#then close my eyes in fear

[shibaraki]

learning from my mistakes ; writing the first and second draft of my fics, leaving them for two to three months to stew and THEN coming back to them, after i've begun new projects and read a couple of a dozen more things in orden to refine then SPLENDIDLY before i begin posting them. it takes time, but i am more satisfied with myself that way <3

O GOOD FOR YOU BABY! there are a few fics I had to do this with too, courtesan gojo being one of them!!!! sometimes you just gotta step back and return with a new perspective. there’s nothing like feeling satisfied with your work <3 proud of u

[xinganhao]

✏️ scared freshmen chan x reader.

prompt: "helping a scared freshman despite also being a scared freshman." ✶ part of my svt university milestone event

⤿ fluff, cute & clingy!chan, slice-of-life. more content under the cut. ♡⸝⸝ prompt from @wollycobbl3-blr!

dino's declassified uni survival guide .ᐟ

survival guide to: making friends

attend the freshman year orientation event, no matter how lame you think it may be. sit through the whole thing. make small talk with your seatmate. when they assign you a 'buddy', jump at the chance of morally obligated friendship.

fuck trying to be cool and chill. 'be yourself' is painfully cliche advice, but they were on to something. what's the point of trying to act nonchalant or putting your best foot forward? be yourself, and you'll find the people who can appreciate that.

go to the school events. recruitment week? check. pep rally? check. going alone is alright. going with your orientation-sanctioned friend is preferable. the two of you can sit through the whole thing judging other students and making comments about the performances. maybe you can make more friends by chatting up the other students around you, but, honestly? each other is plenty fine.

survival guide to: getting around

have a copy of the school map saved on your phone. keep it in your favorites folder. that way, you don't have to stop at those blown-up maps at every corner or so.

test out the advice of your peers. sometimes, their advice is just a little more reliable— they're coming from places of experience, after all. take, for example, the recommendations from your orientation buddy. take their suggestions to heart. the cafeteria they think is best, the coffee order they swear by. very serious business.

you'll eventually get a little more familiar with the ins and outs of campus. you'll carve out your own spaces and make your own set of friends. if some people eventually fall out with you, that's fine. if you still take a wrong turn every so often, that's fine, too. keep in touch with the people that you really do like. and don't panic about getting lost. sometimes, taking the wrong turn can lead to some pretty exciting stuff.

survival guide to: ... falling in love?

the turn of feeling something for your first friend at uni isn't exactly what i was referring to, but it is what it is. my initial advice still stands: come as you are. if you've always been a little annoying, if you don't know how to shut up and you're shameless in your affections, then keep that up. why be someone who you're not? what if they fall in love with that charade instead of who you really are?

some differences may be warranted, especially if you want to progress the relationship further. friends to lovers is a little complicated; the lines, tending to blur. flirt. or: attempt to flirt. remind them of how attractive you are. find ways to be around them, whether it's heading out for a beer or 'running' into them after their last class of the day. gifts are okay, but don't overdo it. maybe find some occasion for it, in case they ask why.

it's terrifying. being a freshman. making friends. falling in love [with a friend]. and yet i keep going back to yet another cliché: just because you feel fear, doesn't mean you can't do it. do it afraid. do it scared shitless. walk them home. give them the flowers. package the confession in a joke, if you must, but confess. put your heart in their hands and trust that it will be safe, there. that the gamble will pay off. that you— maybe, just maybe— will be loved right back.

survival guide to: dating

tba. i'm still figuring this one out. :-)

written by lee chan (2024).

[yadntve]

my favorite sad little ouppy

[yanigma]

hunger

[icarusredwings]

No one:

Logan's brain when Wade says some corny nasty joke in attempts to flirt:

Bros fear is just in a constant state of

[kazachokolate]

last requests from vk

[whumpitisthen]

Two whumpees who are scared of each other:

Neither of them want trouble

They are both so afraid of being near the other they avoid each other constantly

They flinch away at the slightest touch like one person and their mirror image

They are strangers, they do not trust each other, they have been burned too many times in the past and they will not be burned again

They stare at each other from a distance, not daring to actually interact

They want to avoid a fight so bad that they won't even say a word

Whumper loves seeing them together because it's amusing how similar they are

Their uneasiness around the other is promptly forgotten when Whumper arrives

Whumpee can't have friends; Whumper doesn't want them to, and we all know what happens when Whumper sees Whumpee doing something they don't like

If hungry enough, they can be bribed with food to spend time in the other's vicinity

Non-human whumpees?! Two puppy boys being very nervous with pulled back ears and big sad eyes hiding behind their owner's legs

One Whumpee lives here and in theory should be more confident than the other one, seeing as they aren't the one in a strange unknown place. That confidence flees as soon as the Other Whumpee takes even a single step in their direction. They do not want to fight, they just want to keep an eye on them at all times.

They flinch back and the other one flinches back too. They cannot stop doing this

Caretaker basically has to pretend with each of them that the other doesn't exist. If they mentioned that their counterpart is in the room right across from them, Whumpee would not be able to sleep.

They sleep as far away from each other as the room they are kept in allows, backs to the wall, staying awake until they can't anymore

I think Whumper should collar them and bind them together with a short length of chain. For enrichment purposes... For me

One of them starts to finally unwind and gently tries to connect with the other. The other does Not react well. They are both scared again

One Whumpee has a lot of scars — must be a fighter -> scary

The Other Whumpee has no scars — must be a Really Good fighter -> scary

Whumpee looks just like the Other — must be just as desperate and unpredictable/their whumper must be just as bad/they must be at a similar level of strength as them, no guarantee to win if fight breaks out -> scary

One whumpee is scared because they have been tortured into perpetual fearfulness — the other has never been tortured, but sees how bad Whumpee has it, and being the newest addition to Whumper's collection has them just as terrified

Whumper forces them to interact. The forceful, scary nature of their meetings sets back their otherwise slow natural warming up to each other by miles, having the worst kind of counter effect. Seeing the other reminds them of that time Whumper made them sit and hold hands for hours with the threat of punishment if they disobeyed

They both escape. They see each other across the street. They freeze and stare, thrust back in time, stuck in their old frightened and cautious headspace. Their caretakers are perplexed.

[lilidawnonthemoon]

[meamiki]

Happy Anniversary In Stars and Time!! Have some Friend Quest based drawings :D

(These have specific quote picks related to them! And there's also a long ramble on why I like those specific quotes below if interested)

(And by long, I mean roughly 2k+ words of proper ramble total, so be warned before clicking keep reading this link right here to the rb!!)

[tragicvampireromanceisland]

FINALLY...meet our last supervillain! plus a strange, extra syndicate member...technically...?

ace figuera, aka deadheat, used to be a hero who fought alongside miss morph and felix in their early years. rather than being born with his powers or gaining them by accident, he actively sought them out to become a superhero. granted the power to wield flame by a dangerous spirit, deadheat quickly gained a very controversial public image as a hero: was he too reckless and arrogant to deserve his title, without thinking of any consequence of his actions? can one simply bestow the title of hero onto themselves? his guns-blazing combat style certainly didn't help his case, but he didn't really care. he was part of a team! that is...until one fateful day six years ago, when he, miss morph, and felix finally took down the syndicate for good, and deadheat was one of the casualties, killed in the crossfire. but when the syndicate mysteriously popped back up three years later, he stepped out as none other than their new leader...he appears to think heroes are a threat now, and that the very concept of them must be eliminated at all costs. what is his vision? why have his loyalties changed? and does he miss his old life, his former friends...? regardless of the answer to that, he still seems hard at work reshaping the syndicate. and while he is deeply respected as a supervillain, something he never quite got as a hero, his decision to dust off and reactivate an old syndicate project is still of notable controversy.

formally known as experimental systems for threat eradication and recovery, or e.s.t.e.r. (or simply ester) for short, this strange little android girl is shrouded in considerable mystery, despite her energetic, nosy demeanor. created by the syndicate's founder back in the 1950s, she was supposedly meant to be the key to syndicate victory against the heroes...and yet, absolutely no one knows what her directives were, or what her abilities are. all her secrets died with her creator. and while deadheat is still determined to find an answer to all of this and finally find a way to carry out the syndicate's original goals, no matter how frustrated he gets along the way, he still can't help but feel concerned for ester. what is her deal...? handling a child alongside the overarching task of defeating our heroes certainly wasn't what he expected to be in the cards, but he also can't help but think the two are related, somehow...no matter how much the syndicate dismisses ester as a failed project.

and so concludes our introductions!!! how will solarflare and her allies face off against the syndicate? what bigger plans are in the works to take them down...? and will they succeed?! perhaps we'll find out in due time!

(need more context for this au? check out the other character sheets!

joy, sadness & anxiety // disgust & fear // ennui & embarrassment)

[my-gf-is-kazuichi-soda]

Mikan and Catherine would be friends for the wrong reasons.

The malpractice sisters!

If you see them, run.

[dawnofiight]

Asher kinnies that broke a bone 👍

[flock-talk]

Toto: can you see me now?

[larsnicklas]

petey vs. buzzer game (0-17 head to head)

[deadbaguette]

Gripping Telemachus by the shoulders like ohhh this is the guy I’m going to project ALL my found family feels onto

[art-of-firefly]

If there is one thing hotd did right it's making the dragons absolutely fucking terrifying