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IN FULL BLOOM is a a forty-five minute documentary describing the writing process and development of Fableâs second studio album. The video consists of interview segments with the members interspersed with behind the scenes footage and vlogs. It focuses mostly on Yejun, who was responsible for most of the albumâs production. The video is split into twelve parts that the describe the overall production of the album and focus on each individual track.
INTRODUCTION
âTwo, three! Once upon a time! Hello, we are Fable!â Jaeseop leads the group in their introduction. The six of them sit in a row, Jaeseop and Yejun in the middle. They both hold copies of the album, the coverâs iridescent pears shining in the light.
âAfter a long time, weâve returned with our second full album. It represents many of our feelings and memories, and we hope you will listen or have already listened to it well,â Jaeseop says. âFor the first time, the production was led by our very own member, Yejun.â
He seems more proud of this than Yejun, who acknowledges the praise with only a slight smile.
âI couldnât have done it alone,â Yejun says. âWriting and composing an album is a huge task, and Intak, Mingeun, and Haksu were also extremely instrumental throughout the production. Additionally, we worked quite a bit with our labelmates, Neon Nights, who were extremely helpful and insightful.â
âPlease be sure to enjoy the album!â Jaeseop concludes with a bow.
TRACK 1: ì ë č
"Despite being the first track on the album, 'ì ë č' was one of the last songs I wrote," Yejun says. He sits next to Byeonghwi, who nods along silently with everything he says. "I needed something to set the tone for the rest of the album that follows.
"So 'ì ë č' is an indie rock inspired song that describes the feeling of someone who's been left on read."
"We picked this as the first track together," Byeonghwi says. "Andrew-hyung had multiple songs written and he asked us to choose the best one. He texted the group chat first about it." He leans forward, closer to the camera.
"He never texts first. Most of the time he doesn't even respond. He's the one ghosting us."
Byeonghwi seems proud of his connection back to their song.
"Don't be so dramatic," Yejun says, playfully elbowing him in the side. "You picked this song, right?"
Byeonghwi nods. "It was almost unanimous. I think Haksu-hyung and Intak-hyung were the only two who voted for other songs."
"There were better songs," Intak says. Haksu stares at him, brow creasing into a frown for a split second.
âI thought it was difficult to sing,â Haksu says. "I wanted to consider how the song fit us as a group."
"Andrew is in our group. He knows what we're capable of."
Haksu pouts. "I only wanted to be considerate. Andrew-hyung ended up singing most of the song."
âThatâs nothing new,â Intak says. âItâs always the two of you singing every part.â
âMe? I didnât give myself a vote. I like all my songs equally. If I could make that decision myself, I wouldnât have had to ask everyone,â Yejun says. âItâs better when weâre all involved. Then it becomes the groupâs song, not just mine.â
âYou have to have had a favorite,â Byeonghwi says persistently. âSomething you hoped we would pick?â
Yejun laughs. âI really didnât.â
Byeonghwi doesnât look satisfied.
Haksu stands in the recording booth, glaring at Yejun, who sits on the other side of the glass.
âThe feeling still isnât right,â Yejun says.
âAnd I said you need to be more specific than that! You canât just say the âfeelingâ and leave it at that. It doesnât mean anything to me.â
The camera flips, to show Mingeun and Byeonghwi sitting behind Yejun.
âThis is why we only release one album a year,â Mingeun says quietly, holding a microphone close to his mouth. The argument can still be heard in the background. âAndrew-hyung is a perfectionist.â
âYou are too,â Byeonghwi says. âI donât think thatâs the reason. Andrew-hyung didnât even write anything on the last album.â
âI donât want people to stop listening to the album thirty seconds into the first song,â Yejun says, voice rising to almost a fever pitch in the background.
âThen do it yourself.â
âFine.â
The camera flips back to Haksu and Yejun switching places. Haksu stands with his back to the camera, arms crossed. In the recording booth, Yejun sings the same part.
âThey both sounded the same to me,â Byeonghwi says when he finishes.
TRACK 2: GEPPETTO
"If 'Ghost' is the sonic start to the album, then 'Geppetto' is the thematic start. It started as something I wrote for fun in my free time, but I realized it fit well with the theme of the album," Yejun says. He sits in the middle of the frame, flanked by Byeonghwi and Haksu.
âWhich is?â Byeonghwi prompts.
âYouth. Being young and carefree. There are multiple songs inspired by fairy tales, or at least with that sort of feeling. I thought it fit well with our group.â
âIs Pinocchio one of your favorite stories?â Haksu asks. âIn the same way Mingeun really liked The Little Mermaid?â
âThe lyrics came later,â Yejun says. âIt was something that just felt right. You of all people should be familiar with that.â He casts a deliberate glance at Haksu.
âIt was just a question,â Haksu says sulkily.
âCan we start over?â Byeonghwi asks the camera.
TRACK 3: HOME RUN
The video switches to portrait mode for the third track. A blurred out Vlive icon is still visible in the corner. On screen, Haksu lies on a hotel room bed.
"Where are you now?" Haksu says, reading a comment. "We're in Andrew-hyung's hometown, Colorado. We have a break for a little bit, so I came to say hi." He waves the camera.
He's easily distracted by something off screen. "Are you working?"
"Yes." Yejun's voice comes from somewhere out of sight.
Haksu stands up and walks across the room, camera pointed at the ground. He's wearing Line Friends socks.
"Can I show this on the live?" he asks. He repositions the phone, balancing it on the tiny hotel room desk, so that he, Yejun, and Yejun's computer are all in frame.
"You're already showing it," Yejun says.
âYou should take a break,â Haksu says, resting his head in one palm as he kneels next to Yejun. âYouâre always working.â
âYouâre working too.â
âItâs different.â He takes a closer look at the screen. âWhat are you working on, anyway?â
âOur new song. Itâs finished, except for the recording. I thought a different environment might change what I thought of it.â âCan you give us a spoiler?â Haksu asks.
Yejun looks like he wants to say no, but he unplugs his headphones and lets the music play for a fraction of a second, a bright, brassy instrumental that sounds especially tinny coming from his laptop speakers.
âThatâs all I can share,â he says. âPlease look forward to the albumâs release.â
âThe title track, âHome Run,â is a retro, swing-inspired track that incorporates piano, brass, and Fableâs signature Korean instruments,â Jaeseop says, reciting the songâs description. All six active Fable members sit in a row against a plain white backdrop.
He continues on. "It was written by our own members: Yejun, Mingeun, Haksu, and Intak. Yejun also produced the track."
âNot only me,â Yejun says quickly. âIntak helped a lot. We also indebted to Neon Nightsâ Hwajung-ssi, whose experience was very valuable to the creation of the song.â His tone brightens suddenly. âPlease make sure to show it a lot of love!â He makes a heart over his head. Next to him, Intak looks nauseous.
Yejun stands in a darkened room, lit only by the bright white theme of the Powerpoint presentation projected onto the wall behind him. His audience is one person: Zenith Entertainment CEO Lee Taein. The title of the presentation is written in two languages, large Hangul text over a smaller title in English: A Proposal for the Future Musical and Conceptual Direction of Fable.
Yejun rolls up the sleeves of his dress shirt and begins his presentation. âOver the past few years, Fable has enjoyed a not insignificant modicum of success. I have greatly enjoyed my time as a group member. However, as we approach our fourth year as a group and given the current overall state of kpop, I believe it would be beneficial for all of us to begin to play a larger role in our professional development.â
The rest of Yejunâs speech is cut. Almost immediately, heâs bowing at the waist to Taein. âThank you for listening.â
Taein remains expressionless for a moment. Then he stands from his seat and says, âI look forward to seeing what you come up with.â
Yejun breaks into a grin, nearly folding himself in half with his bow.
TRACK 4: BREAK OF DAWN
âThe next song, âBreak of Dawn,â is a transition between the title track and the rest of the album. It keeps some of the same brass and piano instrumentals as âHome Run,'" Jaeseop says, introducing the next song.
"We'll also be promoting it," Mingeun chimes in. "The concept and choreography show a refined side of Fable."
"'Break of Dawn' is one of the songs I produced completely on my own," Yejun says. "It was a daunting task. I wanted something that not only fit with the title track, but also something that was unmistakably a Fable song. Something that our fans could listen to and recognize immediately as one of our songs."
Mingeun stands in the center of the group, counting off beats as he leads the choreography in slow, exaggerated movements. His gaze is glued to the practice room mirror, until he spots an incorrect movement.
âAndrew!â
In the back of the formation, Yejun groans and tries to hide behind Intak.
âYou wrote the song! You should know where the downbeat is!â
âHow do you know Iâm not the only one on beat and the rest of you are wrong?â
Mingeun turns around and scowls at him. âIâm not wrong.â
The singling out of one member signals a break for the rest of them.
âIn my nightmares, I imagine the military is like this,â Haksu says, lying spread-eagled on the floor.
âIt canât be as bad,â Intak says, sitting next to him. âMingeun wonât be there.â
âI hope Kiyoung-hyung is enjoying his Mingeun-free time,â Haksu says.
Mingeun takes a break from his private lesson with Yejun to glare at the two of them.
TRACK 5: TALK TO ME
"This is my favorite song," Byeonghwi says, leaning so far forward in his seat that it looks like he'll fall. "Please make sure to show it lots of love."
"You're getting ahead of yourself," Yejun says, nudging him gently in the shoulder, though not hard enough for Byeonghwi to fall.
"Right. The fifth song is called, 'Talk to Me.' It was written and produced by Andrew-hyung himself." Byeonghwi seems to take more pride than Yejun in something he didn't do.
"'Talk to Me' was another later addition to the album. I needed something that would bridge the title tracks to the rest of the album."
"It's such a fun song," Byeonghwi interrupts. "This is an unpopular opinion, because Andrew-hyung told me he doesn't like it very much and it almost wasn't released."
"You can't say that," Yejun says playfully. âI love all these songs equally.â
âI can do it better,â Byeonghwi insists from where he stands, almost completely blocked by the microphone.
Separated by the glass of the recording booth, Yejun sighs and leans back in his seat. "Everyone else has to record their parts too. You sounded good the first sixteen times."
"This is the intro. It can't be good, it has to be perfect."
"Fine, try it again."
Byeonghwi immediately launches into his seventeenth take.
Yejun stares directly into the camera. "I can't say no to him," he says softly, looking miserable. In the background, Byeonghwi can be heard repeating the introductory lines over and over to himself.
TRACK 6: GRAVITY
ââGravityâ is the halfway point of the album. Itâs a bit slower than every song so far, and every song that follows,â Yejun says, introducing the song. âEvery Fable album has to have at least one vocal-focused song. Usually, theyâre at the end of the tracklist and we never perform them. I wanted to do something different this time, and thatâs how it came to be here.â
The camera cuts to a grainy video of a dimly lit studio. For a few seconds, the only thing in focus is a laptop screen, open to Logic Pro. The view pans up until the inside of the recording booth can be seen. Haksu stands inside, headphones on, staring intently at a stack of papers and mouthing silently to himself.
âHaksu,â Yejun says, causing him to look up.
âHyung!â Haksu hides himself behind the paper. âYou canât seriously be filming now.â His voice comes out slightly muffled.
âWhy not? You sound good. We can do the second verse now.â
âItâs only a guide,â Haksu says, but thereâs a note of pride in his voice. He starts with the second verse, still hiding his face behind his lyrics.
A couple of lines later, he pauses and lowers the paper from his face. âWhat is this part supposed to sound like? It sounds like thereâs too many syllables for the line.â
âJust try it,â Yejun cajoles. The camera shakes slightly as he repositions it to reference his own copy of the music on his computer screen.
âYouâre not telling me my Korean is bad, are you?â he asks.
âOf course not,â Haksu says, sounding shocked that Yejun would even suggest that. âNot now, but maybe a few years ago.â
âYou didnât think about saying something earlier?â
âI didnât notice anything earlier!â Haksu protests.
âYou donât read ahead?â
Haksu stares at him. âWhy would I do that?â
Yejun sighs, glancing at the clock in the corner of his screen that reads 00:38.
âI have to fix this, but thereâs still five more songs to record.â
âIâll ad-lib it,â Haksu says. âThat should be enough for now.â He scans down the page in an exaggerated motion. âThere are other parts I would change too.â
Yejun rests his head in his hands, rubbing his eyes. âFine.â
âHaksu was actually the second person I asked to do the guides,â Yejun says. âDonât tell him that. Heâll find out later if he watches this. Jaeseop has a really good sense of rhythm, but he didnât respond to any of my texts. I wanted to do all the recordings that night, and Haksu was willing to do it.â
"Unlike Andrew-hyung, I check my phone." Haksu seems proud of himself. "It was late at night, but he made it sound so urgent. I thought I would record one or two songs. I did all eleven."
He emphasizes the number. "Looking back on it, it was a crazy experience. We were there for hours. I remember walking out into the sunrise. I don't know how long Andrew-hyung was awake for, but he drank so many energy drinks his hands were shaking."
âItâs been a long time since Iâve stayed up for so long,â Yejun says. âI used to be able to pull all-nighters all the time. Now I can tell Iâm getting old.â
TRACK 7: 12:00 (ìŹížíĄ) & TRACK 8: 5ë¶
âThe seventh and eighth tracks accompany one another,â Yejun says. âThey bring back the fairy tale theme from the beginning of the album. These are Jaeseopâs favorite tracks.â
âIf I had a fraction of Andrewâs skill, this is the type of music Iâd make,â Jaeseop adds.
âYou flatter me,â Yejun says drily. âIf you want to learn, all you have to do is ask.â
âThis is good,â Jaeseop says, taking out his earbuds. His words are accompanied by hardcoded subtitles, because he and Yejun sit in a coffee shop, Yejunâs laptop in the middle of the table between them.
âWhy do you sound surprised?â Yejun asks.
âIâm not surprised. I knew you could write good music.â Yejun takes a sip of his iced coffee, looking very, very tired, if the shadows under his eyes are any indication.
âDo you think they sound like Fable songs?â
âI think any song could be a Fable song, if itâs good. We shouldnât be constrained to only one sound.â
âCan you be more objective? Pretend to be Taein-nim.â
Jaeseop sucks in a breath. âIâm not doing that. You speak of the devil, and he shall appear. Besides, heâs the opposite of objective.â
Yejun sighs. âI donât want to propose this to him and then get laughed out of his office. Iâd take it personally and never recover.â
âHe probably wonât do that,â Jaeseop says in consolation. âHe can recognize good music when he hears it.â
Across from him, Yejun looks extremely doubtful.
TRACK 9: NOW OR NEVER
âThis song is another track that I thought might never see the light of day,â Yejun says. âItâs very different from the rest of our songs. Thematically, it fits with the rest of the album, which is why I decided to include it. Mingeun and Haksu also worked on some of the lyrics.â
âWhat are they doing here?â Mingeun asks, standing in the doorway of Yejunâs studio. He barely has room to shut the door behind him. The room is cramped: Yejun in front of his usual dual monitor and full 88-key keyboard setup, Mingeun standing awkwardly near the door, and two women sitting on chairs very clearly stolen from the single Zenith conference room. Their names flash briefly on the screen, introducing them as Choi Eunbyul and Go Hwajung of Neon Nights.
âThatâs very rude,â Yejun chides. âAlso, youâre late.â
âWeâre consulting,â Hwajung says.
âI donât see why we need to be here,â Eunbyul says. âAndrew-ssiâs music is very good.â She gives a two-handed thumbs up to the camera.
âUnnie, thatâs cringe,â Hwajung says softly.
The rest of their work flies by in a montage of sped-up movements and sound, the same few soundbites played over and over again. Mingeun paces in the small space, alternating between his spot near the door and staring over Yejunâs shoulder.
âThat was my first time being so involved with the songwriting process,â Mingeun says. He sits alone, nearly squinting under the harsh glare of one too many flood lights. âUsually I work only on the choreography, and thatâs always after the songs are finished. Plus, I donât do it from scratch. Itâs really admirable to see the thought and effort Andrew-hyung puts into everything.â
TRACK 10: DREAMING
âWith âDreaming,â I wanted to write a song that was a bit more trendy. I eventually decided on a rock song,â Yejun explains. âA lot of my inspiration came from Neon Nightsâ New Island of Utopia. I started working on âDreamingâ almost immediately after listening to their album. Iâm very grateful that I got to work with them so much on this track.â
âHonestly, I didnât expect the song to be in English,â Mingeun says. âI feel like weâve always had this specific image to maintain. And then Andrew-hyung called me up and was like, hey, Iâm working on something in English wanna give me a hand? I said yes, of course.â
He gestures to nothing in the air. âAnd then we got this song.â
"Sonically, it was going to stand out from the rest of the album by being a band track. There are real instruments on the recording: I played the piano, and Eunbyul-ssi, Hwajung-ssi, and Yumi-ssi all played their instruments," Yejun says. "Changing the language was just another way of differentiating the song from the rest of the album. If we had the opportunity to promote another track, I'd love to perform this one. We've never had the opportunity to perform with each other, and I think it'd be a great experience for all of us."
TRACK 11: FIRE
ââFireâ is probably the song that took the longest time to produce,â Yejun says. âIf you count all the time it spent hidden on Intakâs laptop.â
âIt wasnât hidden,â Intak argues. âI was waiting for a better time.â
The two of them sit in the same featureless interview room.
âMost of the song was composed by Eunsu,â Intak says. âAfter he left, I didnât want to work on it anymore. And then we were busy, and thenâŠâ
He trails off into silence.
âYou forgot about it,â Yejun says.
Intak glares at him.
Yejun sits on the floor of a dance practice room, Macbook open in front of him. He holds his phone in one hand, dial tone echoing off the walls. He reaches for the camera, as if to adjust the angle, when the call connects.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Eunsu."
Yejun leans back, resting his body weight on one arm and holding his phone in the other. "You're on speaker." He glances towards the camera. "And on camera."
"I am? Hello everyone, I'mâ"
Yejun cuts him off. "You don't need to introduce yourself. I called to see if you remember this."
He holds his phone closer to his laptop speakers and hits play. For a few moments, the only sound is the music coming from Yejunâs laptop.
Eunsu groans. âPlease turn it off. I donât think I could forget it.â
âWhy not?â Yejun prompts.
âI thought Intak-hyung and I would be the only ones to hear it. I was working on it for practice, and he was helping me.â
âThatâs not what he told me,â Yejun says. âAnd why didnât you ask me for help?â
âYou sound like Haksu,â Eunsu says with a laugh. âI didnât ask him. He approached me. I think he thought it was bad, but he didnât want to tell me that.â
Yejun switches his phone to his other hand. âThat seems like Intak. He told me you wanted to release it one day. I thought it would fit on the album Iâm working on now.â
âIs this the same album youâve been working on since before I left? I havenât seen any new Fable music with your name all over the credits.â
Yejun winces. âDonât say that. Weâve only released one mini album since then.â
Thereâs a hint of bitterness in his voice, but Eunsu doesnât seem to notice, plowing on with his words. âI mentioned releasing the song only once to Intak-hyung. Iâm surprised he remembered. I donât mind if you add it to your album. Did you want my permission, or something?â
Yejun nods, then seems to remember that Eunsu canât see him. âYes,â he admits. âI wanted to hear from the original songwriter before Intak starts working on it again.â
âHe can do whatever he wants,â Eunsu says. âI wonât stop him.â
OUTRO
The end of the documentary looks nearly the same as the beginning, as if they filmed both segments one after the other. The only difference is that theyâre now standing instead of sitting.
âThank you for watching!â Jaeseop says, still holding the album.
âPlease make sure to show the album and Fable lots of love!â Haksu adds, making a heart with his hands.
âTwo, three! This was Fable! Thank you very much!â Jaeseop ends the recording, leading the group into a synchronized bow.
They wave at the camera until it cuts to black.
#â° to be written in ink is to be immortal â [ writing. ]#â° to be written in ink is to be immortal â [ development. ]#fictional idol community#idol oc#kpop oc#idolverse#kpop fanfic#kpop addition#there was going to be a preview video but then i started looking for clips and uhhh uhhh#i hated it so pear blossom stock footage gif it is
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smut! 18+ below, minors dni.
thinking about ellie accidentally sending you a video of her fingering herself.
the video preview is completely dark, so you have no clue what to expect when you click the play button. you assume itâs another one of her rants - lately sheâs taken to sending you clips of herself complaining about her family, work, politics. sheâs sent a few videos of her trying new foods while completely obliterated on an edible, too, which youâre kind of hoping for. her eyes look so pretty all droopy and red, and she has the cutest laugh when sheâs high.
but oh, no. this is⊠nothing like that.
youâre lounging in bed, head propped up against a pillow, when you get the notification from ellie and click to your text thread. you hit play on the video, watching with a furrowed brow as the camera moves from darkness - the forest green fabric of ellieâs duvet, you realize - to reveal her room. and itâs a familiar sight; youâve been there a hundred times. but thatâs where the familiarity ends.
because this new camera angle shows ellie naked from the waist down.
sheâs flushed, her cheeks tinged the faintest shade of pink. her chest rises and falls in a quick rhythm; the light catches on a smear of wetness on her inner thigh, and you realize with a flutter in your belly that sheâd been going at it for a while before sheâd pulled out the camera.
âokay, fuck,â ellie pants, her voice a bit tinny through the speakers of your cell phone. she lifts one muscled thigh to her bed, which sheâs standing before - right in front of the camera. your mouth goes dry as your eyes flicker over her body: heather grey tank riding up her toned hips, the faintest sheen of sweat on her chest, her thigh flexing as she spreads herself in front of the camera.
âi got close beforehand so i wouldnât⊠didnât wanna be nervous,â she says, avoiding eye contact with her phone. âbut iâm - wait. why the fuck am i talking? youâre not supposed to talk in these, are you?â
blood rushes into your cheeks, warming your face until you feel like your skin is about to burn off. you should probably stop watching, shouldnât you? you should click out of the video, pretend you never opened it in the first place. this is clearly not for you to see.
but you canât look away.
ellie reaches her hand between her legs, and your stomach warms with arousal. thereâs a flutter between your legs that leaves you squeezing your thighs together, seeking pressure.
âoh god,â ellie mutters as her fingers play in her own pussy, the lewd, wet sounds echoing. she slips a finger inside of herself, then two, her eyes fluttering shut as a string of curses leaves her lips.
she starts to pump her fingers, the heel of her hand pressed to her clit, and your breath catches in your throat when she looks up at the camera. you know sheâs not really looking at you this way, but you tense up regardless. the look in her eyes is sultry, lustful, hungry.
thereâs a growing damp spot on your underwear.
ellieâs getting close; her brows are pinched together in concentration, and each of her moans is more ragged and high-pitched than the last. beneath the thin fabric of her tank, you see her abs tense with her impending orgasm. you bite your lip until youâre sure you taste blood.
she comes with a shuddering cry, bicep flexing as her hand stalls between her legs. strands of auburn hair, darkened with sweat, cling to her freckled forehead. she lowers her leg from the bed and stands upright again, still panting. she reaches for the camera and the video ends.
youâre still staring wide-eyed at your phone when a series of texts come through from ellie.
oh my god
please tell me you didnât see that
holy fuck iâm an idiot
iâm so sorry
i did not mean to send that to you. holy shit iâm sorry
your chest tightens with sympathy - you can imagine how panicked ellie is on the other line, how utterly ruined her post-orgasm bliss must be.
you type out a quick response: itâs okay. give me a second to reply, alright?
finding a convenient place to prop up your phone, you hook your thumbs over your underwear and tug them off, leaning forward to press record on your phone.
read part two here!
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suna rintarĆ begs you to see an exclusive screening of an upcoming independent film at a small local movie house.
as pretentious as the idea first sounded, you of course oblige because how can you resist your one and only boyfriend? especially when heâs clinging to you and hanging off you as he so sweetly asks, sneaking kisses along the expanse of your neck and shoulder in between points of how, âitâs really about the experience. itâs what the director would have wanted.â
he really wanted to go.
so you go with him when the day comes, but for some reason suna takes longer than usual to get ready so you end up arriving at the movie house when the last of the previews are wrapping up. usually you and him go early to see those, where he says things like, âthat looks like ass,â or, âweâre going to see that one, for sure,â and it never fails to make you snicker in your seat beside him.
youâre just a smidge late for all that this time.
âbut thatâs ok,â you reassure him, âthe previews always drag on anyway. plus, you look really nice from getting ready for so long.â
you giggle and give him a quick kiss on his cheek and when you pull back, he looks at you with just the most lovestruck look ever.
âyouâre the best, yâknow that?â he says, in a tone strangely more lovey-dovey (especially given the fact youâre in public) than usual. it wasn't like you don't compliment him on a regular basis, either.
okayyy�
âi know,â you quickly joke with a light laugh, trying to dodge the odd feeling that him looking at you like that gives you.
after suna pays for your tickets, he takes you by the hand to pick out some snacks. and in another odd turn of events, he lets you get all the snacks and popcorn you want.
âyouâre seriously going to pay for all this?â you raise an eyebrow at himâalready attempting to put some back because you were just teasing when you grabbed so many, like you usually do when the two of you see movies together.
the worker behind the counter politely butts in, âa-actually, today there's a special deal where snacks are free!"
"seriously?" you gawk in response. suna nods at the worker with a smile before he gathers all your said snacks and treats and gestures at you to start following him.
weird...
but free snacks? you weren't going to complain.
you two quietly slip into the dark theater and suna must have perfectly remembered the seat numbers on your tickets because he walks right up to a row in the dead center of the room. as he sets your belongings down, you quickly double-check the seats he so-confidently led you to, but he was right about them. you don't recall him glancing at your tickets for more than a second since you bought them, though.
what a good memory he has?
you settle into your seat next to him and start picking at your big tub of popcorn. it looks like you arrived just in time as the last preview is starting up.
the preview colorfully flashes up to a start in a way that imitates old film, as a soft tune starts to ring through the speakers. it's a bunch of artsy close-ups of clothes and belongings shrewd about a hardwood floor, beams of sunlight hitting them gorgeously.
... hey, you own a sweatshirt that looks like that.
and then you see it: it's you up there on the big screen.
captions start to appear as a reel of videos containing you start to play.
[ i thought for the longest time i was perfectly fine on my own ]
a clip of you as you and suna walk to class in inarizakiâs halls, in your old uniform and glancing back at him now and then. your smile is wide and if it werenât for the music playing over the video, you could almost hear your own laugh at probably some dumb joke suna just told you behind the camera.
[ but for the longest time, i didn't have a fucking clue what "perfect" really meant. ]
your head tucked in your arms with your hood up, sleeping mid-study-session on a college libraryâs table scattered with open notes and dog-eared textbook pages. your eyes peek out from the material of your hoodie, the glint of a smile reaching what can be seen before you bashfully bury your head further back into your original position.
[ i was an idiot for thinking i did know what "perfect" was. ]
your hands clutching at his pro jersey youâre wearing as you stand in front of the stadium building, thousands of unheard fans on the inside waiting to see him play. undoubtedly when after that clip was recorded, you two went in, and it was still only you he really looked for wearing his jersey in the crowd whenever his team scored a point.
[ because then i met you. ]
all the times when youâve turned to see his fond eyes peeking above the back of his phoneâas he photographs you like a rare and beautiful sight thatâs fleeting, one he absolutely needed to snapshot at those exact moments in order to keep for himself foreverâgot laid out before you.
now youâre seeing them from his point of view, and it captivates you like nothing else.
[ you are perfect. ]
the b-roll of moments you and suna have shared over the years fades out, and the preview's title card shows up in a pretty and elegant font: "will you marry me? (directed by: suna rintarĆ)"
you don't even realize your jaw is hanging wide open in shock when you turn to face present-day suna next to you, and there he was again, his phone in front of his face. but you catch in the glare of the silver screen you're sat in front of, the eyes that peek over the camera are crinkled up as they look at you with unbridled joy and radiates a love in its purest form.
"rin..." you can barely speak, both because you're touched but also because you're bewildered out of your mind.
with a chuckle he finally lets up on his recording, sticking his phone into his pocket. he stands up and moves in front of you, getting down on one knee. your heart skips a beat.
the lights suddenly turn on in the theater, and your first instinct once your eyes get readjusted to the brightness is to look aroundâbecause a room full of theater goers were are being subjected to whatever it is suna has orchestrated here.
but as you look around, the whole ordeal feels even more surreal, because it's all your loved ones filling up the rows of seats. they look back at where you're sitting, smiling and with some of them also recording on their phones now, too.
"so..." suna starts, redirecting your attention back to him. he pulls out a tiny box from his pocket, opening it to reveal a ring that shines divinely in the dim lighting of the room, "will you?"
his delight is evident as he fights back a grin and his face and ears are dusted an adorable shade of pink. you're arguably more delighted than himâover the moon, evenâas you utter out your answer...
"yes, i'll marry you."
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RISK PART III
pairing: mafia!harry styles x singer!reader
summary: Harry is in town for some.. less than legal business, and you're a local singer trying to get your foot in the door, and also planning your wedding. And maybe Harry is a little too interested in you.
warnings: mentions of death & blood, mentions of abuse, cursing, that should be it!!
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Almost immediately, his browser was flooded.
Y/N L/N and Mason L/N: The Internets Favorite Siblings
Y/N L/N - Youtube
Mason L/N - Youtube
Mason & Y/N - Youtube
#prayfory/n on Twitter
Y/N and Mason L/Nâs Incredible Work with Band âThe Diamondsâ
Well, you two certainly had an online presence. He sighed and clicked on the first article.
Mason L/N (20) and little sister, Y/N L/N (15) have quickly become the internetâs favorite dynamic sibling duo! The duo rose to fame in 2012 when Mason began vlogging their adventures living alone in Miami.
After a near-death incident with her mother read article here, Y/N was put into her brotherâs care. The two grew up in Wimberley, Texas, on a farm. Masonâs earliest videos on YouTube were in 2010, when he posted videos of 11-year-old Y/N singing onstage somewhere.
Since moving to Miami, Florida in 2012, at age 13 and 18, they formed a band called The Diamonds and started a successful YouTube career. Most of the videos, now posted on a shared account entitled Mason & Y/N, they show their day-to-day lives, backstage previews, clips of the songwriting process, and more.
Mason is the producer of his sisterâs bandâ in which she is both the songwriter and lead singer. The band, though not as successful as their YouTube, has a decent following on both Instagram and YouTube.
Also featured on their accounts is Y/Nâs childhood best friendâ Jodie. There is nothing of Jodie online, so we arenât sure of her last name. We only know the story of how Jodie moved right before Y/Nâs near-death experience, and the siblings moved to Miami to see her again.
We look forward to seeing more of the iconic duo! Best of luck, L/N siblings!
Well, that gave him next to nothing.
Read More:
Smalltown Tragedy: Violet L/N attempts to murder daughter, Y/N L/N.
Jesus fucking Christ, Niall wasnât joking about shitty.
He skimmed through the article.
Coming home from schoolâ
Walked through the doorâ
Stabbedâ
Authorities were quickly contacted by brotherâ
Violet pleads innocent in court caseâ
Y/N and Mason attest to their motherâs innocenceâ
Guilty verdictâ
Sentenced to life in prison without bail or paroleâ
Added charges of child abuse after bruises found on both childrenâ
Siblings go on news after the verdict was givenâ
Claim it was their fatherâ
Well. He was starting to regret looking you up.
He sighed, running a hand over his face. After how nice you were tonight, he felt incredibly bad knowing this is what the result of invading your privacy was.
Yet, he didnât shut the laptop.
He clicked back to the original search tab.
Mason & Y/N - Youtube
He pulled up the page, and his eyes widened.
925.4K Thousand Subscribers. 493 Videos.
Holy shit.
He scrolled to the last updated videoâ
BACKSTAGE AT THE DIAMONDS: LIVE AT DAYTONA BEACH BANDSHELL. June 1, 2016.
He didnât want to watch it. He didnât want to intrude anymore than he already had. Thatâd be wrong.
But Harry also never claimed to be a good person.
As he tapped on the video, your brotherâs face filled the screen. Or.. he assumed, it was your brother. He looked similar to the articles of the two of you, only older.
âHello, lovely people! Weâre back! We are currently backstage at the biggest show yet of the best band everââ
âOh, my God, youâre so stupid,â a voice laughed. It was slightly familiar.
The camera turned, and he realized why. It was you.
âY/N tries to be rude, but we all know Iâm her favorite here.â
âUh, no, bitch. Iâm her favorite. Back off.â
Jodie.
âDude, you have a boyfriend. You back off!â
âYeah, but Niâs not here yet, so⊠I win.â
âHow does that evenâ okay. Anyway, my lovely sister is currently shoving food down her faceââ
âMason! Shut up, oh, my God! Iâm literally curling my hair, you ass!â
âHey, language!â
âOh, boo-hoo. You taught me how to cuss when I was, like⊠seven.â
â.. Yeah, I did do that. Alright. Whatever. Weâre gonna give the camera to Y/N so she can give yâall a sneak peak at the set list!â
The camera was now sitting in front of you. Younger you.
âHello! Itâs the better siblingââ
âHey!â
You grinned at him, âAnd this is the setlist for tonight, which is super-duper top secret. So⊠shh! Okay! Weâre opening with my personal favorite, Girl Iâve Always Been! And then weâre gonna transition that⊠somehow⊠into Vicious. And then.. I Should Hate You, little break to introduce the other Diamonds, Shouldâve Said No, Picture to Burn, All-American Bitch, Stranger, another little.. break thingy.. Florida, Happier Than Ever, and then we close with.. Better than Revenge! But we have an encore, so we come back for one song, which is Nothing You Can Take!â
He skipped ahead in the video.
âJodie, where are we?â
âBackstage!â
âNi, what are we about to do?â
âYouâre about to kill it onstage!â
He skipped a bit.
It was a circle of you and a bunch of girls, and one of two guys, that he recognized. The same people whoâd played with you tonight.
âWe worked our asses of for this, and weâre gonna make it count, right?â
âFuck yeah!â
âOkay, Diamonds on three. On.. two.. three.. Diamonds!â
Skip.
âY/N, how you feelinâ?â
Harry could hear the crowd and music in the background, and he assumed that you were about to run onstage.
âIâm gonna puke!â You laughed.
âEw. Donât.â
âGee, thanks. Real supportive.â
âIâm being honestââ
âY/N, you got ten seconds.â
You screamed.
He skimmed the rest of the video. Some of it was clips of the show, some of it was after.
Well, that didnât do anything except make him feel shitty. One, because he knew he shouldnât be watching, and two⊠because you and your brother seemed close, and he, obviously, was dead.
He went back and clicked on the Twitter link.
#prayfory/n on Twitter.
Daytona News: Internet Star Mason L/N Fatally Shot in Robbery.
thediamondsupdates: OMG. GUYS IM ACTUALLY SOBBING WTF I FEEL SO BAD FOR Y/N. SHE WAS THEREđđ #prayfory/n
Bingo.
He clicked on the article.
Late last night, after The Diamondâs Only Night Only on Main Street, the internet star siblings Y/N and Mason went to a gas station for celebratory snacks. Unfortunately, while they were checking out, the gas station got robbed.
Y/N told Daytona Police that the robber had aimed for her when he shot, but her brother shoved her at the last second. Both Mason L/N and the store clerk, who is yet to be identified, died. Y/N came out with only a few scratches. Witnesses say she tried to keep her brother alive while waiting for police.
The siblings were swarmed by paparazzi as they got hauled into the ambulance, where Mason unfortunately died on the way.
Harry clicked back to the hashtag.
user001: omfg guys someone got a video of the store after the robbery where mason l/n died. ONE VIDEO LINKED.
He clicked play, knowing heâd regret it.
âOh, my fucking God,â the person recording spoke.
You and Mason were covered in blood. You were in hysterics, holding your brother on your lap.
âMason! Mason!â you were shouting. âSomeone call an ambulance! Oh, my God! Thereâs so much bloodâ why is there so much blood? Mason, answer me! Are you okay? You have to be okayââ
The video panned away from you as you screamed, showing the store thatâd been ransacked.
It ended.
Harry shut the computer and went to bed, feeling sick to his stomach.
-
When you woke up the next morning, it was to a weight on your chest.
âWhat theâ Jodie, get the fuck off of me. Iâm gonna die,â you grumble, shoving her.
She falls off the bed with a thud. She gasps, âAre you calling me fat?â
âNo, you called yourself fat.â
âYouâre so mean in the mornings,â she pouts.
âIâm only mean when you wake me up at ungodly hours by sitting on me.â
She shrugs, âOh. Yeah. Well⊠come on, get up.â
You whine. The bed was comfy.
âUp!â
âNo, Iâm tired.â
She stands up and yanks your arm. You, too, fall off the bed.
âOw! What the fuck?â
âI didnât really think that one through,â she admits.
âClearly. Alright, Iâm up now, I guess. What did you want?â
âWeâre going to brunch with Harry and Ni. Get ready.â
âBrunch? Harry doesnât seem like a brunch guy.â
âWhat do you mean?â her brows furrow.
âHe just.. is very intimidatingââ
âHe was nice to you, though, right? He better have been, or I swearââ
âNo, he was,â you quickly cut her off. âHe just⊠seems like heâd rather gouge his own eyes out before her went to brunch.â
She sighs in relief, âThank God. I like him, so I didnât wanna kill him for being rude to you. But, yeah.. probably. But he basically does whatever I say because, as he admitted once and only once, Iâm like his little sister and he feels bad saying no. That, and Iâm annoying when I donât get my way.â
You snort, âThatâs⊠yeah, that seems more likely.â
âBut.. Niall also said he likes you, too. Maybe not in the, yâknow, little sister way, but youâre right. He is usually an asshole, but he was extremely friendly yesterday. Kinda threw me off, to be honest.â
âDude, I thought he was gonna bite my head off.â
She laughs, âYeah.. oh, well. Get dressed and dress slutty!â
âWhy slutty?â
âBecause we invited Asshole of the Year, and if he shows up, heâs gonna wish he was Angel of the Year.â
âJodie..â you sigh.
âI know. You donât wanna piss him off. But.. if you just happened to grab a slutty dress⊠whatâs the harm?â
âGet out,â you laugh.
-
You don't wear the slutty outfit Jodie wanted you to wear, mainly because the brunch spot was a nice restaurant and you don't want the looks from grandmas.
Instead, you wear a white dress with small, green leaves. You throw on heels that were slightly dressy, but comfortable and also barely make you any taller. You put a green ribbon in your hair after tying half of it back.
You haphazardly do your makeup once Jodie began spamming your phone, urging you to hurry up.
You rush out of the room, sighing once you saw the other three sitting at the kitchen island.
"Sorry I took so long. We can go, now, though!"
âTook you long enough,â Niall teases.
âShut up. This is why you donât have any friends.â
âI have friends!â he protests quickly. âYou! Andâ Harry!â
âMhm. Got any more?â you laugh. âI donât count because Iâm friends because of association. You get one point for Harry, though. I guess.â
âNo point from me,â Harry spoke up. âWeâre work friends.â
âI knew I liked you.â
Harry smirks at you.
Niall glares at the two of you. âI hate you both.â
You grin, âAw. Love you, too.â
âAright, children. Weâre gonna be late,â Jodie reminds you.
The three of you chorus agreements and head to the car. Niall drove, Jodie sat in the passenger seat, and you and Harry got into the back.
âYou know, you look crazy familiar.â
âWho, me?â
âNo, the ghost sitting in between us. Yes, you.â
He pauses before shrugging, âProbably just got one of those faces. I donât remember meeting you before.â
âYeah, thatâs whatâs weird. I swear I know you, but Iâd remember if I met you.â
He smirks, and you regret phrasing it like that. âOh, really? Whatâs that supposed to mean, lovie?â
Lovie? What the hell? Is he a psycho? Are you a psycho?
Connor. Engaged to Connor. Canât break up with him.
âNothing. I just meant I have, like, a good memory,â you huff. âYouâre right. Youâve probably just got one of those faces.â
One of those faces.
One of those faces.
One of those faces you know you recognize.
-
Brunch was short, but sweet. The food was good, and it was fun. Connor didnât show.
You and Jodie made Niall and Harry wait in the car while the two of you ran into Sephora to restock your respective makeup collections.
âI kinda wanna try a new perfume..â
âI thought you always got that.. whatever one it is, because itâs Connorâs favorite?â
âI do. But.. the smell has been giving me migraines. Plus, heâll get over it. He can hardly stand to be around me for longer than, like, twenty seconds, so⊠I doubt heâll even notice.â
âSeriously, I still donât get why youâre getting married. To him, of all people.â
âBecause. I do love him, even if heâs an ass. And itâs.. safe. Heâs safe.â
âSafe from what?â
You huff, âIf music doesnât take off. He has a good, stable job.â
âThe band will never take off if you get married, babe. He hates the band. Heâll make you quit, and you know it.â
âThen maybe it wasnât mean to be,â you shrug.
Jodie stops in her tracks. âHow can youâ no. Absolutely not. I do not care if you love him or if you wanna marry him. You are not throwing away your dream for some guy! Any guy! If it wasâ fuckinâ, I dunno, Harry, who was like thisââ
âHarry? Ew! I just met himââ
âHe was the first person that came to mind! The point is, if anyone you dated pulled that, Iâd say the same thing. It isnât just because I donât particularly like Connor.â
âJodieââ you sigh.
âNo,â she cut you off. âYouâve been singing and writing songs since as long as I can remember. That was all you wanted. Since we were six, youâd tell people youâd be a singer when youâre older! You and Mason planned this for years! You canât just quit because some stupid, no-good, ugly guy tells you to! Music is who you are. If not for yourself, then for me. For Mason. The band was meant to be, but maybe you and Connor werenât.â
âJodie.â
âI know. I know. But Iâm serious. If Niall treated me like this, you wouldâve roundhouse kicked him by now.â
âItâs complicatedââ
âBut it doesnât have to be,â she argues.
â.. I donât wanna talk about it. I donât, okay? I wonât quit music whenever we get married, okay? Heâll get over it eventually.â
-
When the four of you return home, Connor is on the couch. He's fuming.
You roll your eyes as you walk through the door, ignoring him. The others seem to follow your lead, both not acknowledging his presence.
âWhere the hell have you been?â he asks, storming over to you as you set the Sephora bag on the kitchen counter.
âYouâd know where I was if you bothered to show up.â
âI wasnât invited.â
You gave him a deadpan look, turning to Jodie, Harry, and Niall.
âI did invite you, dumbass,â Jodie scoffs.
âYep. Invited,â Niall nods.
â.. Invited,â Harry echoes, visibly confused but still going along.
âWell, excuse me if I didnât feel welcome after my own girlfriend told me to leave my own house when she was goneââ
âNot your own house. Your name isnât on the lease. And why is that? Oh, right. Because you donât pay fucking rent like a grown adult.â
âI donât got a job right now, babe. Iâm not stableââ
âOh, and I am? I sing for a living. You think thatâs stable? No. But I do it because I want to, and when Iâm not making enough there, I have another job. Jesus, you act like you canât problem solve.â
âThat isnât the point.â
âThen what is your point, Connor?â you sigh, crossing your arms and leaning against the kitchen island.
âMy point is that you care more about your career than me!"
"Connor, babe, that isn't true, I just-"
"It sure seems like it."
"I just.. I really love it, and it's-- it's what I wanna do with my life, y'know? I don't mean to make you feel that way. I invite you to every show, you just.. don't show up, and-- and that's fine, but I try to include you."
"Yeah, whatever. I guess I forgive you."
You smile, "I love you."
"Love you, too."
The two of you retreat to the bedroom, and it was silent for a moment.
"What the fuck?"
"Welcome to a normal day for us, Harry. Havin' fun yet?" Jodie sighs, patting his shoulder as she walks past him.
-
The next day, you and Jodie went out to look at wedding and bridesmaids dresses.
"So, what are we looking for here,?" Jodie asks you as the two of you stop for coffee in between hitting dress stores. You'd been aimlessly trying on dresses for the better half of the day, and none of them felt right. "I feel like you were just trying on everything, but you weren't happy with a lot of them. So, when you envision your wedding, what is the exact dress you want?"
"I want.. like.. flowery lace with a decent neckline. I want it tight, but kind of flowy once it hits my legs. And.. bell bottom sleeves. The rest I could adjust, but bell bottom sleeves are a must."
"Flower lace, tight top flowy bottom, halter neckline. Got it," Jodie grins. The barista calls your name and you run to go grab the drinks and snacks. The two of you began walking down the street.
"So.. how does Ni know Harry, anyhow?"
"Uh... work, I think? I can't even remember, it's been so long! I think they met before Ni moved here, and then reconnected through work. I could be wrong, though. Ni only told me once when I first met Harry, and that was years ago," she laughs. "But I think it's work, mostly. You don't mind him staying, right? Because, he's sweet, don't get me wrong, but he's also kind of... promiscuous, I guess? Not that he's.. pushy about it! He just is extremely flirty and doesn't really have boundaries sometimes."
"No! No, God, no, he's perfectly fine. I like him. I was just wondering, because I can't remember either of you mentioning him ever," you explained.
"I'm sure we have once or twice, you've just got the memory of a goldfish."
"Shut up! I do not!" you giggle as the two of you walk into the next dress shop of the day.
"Hello! How may I help you?" a woman greets the two of you.
"Hi! My friend here is getting married, and she has a very specific dress in mind! She wants flowery lace, halter top neckline... kind of tight at the top and slightly flowy at the legs? Oh, and bell bottom sleeves. That's the only ones that are non-negotiable."
The woman nods and glances at you.
"I'm pretty sure we've got something exactly like that in your size. I'll bring you a few options."
"Thank you so much!" you tell her and Jodie and you set your things down and sit on the couches by the changing rooms. The two of you talk idly about plans for the band until the woman reappears.
"Alright, love, here's a few similar to what you want. But I think this one is closest to what you want," she smiles kindly as she hands you a stack of dresses, and then one singular one.
"Oh, it's beautiful!" you gush.
"Try it on!" Jodie tells you. You laugh and walk into one of the changing rooms. Obviously, the first dress you try on is the one closest to what you'd envisioned. You couldn't help the smile on your face as you looked at yourself in the mirror.
"Hurry up!" Jodie urges.
"Calm down, woman, I'm coming!" you huff as you push the curtain aside and step onto the pedestal.
"Oh, Y/N/N... I think this one might be the one. It's gorgeous!"
"It fits you like a glove," the woman grins.
"I love it!" you squeal. "Here, get a video of me in it. I wanna show Ni whenever we get home."
"Okay. And.. recording!" Jodie tells you.
You spin around in the dress, and it has just enough train to spin with you a tiny bit. You squeal in excitement and jump up and down. "I love it! Bury me in it, honestly."
"I won't send it now just in case he's with Connor, so we'll show him when we get home. But.. and this isn't me saying don't get the dress, I think you should, but I thought Connor didn't want you to get a... revealing dress, I guess is the words?"
You pause and your smile fades, "Yeah, he doesn't. He likes the ballgown ones more, but.. it's my wedding, too, right? I should be able to get my own dress. Besides, he won't see until the day of, and then it'll be too late to be mad. And he can't be mad on our wedding day," you shrug.
"Fair enough. How much is this dress, again?"
"Oh, I forget. Turn and let me check that tag, dear."
You turn so your back is to the store owner.
"It is... three thousand dollars."
You and Jodie both pause. Three thousand? You weren't sure you had that type of money. Not yet, anyway.
"Y/N, I can-"
"Jodie, absolutely not. You can't pay for my wedding dress."
The woman looks between the two of you awkwardly.
"Um.. is it possible to put the dress on hold?" you ask after a beat. "It's just.. I wanna make sure that price is good with my fiancé."
"Oh, of course, love. What's your name?"
"Y/N L/N."
She grabs a sticky note and scribbles it down.
"It'll be on hold for about.. two weeks, does that sound good?"
"Yes, please. Thank you so much."
-
"'Eyyyy, they're back!" Niall cheers as you and Jodie walk in through the door. He and Harry were both on the couch drinking beers, watching something on the TV. "C'mon, I wanna see the dress!"
You and Jodie both laugh and move to the couch. Jodie sits between Harry and Niall while you perch on the armrest as she pulls the video of you in the dress up on her phone.
"Awwe, Y/N/N, you look gorgeous," Niall grins.
"Thank you! Took us forever, but we finally found one that is exactly what I wanted."
"Where is it? I wanna see it in person!"
You and Jodie both hesitate. "Uh.. we.. didn't get it."
"What?" Niall furrows his brows in confusion.
Harry finally chimes into the conversation, "Why the hell not?"
"It was.. um... three thousand dollars. We put it on hold, but.."
"Y/N, how many times do I have to tell you to just use our card? You know I have enough money-"
"I know. Jodie offered, but I feel bad using your money. I don't even know if Connor would like the dress, so maybe-"
"Fuck Connor. Sorry," Harry suddenly says, "excuse me if this isn't my place, but you're the one wearing the dress. If you like the dress, get the fuckin' dress, Y/N. You look great in it."
".. Thank you. I just- I don't really have three thousand dollars," you sigh.
-
At damn near four in the morning, Jodie and Niall prefer to be asleep. However, Harry didn't really seem to care all that much when he came barging in.
"What's the name of the shop?"
"What?" Jodie asks harshly.
"The dress shop. The one Y/N found that dress she likes. What's it called?"
"It's... fuck, it's, like, Wedding Dreams or some stupid shit like that."
"Why are you even asking, Harry? It's fucking four in the morning, go to sleep," Niall grumbles.
"I have to buy a three thousand dollar fucking dress."
"What?"
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a/n: when he buys ur wedding dress cause ur broke how cute
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still with you | y!jungkook x fem!reader
summary: being the most famous and popular youtuber and singer has its kicks. great fans, terrible fans, weird fans, youâve seen and had them all⊠but this fan? you wish you never hadâŠ
warnings: jk is WEIRD okay heâs weird asf in this, male masturbation, stalking, jungkook is an idol in this, mentions of kidnapping, murders, yandere.
tag list: none.
note: iâll switch from You to Y/N a lot. Bold and Line Through. Are Jkâs negative thoughts, more so the weird ones. this is a preview imagine of spooktober!!
âso whoâs your favorite singer, Jungkook?â an interviewer asked as they, BTS, where doing a short little tv appearance. the question was, who is an artist youâd love to collaborate with in the near future, everyone had their fair share of answers but the one person Jungkook had in mind was no other than, Y/N L/N.
She was bigger than any other singer or youtuber out there, with 45 Million subscribers on youtube and millions of fans over the world, she was everywhere. She has done video collaborations with CoryxKenshin, Berleezy, PG, DashieGames and many more. She is adored.
Jungkook found her channel when she was a newbie to the youtuber world. He liked the video of her trying on different clothes from all over the world, room tours, decorating, gaming videos, vlogs, but he got more into her once he found out she did music. He had to be the first person to ever really be her fan in his eyes, of course. He loved her for a very long time.
âIâd have to say, Y/N L/N⊠i love her⊠style and her youtube channel. iâm a huge fan!â he answered happily. The crowded went absolutely crazy as heâs always talked about Y/N. you would think they dated the way he promoted her so much.
âReally? she is coming her next Friday for an interview! did you hear sheâs doing a world tour, starting with South K?â the interviewer asked. âYes yes, i want to get me a ticket the minute they go on sale..â he smiled happily and the crowd awed at his answer.
âIâll definitely let you guys know when my tickets go on sale, obviously! Thatâs it for now, until next time, see you!â You smiled ending the recording and big a stretch. You are glad that it was just a little clip that you need to edit to post out later, but boy was it tough being a youtuber, you loved it though.
As soon as you got up you heard your phone going off profusely. You went to grab it and saw it was twitter and you were being tagged in a certain posted. It was a video of Jungkook from BTS during a, which you assume, recent interview. â I love her.â is what a lot of fans were saying in the comments. It was a quote of what Jungkook said in the video. Instead of really responding just yet you reshared the clip saying â The love is mutual đ @BTS_twt!â and posted it.
Youâve always been a fan of BTS! You loved everything about them, the message they were sending out about loving yourself, taking care of you, living your life no matter what anyone has to say about it, you loved it all! You never really knew that Jungkook was a fan of yours. Little do you know you wished you never knew that..
âKook, youâve been literally staring at her retweet since we got back to the hotel.â Taehyung spoke out with his eyebrow up. âIâm starting to think this is a little more than a fan thing. You have a crush on her donât you?â Jin in also chipped in, pinching Jungkooks cheeks. The two were ready to start to teasing him. â Actually, i do.â he stated calmly still looking at the tweet thing clicking on her twitter account.
â Oh, we thought we had a chance to tease you⊠fuck.â Taehyung said as the elevator dinged. â Well, we will see you in a few for dinner? jimin and I have a Vlive to do. Get some rest!â He spoked as Him and Jimin stepped out the elevator and walked to jimins room.
Jungkook nodded and walked to his room, taking out his keycard and holding it to the door to open it. He sighed as he walked in and instantly decided to take a shower. He went into the bathroom, started the water, put on some music, Y/N of course, and got undressed.
He stepped into the shower and let out a moan of relaxation. Jung let the water run down his body and he closed his eyes. Soon, a picture of you appeared in his head. You and him, together, in the shower taking turns to clean each other. He took his hands that was covered in soap and grasped your beautiful tits and slowly massaged them. The image of him doing that sent a shock wave to his crotch, which he tried to ignore.
Slowly the image started to get steamy, your imaginary moans filled his ears making them melt. Jungkook grabbed his hard length that was dripping from the water and his precum. He began the stroke his cock slowly imagining it was your tight pussy. He moaned going faster feeling himself about the release any minute. He never lasted when he imagined it, but he promised you, kinda, that heâd go longer, seven days a week even. As he cummed and grunted watching his cum shoot all over the shower walls and some getting on the floor, he saw your face one last time and it was you giving you a sweet kiss on the tip of his cock that sent shivers up his spine.
After, he cleaned himself with some warm vanilla with brown sugar and almonds scented soap, your favorite, he got out, dried off, and got dressed. Jungkook looked at the time and saw he still had an hour to spare.
He went to bag and took out his computer and decided to watch a few of your videos. This is his day to day. You are his day to day schedule. No matter what, he will get at least 5 videos of Y/N in a day.
Concerts were always fun! Making music was fun too! But once you heard that you would be collaborating with the Jeon Jungkook for a cover of his song Still With You, you were shocked! I mean less than A day ago, you found out that he was a huge fan, now you are collaborating with him?
You were currently in the studio rehearsing some of the notes when your manager walks in and says â Hey! Mr, Jeon is on his way up! Just thought i should let you know.â He smiles and as your about to answer there is a soft knock. â Come on in.â you say and stand up. Jungkook walks in and you almost gasp.
âOh my you are more handsome in person.â Manager says lets out a little chuckle. â Iâm Tim, Iâm her manager and thatâs obviously -â â Y/NâŠâ Jungkook cut Tim off before he could even get your name out. He couldnât stop staring at you. Gosh, you are so beautiful in person. So small under his gaze. âi could take her from here, kill her manager and live off the grid, nobody would know. just so littleâŠâ
â Right! Itâs so nice to meet you, Jungkook! Um, you can sit here,â you point to the chair â Iâm gonna head in the booth to record these parts.â you smiled and took the paper in with you. Jungkook eagerly but slowly sat down in your chair. Watching as you put on the headset. Tim walked over and pressed a few buttons to make sure that it was recording. He put his thumb up and Y/N was in her own world.
âSo, Jungkook, how long are you in the states for?â Tim asked leaning against the side of the frame, watching Y/N. Honestly, Jungkook hated Tim. He hated any that got close to what was his. He didnât like it. When y/n did collaborate on videos he would report that video and thumbs down it. Even with songs he wouldnât listen to it. He hated Tim because he wish he was Tim. Near her 24/7, being able to touch her, smell her, make her laugh, pick her outfits, take her to dinner, all the things Tim could do. He wanted Tim out the picture. Now.
â Well originally it wasnât for long, but then this opportunity came up and i wasnât going to miss it for anything.â He answered plainly also staring at Y/N but with a different look in his eyes, Lust, Love, and Fear. Fear for you seeing him do what he was about to do to Tim. He didnât want his wife getting scared yet. They havenât even moved away yet.
âYeah same with her. Iâm gonna step out. I have a few things to do for a few other artists. Have fun and make a beautiful hit, i already know it is.â Tim smiled and left just like that. Jungkook let a breath of fresh air out. Finally.
Finally. It was time. Jungkook got up and took off his jacket. It was getting hot in here to him, though he knows Y/N prefers her studio cold. He went to the light switched and looked up seeing the lights could be changed to colors, he chose purple. Your favorite.
Y/N stepped out of the recording booth and closed the door to it and sat back down. You instantly went over your vocals and nodded your head liking how they came out. â they are beautiful⊠perfect even.â Jungkook mumbled from behind you and pulled up a chair sitting a little too close to you. You definitely noticed it.
âThank you, Jungkook.â Y/N smiled and stood up to look at a few things and Y/N almost wanted to run. The whole vibe was off, y/n could feel his eyes looking her up down since he walked in the studio. Y/N sat back down quickly and turned to Jungkook and forced a smile. â Itâs your turn! while you record it have to go speak with Tim about what to do next. iâll Play the track when you are ready.â He watched her lips move, oh how he wanted to kiss them.
Jungkook snapped out of his trance and stood up entering the recording booth and sliding on the headphones. He loved the smell of the booth, it smelled just like you. your scent. Y/N put her thumb up and pressed play and didnât even wait for him to start singing. She got up and left the room closing the door and taking a deep breath putting her head on the door. â What the fuck was that?â you mumbled.
âWhat was what?â Tim spoke which made you jump harshly. â FUCK! Tim donât do that shit!â
â I.. are you okay? you seem kinda scared. whatâs wrong?â Tim read your face and just knew that you were upset, frightened even. â Tim, there is something extremely wrong with⊠him.â she whispered while looking around. â Him? Mr. Jeon? what do you mean? he seemed fine when i left.â He raises his eyebrow. â Maybe youâre just nervous, Honey.â
While Y/N was in the hallway, Jungkook was done singing his lines and exited the booth, smiling. He wanted to impress Y/N with his beautiful vocals. â That was⊠Y/N?â he said looking around the room, not seeing his girl in the chair. He calmed down and remembered that she had to do something. âGood, she didnât run away.â
Jungkook sat down and waited for her.
10 minutesâŠ
20 minutesâŠ
25 minutesâŠ
Finally, the door opened and walked Y/N with some refreshments. â Sorry, the internet was a little slow.â she sits down and avoids his hand that he held out for the water bottle and placed it on the table. â Letâs finish this for now so you can get going iâm sure you are very busy.â she said as she saved and downloaded both their vocals onto her flash drive.
â Can i be honest with you, Y/N?â Jungkook asked while staring at the computer. She turned to look at him and then back at the computer, closing it. â Yeah, of course.â she scooted back a bit to just give space. she felt like she couldnât breathe.
â Im really⊠a huge fan of yours. I love everything you do..â he started. â the feeling is mutual, Kook.â she commented and smiled. â No, not in that light⊠Ever since i found your videos back in 2019, when you first started. I instantly felt this this connection. Like we belong together. I started liking your photos and videos everywhere and then i found out that you do music.. i just fell more in love with you.â As he confessed he was doing this weird smile like, he enjoyed telling Y/N his confession. â Im in love with you.â he ended. Y/N was taken back. Her feeling wasnât wrong. There is definitely something not right about him. this was it.
â Oh, thatâs so sweet! I appreciate it, Jungkook.. but i donât know what you want from me after telling me that, I.. I feel as though maybe we just keep it professional. just two artists being friends yeah?â Y/N stood up and began to pack her things up. Jungkook felt something click in his head. Like a switch turned off. â I donât⊠i dont understand⊠You donât⊠love me back?â he asked also standing up. â Be friends?⊠what do you take me as? Do you like toying with me?â
â What? Jungkook thatâs not⊠i never did that.â Y/N answered confused. â Oh baby donât be confused. You said all those times you love me. You even twitted the feeling is mutual.â He stepped toward Y/N corning her between the table and his tall stature.
Y/N turned around slowly, âListen, i didnât mean it like that. And if you are going to talk to me, please give me some space.â He looked in your eyes and chuckled lightly. â Why would we need space⊠i finally have you this close to me⊠iâm not letting it go.â He gently took the hair that was falling in front of your face and pushed it behind your ear. You leaned away from the touch and pushed him with all your strength. He moved back enough for you to get to the door with your bag and open it. You flew out the room the last thing you heard was Jungkook humming.
You walked- no you ran through the car lot looking for your car, all of sudden not being able to remember where you parked this morning. You stopped to catch your breath and smiled once you saw your car.
You pressed the unlock button and quite literally jumped in your car and locked the doors. You put your hand on the steering wheel and just thought about what all happened. Jeon Jungkook just admitted to being madly in love with you. You should be happy, right? You are terrified. He stalked you basically your entire career and has been in love with you since you started your career. You canât be happy after hearing that.
You got it together and grabbed your car keys and put it in the ignition, starting your car and driving home.
You should really check your back seats more..
You happily went inside your apartment and instantly took a shower. You didnât forget about what happened the few hours before but the shower just eased your mind.
Once you got out and got dressed, the pitch blackness of your bedroom comforted you usually, But it made you uneasy. As it should.
You got in bed and sleep quickly took over you but not enough, as you awoke to hearing your bed room door creak close. You were scared shitless to even get up, fear making your body go numb. You heard that same melody again, that now cursed melody of Still With You. Jungkook was humming it before you ran out.
âoh myâŠâ you mouthed as you felt the bed dip and someone get under the covers with you and slowly wrap their arms around you.
â Good Night, Baby~. Tomorrow is a big day for us. Our new beginning.â Jungkook whispered into your ear and kissed your neck softly before sighing and singing you to sleep. That same cursed songâŠ
âìžì ìŻ€ìŒêč ë€ì ê·žë ë§ìŁŒíë€ë©Ž
When will I face you again?
ëì ëłŽêł ë§í ëì
I want to look you in the eye and tell you
"ëłŽêł ì¶ììŽì"
"I missed you"
#bts jung jungkook#jk x reader#fem!reader#bts#jungkook#bts fic#yandere!jungkook#bts yandere#jeon jungkook
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Iâve been thinking about Mooâs very publicly r video essay ever since @petrichoraline and I were talking about Mooâs very public declaration of his relationship here and the irony is if no one had said anything to Moo thereâs a chance he wouldnât have done anything.
In episode 8, Neth and Kang had already convinced him he might need to be quiet about their relationship. Kang and Moo agreed that âas long as we knowâ it doesnât matter what other people do or donât know.
And I think it was even worse for Moo because the dance video wasnât a declaration of anything. Thatâs what he states before making the Kang fan edit. The video he was asked to delete was simply just boys dancing. And as an idol, heâs gonna be dancing on stage with a lot of boys. Heâs probably already posted clips with Tae and Yos as well.
And sure itâs different because Kang isnât also out here trying to be a dancer and he is Mooâs boyfriend. But a lot of what he was being asked to tone down were things that were what Moo considers normal. And I think thatâs what made him so angry when everyone asked him to take the video down. Shone and Mooâs mom didnât know they were boyfriends from that clip. To Mooâs point that wasnât an announcement.
And as @luthienmpl points out here itâs not like Moo didnât very publicly court Kang at school where everyone knows heâs written Kang a song and sang it over the intercom and gave away food for people who congratulated them on being boyfriends. Thereâs information out there.
Moo got mad at the idea he would have to lie. And everyone was insisting they werenât asking him to lie, but to not share. To Moo, who if the thought is in his head itâs out of his mouth, omitting facts, deleting posts because of how someone might interpret it even if itâs not explicit what the video is of, to cut parts of himself off, well thatâs a lie. After being pushed too far by the repeated requests by others to be less, he snapped with the very loud video of l not only do I have a boyfriend but let me tell you all about him and why heâs perfect.
With the preview showing that the contract is going to say expressly no relationships and Mooâs determination to not lie and Kang being the bluest boy (who tend to be martyrsâŠ.I am very curious where Only Boo is going with this story. As I am curious where Thame Po will take this story as theyâre doing a similar line.
Another show with a similar storyline from GMM, Be My Favorite just dropped in 2023 and I adored it, but they took a particular stance on this conundrum. You should watch it, but spoilersâŠin one of the futures Kawi makes for himself, he ends up an idol and is at first delighted to find himself living what he thought was an impossible dream. But itâs quickly clear that he is miserable, drinking. He had gotten his dream girl Pear, but she left him because he wouldnât marry her and start a family. As an idol, he couldnât, or wouldnât, give her the time, attention, and public commitment she was looking for. We also find out that Piesang disappeared around the same time. Itâs heavily implied after Kawi chases Piesang and kisses him drunkenly, that Kawi probably did something similar after Pear left as Piesang says âYou cannot keep doing this.â (Theyâd had a similar moment in episode six but this made it feel like we had a bigger pattern and explained his absence)
In the final future, Kawi is happily a songwriter, making songs for other people to sing. Itâs the future Kawi chose knowing where the idol path sent him. Piesang even questions him on it. He asks Kawi if he gave up on those dreams because of Piesang and Piesang offers to hide if thatâs what it takes. Kawi, thanks to the power of time travel, tells Piesang heâs absolutely certain he couldnât be happier if he traveled that path. Only misery lies that way. Kawiâs whole lesson though is about making choices in the moment that spark joy rather than letting fear or jealousy lead your choices and living a life that makes you truly happy.
Only Boo, of course, is a very different show with a very different lead. Moo is 1000 times more confident and certain than Kawi ever could hope to be. He knows what he wants and while everyone sees them as two disparate pictures, Moo sees them fully integrated. Heâs also a much younger character, just out of high school and has yet to face the reality of what it means to be an idol beyond getting to do the things he loves most and feels confident about.
Thame-Po will take us somewhere entirely different with an idol at the peak of their game who signed their right to a personal life away at a much younger age.
So when confronted with a contract that explicitly says you cannot date and Moo, who has no interest in lies of omission or hiding his boyfriend, and is in fact highly reactionary to people insisting he delete rather innocuous posts incase someone wants to speculateâŠI am very interested in the choices that will get written in here.
It is especially interesting considering the the litany of drama that has come out of highly entitled fan reactions to social media posts and in some cases leaked videos of Thai artists in their own home. Sure, everyone is trying to âprotectâ Moo in theory, but entitled fans will be entitled whether you hide your personal life entirely or not. These types of fans seem to exist across fandoms of many types and with a level of wild inappropriateness regardless of how open or closed a celebrity is to others. If they post too much with someone thatâs a sign. If they avoid posting with someone thatâs a sign. LikeâŠthereâs no winning.
And to that point, what is the takeaway going to be for Moo as he is faced with a moral dilemma and the two things he wants most in conflict? And what is the messaging going to be from Only Boo/GMM about young idols and talent (as the two leads of this show are) and their rights to their own lives? And are we gonna talk about the extra layer of homophobia of it all or because the fact that even straight relationships seem to be a PR nightmare for some talent, that GMM/Only Boo is content to leave it ambiguous for now?
#only boo#only boo the series#kangmoo#kang x moo#mookang#be my favorite#thai bl#thai series#thai ql#asian ql#asian bl drama#gmmtv#gmmtv 2024#gmmtv series#gmmtv actors
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Hey Rosie! I don't know how many times I've rewatched the AYS eps. And I'm sure I'll do it again 3 hours before we get ep 4, but seeing how Jimin and Jungkook were trying to move fast and were so time conscious during the CT trip, probably wanting to make the best out of the time they have to do as much as they can, I can't help but be more grateful. I'd be more than happy with whatever they give us, but thinking about it now, what if we just had their US trip. No Jeju, no Sapporo đ
That's why it's even easier for me to ignore and drown out paragraphs of vileness towards them individually or both (but continuing to report and block accounts), and the twisting of words, or those misleading and out-of-context screenshots. You can't fight stupidity and that level of delusion. That group can not be saved and will never acknowledge the truth or be sane for a decent discussion. They live in their own made-up world and fantasies. They pick what suits them and create a fakeass narrative and captions to keep living in delusion.
I'm looking forward to the Sapporo eps since they've confirmed the locations, I don't think we've had enough preview of activities from there.
Me wearing my tin hat and clown face *whispers*: you think we'll have one special ep of jikook in tokyo? I believe there were rumours of go pros or filming when they had dinner at that curry place. Either way, I'm happy to have 3 locations with Jikook đ„ș
Oh, actually, the showâs director mentioned in an interview that they originally planned to only film in the USAâI wonder if that's why Jimin said at the beginning that the idea was to shoot a video unless the translation was wrongâbut Jimin and Jungkook were sad that it was just that, so they decided to keep filming in other places.
âWhen they set off for the States, they had no plans for the second or third locationsâJeju Island and Sapporo,â said Park. âThey were disappointed to end the trip in the States and also wanted to do something more as a gift to fans. With that in mind, they proposed the idea to continue the trip to Jeju Island and Japan. After starting with the States, they went on a trip to the other locations at intervals of two to three months.â
Anon, I totally agree with you, no matter what the haters and the insecure ones say, this show is for us Jimin and Jungkook fans, and it's a gift that Iâll always treasure and be grateful for. They filmed the show during a year when they were really busy, especially during the time they were shooting in each city or location, and while I still believe it was also for them, itâs definitely for us too.
You can't fight stupidity and that level of delusion.
THIS.
Unless Jeju is going to have more than three episodes, I also wonder what else they did in Japan because theyâve only shown us the same clips or moments from different angles so far. Iâm still hopeful thatâs where theyâll talk a bit about everything, especially their military service.
Look, Iâm not sure if weâll get clips of them in Tokyo, but I do remember Jungkook arriving in Hokkaido filming with his GoPro, so maybe? Weâll see. Iâm still super excited for each episode because my parents taught me to always be thankful for the things weâre given.
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"Nimona" fandom informational rundown
New to the fandom and a bit confused about things? Hopefully this will help!
Nimona was a webcomic by Nate Diana Stevenson/ND Stevenson that was first shown on tumblr on December 14, 2011, and Nate later launched it as an official webcomic on its own website on June 19, 2012. It was contracted for publication post-completion as a graphic novel sometime before November 1, 2012. The webcomic finished online publication on September 30, 2014. Shortly afterward, most of the webcomic was taken down as part of the contractual agreement for publication as a physical graphic novel, leaving only a short bit of the opening as a preview. The website for the webcomic later went down entirely, and is no longer accessible.
The comic was published in entirety as a single graphic novel on May 12, 2015. The movie adaptation rights were sold to Fox in 2015, as well, and the project was given to Blue Sky Studios. The comic was later adapted into a full cast audiobook on October 4, 2016. The graphic novel is available for purchase in paperback, hardcover, and as an ebook, and the audiobook is also available for purchase. (The link has international seller links). The graphic novel has been translated into 16 languages. It is also available in a special edition English hardcover via Illumicrate. They only ship from the UK, but ship internationally, and you don't need a subscription to buy the book. As the standard graphic novel and audiobook are ~7+ years old now, if you have a local library, you can see if either of them are available that way.
Disney bought 20th Century Fox Animation (later 20th Century Animation, the purchase completed in 2019), but later shut down Blue Sky Studios in 2021, cancelling the still-in-production movie. Crew worked on shopping the movie around for a new home after talks with Disney. The movie was later picked up and completed by Annapurna, DNEG, and Netflix, premiered June 14, 2023 in France, showed in select theaters starting principally on June 23, 2023, and released to general audiences on Netflix for streaming on June 30, 2023. I have more info on this here.
In English, Nimona is voiced by Chloë Grace Moretz, Ballister Boldheart is voiced by Riz Ahmed, and Ambrosius Goldenloin is voiced by Eugene Lee Yang.
If you're looking for official merch, the movie soundtrack is up on multiple platforms, including YouTube, iOS, Spotify, and Amazon, and a vinyl version of the soundtrack was sold by iam8bit. There is an official humanoid Nimona plushie, a whale Nimona plushie, and a shark Nimona plushie, available via Gee and Hot Topic, as well as a variety of official shirts available via Hot Topic and Amazon (just search Brand: Nimona). Nate also still sells "Nimona" comic art on his INPRNT store.
Netflix released a free-to-read digital-only multimedia 358-page artbook for the movie (but took it down in March 2024). (It's also been released at least for crew/friends of crew(?) in physical release, so maybe it'll get mass release as a hardcover). Outside of this, a lot of the crew for the movie from both Blue Sky and DNEG have been releasing a ton of concept art and development stuff, and the cast and crew have been doing a lot of promotional interviews and videos going back through like April 2023, so there's a lot of material to look through on YouTube, tiktok, tumblr, twitter, Instagram, Facebook/Meta, and Vimeo, as well as various news and media sites. Nate is active on tumblr, his personal blog, twitter, and Instagram. Annapurna, DNEG, and Netflix also have multiple accounts on many platforms, including their own websites, YouTube, Facebook/Meta, and Twitter, and have been sharing clips and behind the scenes stuff.
Nimona actually has been added to a video game: Nimona was included as an event companion in SharkBite 2, a Roblox game.
If you're looking for fanworks, the fandom is active on most platforms, and has been ever since Nate started posting early art of the characters. Nate's talked at length in multiple places about how big the fandom was during the webcomic's publication. Mostly back then folks were very active in the Disqus comments on pages, which are a bit harder to find these days. There's a lot of the older comic fanart still circulating in different places (particularly tumblr, where the fandom was most active), some of which Nate reblogged. There is crossover between the comic and movie fandoms, as many fans of the comic love the movie and vice versa, and both fandoms are quite active. There is at least one active subreddit and fanwiki (and many others on assorted fantasy, comic, movie, and non-English language sites), as well as TV Tropes pages for both the comic and movie adaptation and a number of Discord servers.
For fanfiction, there are a ton of fics on Archive of Our Own in the comic tag and in the movie adaptation tag. There are also a number of fics on tumblr, some fics on fanfiction.net, and some on Wattpad. There are fanvids on tiktok, Instagram, and YouTube. There is fanart on tumblr, twitter, deviantart, instagram, and pixiv. There are cosplayers, meta analysts, roleplayers, music makers, and many other fanworkers
Some tags to use/browse for posts on tumblr and other sites:
Nimona
Nimona fanart
Nimona comic
Nimona movie
Ballister Blackheart
Ballister Boldheart
Ambrosius Goldenloin
Gloreth
Meredith Blitzmeyer
Ballister x Ambrosius / Goldenheart / Boldloin / Boldenloin / Blackenloin / Blackloin / Goldheart
Will update this post as I come across new things.
#Nimona#ND Stevenson#Nimona comic#Nimona webcomic#Nimona graphic novel#Nimona movie#Ballister Blackheart#Ballister Boldheart#Ambrosius Goldenloin#FAQ#Nimona FAQ
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Hi, Regina is my absolute favourite in ouat and you made her stunning in this gifset âš
I was wondering how did you make glitch effect from green to b&w, Would you please post a tutorial?
Hi! Thank you so much! the start of the tutorial is below the cut but because it's multiple gifs and I could only add so many photos to a post to explain, I have had to split it onto another post but I have put a link at the end when it's time to move onto the next one. :) if anything doesn't make sense or if anyone follows this and it helps, i would love to know either way!
Glitch effect tutorial used on this set below the cut
note: credit to this tutorial which was very helpful when i was making the set but i didn't feel it explained how to do the b&w gif and that's what took me a while to figure out, so if anything on this tutorial isn't clear, that one should also help. this will be slightly different because in my set i made it so the glitch faded into each other and i've added my own flare to it but the basic technique is the same.
create 2 gifs the same size, you can add whatever colouring, sharpening etc you like, one in colour, one in b&w (you can do 2 in colour but for the purpose of this i'm doing one b&w to show how to do both versions).
i'm going to do the b&w gif fading into the colour gif on this tutorial (bc that's just what i started editing first) but obviously if you're making a full set decide which gif you want to fade into which because the first part of the gif will have the glitch effect on the end and the second will have it at the beginning so it will matter for the final outcome of your set
PART 1 - B&W GIF
if you edit in frame animation, you must convert your b&w gif to the video animation timeline otherwise the colours will not show up on the glitch effect. you can do this by clicking the lines menu above the frames
i usually colour in frame animation because it plays quicker to preview how it will look and then convert to video to add my sharpening at the end but it's personal preference how you create your gifs.
hold control + select all of your frames > right click > convert to smart object
all of your frames, colouring etc should all be in one frame now, select it > click the lines menu above the animation timeline again > convert frames > flatten frames into clips
you should now have a longer list of layers that make up each frame of your gif
this is because we need to convert back to frame animation to edit the glitch effect onto individual frames. if you don't flatten the frames to clips the gif will not play when it's converted because 1 layer will equal only 1 frame. it may seem long winded to go back and forth but it makes sure all your colouring is already included in the frames when you make it glitch. if you add the colouring afterwards it will change the colour of the glitch effect or turn it black and white and it won't be very visible (if anyone has an easier way i'm very happy for suggestions, i was just figuring this out as i went and found the glitch didn't work on the b&w gif any other way for me!!)
now we go back to the 3 lines menu > convert frames > convert to frame animation
if you get this pop up, press continue. it's fine because we have each of our frames in their own layers now
your frame animation timeline will initially load with just one frame
go to the lines menu again > make frames from layers
now all of the frames will load, but they will be at 0 seconds (except the first frame) and we need to make them all run at a playable speed, so go back to that same lines menu above the timeline > select all frames > select under any frame where it says 0 sec. > other > i usually put in 0.05 but do whatever works for you
PART 2 - ADDING THE GLITCH EFFECT
pick a frame about 5 from the end, select it and select the corresponding layer with the eye icon next to it to show it's the one visible
right click > duplicate layer (or just press control + J)
then on the copy of the layer right click > blending options (or double click)
in the advanced blending section, untick R > ok
make sure the move tool is selected
now using the arrow keys on your keyboard move that layer either left or right as many notches as you like (i've started out with 10 here)
hold control > select both the visible layers
right click > merge layers
now move onto the next frame and corresponding layer and repeat the same process (i have no idea why my ps decided frame 46 doesn't exist so ignore that dkjddj)
if the frame(s) below is still visible, just click the eye to hide it so only the one you're working on and it's copy layer are showing
this time i've moved the layer 6 notches to the right as below
keep going until you get to the end of the animation. you can move each layer as much as you like either side just play around with your gif and do whatever you think looks good! if you want to do more than the last 5 frames or less than them, do that too! just remember that we are also going to put a glitch on the coloured gif then combine them, so the final glitch effect will be longer
when you're done, you might have to go back to the first frame on your animation and hide all of the layers you've just edited because on mine they all visible so the gif won't play
then go back to the end of the gif and make the right layer visible on the right frame again (hopefully this makes sense)
so far, the gif should play something like this
to make it smoother i picked a few frames earlier in the gif, before the start of the glitch at the end to add the same effect to the first frame i edited was number 32 (layer 'frame 45'), so i'm going to add it to frames 25 and 26 as well
then i selected the last frame and layer > filter (at the top of the screen) > blur > motion blur
then pick another frame and corresponding layer > filter > noise > add noise
do this to a couple of frames of your choice with the glitch effect on too, it makes it a little more grunge-y which i think fits with the concept that it's supposed to be glitching/broken
now it looks like this, subtle but in my opinion notably smoother
go to the left side of the screen under the frame timeline and click the convert to video timeline button
once i've converted it back to the video timeline, i like to select all of my layers again > right click > group from layers (or select all and control + g). i'm going to rename this b&w so it doesn't get confusing later
I can only add 30 images per post so this tutorial is CONTINUED HERE!
#resource#gifmaking#tutorial#gif tutorial#glitch tutorial#glitch effect tutorial#photoshop tutorial#userssam: tutorial#answered#anonymous
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Hold on ,,, i kinda fell out of the fandom a while ago
Is Tervo canon now?? Like... earnest canon? Not just in that limbo between homophobic jokes and queerbaiting but like... Actual committed, loving relationship that they're both working on and they don't just sometimes kiss for laughs?
Because in that case i might start watching again
(I fell off just before the christmas special)
OH BOY ANON YOU JUST ACTIVATED MY AUTISM
So the short answer is yes though not 100% and I understand if thatâs not what youâre looking for but if you have time you can listen to me go off:
So they pretty much do everything except stare directly at the audience and announce that their in a relationship but the show pretty much tells us theyâre in relationship
Weâll start with the Christmas Special since you stopped there.
Thereâs only one âtervoâ scene where Terry reveals heâs been practicing punching for Korvoâs Christmas present and they share a kiss which is the best kiss weâve gotten from them.
Itâs very sweet
Now onto s3
Iâm linking my own video if you want to watch the scenes yourself but donât worry Iâm gonna break into them: link to video
Thereâs a lot of little things through out the season the word âhusbandâ is thrown around a lot, in episode 2 Terry refers to Korvo as babe a personal fave of mine. Thereâs also huge implications theyâre having sex with each other which you know helps.
The main episodes with the biggest Tervo moments are episode 3 The Pupas Big Day and episode 8 The Cubic Lattice Crystallizer
The Pupaâs Big Day features jealous Korvo in the best possible way (this is my personally favorite episode in the series by the way)
I donât want to ruin the episodes for you but Terry is buddy buddy with a new character and it drives Korvo crazy. In the end the episode ends with with this line:
Tervo for the soul
The Cubic Lattice Crystallizer starts well with this:
After the fam goes on vacation and a few shenanigans happens until Terry and Korvo end up a museum of betrayals which features an animatronic of Korvo getting banged by Chris the red goobler
This sets off Terry who shows quite a bit a jealousy from the situation Iâm not going to show it cause of tumblrâs nsfw rules but the animatronic says something along the lines
âIâm coming harder than I do with Terryâ
The final scene I want to talk about come from the season finale The Fog of Pupa. Ms. Frankie reveals the cunnilingus Korvo gave her in the s2 finale and Terry give him this look:
Itâs just screams Terryâs pissed at Korvo for this but why would he be if they werenât in a relationship??
Outside that we have the Halloween special where itâs revealed Korvo gave Terry bj coupons for Valentines Day
Cute
Also found this excerpt article with Mike McMahan (hereâs a link for the entire article)
In the s4 preview (youtube link) Terry pretty much is the sole reason Korvo is British now because it made him horny, he also calls Korvo sweetie in the clip.
We also have a Valentines episode to look forward too which a lot of people are speculating a tervo wedding as âsomething bigâ is suppose to happen to two characters hmmmâŠ..
So are they in a relationship? I like to think so but Iâm also autistic and a little insane and I eat up all the scraps they give me. Maybe Iâm delusional but i feel thereâs a ton of evidence here. If you think this is just queerbait material I understand but I think itâs pretty clear theyâre in love with each other. Either way I can't wait for s4 and more tervo content for me to tear into and analyze the death.
Anyway thanks for sticking with me here and I hope this answered your question!
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Prev anon here, if it isn't too much of a hassle a post about your gif settings would great! I used to make gifs years ago and every time I felt like making a set these days I just don't know what I'm doing anymore XD. Like, I forgot everything about how I used to make gifs in photoshop.
hello again!! I tried making it as comprehensible as i could for you and also to the people who wants to start making gifs :D
you can simply scroll to the ps settings if thats all you need ^^
Vapoursynth (If you don't have it, it's totally okay to just use ps because this is really just a matter of preference bcs i feel like resizing in photoshop worsens the quality)
simply drag the video(preferably 1080p or above) you want to use to the vapourscript!
3. this thing shows up, just write the timestamp and the duration (ex.if the clip you want starts at 1:24 and ends at 1:27 then the encoding duration would be 4 seconds)
4. after that, you'll be taken to the resizer and you can adjust the size of the gif here and sharpening here too. i like to add a bit of finesharp because i also feel like the processing lowers the quality a little
5. copy the text at the top right and paste it onto the vs editor
6. (forgot to take a pic but you can choose which frames you want to process by clicking script and then preview at the top) 7. click script and then encode, change preset to Export to MOV and header to Y4M and then click start
8. after that's done you can close it, and move onto photoshop! 9. once you've opened photoshop, click on file on the top left, click import and the video frames to layers 10. look for the output folder and there you can see the encoded file
11. Delete the frames you don't want and then we can start on the sharpening! 12. click on the 4 lines at the frame window and then select all frames
13. go to select at the top and then select all layers
14. click on filter and then convert for smart filters
15. and now for the sharpening! click on filter, sharpen and then smart sharpen! (here are the settings<3)
(ps. the unsharp mask is simply there because i want to test it out) 17. once you're finished with the sharpening, you can now flatten it into layers
18. delete the first layer 19. click on convert to frame animation
20. finally make frames from layers (you can find it above flatten into layers) 21. set the frame delay to 0.02 (for 60fps) or 0.04 (for 30fps)
22. colouring depends on your preference, my psd can be downloaded on the source link ^^ 23. go to file, export and save for web
(my export settings) and save! miyabi gifs w/o sharpen & colour
w/ sharpen
w/ sharpen & colour
#i probably wouldn't be able to sleep if i didn't answer this firstsdhlsd#the colouring really depends on the sharpening#while psds may works for some it might not work for different sharpening settings#being a hoyo gifmaker is so fun.. i dont have to trouble myself with music show stage lightshsldls#inboxđ
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well here is sunny's scuffed gif tutorial for anyone who wants to learn how to gif đđ
so first of all you're obviously going to need a clip of whatever you want to gif. you can either download full videos or use a screen recorder (like obs for example) to record the specific scene you want to gif
once you have your clip you go into photoshop and look for "file -> import -> video frames to layers" then choose your clip and you'll get a screen like this
you can use the two small arrows to trim the clip to just what you need then click ok and it will open the clip up into frames
(btw if you don't already have it on make sure to go to "window" and turn on timeline. that's where you will see the frames)
now personally my first step is cropping and resizing. cropping is kind of self explanatory but to resize the gif make sure you go to "image -> image size" (NOT canvas size. just wanted to say that since the options are kind of similar) (although you can still use canvas size for cropping) and here is a handy little chart that is helpful if you want to know what to resize gifs to (width is what's important here height can be whatever you want it to be)
now personally my next step is sharpening although you can probably also do this at the end. i use maizekeen's gif sharpening actions (if you don't know how to use actions in photoshop there are many tutorials online but very basically you download the actions then go into the actions menu (windows -> action if you don't have it open) and click on load actions) and then from there you just choose your action and click the play button
then after that is usually when i delete any extra unwanted frames in the timeline (it's not necessary to delete the frames from the layers panel)
NOW is the fun part and also where a lot of this becomes up to taste and personal style âš
make sure you have your adjustment panel open (window -> adjustments)
the ones underlined are the main ones i use. i recommend playing around and seeing what does what and seeing what ends up looking cool to you
oh and when you use adjustment layers make sure they are above all the layers of the gif like this
i made some different edits of the same gif to show some of the different things you can do. like i said it's up to personal taste and style
here is the original unedited for comparison
and here are some different edits i did real quick to hopefully give you some ideas for what you can do
and if you want to change the speed of a gif make sure to select all frames and then use this little arrow
i tend to use either 0.05 or 0.04 since anything faster or slower tends to start looking wonky but you can try it out yourself and see what looks good to you
btw here is the difference between 0.05 (left) and 0.04 (right)
NOW FOR SAVING
when you feel like you're done you wanna go to "export -> save for web" (it might say legacy next to yours it still works the same) and you will get a window like this
the most important things here are the two options i circled. most of the time i just leave these at adaptive and pattern. perceptual and selective can be used in place of adaptive but i've found that adaptive tends to look best. diffusion instead of pattern can help lower the size of a file in some situations but it doesn't always work but for the love of god please don't set it to "no dither". also make sure the looping option is set to forever (unless you specifically wanna make a non looping gif)
and from this menu you can preview your gif (lower left corner). slightly above the preview button is where you can see your file size (in this case this gif is 7.8mb) tumblr says their gif limit is 10mb but in reality it's slightly less than that so if your gif is 9.7~9.8mb it's probably too big
now if everything looks good then just click on save and name your gif and you're done đ
now i'm sure there are a lot of things i didn't explain well so if there are any question feel free to send me an ask or a dm and i'll try to explain things more in depth :)
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Speedpaint + quick tut on how I do Na'vi skin/stripes with video and screenshots
Here's the video to go along, but I'll go step by step with screenshots
We start with a base layer for the skin. I make a clip layer on top and be sure to also fill it the same base blue, because otherwise the blending properties of the brushes won't apply.
This is meant to be low detail so I won't give it too much colour, but I make the throat and centre of the face lighter, the eyes and ears pink/redder.
Then it's time to decide on light direction/angle and how it affects geometry. Doing a little of that really helps, but you don't have to paint the way I did there... Got lost in the sauce.
Add another clip layer on top, set it to multiply, and get started.
There are many ways to do stripes. I do mine entirely by hand, in a style of painting and erasing with the same brush but inverted. It's a lot like sculpting. Doing everything by hand guarantees a lack of uniformity. See the video for this step.
Now that I'm happy with the look I have, I UNCLIP the layer of stripes, revealing the places I went beyond the skin. That's fine.
Add a layer on top of Stripes. Clip it to stripe.
Right click on Stripe layer. Click "selection from layer > create selection"
Now you have a bar under the selection with shortcuts we're going to use.
Reduce the selection. The amount of pixels depends on the size of your drawing. Play around!
Now inverst the selection. So you're not drawing inside of it but outside of it only.
Select the multiply layer on top of the Stripes.
Paint in! In the reference above I used a deep purple to highlight what it should look like, but obviously you want a light blue.
Tweak colour and transparency of that layer as needed!
Then I use a blur brush (I prefer Maablur Brush, it's free iirc), and the soft eraser, in various areas so it's not entirely uniform.
See what the stripes look like on these people :
Q is quite dark with less light inside some sections. Meanwhile Neteyam has a very thin dark lining around his face stripes :
They're generally pretty desaturated. Body stripes also seem to be much more blurry in general :
Anyway, MERGE that multiple layer to the Stripe layer. CLIP the Stripe layer back to the skin.
Now it's time to erase or blur as you wish. I tend to erase around the nose, cheeks and throat.
Even Metkayina have that erased quality :
I add sanhi on a layer set to "add glow" and pick a teal colour. I either do it manually in pencil or with a dot brush.
Final tweaks of saturation and transparency, maybe playing around with "add" or "multiply" layers for quick highlights on top of everything or deeper shadows.
That's it! That's how I always do stripes, no matter how rendered the skin underneath. Elias needs more work before he's done, but it's a good preview, I hope.
#tutorial#stripes#na'vi#recombinant#avatar#avatar 2#atwow#recoms#art tutorial#metkayina#omatikaya#my art
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To Pierce the White Eye- TWO
Preview / One / Two / Three / Four / Fin.
Pairing: Psychic!Jaemin x Reader (She/ her)
Genre: Fantasy, Thriller, soulmates au, angst
Warnings: Graphic depictions of violence, mentions of catastrophic deadly events
Word Count: 4.9K
Work is inspired by/ based on blue exorcist & vampire knight.
You stretched out, your fists knocking the old headboard. You squint your eyes open, the sunlight seeping in through the thin curtains in Kun and Jungwooâs spare bedroom. You were grateful that they didnât have anyone rent the room out this semester, as it allowed you to crash there for the night. Well, you and-
You craned your neck slowly, your eyes widening as you saw Jaeminâs sleeping figure on the bed next to you. His chest rose and fell evenly, in such a deep slumber you almost felt bad for wanting to wake him up.
You were both miserably tired the night before. You got lucky that Jungwoo was up late enough to answer your phone call, and even more lucky that he didnât ask any additional questions when you mentioned another friend of yours would be there too. The thought of returning to your dorm when Mark, Johnny, and Ten would ask a million questions made you sick- but you also couldnât stand the thought of being alone.
You needed to leave though, before Kun and Jungwoo woke up and really started digging into you two. You reached a hand across the bed, your hand brushing against Jaeminâs shoulder when your eyesight went white and you collapsed back onto the bed, out cold.
*****
You were in a white room with screens playing all along the circular walls. Confused, you looked down, making eye contact with Jaemin, who laid on the floor on his back, arms tucked under his head.
âWhere the fuck am I?â you whimpered, holding yourself and spinning as you looked at all of the screens that made their way to the top of the dome you two somehow found yourselves in.Â
âOh, itâs a defense mechanism psychics have. It used to be for when people would try to kill us in our sleep. They would be knocked out and sent to where we psychics go when we sleep,â he explained casually, turning his attention back to looking at the screens. You looked closer, seeing clips of different people, some more grainy than others.
âYouâre seeing futures even as you sleep?â you asked, your arms going slack at your side.
âYeah, just because Iâm sleeping doesnât mean time stops,â he shrugged.
âThatâs exhausting.â
âExistence is exhausting,â Jaemin corrected.Â
You gulped, swallowing your anxiety. You stepped forward, your feet echoing in the space as you focused on one of Jaeminâs visions- one of Mark, your father, and Yuta. The vision was grainy, but you were able to at least make out these three figures for sure- not so much the space they were in. You could tell the conversation was engaging and vibrant by the hand gestures your brother used when he got excited.Â
The screen next to it was much less grainy, but also much less full of energy. Jaemin sat in the spot Yuta was- in the middle of the couch in your family home with Mark to his side. Your Dad sat off to the side, and you could make out his furrowed brow pointed at the psychic in your home. While there was no sound you could gather from the first video, in this one however, there was a faint broken style of speaking coming through the screen.Â
â... makes⊠me smile,â Jaeminâs scrambled voice came through.
â... Iâm glad,â your fatherâs voice was crystal clear- it was as if he too was in Jaeminâs head. The image suddenly cleared and you were able to perfectly make out every part of the screen, and hear the low conversation all three were having together.
âHey guys!â this voice made you jump, and then the screen went black. It was your voice, you realized.
âI thought you said you couldnât see me,â you turned back around, seeing that Jaemin now sat up at the center of the room, his eyes trained on you.
âThe screen went black, you werenât there,â he sighed, standing up. âSo itâs time to wake up?â
You blinked quickly, reminding yourself as to why you were there in the first place. âY-yeah.â
******
It had been a week since your stay at Kun and Jungwooâs. The Vatican arrived at Knightâs Cross on extremely short notice, reinforcing the demon barriers to make sure nothing else would pop up. You had also managed to beg Kun and Jungwoo to not mention to Mark that Jaemin was there after promising that you would take them to dinner at any place of their choice.Â
The night library was in the same fenced off area where the night dorms were- a single large building stuffed with books that were hundreds and thousands of years old. Despite this there was no librarian- so you sat quietly in the corner with a sticky note of questions and several books cracked open on your single table.
What caused the blue night?
The first question was the one you knew would be the hardest one to find an answer, that is if there even was one. Jaemin explained already that the demons gained possession, but the reason behind it was still unanswered to you.
More info on oligarchy?
It wasnât so much a question as just a want to better understand. You didnât want to bother Ten or Jaemin, and you felt embarrassed about not knowing it already. You wanted to better understand the world you were sworn to help, and you wanted to better understand Jaemin.
Jaemin.
You pinched the bridge of your nose, trying to get the psychic out of your mind. Thankfully, it seemed that no night students went into their own library often, so you were able to get some peace for a bit as you did your research.
In order to properly rule the mythic world after the treaty of 202 AD, it was agreed that there would be a changing monarchy, hereby dubbed the oligarchy. It would comprise no less than five families and no more than ten that will change off its ruler to someone new within them every 750 years or until the current ruler dies. There can be no more than two of the same species in the oligarchy.Â
The order shall proceed as follows with the founding oligarchy families and their respective species: Faerie Leeâs, Vampire Nakamotoâs, Shifter Kimâs, Vampire Leeâs, and Psychic Naâs.
You scribbled down the names of the families, your eyebrows raising in surprise to see that Tenâs family was here.
âHm, the Oligarchy history book,â this voice immediately called your eyes up and you froze. The crowned prince smiled awkwardly, gesturing to the open seat, âmind if I take a seat?â
âYeah⊠is this book, like, common or something?â you asked as he now sat across from you. He set a few books down on the table, thinking for a moment before he nodded.
âWe get taught using that book in like the sixth grade. What is it you're looking for? Itâs likely that the version you have is out of date,â he offered, making it obvious that he too was trying to prod at your business.
âWell, I think I should have some background on the mythic government and affairs,â you offered.
âInteresting that your father didnât teach you about the oligarchy.â
âIâm an adult- I can figure things out without my Dad.â
âIâm an adult too, and thereâs still somethings I canât quite piece together on my own, like-,â Yuta studied your blank expression before he continued, âwhy did Jaemin reek of you the other morning after he snuck out?â
Your face fully paled, and you knew the vampire could hear your heart jump into your throat, âitâs not what you-.â
He started laughing, cutting you off as his laughter echoed throughout the space of the library.
âThe only other person who could tell is Ten- your secret is safe with me,â Yuta winked, and you furrowed your brow fully ready to defend yourself until a breeze whipped past you. You saw the small sticky note you wrote your questions on now in Yutaâs hand.
He whistled, âthat first one is a heavy question.â
âIs there a heavy answer?â
âShit, if I knewâŠâ a smile passed his face before he pushed it away, swallowing loudly before shaking his head, âwe donât know why all of those demons possessed and killed so many mythics.â
âThere has to be a reason. Demons canât just⊠climb to the surface without any help and any purpose⊠I think,â you muttered, your pencil tapping the table as you thought it all over. Yuta folded the sticky note, setting it on the book in front of you.
âThe blue night changed everything for us. It⊠took my big brotherâs life,â he whispered at the end, you sat up in full attention. âRight now, the ruler of the mythics is the Queen- sheâs a Faerie Lee,â he pointed at the name on your textbook, his finger then dragging to the name that followed, âafter them, it falls onto the oldest child of the Vampire Nakamotoâs. It was meant to be my brother in every way, but that night⊠that night took his life.â
âAnd subsequently gave you the burden of being the future ruler,â you finished, your voice hushed. Yuta sighed, nodding as you began to understand this world. âIâm sorry you lost your brother, Yuta.â
âItâs okay, all I can do is try to make him proud.â
âIâm sure you will,â you affirmed, and he smiled in response. Shortly afterwards, you made the trek to the main building of the University, greeting the person you sat next to in your lecture that day.
âDid you do the homework, Sicheng?â you asked, taking the packet out from your backpack.
âOf course I did. It did take me ages, though,â Sicheng groaned, taking it out from his bag too. Sicheng was more Mark and Jungwooâs friend than anything, but since this was your second class together, you had gotten more friendly over time. âMaybe one of these days Kun will give us the answers,â he joked.
âI tried, he just tells me to go to his tutoring sessions,â you pouted, seeing your friend at his usual spot at the front of the class. Kun was the TA for the course, so between juggling his Masterâs Classes, he was also helping in teaching classrooms of confused students.
âDang, I guess that means weâll have to actually learn,â Sicheng tucked his hands behind his head, leaning back on his chair.
âYou act like you donât have a perfect grade in this class,â you scoffed. Sicheng graduated top of your class in high school- it was why everyone was so surprised when he simply elected to go to the closest university despite everyone knowing he got into far more prestigious schools.
âHm, youâre right,â he was smug, laughing to himself. Class started soon thereafter, Kun collecting the homework and occasionally sharing glances with you two throughout the professor's lecture. The professor spoke in long drones, making it hard to focus, but all you could do was try your best, and hope that the mythics wouldnât cloud your mind for too long.
âDo you have any plans after class?â you asked Sicheng as you began to pack up.
âHm, probably just studying and trying to knock out this assignment, you?â
âI have my international studies class, sadly.â
âOh boy, I took that one last semester. Good luck! Iâll see you next week.â
You omitted the truth a bit when speaking to Sicheng. After International Studies, you and Mark calmly checked the classrooms, noticing that the other had gotten more jumpy with the recent demon attack.
âKun, Jungwoo, and I will meet you outside of the gate,â you reminded Mark after class. It was time for you to pay up, and the duo somehow found a place open 24 hours not too far out of town.
âSounds good, see you then!âÂ
While you were going out for a late night bite with friends, Jaemin was holed up in his dorm room with Hendery. The poor shapeshifter had been doing his best to help Jaemin mask any trace of you, but it was still a discussion everyone was having. It was strange for Jaemin to be around anyone that wasnât his one close companion, let alone to be reeked in the smell of a human.
âDoyoung thinks it might be her,â Hendery admitted. Jaemin was perched on his bed, staring up at the ceiling as his assignments crowded the night stand next to him. Hendery was at his desk chair on the far side of the room, waiting patiently for the psychic to have any sort of response. Jaemin knew Doyoung gave Hendery hell trying to press Hendery to see if his theory was right, and Jaemin hated Doyoung for it.
âDoyoung is a bastard,â Jaemin huffed.Â
âYeah, but heâs-.â
âThe only shifter to have mastered all twelve forms. I know.â
Hendery sighed at Jaeminâs response, and Jaemin sat up in his bed. Quietly, Jaemin began thinking over the other person who was being pressed these past few days, and his left eye blew out on a grainy vision.
Ten, was on his phone in his dorm with Johnny, but Jaemin couldnât make out much else.
Jaemin has been frustrated with not being able to see your future as he was always able to. He had taken to looking at the future of your friends to help him get a better gauge, but even that has proven to be difficult.Â
Jaeminâs eyesight returned, and he stood up, leaving his room and ignoring the small, abnormal groupings of people outside of his room. He maneuvered down the hall, and knocked on the room that Johnny and Ten shared with Shotaro.Â
Johnny opened the door, raising an eyebrow as Jaemin slinked under his arm and into the room, narrowly avoiding the faeries exposed wings.Â
âItâs been a week and you still smell of her,â Ten greeted, not looking up from his phone as Jaemin stood next to the vampire's bed.Â
âWhat is the smell even like?â Jaemin vocalized, the question slipping out.
âAsh and oak,â Johnny answered, now standing next to Jaemin. âWhat do you want, Na?â
âAre you trying to be tough with your wings out?â Jaemin raised an eyebrow at the faerie who furrowed his brow in response. Johnnyâs wings were a soft lilac, white glitter shimmering off of them as they sat on the tall manâs back.
Jaemin frowned, for the first time feeling insecure about what someone would respond with. He was always prepared for the future- but now, he was on his own. Taking a deep breath, he asked, âWhat kind of coffee does she like?â
******
Chenle and Jisung were two of the residentâs on your floor of the dorm, this Jaemin already knew.
Jaemin made awkward conversation with them while he stood outside of your dorm room, hoping you would answer his knock as fast as possible. While the day students werenât allowed anywhere near the night dorms, night students were able to enter these spaces with ease. It helped that the aristocratic mythics tended to want to avoid the humans anyways. This was because the mythics would have to hide parts of themselves that were true to their nature- like how Jaemin was making sure to not look into the future, lest his eye turn white and he scares the two freshmen.
âWeâve never seen you! Whatâs your major?â Chenle asked as Jisung studied Jaemin. Even in the small glimpses Jaemin had seen of the pair, it was painfully obvious the crush Jisung had on you. It was a small, adorable crush, but a crush that only you were oblivious to.
âDo you guys talk to everyone who knocks on the RAâs dorm?â Jaemin asked, irritated by his lack of perception.
âSome of them,â Jisung muttered as you door opened.
âHi guys- oh, Jaemin, hi!â you forced a polite smile, trying to hide the surprise on your face with your residentâs right there. Jisung and Chenle didnât flinch, not taking a hint to move away. âYou brought the game, right? Come in!â grabbing Jaeminâs arm, you nearly dragged him into your dorm.Â
âDid you guys need anything?â you asked the pair, and when they shook their heads, you waved goodbye and shut the door. Jaemin was frozen in the small kitchen area of your studio, afraid to move in your space. âJaemin? Whatâs up?â
Jaemin turned back around to face you, and thatâs when you finally noticed the two coffee cups in his hands.
âDo you wanna go for a walk?â
You werenât sure what compelled you to agree, but you threw on a sweater and started along the small path that sliced through the forest of campus, coffee cup warming your hands. It was a Saturday, and the first one in a while that you were awake before three in the afternoon.Â
It was painfully quiet, not just on campus, but between you and Jaemin. It was hard to think of conversation when you two a few nights ago had passed out on the pull out couch of your friend. Why did you do that? You took a large sip of the coffee to quell your nerves, looking at the browning trees along the path.
âIâm sorry I⊠I ruined our first encounter. Iâve been⊠weird, and cryptic, and Iâm sorry. Iâd like to start again,â Jaemin pushed the words out, and you glanced over to see him struggling. You studied his face as best as you could, trying to not trip as you walked. You looked ahead again, letting out a small chuckle.
âYouâre not used to not having the upperhand in conversations, huh?âÂ
âHmm, I wouldnât call it an upper hand,â Jaemin sighed, a small laugh falling out.Â
âWe can start over,â you stopped, lifting a pointer finger, âbut stop being so fucking ominous all the time.â
âWhat if my personality is just being ominous?â Jaemin kept a straight face, looking directly into your eyes until the corner of his lip twitched.
âYouâre making a joke,â you noted, and he lifted both of his arms in a guilty as charged way. You continued down the path, now comfortable in the space together as you took in the fresh air.
âBefore I lost my ability to see your path, I knew you were looking for something,â Jaemin started, âdid you find it?â
âWhat are you talking about?â
âThat first edition copy of Breaking Dawn- the one with the added excerpts from a hacker.â
You laughed loudly then. This was true- you had been hunting for this copy of the final Twilight book for a few months now, and the fact that this was a vision the psychic saw and remembered gave you a mixed feeling you couldnât process. âNo, I havenât had any luck yet.â
âAh, well, I hope you get your hands on it soon. Iâve been trying to get my hands on a copy of The Adventures of Sly Cooper comic, but I havenât seen myself getting my hands on one for less than $300,â Jaemin confessed. You two completed the path circuit a few times, talking about video games, collecting, and books for a while. Jaemin was strange, but you liked that about him.Â
âHave you uh⊠spoken with Yuta recently?â Jaemin asked suddenly, his cup now hanging empty in his hand as he squeezed it.
You raised an eyebrow at this random inquiry, âNo, not for a bit⊠Why do you ask?â
Jaemin ignored the small extra beat in his chest and tried to swallow the nerves he had built up, âHeâs⊠heâs a nice guy.â
âOh, youâre friends with him?â
âUm⊠sure.â
âWell, if heâs your friend, I bet heâs nice then,â you smiled at Jaemin, and he fully swore his heart stopped at that moment. âAre you ever going to tell me, by the way?â
âTell you what?â Jaeminâs voice came out in a hushed tone, his cheeks growing red in embarrassment.
âWhy were you so closely following my future?â you smirked. To you, it felt like an obvious question. While you werenât necessarily spooked by Jaemin anymore, you were still curious as to why he was so focused on you- and another part of yourself that you didnât want to acknowledge had a theory of its own.
Jaemin was quiet, tapping the empty cup as he tried to manufacture a proper response. The Na prophecy was something closely held in his family, and something he had only ever told Hendery about in passing. Jaemin tilted his head up, the small breeze flowing through the trees kissed his skin.
âDo you sometimes feel like⊠thereâs a weight on you? One you might never understand from somewhere you donât even know?â Jaemin asked, his eyes wincing at the sunlight.
â... I was abandoned with severe amnesia as a child. Thatâs sort of my whole schtick,â you forced a breathy laugh despite the nail Jaemin managed to hit right on the head. Nervously, you placed a hand on his shoulder, âYou just have to remember that you have support, yâknow? People who wanna help you figure out that weight and where it comes from.â
Jaemin nodded- you were right, and he knew the exact person who could help him figure this weight out.
That night, Jaemin met with his mother at the Yosei Inn and Fine Dining. He had called her knowing that she already knew he would be calling, and started the first thirty minutes of their dinner gushing over how happy she was to get that vision.
âOh dear I was already in town- and you know reservations here can get insane,â she prattled on, the faerie server refilling both of their glasses of faerie wine. The Yosei Inn sat about twenty miles away from the University and was hidden from human eyes with a bit of magic and practical effects. It was a Faerie run Inn that was often used by the parents of the elite night class students from Knightâs Cross whenever the University Presidentâs basement was unavailable. Jaemin recognized a few other peers there, all of whom greeted Jaeminâs mother excitedly and acknowledged him in the most polite way possible.Â
âSo! Whatâs on my beautiful boyâs mind?â She cooed, her hands sitting on top of her sonâs. Jaemin was lucky- compared to most other oligarchy parents, both of his were loving, sweet, and didnât try to force him to upgrade their status. The only pressure applied was the same thing past down his family- and it was the primary source of his strife.
âI⊠I have a problem,â Jaemin muttered.Â
âYou just have to remember that you have support, yâknow? People who wanna help you figure out that weight and where it comes from.â Your words buzzed around his head like an annoying fly, and he wished he could simply swat them away.
âYes, a romantic one, correct?â his mother asked, and Jaemin met her gaze.Â
âH-how?â
âOh please- I've had this vision of you telling me about someone you like since you were born⊠it only became clear recently, though.â
âI-I donât like anyone romantically, if thatâs what youâre going on about. My issue isâŠâ Jaemin lowered his voice, and leaned in closer so any prying ears couldnât hear, âI canât see⊠I canât see someoneâs future anymore.â
His mother stopped blinking, and stared at Jaeminâs confused face as she started silently weeping.
âMom, why are you crying?â he whispered, panicking as he snatched his napkin up and began trying to dab away the tears cascading down her cheeks. She allowed her son to swipe the tears away before she smiled and shooed him off of her, a smile now having graced her features.
âJaemin⊠when I first met your father⊠time stopped. Then⊠we couldnât see each otherâs futures anymore,â his Mother was so excited that her sentence ended in a higher pitch than Jaemin had ever heard her use. He furrowed his eyebrows, his eyes scanning his motherâs elated expression as he began trying to piece together what she was saying.
âI⊠no,â Jaemin stopped breathing when it hit him.
âThis person⊠youâve found your soulmate, Jaemin.â
âNo!â Jaemin stood up, causing a few of the utensils on the table to clatter and a few onlookers to glare at the psychics. He frowned, slightly bowing his head in apology before sitting back down. âMom⊠itâs the Presidentâs daughter.â
This gave her pause, and the smile she wore faded as she nodded in understanding, âI see your dilemma, but son, you canât really choose who you love either.â
âMy one task in life- my one purpose- has been making sure the Na prophecy gets fulfilled, mother,â he hissed, tears threatening to spill now. He was so frustrated- none of this was going as planned, and the worst part was how good you made him feel when he was around you.Â
âSon, the only purpose in your life should be to be happy,â his mother countered, before she leaned back in her seat, arms crossed, âhowâs your fifth cousin doing, by the way?â
âMom, what-?â
âYour fifth cousin, the prince, Nakamoto Yuta,â she spoke each word slowly and carefully, her small smirk hoping that the younger psychic would understand. Words from the prophecy Jaemin had been carrying now sat at the forefront of his mind, and his eyes widened.
âA mythic in relation to the deceased ruler will fall in love with the flames,â he uttered, voice shaky as his mother nodded in controlled joy. âBut⊠then who dies?â
*****
Across town and in the basement of Knightâs Cross College, you had the music of the practice room blaring as you beat the shit out of a dummy. The padded practice room sat in the basement of the main building, only accessible by your fatherâs, Markâs, and your ID card. Typically, you wouldnât be in the practice room unless you and Mark had a mandated training from your father, but tonight you just felt angry and you didnât know how else to dispel it beyond putting on gloves and whaling on a poor dummy.
Punch.
Stupid demons. Stupid mythics who are extremely weird about you speaking to them.
Punch. Punch. Jab.
Stupid Jaemin- why did he have to pass by your place this morning? How did he even know your favorite coffee order?
Jab. Punch. Punch. Duck. Kick.
He was handsome and attentive and god why did he have to look good all of the time?
Punch. Punch.
His lips looked so soft too and- wait why is it so hot?
You jumped in fear, knocking your now fire covered gloves to the ground in a panic. The flames were a steep blue- the same as the one from your first memory, and you swore the flames were relishing in your panic. Moving quickly, you grabbed the holy water from your bag in the corner, haphazardly soaking the gloves.
âFuck!â you shouted in anguish, dropping the bottle as you felt your skin burn. It wasnât your hands though that burned- it was the blotches on your ankles that picked up some of the holy water backsplash.Â
You felt your vision blur, your hands trembling as your mouth dried up. Why did the holy water burn you? Why the fuck were there random blue flames that sprouted on your hands? Most importantly- why did the flames not burn you?
You collapsed to the floor, sobbing quietly as the holy water on the ground seared your ankles. You crawled to the corner, knees to your chest as you tried to get yourself together.Â
You felt like you had never grown past being that confused five year old in the snow. You still knew nothing. You may have grown physically, but now as the flames began to wrap your body and tears streaked down your face, all you could do was wail and accept that you had no control.Â
Through blurry tears, you saw the door of the training room slammed open.
âGET OUT!â you didnât recognize the voice that came out from your throat, posing yourself now in a defensive crawl rather than fully cowering. Jaeminâs face didnât flinch looking at you, despite the terror you felt over yourself being shrouded in blue. âLEAVE!â
âNO!â he shouted, moving closer and closer to the flames that you knew would hurt him, unless⊠he lifted his right arm that you didnât realize he had behind his back, and your eyes widened. âIâM SORRY!â he cried, the bottle of holy water soaking and searing your flesh, putting out the flames.Â
Your body was trembling in agony, the traces of the holy water over your clothes and scorching your skin into deep, painful rivets. Without regard for your surroundings, you threw off your shirt and pants, tears streaming down your face as you kicked the soaked (and burned) articles away from you.
So gently you didnât even flinch, Jaemin wrapped a blanket over your shoulders helping aid the goosebumps that had formed on the parts of skin that werenât burned.
âIâm so sorry⊠I know thatâs one of the only other ways for your flames to go out,â Jaeminâs hushed apology made you snap your head up, your wide eyes piercing him now.
âWhat the fuck happened to me?â you choked, your bottom lip trembling. Jaemin knew the answer- he knew this whole time from before he lost his ability to see your future. He raised his hands, now wrapped in the sleeves of his hoodie, and dashed the tears off of your cheeks.
âI need to tell you about the Na prophecy.â
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IDA do you have any advice or pointers for gif-making? yours are always so high quality with such great colors! i just started trying to make gifs and i feel like I'm constantly struggling with the export settings trying to make it look decent without being a gigantic file đ
hiii and thank you so much đđđ
I'm not really sure what to say since I've mostly learned by trial and error, so I guess the biggest piece of advice would be practice!!
I'm sure there are loads of gif tutorials out there and I may make my own one day but here are some tips I can give related to quality (I use Photoshop so these are probably specific to that):
The higher quality video you have to begin with, the easier it will be to make the gifs look great. I go for 1080p or higher (if possible)
When you import video frames to layers, be aware of duplicate frames as they will make the gif look choppy, it's a framerate issue - I use a very simple video editing software to cut out the scenes I want to gif, but if you have a more advanced one, you should be able to adjust the framerate so PS won't create duplicate frames. idk I'm not an expert on this exact thing I just delete the duplicates manually
For tumblr posts, the full width is 540px, half is 268px, go for these to avoid tumblr compressing the gifs
I usually set the frame time delay between 0.06-0.09 seconds since always prefer them a bit slower, which allows for seeing more detail. I check the speed by going into File -> Export -> Save for Web (Legacy) and clicking the Preview, because just playing the gif in PS will usually have lag
After wrangling frames, cropping and resizing etc., I convert to video timeline and convert all the frames to one Smart Object before sharpening and coloring. I use Smart Sharpen and Gaussian Blur filters with different settings, making copies of the smart layer and playing around with the opacity settings (I have this process recorded/automated as an action, but often have to adjust afterwards based on the clip). There are many different ways to do this and probably some tutorials too.
As for coloring, I don't use any automated processes, but just play around with adjustment and color fill layers. A gif with my usual sharpening and relatively simple coloring may have layers looking like this:
I think this is where the practice mostly comes in, because you'll discover new things with every gif you make. it's also the most fun part for me :) again, there are a lot of tutorials out there, and some scenes require more adjustments than others (especially dark scenes). really, Selective Color and Curves may be the most important adjustment layers (to me at least lmao)
As for file size, these are my usual export settings:
reducing the number of colors will always reduce the file size, but I'd usually rather trim the length (or split it into two gifs) or the image size (cropping a bit more off the height). Going for 40-80 frames is usually reasonable, and you can do more for very static gifs or smaller image sizes!
I hope some of this is useful, good luck and happy giffing đđđ
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So I finally got around to reading the first Unicorn Academy book, and it looks like the netflix series is going to be taking a lot of liberties. For one, in the books the titular academy is a well-known place that every child can attend once they turn ten, and from the trailer, it appears that the academy is more exclusive and, at the very least, unknown to Sophia. And according to this article, the characters have been aged up to teens.
Another big change is Sophia's unicorn, who in in the books is male and named Rainbow, and in the series is female and named Wildstar. Plus, in the books the unicorns can all talk, and that doesn't seem to be the case in the series.
The article I linked above also mentioned that there's going to be exclusive youtube content for the series, so I checked, and about two weeks ago the official channel started uploading preview clips. Right now there's a couple of scenes from the movie, including Sophia's big song (edit: it's actually a music video for what I'm assuming is the series theme song), and a "What's in Sophia's backpack" video, all of which I haven't watched. But there's also a couple of "Meet the Characters" videos that I did watch, and that reveals that Sophia's friend Ava's unicorn has had her named changed from Star to Leaf. Now, I get changing Rainbow to Wildstar, since Rainbow is a pretty generic unicorn name, but Star and Leaf are also pretty generic. But Sophia's the main character in the series, so she gets all the stars (literally; her character video mentions a star motif "follows her everywhere").
It looks like most of the unicorn names are going to be changed, as that article also mentions that a unicorn named Blaze will be Cinder in the series (and belong to an entirely different character than in the books). And in the process of writing this post I discovered there's already a website for the series which has profiles for the main characters and their unicorns, which reveal more name changes and unicorn swaps. The profiles also corroborate the aging up of the characters, as Sophia's profile explicitly mentions that she's fourteen.
#unicorn academy#unicorn academy spoilers#maybe?#I find these kind of changes fascinating#there's way more than I mentioned here of course#like apparently ava has to work hard to become sophia's friend while in the first book they bond almost instantly#I'll probably end up skimming through the rest of the available books at some point
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