portraits and I will be taking pictures of every character with a gun I can

Seems to imply they switch targets between Shannon and Natsuhi here, which would explain why they did such a risky play, but I don't know what Yasu would have tried in order to keep Shkannon out of the same room together otherwise. Also, with Battler overhearing that implies this scene is actually what is being talked about, guess they knew they were being overheard and tried to build up the mystery lol

Wonder how Yasu took this, wonder if they saw it as further confirmation Battler doesn't remember shit because if they had the slightest inkling of who they were he definitely wouldn't have done that

You can tell with a lot of her lines how Kumasawa thinks this really is a very big joke I feel pretty bad for her

Team Yasu has impeccable team coordination (other than Nanjo, he's a weak point for both Team Yasu and Team Natsuhi, man isn't very good at lying and he has to lie 2x)

Even if Maria maybe kind of deserves it in this scene this still feels really Erika-core

Though I guess he only lashed out like that because he was becoming actually scared of magic, not out of a desire to crush children's dreams

You sure were Battler, a significant part of the game is dedicated to that.

I don't think they are *wrong* here, Maria does clearly enjoy when she gets to lord over people with less knowledge than her, but that's more of a side bonus of her having picked up magic than the actual reason why

Jeez don't dunk on Rika George

Kinda funky for George to say isn't it? George's home life was filled with as many stressors as his school life, though I guess in his effort to try to look at things from a neutral, objective perspective he forgets his personal experiences aren't really unique. I am not really dunking on George here though, he is making a real effort to try to understand Maria in this scene and to try and get others to have empathy for her.

In Maria's case, her parent was the least tolerant towards it, which is pretty sad.

I think looking at it as personalities is a really big mistake Battler makes here though, they aren't completely different personalities but one whole that switches which part to show depending on circumstance.

The answer is all 3 of them in some way so not dismissing any of them is the correct thing to do here, Battler!

Jessica has a bit of an escapist streak like when it's implied she fakes Asthma attacks to get out of tough situations and the trick she gets played at by servants she mentions in Episode 7, it's kind of an interesting part of her character to me.

Well, you figured it out here exactly! Good job cousins.

Setting up here the mentality of "throwing shit at the wall until something works" that ended in the ep4 tragedy here

Both Eva and Natshi are like Are you stupid That can't be true in their own unique ways.

Kinda fascinating to see a conversation we will see repeated many times between Battler and Beatrice starting from Eva and Genji of all people

Jessica was the first to notice the noose tying around Natsuhi's neck from Team Natsuhi! Honestly it's kind off really exciting to see Eva pull out an elaborate trap like this even if I feel bad for Natsuhi

You are such a tryhard in all aspects Natsuhi, you are about to be very credibly accused of murder and you are worrying over your daughter saying hell. Of course Eva knows Natsuhi didn't do it and just wants to force her to cough up about Kinzo's death but

"We know you didn't do it we just want you to confess to hiding Kinzo's death"

When you first read this scene it's very easy to side with Natsuhi against the evil and mean Eva, but on replay Eva is both absolutely right and an accomplice so it's very exciting to read it from many angles. I really like this scene.

[baekhvuns]

THOSE TWT LINKS AREN'T OPENING 😭😭😭

You mean ghatak or whtv the name of the movie was but the first part was superior alr idek why they decided to make a second part. Bruh it was painful to watch i just hope this one is much much muchhh better.

Nahh ur right, i was at first shocked when I saw Vicky x Sara but ..ig she fit the role. I hope her acting has improved. And as of Varun, he is a good actor but sometimes ykkkk...things just don't work. His recent movie bedhiya...i never watched it. I want to but I'm afraid I'll get disappointed 😭

Yess, during soty, i immediately became a sid girl BCZ HE WAS TALL, HE WAS BETTER, HE WAS THAT GUY!! and yet PPL fell for Varun *smh* but I'm glad everyone is realising what they hv to.

What is tht movie poster? Never heard of it but I'm pretty sure it'll be better thn adipurash BCZ WHAT EVEN IS THT MOVIE??? they literally took 6 months off to 'improve' and 'correct' their mistakes WHAT DID THEY DOO?? They made it worse 😭😭. And plus if they don't know how to use VFX in an appropriate amount why do they even bother??? And saif Ali Khan as the Ravan 😭😭 look i hv no complaints abt the actor and actresses chosen BUT THEY RUINED RAMAYANA! growing up, I've watched many animated spiritual movies based on ramayan or any other lore like lord Krishna, Mahabharata but adipurash......uh-uh. first they said it was based on ramayana then they literally changed their words saying it has taken 'inspiration' frm ramayana.

What's disappointing it came from the same director who directed Tanhaji. Can u believe it? AND WHAT EVEN IS KRITI DOING HERE?? 😭😭😭 Did not expect this from her but ig every actor has a bad movie.

But ykw I'll still watch it..obv after it's been released just for laughing out loud don't judge me.

But i rewatched 10 things i hate abt you....and I've fallen in love again with heath ledger 😭😭 THE ACCENT, THE DEEP VOICE AUGHHH and tht damn promposal. It'd forever be on my wishlist bcz....Indian schools don't hv proms :') in short Indian schools don't hv fun things....they r uptight and all abt studying.

Yeah I've heard abt tht movie, but...we gotta wait YK, idek what to expect now!! BUT I'm not raising my standards again. Always expect the unexpected. "Rocky aur Rani ki Prem kahani" .... Kind of like "ajab Prem ki gazab kahani"

😭😭😭😭 i cn never escape tht movie. But what was ur first movie like what would u say was the first movie tht made a huge impact on u? Mine was...ajab Prem ki kahani :') i was obsessed. And three. My father bought like 2-3 dvds just so tht i could watch it on repeat. No wonder I became hopeless romantic in the future 😭 AND I used to say I'm going to marry Ranbir when I grow up LORDDDD my family members still tease me💀💀💀 imagine....a Punjabi family teasin u...it's hell.

And tht is why I like soft boys. Although my parents did tell me the first movie they took me to watch was "malamaal weekly" ..... Rlly? I was an infant!!! But I think my subconscious picked up on the genre...i like comedy ALOT!

NOOOO ill put them under the bar 😭😭

and this

yeah the one! the first part was superior 90’s but the second part…he should stay away from movies and also the politics <3 the acting is overacting so i guess it fits her 😭😭😭 hoping she gets a role like geet from jab we met and hopefully she acts well for it <3

eh that recent movie of his is okay, funny at some aspects but i watched it bc it was in the stree universe but it was decent, like i get the vision, very twilight…but eh it’s alright id watch it again! arijit’s song saved imo 🤚🏻

SID WAS AND IS SUPERIOR!!!! from soty, ek villain, that one movie w pari, kapoor and sons + shershaah i like the way he chooses his projects but that omg movie w ajay devgan was not it 😭😭😭 i hope he goes into some action movies,,, like romcom actions, a mathew mcoughey style,,, like a mr and mrs smith movie w katrina or deepika (honestly want srk to do that movie remake w aishwariya so bad like imagine it being called mr and mrs khan 😭😭😭😭😭 A NEED A DESPERATE NEED !!!!)

that movie poster is the hanuman movie??? it looks nice from the poster, NO BC WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT MOVIE???? I FIRST THOUGHT ITS NOT THAT BAD BUT THEN I HEARD THE DIALOGUES ON REELS AND JUST ???? NO MF WAY THEY MADE HIM SAY TERE BAP KA???? EXCUSE ME??? THE DISRESPECT??? i got so pissed just from those lines like wtf u mean saif is ravaan??? honestly speaking saif can be the ravaan IF the vfx and his character was written nicely bc saif can deliver! “inspiration from ramanya” bro this a bhojpuri movie disguised as a bollywood one???

FROM TANHAJI???? damn,,, i didn’t like that movie 😭😭😭😭 so no wonder fbsndbskjclxhk

HEATH !!!! HEATH UR SO RIGHT HES SO 😭😭😭🤚🏻 I WISH TO SEE MORE OF HIS TALENT BUT ITS TOO LATE,,, THAT scene where he plays w the fire in the science room is forever engraved in my head,, don’t uni’s have formals?? then reels be lying to me then 🔫 damn my school didn’t have proms but they did have annual day,, considered it my prom <3

YEAH im not putting my expectations very high,,, their paring seems to lack the chemistry just from that song release for me,,, like no emotion in the eyes that says love me,, no srk eyes 😭😭 and ranveer for don?? 🧍🏻‍♀️🧍🏻‍♀️ ngl he suits villain roles but srk??? how u gonna do don without the don????

the first movie that made an impact on me was jab we met, ive watched that movie over 50 times now, it started my hopeless romanticness,,, something about the simplicity of meeting on a train, two complete opposite people finding themselves entangled w each others life??? yEAAAAAAH

LMFAOOOO SO EVERYONE HAD THE RANBIR PHASE SEE HE IS CHARMING AS FUCK BUT HES A PLAYBOY AND IM NEVER RHWNDBAK him w anushka >> LMFAOO IF UR FUTURE SPOUSE ISNT A RANBIR LOOKALIKE WE DONT WANT IT

omg??? that movie i totally forgot about,, coincidentally my first movie was ranbir’s debut film 😭😭😭 slept thru the entirety <: but ur so right, comedy is >>>>> but also those movies like znmd with that poetry 😩😩

[m1ckeyb3rry]

DHSHSH sorry if it seems like I’m blowing up your inbox I fr just have shit memory…the way that I forget to add my anti-forgetting measure smh…I always end up leaving my notes open and then when I go back to use it to jot down something else it’s left on what I last wrote and I saw the ask and was like “wait a minute….” LMAO but omg the Mira rizz at it again…I’m glad you’re okay though??? That sounds really crazy LMAO DHSJSH bfb Karasu would’ve come in clutch but hope you’re feeling better now!! Manifesting some better party moments for you….bfb Karasu moment soon….

I’m not that into it either but I remember my feed being FLOODED at some point and all I could think was “god these guys have such atrocious haircuts…!!”

Omg wait snuffy getting aiku a girl…knowing snuffy I can imagine her being almost aikus opposite in terms of dating scene personality (?? I wish I could describe this better) and aikus like haha no way I’d ever actually like her…and then he gets the “oh shit” moment LMAO

SHDHSJS OHHHHH ok thank you for telling me I’ve only ever seen it used within goat LOL some abbreviations/acronyms also just fly over my head…I remember when I first saw you use “icl” I had to look it up LMAOOO but agreed though!!! HAHA RIN STEALING THE IDEA so real…Karasu and Otoya pull up to a reunion/friend meetup and see Hiori looking at a house blueprint and ask why he needs another house and he’s like “I’m trying to profess my undying love”

No because him being in all the nerdy classes is so real…him not realizing his own potential reminds me of the part in the egoist bible where he got confessed to with whiskey bon bons and he can’t tell if it was a prank or not (I wanna know more about that story too omg)

FR id never really thought about aiku period before your idea like…he was kinda just there playing a role in Ubers and the u20 match but tbh i didn’t really pay much attention to him before LOL

- Karasu anon

HAHA NO IT’S OKAY i love when my inbox is full it makes me feel very acknowledged 🤩 so never fear it’s like impossible for me to get annoyed by stuff like that…HAHA mira rizz back at it again but unintentional as always 😓 no fr it was lowkey scary looking back 😳 like in the moment we were way too drunk to be anything but like vaguely confused about why this guy had like flipped a switch and started threatening to call the cops on us (??) but in hindsight we’re probably lucky it didn’t escalate further 😭 it was so stupid too because he was genuinely mad at nothing but yeah what can you do 😫 no because i went to sleep in my makeup too and i woke up the next day like “wow karasu would NEVER let that slide” LMAOAO luckily i am much improved and will try to make up for my lack of writing now 😵 tbh it will probably take a lot for my friends to convince me to go out w them again i honestly don’t enjoy it THAT much i just feel bad always saying no yk plus then i get lowkey emo sitting at home while everyone is out and about

LMAOO no i agree they def have some interesting hairdos in bsd JFKSKS somebody tell kaiser and ness to pack it up and move fandoms 😭 their calling is clearly in whatever is going on in bsd…tbh i have no idea what the plot is because every time someone posts abt it it’s completely different but i’m sure kaiser will find his niche and thrive 💖

NO LITERALLY like snuffy introduces aiku to this quiet girl who’s never had a bf because she’s focusing on herself and wants to wait for “the right person” and aiku is like “LMAOOO LOSER ALERT 😂” and then one day he’s lying in bed about to fall asleep and he’s like “oh shit 😰”…calls an emergency conference with barou lorenzo aryu and sendou (the dream team) and is all “guys what do i do i feel all nervous around her and i don’t think other girls are hot anymore and i think about her before bed and and and—” and barou’s just like “you fucking donkey you have a crush on her 😒😐” HAHAH cue like a month of confused pining on aiku’s part meanwhile the dream team is just like done w his bullshit and snuffy is secretly cackling because it’s all going according to plan…meanwhile the reader is only dating aiku as a favor to snuffy so she doesn’t gaf but slowly he starts winning her over 🤔⁉️ maybe this will be the final entry in oliver aiku’s guide to getting girls like now HE’S the one getting the girl ykwim and there’s just random advice from various blue lockers thrown in there every now and again that mirrors how he helped them in their own universe (like he facetimes sae at one point and sae is like “STFU bro you’re in love w her” and hangs up w zero explanation or he meets up w tabieita and otoya is like “yo if you want to keep her maybe you should try to match her energy” HAHAHA) honestly i’m seeing the vision…i don’t even care about aiku like that he truly was a background character to me but it would be such a good way to wrap up the series even though all of the chapters take place in different universes (the OAEU — oliver aiku extended universe)

i am an abbreviation warrior but if you ever need me to explain one then lmk 😫 i find all of mine on tik tok/by being chronically online but there’s def a lot of times when i need urban dictionary assistance in explaining what i’m looking at LMAO 😭 and YESSSS hiori has like architectural plans laid out in front of him which makes tabieita be like WTF…and technically white butterfly could take place in the cherry tree/seabird universe so theoretically rin and hiori could’ve plotted together on how to “most efficiently” pine for their respective girls 😰 can you imagine like “okay i’m going to hang out on her university campus for an entire week until i see her again” “that COOKS bro i’m going to build her dream house in our hometown and hope she hears about it and comes to visit” “fire idea man 🔥”

omg yeahhh didn’t he get like six diff valentines that were just whiskey bonbons?? lowkey i would consider that a prank too especially as a teenage boy 😭 it’s like confusing to me which characters are and aren’t good looking in canon…like isagi pulled zero bitches pre-bllk and same with bachira and nagi BUT according to nagi’s ln girls do think he’s cute/attractive he’s just REALLY fucking weird so they stay away?? so whenever people are like “nagi’s canonically ugly” i’m like nooo he’s good looking just a freak 💔 and then i think rin is supposed to have gotten a lot of valentines but he rejected all of them…and fucking RAICHI got like 10 valentines ⁉️ wdym raichi got more than KARASU 🤔

100% aiku was just there to show up say random bullshit and then leave 😭 but he may have just made his mark on the miraverse LFGNDKSK honestly top ten greatest comebacks of all time if i end up writing the series

[buzzerbeaterbin]

Sean, my new PT

I saw a sports medicine doc back in the spring for my lower back pain, which has persisted since April 2022 despite ample rest, medication, 4 months of physical therapy, all kinds of exercises, and plenty of copays. This doc was amazing - so much so that I am now considering going into the specialty despite never having given it a second thought prior. Her treatment plan essentially boiled down to having me try working with a new PT, someone on her team with lots of experience with athletes in my age group and spine/hip pathology in particular. I finally had my first appointment with him today after booking it right after my MCAT (I know I'm generally healthy and in no place to complain on my own behalf but seriously smh @ our healthcare system bc patients always have to wait forever to be seen).

I love physical therapists, and in general, the study of physical therapy and kinesiology. For reasons similar to why I fell in love with yoga, I am consistently amazed by how such seemingly subtle stretches, movements, and form adjustments can make a world of difference in someone's pain or mobility, and how people I've met for mere minutes can tell me things about my own body that I've never known despite being the sentient soul living inside of it. I remember meeting Marcus (a personal trainer I got one free session with at my gym) and Kim (my physical therapist from Oct-Jan) and feeling stunned by how quickly they were able to catch on to my left hip instability. Today, Sean took my awe to the next level, and I knew he'd be different when the first thing he told me was that he could tell I was left-handed simply from the way that I walk.

He spent a solid hour and a half on his physical exam + teaching me about the how and the why my spine, sacrum, and - news to me - shoulder and cervical have been doing tons of compensatory work (possibly to restore equilibrium from my wack vestibular system. tbd on that) to, at the end of the day, protect me from collapsing, which in my case has resulted in a chronically stiff lumbar region. Yes, my unconditioned glutes, hamstrings, and core may be subject to improvement, but that fact alone can't explain the chronic pain, because if that were the only reason - wouldn't everybody on earth be feeling the same way? For the first time since onset, everything finally made sense. His clinical reasoning took into account all of my unique presentations and deficits, which was extraordinarily appreciated, because up until today I was only ever treated like a generic back pain patient.

E.g. My left hip is unstable when I squat. But why? Unlike the "general weakness" conclusion that I was fed since learning how to do compound lifts, so much clicked for me today when Sean said, yes, the left gives out first - but because the right hip flexor is severely tight, likely from the compensatory work that my spine has been teaching it to do. We did a series of stretches and adjustments together to try and loosen up my hip joint. I felt no different sensation afterwards, but when I tried squatting again - like magic, my left hip didn't give out nearly as much as before. The video evidence proved to me everything I needed to know. I scheduled another appointment with him about a month from now (because I will not realistically have to time or money to drive 30 min away on a weekly basis while I'm in school, also I never understood why I was seeing my other PT weekly because how much progress can I really make in a week?) and he gave me a program to follow until then. I plan on committing to it religiously.

Now that it's been over a year with this pain and consistent disappointment in my lack of progress, I was beginning to accept that this was my new normal. I went in to my appointment today, having almost forgotten about it since I scheduled it months ago, fully expecting to be given generic advice and planning on not seeing him again. I guess I still went because my subconscious had hoped that maybe, just maybe, something would be different this time. And maybe, just maybe, this time it will be.

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no offense but if you treat nat   &   matt’s breakup like he had nothing to do with it then i don’t trust you