#they’re gonna have so much domestic drama

[chanceofwhat]

I find myself inspired by the au where Pyramid Steve is Bill and Ford’s accidental child (and nobody knows fully how this happened, including them) so here’s my take on it. I’ve decided he likes his little hat and tie very much. Maybe Ford gave it to him as a joke bc he thought it was cute and now he won’t let them take it off. Idk. Baby.

@the-barefoot-hatter invented this.

[sickeninglyshoujo]

a/n: here's gaz my beloved, only one more part to this self-indulgent series left and thats koni. tagging @ahopelesspedantic as she wanted to know whether gaz was on the way

part 1: simon here

part 2: price here

part 3: soap here

masterlist here

buy me a ko-fi

warnings: pregnancy

word count: 1.7k

With Gaz it’s a surprise

You hadn’t discussed children before, hadn’t discussed much of the future. With Gaz, you often lived in the moment. In the day to day, ignoring his future deployment dates in favor of tomorrow’s dinner date where he promised you takeaway and reality tv. Neither of you minded that. Especially with the nature of Gaz’s job. 

You love Gaz the most when your legs are slung over his lap and hes commentating on the dumb military drama he insists on watching (“Tha’ bloke has the captain’s dick tickler.”) It feels so gently domestic it makes your heart hurt.

His face breaks into a grin when he sees you outside his door one rainy evening but it quickly falls when he sees your tear stained face. 

“Lovie what’s wrong?” And that’s all it takes to send you falling into his broad chest and clinging to him before he can even wrap his arms around you, stunned at your reaction. You rarely cried and even more rarely was it in front of him.

“G-Gaz I f-fucked up!”

“Lovie?” He can barely make out the words from where you mumble them into his a-shirt.

You couldn’t bear to look at his face, instead preferring to push yours into his chest. Even in your current state you relaxed into him and became boneless, he’d always made you feel so safe with his biceps wrapped around your shoulders.

“‘M pregnant, Gaz,” you pressed yourself further into him, hoping his chest would open up and you could climb inside of him and ignore what a mess you’d made of things, of this perfect thing you had with Kyle.

“What was that, Lovie I can barely hear you?” He tries to gently pull you from your burrow.

You couldn’t say it again. Instead you reached into your coat pocket and pulled out the tests. A handful of them. You didn’t think you’d ever chugged so much water and juice and soda before, having to generate enough pee for all of them. The thought of any more liquid passing your lips nearly making you want to retch.

Gaz looked at the brightly colored sticks in your hands with pluses and smiley faces and the word ‘Pregnant’ on them and you could see the wheels turning 

“I had to be sure before I told you that’s why there’s so many.”

“I’m gonna be a dad?”

You hadn’t even gotten to that thought yet, only that there was a tiny clump of cells somewhere inside of you and that Gaz had helped create it. You hadn’t been sure of how he’d take the news, only that you had to tell him and had driven to his apartment immediately to tell him. You hadn’t even considered that either you’d give birth to Gaz’s baby or…

“…yes”

“I’m gonna be a dad!” He pulled you back into his chest before lifting you off your feet and spinning you

Gaz took you out the next day to buy armfuls of pregnancy and baby books, beaming as the cashier rang up each one.

You began to spend your evenings with your head resting in Gaz’s lap as he read the baby books to you, scrolling aimlessly on your phone while he studied.

“Gaz you know you don’t need to read every baby book!”

“I have to, what if the baby quizzes me when they’re born!”

Has had your go-bag ready since week 20, packing it himself and surprising you one day when you found it on the ottoman in your bedroom.

You hadn’t recognized the sturdy black duffel and blanched when you saw it, thinking that this was finally his way of telling you he had reached his limit and was leaving you, that he couldn’t handle becoming a dad, that he hadn’t asked for any of this. Trembling fingers shook as you unzipped the duffel, hysterical giggles bursting out when you saw instead of his belongings neatly packed inside, were a tiny stack of colorful baby onesies and blankets folded to army regulations and nestled on top of sets of comfortable clothing for you as well.

“Lovie?” Gaz had been summoned by your giggling steadily rising in volume, and rounded the door to see you nearly in tears holding up a tiny and soft white onesie, “Lovie, is everything alright?” Concern painted his face making your tears of laughter fall harder.

Shopping for baby gear with Gaz is a treat. He stares at the car seat displays lining the wall, “Why would the car seat need to rotate? Isn’t the point that they stay still in them?”

You smack his arm, “It’s to make unloading them easier in the car!”

“Seems like an awfully stupid feature for it to cost $200 more than the one that doesn’t spin. Why does it have so many straps?”

“They’re supposed to keep the baby safe in case of a car crash by having more points of contact.”

“Seems rather stupid to plan for getting into a crash with a baby in the car.”

Gaz has gone from being your casual boyfriend with few strings attached to becoming a practical Mother Hen. He’s penciled every one of your appointments onto his calendar, taking leave on strategic weeks to ensure he makes the most important ones. He keeps a copy of the ultrasound in his breast pocket when he’s on duty, taking it out in the evenings he’s on base to look over the growing bundle, not noticing the creases and crinkles that were embedded in the thin paper.

When you enter labor he’s white as a ghost, but all business, gathering you and the baby bag, hustling you out the door and into his idling car. He breaks the speed limit on the way to the hospital and ignores your pleas to slow down, the contractions aren’t that close yet.

“Just gotta get there,” He keeps muttering to himself.

He lets you do the talking to the receptionist, lets the nurse wheel you through the hospital, close on her heels the entire time.

While you’re going through the routine medical history once you’re changed into a gown and settled into a bed, Kyle settles his forehead onto clasped palms.

“Kyle, it’ll be fine,” You coo at him, “Remember you were excited for this!”

“...Is it too late to use a condom?”

The nurse returns to the room because of your hysterical laughter bleeding all the way down the hall to the nurses station.

Kyle pointedly focuses on your face throughout the birth, petting back your hair from your face, not caring that its sticky and tangled from sweat.

“Hey there,” He coos at the baby bundled into your arms, “We’ve been waiting for you.”

“Kyle, he looks just like you,” You reach up and tug on his shirt collar, pulling him into a kiss, “Thank you.”

“For what , love?”

“For our baby.”

Kyle had gone from being a situationship to slotting himself into your life as a permanent fixture. He broke the lease on his apartment months before the baby was due and moved into yours. It warmed your heart to see his toothbrush in the cup next to yours, the satin pillowcase he gifted you when he realized you slept on cotton (“This is so much better for your hair and skin, lovie”), the empty mug from his tea he never rinsed and put into the washer and instead left in the sink.

You didn’t expect the matching red plaid christmas pajamas that Kyle bought you and the baby. You certainly didn’t expect him to also buy himself a set to match along with you and your son

“We have to make this memorable, it’s his first Christmas,” He explains trying to get the baby’s wiggling arms into the onesie.

“It’s our first Christmas too, you know!”

“Yeah, about that…The baby’s kind of your Christmas gift this year.”

You rolled your eyes, “Thanks Kyle, next year though I’d prefer a gift that doesn’t spit up on me when he hasn’t been burped.”

You hadn’t expected a gift from him as he had recently come home from a brief training stint on base. Regardless you bought some for your son (‘From Mom and Dad!’ penned onto them), excitedly watching as the near nine month old tear at the paper you had loosely draped over his presents. 

Kyle had already opened his gift from you, a fancy cologne that he’d gotten earlier in a trial size that you loved when he wore, nuzzling deeply into his neck to smell it each time.

“Love, is this a present for me or for you?” He quipped, kissing the corner of your smiling mouth.

“For my nose and for your love of attention more like.”

“Thank you, dove.”

“Guess its time for your real gift now,” Kyle said.

“I thought our son was my gift,” You poke him in the ribs.

“It’s nothing much, just something I’ve been meaning to give you for a while now.”

“Kyle?”

He pulls a small box wrapped in cheery red paper with a gold bow on top of it from his pocket.

He notes the confusion on your face as you tear gently at a flap in the wrapping, “You really didn’t have to get me anything, Kyle.”

“Yeah, I did,” He says as the velvet of the box is revealed.

“Kyle?” You turn to him from staring at the box, you watch as he gets up from where he’s lounged on the couch with an arm slung over the back to kneeling in front of you.

He takes the still unopened box from out of your hands and opens it for you, “I know we’re doing things a bit out of order, having the baby first, but love, I want to do this the right way for you. Will you marry me?”

“Kyle!” You finally manage.

“Love, please answer me, I’m beginning to think you only want me for my sperm.”

“Kyle, you idiot, of course! Yes!” Tears are flowing now and you can barely see through them as he slips the ring onto your finger.

a/n: reblogs and comments feed me. talk to me about cod dads

[krakensdottir]

GO s2 trailer thoughts

Yeah, I have a few of my own, wanted to put them all together before they slither away.

So, people are split between Crowley being gone the last four years vs. just stepped out for milk or something, and I agree either would be hilarious. But I’m pretty sure it’s going to be the former. The vibe they have... it doesn’t feel like four years of domesticity has passed. It seems like they’re still very much figuring things out re: each other. Aziraphale’s reaction to Crowley suggesting they work together again, his wistfulness when Gabriel mentions that ‘one particular person’... yeah, there’s still yearning. Which means, friends, we are in for some serious relationship development this season.

Interesting that Crowley’s replacement is confiding in him. Casual meeting on a bench and everything. Does Hell still want to use them, or is this her initiative?

I’ve seen a lot of speculation about the lightning thing as well, but given how pissed off Crowley looks beforehand, I think he’s just letting off steam. Literally. Because that’s how demons do. Especially ones that’ve graduated from Drama Queen University. (He used to make nebulae, we’re probably lucky he’s not setting off atomic explosions instead.)

Some have spotted it already, but yeah, the candlelit dinner scene is from 1941. So it’s immediately after Crowley saved Aziraphale’s books. No wonder he’s giving him Looks across the table. (This scene was mentioned way back in the early production days, and I won’t lie, I’ve got my own hopes for it, though they probably don’t match much of the fandom’s.)

Y’all say what you want about Crowley’s angel attire, we have seen how they dress and you KNOW he’s gonna walk in without raising an eyebrow. If I had to guess, he’s going for a vibe of Pretentious Art Snob because it fits with his former angelic profession and if he has to lie to anyone up there, it’ll be more convincing to stick to what he knows. In other words, an angel seeing him in passing would be like ‘oh god, it’s one of those pricks from the Cosmic Architecture Department.’

Okay, I think that’s everything.

EDIT: Wait no, one other thing. Having seen several comments that say this or that story element is just like a fanfic they read - THIS, people, THIS is why Neil Gaiman doesn’t read your fanfics. This right here is why. Because if he did, any of those similarities would be grounds for an accusation of plagiarism. Does it make more sense now?

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

Because why else haven't the things the media discovered in 2016 been published (like her debts, her addictions, her real connections to Soho House, her Flim Flam business and all her trademark/copyright applications)?

Once Harry says he's done with her, all bets are off and the dirt is going to fly.

Nothing reputation destroying will be exposed once H&M divorce because the media will be too busy making money off both of them. Previous hints of things doesn't mean the media will turn on her in the future. It'll just be the next stage of the Meghan show, they'll reveal enough to get people angry but they won't destroy her. The media will probably play along with Charles' rehab of Harry but they want a divorce war that can make them as much money as they can. The time for the real dirt to be exposed was the dating stage but Charles wanted a mixed race member of the family and Harry probably already played the race card in private. The BRF could have publicly destroyed any chance of Meghan becoming a member of the BRF without harming themselves but they were too busy placating the spolit brat that Harry is. If they had done it then public opinion would've been with the BRF, the late Queen could've said Harry can marry her but he'd have to give up his title and place in the succession. If the real Meghan was known no one in the UK/Commonwealth would want her being a part of the BRF. By the time they divorce some may want everything on Meghan to be made public but the UK media won't want to return to mostly drama free BRF reporting and internationally no cares. Now she's the mother of two of King Charles' grandchildren, whatever happens between her and Harry in the future doesn't matter, the children are her shield. The time for exposing the real dirt has been and gone.

This isn’t a quiet little royal divorce. It’s gonna be a messy celebrity divorce.

The media won’t have to do anything. Harry and Meghan will do all the dirty work for them. They’ll just recap it all and stir the pot.

Some examples to brush up on:

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

Paul McCartney and Heather whatsherface

Charles and Diana

Britney and Kevin Federline

Britney and Justin Timberlake

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman

You can find more examples here.

This isn’t going to be a “conscious uncoupling” (Gwyneth and Chris), a quiet after-the-fact announcement (Meryl Streep), or an amicable kids-first process (Peter and Autumn).

This is going to a nasty drag-down knockout fight. The signs are already there:

Meghan’s been setting up a domestic abuse storyline since the engagement.

Harry’s been talking for 4 years about how isolated and estranged he is from his family and the life he knew.

They’re both obsessed with the victim narrative.

They both spend massive amounts of money on PR.

They have very different approaches to their children - Meghan wants to show them off, Harry wants to keep them private.

They both have addiction issues.

So the dirt is coming. It may not be the media that exposes it, but they’re definitely going to publish it. They’ll publish it all and they’ll stir the pot to keep it coming.

[privetdrive]

"but how much do you love me??"

Minsung fluff/crack, domestic life, jisung being a bit insecure and needy, minho being sweet

word count: 1.8k

It was a bit after dinner and the two lovers relaxed on their sofa. Minho had prepared a lovely dinner while Jisung had been working hard in the studio with 3racha all day. 

These two always had each other’s backs and knew how to support each other wordlessly. Their connection was something only you see in stories and dramas. And finally they were creating a home together.

Nothing could destroy such domestic bliss, that is except, the anxious mind of Han Jisung.

“Jagi?” Jisung asked softly from Minho’s lap. 

Minho had his fingers mindlessly running through Jisung’s locks of hair. “Mm?” 

“Can I ask you something?” Jisung ask in a small voice.

“Of course you can, everything okay?” 

Jisung sits up and leans back on the couch sighing. 

“Its stupid” He grumbles.

“Its not stupid if its bothering you babo” Minho ruffles his hair.

Jisung pouts. 

“Come on, what is it” Minho urges again.

“Its just, I was thinking about us, and our future, and our past..” He speaks slowly, almost dancing around what he wants to talk about. 

Minho hums. “Right, and what were you thinking?”

Jisung rolls into the couch hiding his face whining. 

“You’ll make fun of me..” He says muffled by the cushions.

Minho chuckles fondly, giving Jisung’s bum a loving squeeze. He lays beside him spooning him. 

“I’m not gonna make fun of you okay? I promise, I’m listening” Minho says softly and earnestly. He presses a kiss to Jisung’s nape which makes him shiver.

“You can always tell me anything hannie.. I love you” Minho adds softly kissing his shoulder.

“But thats just it…” Jisung whines.

“What?”

“I love you, I love you so much I don’t think I’ll ever love someone this much again.. or have ever..” Jisung’s voice trembles slightly. Minho takes his hand interlacing their fingers. 

“Aw jagi..” Minho coos sweetly.

“You’re my whole world.” Jisung says pout clearly audible.

“Youre my whole world too hannie, you know that..” Minho kisses below his ear. 

“But.. how much do you love me?” Jisung turns in Minho’s arms to face him. 

His big doe eyes lock with Minho’s calm and kind gaze.

“Jagiya… this is too cheesy. I’m not poetic like you, I just love you with everything I am and plan on never stopping okay?” He answers as sweet as he can. He cups his soft cheeks stroking them lovingly. “Okay?” Minho searches Jisung’s gaze to gage if that is the answer he wanted. Judging by the intensifying pout, it was not.

“But like… if you had to put your love in a space, like a container, what would that be? Like would it fit in a basket? Stadium?” Jisung countered.

Minho sighed internally. 

“It would fill the entire ocean. Are we done?” It took everything in Minho not to roll his eyes at Jisung’s needy behavior. He was being adorable sure, Minho loved Jisung’s authentic self. 

Jisung went quiet chewing on his lip, Minho decided he would now mentally prepare an answer to “would you love me if I was worm”, for this seemed like where this conversation was going.

However what Jisung asked, Minho did not expect, nor have a prepared answer for.

“How much do you love Soonie doongie and dori?” Jisung dropped the bomb.

Minho tensed. 

“…What are you doing?” Minho’s voice was low and tentative.

Jisung shrugs feeling more bold. 

“How much do you love the cats?” He repeats.

“They’re my babies!” Minho claims defensively.

“So how much do you love them… more than could fill the ocean?” 

“This feels like a trap”

Minho sits up running a hand through his hair.

Jisung sits up and shuffles to standing clearly getting more worked up.

“It’s a simple question Min, who do you love more, me or the cats, and why is it the cats?”

“I didn’t say that!” Minho exasperates.

“You don’t need to!” Jisung huffs stomping his foot.

“This is what was upsetting you?” Minho asks incredulously.

“How can I cope with knowing you could never love me as much as the cats?” Jisung speaks softly from his heart. As ridiculous as it was, he was very much affected by this thought.

“Jagi.. I’ve never said I love you more than Soondoongdor…” Minho speaks calmly wanting to ease the tension.

“You’re not denying it!” Jisung squeaks.

“I love you both equally!” Minho relents.

“They’re pets… I’m your partner!” Jisung argues.

“You’re all my family!” Minho was feeling defensive now. 

“Do you hate the cats?” Minho asked half joking. Jisung huffed.

“I don't hate the cats”

“Mm i’m getting a vibe you're jealous of the cats” Minho smirks.

Jisung sighs frustrated. 

“I knew you wouldn’t take this seriously..” Jisung runs his hands through his hair upset. He paces around the living room. Minho sighs sitting on the couch watching his stressed boyfriend walk back and forth. He rubs his temples. 

“Jagi..” He calls to him.

Jisung ignores him. Minho then stands with a slight groan and walks over stopping Jisung from pacing. His hands grasping his shoulders. 

“I am taking it seriously. I am just trying to understand. Do you not like the cats or the fact that I love them?” Minho asked slowly actually trying decipher the thought process Jisung went through to be so upset with him for loving his pets.

Jisung looked at him with a determined glare. “If the house was on fire what would you save first?”

Jisung was trying a new tactic.

“Other than the cats?”

“Minho!” Jisung whined.

“Probably my diary… photo album… I have those letters from my parents—

“Me! Grab me!” Jisung cries out.

“Why are you still in the burning house?” 

“Because hypothetically this happens when I’m asleep”

“Okay… so I would wake you up” 

“No” Jisung sighs annoyed. Minho is still not getting it. “Okay you come home the house is already on fire”

“Were you trying to cook dinner?” Minho muses, Jisung is not amused.

“The house is in flames, what do you do, and don’t say—“

“Call 911” They say together.

“And why not?” Minho scoffs.

“Who knows how long till they get there!”

“Hanji are you asking me to run into a burning building..”

“Shouldn’t have to..” Jisung grumbles. Minho sighs reaching for him again. Jisung swats his hands away. He puts his hands on his hips and takes breath shaking his head. Minho swallowed thickly seeing his hurt demeanor. This was serious, he finally took that in. It was serious to Jisung, so it was serious to him. 

“Jagiya..” Minho starts in an apologetic soft tone. He moves towards Jisung slowly. Jisung keeps his gaze down and gulps. Minho knew he was bound to start crying any moment. He gently placed his hands on Jisung’s waist, stroking his sides soothingly. Jisung sniffles before lifting his head meeting Minho’s concerned eyes. Jisung tries to blink away his glassy eyes and swallows thickly before speaking.

“If I came home, and I saw our home in flames… I’m not sure the kind of person I would become after seeing that. Everything I know and love is in there. Min, I probably would run into that burning building with only one thought in my mind. You.” He spoke voice unwavering, gaze unshifting and Minho felt dizzy.

He blinked a few times squeezing Jisung’s waist lovingly. He shakes his head furrowing his eyebrows and cups one cheek. He leans in close enough feel Jisung’s breath. He speaks in a hushed tone.

“I wouldn’t want you to do that. It’s far too dangerous. I can’t have you getting hurt or worse because of me.” He frowns at the thought of Jisung putting himself in harm’s way ever. Jisung’s eyes flicker to Minho’s lips. That wasn’t the point, Jisung thought. He was supposed to save me first but he thought of the damn cats. But, I know he still loves me… want to kiss that sweet frown away. No, he has to answer right at least once. Jisung then looked at Minho with a new tactic.

“What if there was a train..” Jisung started and Minho’s eyes closed as he let a breath out his nose. Jisung walks out of his arms continuing on with another hypothetical scenario. 

“And the train could either run on two tracks, on one track tied up are Soondoongdori, and on the other track tied up is me, Han Jisung, handsome, sexy, your loving boyfriend and band mate—

“I’d stop the train” Minho says as if its obvious.

“No thats not an option!”

“Why not?”

“There’s no off switch its just a switch to change tracks, so you have to choose a track”

“Hannie, I say this with all the love in my heart… what the fuck are we talking about?” He holds his cheeks looking into his big doe eyes.

“I think I’m being pretty clear. Would you rather murder me or the cats, Minho?” Jisung challenges.

Minho’s eyes widen. “Jagiyaaaa why can’t I stop the train?” 

Jisung buries his face in his hands whining. 

“Because that’s not the point of the question! It’s who do you love more?”

He looks up face a bit flushed realizing he really did ask that of Lee Minho.

Minho plopped on the couch in defeat.

“I hate this game.”

Jisung stands across from him arms crossed.

“It’s no fun for me either.” He mumbles.

Minho sits arm extending telling Jisung to come over. He hesitiates but obeys. He stands between Minhos knees looking down at him. Minho takes takes his hands gently but firmly. 

“Sungie, it’s different. I love you very much and, yes I love the cats very much too. Now tell me honestly, are you feeling jealous of the cats?”

“Jealous of the cats? I’m not crazy!” He scoffs nervously.

Minho kisses his knuckles. “Baby I’m sorry I’ve made you feel like the cats are my only love. You know you own my heart” 

Jisung sighs softly, loving his touch and kisses. 

“No I know. It’s just… fine yes, I’m jealous of the cats ok? I love you so much that I wish you loved me as much as them.” He says rushed under his shaky breath.

Minho firmly grips his chin.

“I don’t love anything as much as I love you.” 

Jisung’s eyes soften. 

“Don’t lie.” He pleads in a whisper.

“Come here…” Minho pulls him into his chest. He gives him a tight hug kissing his head. Jisung wraps his arms around his torso head tucked into his neck sighing. They hold each other a moment, Minho rubbing his back between his shoulders soothingly. Jisung moves his head to look at him.

“You know one day they will die.” He says quietly with the last bit of envy he has. 

“And so will we.” Minho concludes caress his cheek. 

They gaze at each other a moment finally feeling seen.

“I’m sorry…” Jisung starts.

“None of that…” Minho smiles shaking his head. He holds Jisung’s jaw guiding him into a sweet kiss. Jisung grips Minho’s shirt tightly. Minho pecks Jisung’s lips with care but Jisung wanted more and started kissing back sloppily. Minho smirked and deepened the kiss.

“Meooowww..” Soonie mewed. 

“Not now I’m busy..” Minho muttered not breaking the kiss. He could feel Jisung smile.

~~~~~~~<3~~~~~~~<3~~~~~~~~

[olliandre]

Explaining the Pit Babe novel (1/2)

If you’ve just seen the drama and you’re curious in what way it differs from the original text, this post is just for you.

So, the story begins exactly like in the drama, there’s a race in which Babe participates and afterwards he meets Charlie lurking around the corners. He tries to chase him away at first but agrees to try him out in the end. Babe tells Charlie to come to his condo later (so they don’t do it near the lockers like in the drama) and because it’s Charlie’s first time, he completely doesn’t know how to start. Babe actually has to show him everything which makes him kind of annoyed, but Charlie doesn’t emit the alfa scent he hates so much, so he takes him on probation as a Babe’s boy.

Babe is actually pretty posessive with Charlie and although they are seeing each other for months, he doesn’t let anyone see his face. They usually cover it when they’re together in public and part of the reason is that it would be problematic if Charlie got harassed because of his relationship with Babe, as he’s a popular racer after all. On the contrary, in the drama Babe takes him to X Hunter’s party on the first day.

Almost half of the story actually doesn’t have anything to do with X Hunter, it’s just Charlie, Babe and their domestic life. Although Babe thinks Charlie’s just a naive, stupid kid, he slowly starts to develop some kind of connection with him. What makes Babe trust Charlie is that in his eyes Charlie is too much of a dumb, sweet person to lie and deceive anybody. His feelings develop gradually, it starts with him feeling restless and bored while Charlie’s not near, making Charlie move in, and buying him a new table, so he can do his editing work comfortably. He lets Charlie do more and more things that he didn’t allow anybody else before. For example, he doesn’t like being called Phi in bed, but he doesn’t complain when Charlie does it. Once, he goes out with his leg injured to pick Charlie up in the rain. And he sulks so much when Charlie doesn’t pay attention to him. Instead of telling him that he wants to spend some time together, he’s walking around dramatically and tries to catch his attention. When they kiss tenderly for the first time while stargazing, Babe’s heart is beating so fast that he can't control himself. He realizes that he has feelings for Charlie. And because Charlie seems not affected by it as much as he is, he gets really angry in his head. He kind of starts to avoid Charlie and doesn't want to have s*x with him because he is too embarrassed to look Charlie in the eyes. Well, Charlie fell for Babe after their first time, so of course it wasn’t that much of a shock for him. Poor Babe.

Generally, Charlie and Babe have lots of s*x. Like, really a lot. Almost every chapter, sometimes multiple times. And it’s quite a kinky s*x. Charlie calls Babe Papa and Babe calls Charlie Daddy. Babe loves when Charlie gets angry in bed, because he likes it rough, and he loves dirty talking. His s*x drive is amazingly big, on the beginning Charlie can't keep up with him. However, Charlie quickly learns how to do it according to Babe’s preferences and later in the story even Babe isn’t sure whether Charlie just tries to please him or he really is into it (probably the second option, hahaha). Babe is a creampie king and later we discover that they have breeding kink too, as they start to call each other Mama and Papa in bed, joking how Charlie’s gonna make Babe pregnant (but outside of bed Babe actually doesn’t want to have children at all as he dislikes them).

Charlie takes care of Babe very well - he cooks him nutritious meals, massages him and does everything Babe wants. On the very beginning Charlie acts all scared and confused since Babe’s getting angry very easily, but he learns with time how to handle him and even how to talk back. They have this agreement that they’ll both take advantage of each other, so nobody is really used. There are lots of acts of jealousy, especially from Charlie’s side, since Babe is open physically with other men, usually his friends. Babe gets angry that he tries to control him, and then Charlie says that if Babe can do it, then he will also meet somebody else, as their contract doesn’t forbid it, which makes Babe even angrier. It’s a recurring problem in their relationship, however one time in the first half of the story they have this angry s*x and agree to only have each other.

There isn’t any kind of big conflict with Babe avoiding Charlie because of jealousy for Jeff, for a long time Babe doesn’t even know of Jeff’s existence. There also is no Red Racing, no Kim, no Dean, Jeff doesn’t work at the garage. The real X Hunter plot starts after Babe gets into accident on the track and Charlie proposes to take his place. Before he only gets a car and is guided by Babe (who shouts at him a lot, because Charlie can’t learn how to get through the corners, hahaha), North and Sonic have to teach Charlie too. The big conflict happens when Babe learns of Charlie’s intrigue - that he’s Tony’s adopted son, he lied to him and took his power away. Initially, Charlie searched for Babe because he heard Tony saying that he’s gonna make someone named Babe have children with Enigma from their house and so, he wanted to save him. But when he got to know Babe, he actually fell for him.

However, for Babe lie is a lie. He chases Charlie away from his condo, ignores his calls and cuts him out of his life. After that Babe tries to find a new sex partner, but he rejects the guy before it goes far, because he realizes that no one will be good but Charlie. He still misses him and wants him by his side, although he is very angry and hurt. At those times Charlie calls Babe everyday on the same hour and Babe picks it up once while drunk. Then both of them get horny and they mast*bate dirty talking to each other, but Babe doesn’t let Charlie to come to him. There’s also this one upsetting scene in which after the race Charlie tries to talk to Babe and Babe decides to give him only a short while. The whole thing ends with Babe facef*cking Charlie who agrees to it, because it’s better than not having Babe in his life at all.

They reconcile after Way confesses his feelings for Babe and gets rejected, so he decides to take Babe by force, using his power to make him unable to move. Way starts kissing and touching him, however Charlie appears in time, using his powers to stop Way and he wakes Babe up. Babe shouts at Way, who admits that he’s an Enigma sent to make him pregnant. He says that after he got to know Babe, he fell for him and decided to wait patiently for Babe to start loving him and wanting to start a family together. Babe feels betrayed by it, because Way should understand and know him more than anybody else, that he never wants to have children. He yells that Way doesn’t even treat him as a person, trying to make him feel like he was so good because he decided not to r*pe him for the last 10 years. Both Charlie and Babe leave Way’s place with Babe in shambles. Charlie keeps his distance from Babe and gives him the space to think things through, organize his feelings after the things that happened.

Babe realizes that although Charlie and Way both lied to him, they got different motives. Way came to harm him and Charlie came to protect him, and that made Babe forgive Charlie. He walks out of his bedroom and sees that Charlie’s watching TV, not sleeping at all. They watch it together in silence and then start talking. Babe gets emotional and asks Charlie to hug him, then to have s*x because he wants to enjoy it again, forget about what Way almost did to him. Unconsciously, he’s nervous and can’t relax while being touched, so Charlie makes him smile with the things he says. In the morning Babe confesses to Charlie (before, his love language was giving three kisses as in I love you) and asks him to be his boyfriend. Charlie is very shocked but he agrees. Babe learns about other powers Charlie has, such as lie detection skill, hunch (he feels that something might happen and asks Jeff to see the future, that’s how he learnt about what Way was about to do), this kinda thing he used on Way and many others. He tells Babe a story from his childhood that he got to know his power of stealing other people’s abilities, because he took his mom’s power away. And after she died, power faded away, so Charlie came up with a theory that maybe it works in the opposite way too - that when Charlie dies, the powers will come back to their original owners. Babe responds that what he gives, he doesn’t take back, which means he doesn’t care about his ability anymore if it means having Charlie die. Such a sweet line, it’s a pity they didn’t use it in the drama. And that’s about the first half of the novel.

A little special:

they’re so funny together

(by the way, it’s confirmed that Charlie’s never used his lie detection power on Babe)

[flowersinthegrocerystore]

OKAY SO I wasn't able to watch IWTV when it first came because I didn't have the time/money, but I just watched the first episode. Without further ado: here were all my thoughts

AUGH IM SO EXCITED

Paul 🙁

Omg I can’t wait for Armand this season

Claudia I’m free any day any time 

The odyssey of recollection I like that

Lmao Daniel calling himself a whore

Armand you sneaky bitch 

Okay here we go

The red sky intro I’m obsessed

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

On god let’s go

I love claudia 

Creepy start let’s go

Love the page turning sound affects

My girl Claudia I love her I love her I love her I lover her 

Ohhhh wait is this the holocaust

Ohhhh

OH

Hey Louis 

You look so depressed babygirl 

Armand stop being like that 

Lmao Daniel you petty bitch

They’re already fighting I love them

Intriguing. And disregarding! 

Did I mention how much I love Claudia

What an icon

I’d wanna explore some abandoned buildings with her

They both look miserable damn

Louis being constantly cold because he’s more human than she is

He’s so fucking alone stop not him talking to himself

I wanna be a historian. A deranged geologist or anthropologist

“It’s dead” shocking info Louis

DEAD WEIGHT MY GOD

Daniel just sitting there chewing while he suffers

Real Rashid is so fucking funny

Unworthy damn Armand

DISREGARD 

I hate them I want them to make out

OOh creepy

Love the vibes

Lestat you drama queen I missed you

The love in his eyes is insane

His voice with nobody there damn I love it 

Obsessed with Louis’ soft apology and Lestat just continuing on like nothing happened

His fear but the chin hold and the I’m gonna kill you

This is love this is love I want them I want to be them

Why the fuck are they shooting graves

Why everyone quiet 

Oh they think louis is hot lol 

God will forget when you die. Preach lady

Something’s wrong what 

There’s gaps in his memory. HIS MEMORY’S WRONG

Or Claudia’s wrong? 

Armand why are you looking like that

The tension in the room is crazy

Daniel smirking he knows what’s happening 

Armand what are you doing

Creepy song with children let's go

Claudia knocking a child over!

So glad I read the book and I know what’s happening

This would have scared the fuck out of me 

Edith Piaf it’s giving la vie en rose it’s giving Izzy Hands

Does red mean communist? 

Oh

Louis’ drunk. Don’t be drunk king. 

Oh he’s deductive damn 

Claudia’s so excited 🙁

Fighting like siblings

Adam and Eve of the damned- oh like the king and queen? ENKIL AND AKASHA MENTIONED

Louis looks so tormented my baby

What is happening what is happening why is he crying why

LOUIS??? 

Daniel looks so devastated but he looks like he cares aw

Oh my god I love this show

Humanity is so. Uh. Fun. God I love this show

That’s a fucking catfish with teeth

Louis is such a sarcastic shit I love him 

What is that thing

Oh it’s a woman

Louis trying to help her and understand her against all odds

All those in darkness go in darkness 

All of them dead now, what about her

How has she lived

Claudia giving her blood

I don’t remember this in the book

But Claudia looks so happy!!

AND so does the woman!! 

Daciana is such a pretty name 

Oh shit…

Getting their hopes up for nothing 

Domestic couple aww Louis and armand 

Why is Louis asking permission…

They’re both cute and vaguely unsettling

The silence is so comfortable but also tense

Armand misses the boy from san francisco??? 

But why do they want to do this. What’s the deal

What is happening why does he want him enthralled what’s his plan

Daniel does not give af lmao the whistling

My man didn’t look up once

So fellas, what’s up?? I love him 

The way they’re so possessive of each other! The little touches and the hand holding. The stares that Daniel is so disgusted by I’m screaming

“We’ll get to you” KILL HIM DANIEL

Claudia looks so small :(

Louis and his talk of death is so relatable

But his HOPE. His HOPE. I’m killing myself. 

If you were the last vampire on earth it would be enough!!

AHH THE CUT TO LESTAT OH MY GOD OH MY GOD 

YOU AND ME AND IT’S LESTAT BUT IT’S ACTUALLY CLAUDIA

CLAUDIA’S FACE. SHE KNOWS. SHE KNOWS. 

Oh the next episode is about to be soooo good

This was so good I’m killing myself

Why did it feel so short?? 

I’m saving the rest for later but OH MY FUCKING GOD.

[inkstainedhandswithrings]

TBB s3 ep9 Thoughts!!

I’ll start off by saying this season is my favourite so far. I’m having WAY too much fun with these lololol

Crosshair having a little domestic moment, helping out at Pabu <3

“Does it matter? We’re not handing her over.” Oh, mans is out for blood huh?

The fact that this episode is called “The Harbinger” and then Batcher immediately runs into a cave and gets scared…

This is when the Empire gets to Pabu, isn’t it…

VENTRESS!!!!

AAAAAAHHHHH

Okay so clearly Ventress wants her own little Padawan

But why was that fight sequence so sped up hahahahahah

It was almost comedic

Loved her and Cross fighting though

THE THEME SONG WHEN THEY GRABBED RHEIR WEAPONS

dare i say first time this season? about time

different colour sabres aaaaaa

that’s actually super cool because the colour of your sabre depends on how you connect to the force when you find your kyber crystal and if you wanna change them you have to meditate on them for SO LONG so like Ventress committed to neutrality (gotta read up on her story in legends again, but i know girl went through it)

“You’re being naive.” *slowly turns to him* “bitch say it again”

Love how all of them are standing on the shore watching Omega train

CROSSHAIR ALREADY HAVING HIS RIFLE OUT I AM SCREAMING HAHAHAHAHAH

Cross practically running down the stairs to help Omega into the ship

Also I am already 100% that Ventress and Cross are gonna have a thing

So Omega does have a high M-Count, she just can’t tap into her skills yet?

Interesting

Okay, all in all i really loved this episode! It was fun and relaxed but still somehow a bit plot driven. Here’s the thing though @phantom-of-the-501st correctly pointed out that we’re nearing not just the end of the season but the end of the show. And there are still SO MANY loose ends. Up until last weeks episode all the other eps were very plot driven, and it’s only the last two that felt like filler. I’m thinking the show runners are giving us a quick breather until just full on deep diving into the seasons end with one heart-wrenching episode after the other. That, or they’re going to put more filler episodes in and rush the actual plot, but I'm really hoping it's the first.

also, seriously, what are Rex and Echo cooking that prevents Echo to be in literally all the episodes? are we gonna get a really sad arc here soon? im having a feeling that says yes, echo is gonna give us more drama soon. can't wait 🫠

[monstercampus]

Holy shit, i loved the Dean Lysandre piece! Igot a few questions:

1: how big are the eggs? Because if the dean wants 10, how big is the poor human gonna be? (might be drawing this over the weekend hehe)

2. Would the dean take pleasure in showing off his little human wife or would he keep his little treasure all to himself like the greedy dragon man he is?

3. Would he allow the reader to keep being a student or would he just write her off as "graduated early with honors" and then just move her into his home?

4. Would the dean have a special little area in his office for his human? Hidden by curtains, but behind is a very round bellied human asleep on a plush round bed with her school papers scattered around her?

5. Would any drama happen on school grounds with royal dragonic families being pissed that the dean married and breeded with a human? Any dramatic acts of petty revenge??? (does the dean find himself being very protective of his human????👀)

6. Is there any very domestic habits the dean and his human would do? Of course between fucking like rabbits, what kind of sweet doting things would the dean do??

Sorry if this is a lot, my brain is racing

hehe 🐉🐉🐉 dragon time!!!

1 -> With other dragons they tend to show only when they're carrying a whole clutch of eggs at one time, since they usually carry them until they’re close to hatching to keep them safe before they've laid. Surprisingly, even though it's incredibly rare for dragons and other species to breed (at least when they're not hiding it from the world) dragons have a very sophisticated egg process that translates well to other species, even if they're not of the egg-laying variety. While a human or other monster could carry several eggs at once, knowing Lysandre he isn't going to want you to strain yourself--so he'll likely only have you carry one at a time if you're going to carry it to near full-term, which would probably look no different than a normal human pregnancy from the outside.

But! The other way, and perhaps the preferable way, is a process known as "long-term laying"--in which he would deposit several eggs at once, fertilize them, and then have you deliver them within 1-2 days. The eggs are much smaller and easier to pass at this stage, probably not any bigger than a cue ball, and once they've been laid they'd be buried at the bottom of one of the gold piles in his hoard for at least two moon cycles. Although it's usually only practiced in this fashion by the nobility nowadays, it's an ancient form of preservation for the draconic species that's saved quite a few bloodlines from going extinct and has been practiced by all manner of dragons. The eggs will grow to be about the size of an ostrich egg within those two months, but after that period has passed their growth will stagnate and they'll go into a sort of hibernation state, which they can stay in practically indefinitely in nearly any environment until they’re unearthed and incubated into hatching. Lysandre himself was the product of this kind of egg process, as his bloodline and dragon species was declared extinct for about 400 years before his egg was recovered and he was hatched under an adoptive couple. So, with you being human, he would likely encourage you to go that route so as to monitor your condition better and make it easier for you to endure the birthing process....though that doesn't mean he won't eventually let you try incubating them longer, if only so he can spend more time rubbing that pretty, swollen belly you've got <3

2 -> Greed is definitely a symptom he suffers from and he wants to keep you all to himself, but he knows better than to be like that when you're not at all used to the possessiveness of dragons. Yes, he'll get grabby and greedy and spill filth into your mouth as he humps you throughout the night, but in the day you're completely free to roam the grounds and visit whoever you like, talk to your friends, go out for drinks, and play sports or do your little hobbies on your own. He trusts that you'll keep your interests as a couple in mind and he really doesn't worry about that aspect too much, the only thing he does do is jump at the chance to frighten off anyone who might push your boundaries too far and try to make a move on you. He loves knowing that when you're out and about without him everyone still knows you're his partner, and he's more than comfortable with that....though, when you get home, he's usually got plenty of reasons to remind you of whose bed you're sleeping in every night. Very, very carnal reasons.

3 -> You can certainly keep being a student if you like; he lives on campus for the majority of the year, so it's no bother at all to make time for each other if you still want to attend to your studies. He'll constantly (and secretly) be cancelling his meetings and saving paperwork to do late at night so he can spend quality time with you between classes, but if you're over the whole school thing or you're eager to graduate he'll pull the strings you need. Most of the professors at MC can be bribed pretty easily anyways (it's a monster thing) and it's not considered that unethical in monster society, so a few favours and gifts here and there and you'll have your honours diploma in your hands by the end of the week. And then you're allllllll his.

4 -> He does! Since he lives on campus, he's got a semi-secret entrance in his office that leads down into the depths beneath the school, where he keeps his hoard tucked away in the MC vault. Although he does own an apartment in the staff living quarters, he's got his own private living space down there that would be perfectly comfortable for a human with a few touches here and there. You wouldn't be down there all the time since there's no natural light or sunlight, but it's the perfect place for you to rest when you're carrying your eggs and an ideal spot to keep close to when it's time to lay them.

5 -> Absolutely! Dragons are dramatic creatures and you should expect to witness some rather flagrant displays of jealousy and snobbery while you’re in the Dean's care. Challenges to duels, attempts at bribery, and marriage proposals to your draconic lover while you stand right next to him are all things you unfortunately have to be prepared for. But Lysandre has nearly perfected the art of stoic rejection over his lifetime and will turn each and every one of them away, although his politeness will wane not with the stubborn ones, but the ones who turn their ire towards you or try to turn him against you with false rumours and lies. That's when he'll offer to fight their proposed duel in your stead, and each and every time he does their champion will turn and flee with their tail between their legs at the very thought. Draconic duels are to the death, after all, and next to nobody wants to fight for their life against a Drakon--especially not when he's so angry he's grinning from ear to ear.

6 -> Lysandre loves walking with you, so a daily stroll is often how he expresses his affection. It's never too strenuous (and if you get tired, he'll be carrying you) but there's always something interesting to see on your way, whether it's a new patch of flowers you never noticed or an adorable frog hopping around the pond. But if you're up for it, he's always eager to take you flying--it's a common form of affection for dragons to fly side-by-side, it's even considered to be a sign of good luck to see a dragon couple flying together overhead. And he can reassure you that you're safe on his back, he'll even wait for a windy day so he doesn't have to flap his wings as much in case you get sick from the motion. Aside from that, his love languages are usually gifts and acts of service, so brewing your tea for you, crafting little golden gifts and trinkets, and carrying or flying you places are some of the more common ways he shows affection. And kisses, of course! Lots of big, sloppy dragon kisses <3

[imaginespazzi]

Nivi! Babes, another weekly update?? Be careful, a girl could get used to this 😂 It also inspired me to get this review to you asap cause like you, the next couple months are gonna get pretty busy for me so my future thinkpieces may also be a bit delayed!

First off, Jana and Azzi are lowk my favourite UConn duo (outside of Paige & Azzi obvs) like that is her surrogate child fr so I’m always eating up their scenes! And I’m glad to see Jana continue living up to her menace ways and passing that on to Stephie.

Also, can I just say, I love this GSV team already. Manifesting this irl.

Speaking of manifesting, universe look away from all the angst that Nivi has and continues to cook up. We are only ever manifesting the CUTE FLUFFINESS and the CHAMPIONSHIPS, like that UConn 2025 (and 2026) natty 😌.

“You gotta let that hurt go Aunty Joy” – gotta be one of my favourite lines you’ve ever written I swear 😆

Stephie really was just a lil menace this whole scene, the “nevermind… it’s just Aunty Liyah” - she cracks me up bruh, like she really does not care about anybody else not named “Mama” or “Miss Buecks” 😭

Their poor teammates putting in all that unpaid and under-appreciated labour and they don’t even have a single clue about the family drama they’re about to be put through.

All the Paige, Azzi and Stephie scenes had me smiling so fkn hard (well, not the last one but we’ll get to that later)!! It was just so domestic and fluffy and so real. The entire scene while they were unpacking in the master bedroom has my whole heart, especially when Stephie hugged Azzi from behind and had that cute, playful moment together, and knowing Paige was burning that vision into her eyelids.

Ok so Paige can’t just go around saying these things- “I’m just telling you I don’t wanna be alone tonight” and “just like your Mama used to”- so casually. I just feel like Azzi could ask Paige to move in with her and Stephie; heck Azzi could propose to her right there, right now, and Paige would say “yes” in a heartbeat (despite everything that’s happened) and it breaks my heart that Paige can’t have that.

The SLAM cover shirt! I definitely started crying at this point. “I couldn’t let it go” was the breaking point.

And then the final scene. Something about you writing chapter 4s that absolutely wreck me. Because I still vividly remember part 4 of the ucla fic, which to this day, still has one of my all-time favourite angst scenes. And you go and continue that trend with this part 4 scene.

Just when we think we’re in our fluff era, in typical Nivi fashion, you pull the rug out from under us (I know there were warning bells, but like Azzi, I chose to ignore that 😤). Azzi frantically trying to get Stephie and go, Stephie not knowing what’s happening and P helplessly watching on– ugh, just thinking about it physically pains me.

Don’t even talk to me about the “Miss Buecks I wanna stay. Can I please stay?”. That was too much Nivi, too much!

“She’s gonna want you forever… and she can’t have you forever” and “you’re not gonna have time for her and missing you is going to kill her and the guilt of that is going to hurt you” – man, this was such a perfect way of giving us an insight /teaser about why they broke up and oof, I had a feeling it was gonna be something like this. Side note: I had the Sad Beautiful Tragic bridge running through my mind on a loop once I read those lines.

I know we don’t have all the details yet, but I can understand Azzi’s fear of being left behind (funny knowing that had always been Paige’s fear in life until Azzi came along) or thinking that she was holding P back someway somehow as P entered the league with her star shining brighter and brighter. And so, I imagine the last line parallels what she thought back then too, which was that she might as well crack her and Paige’s hearts before they got to a point where if (although in Azzi’s mind, it was probably more like when) it broke, it could never mend again. I could be wrong but that was my interpretation!

But like Azzi, bruh, it’s PAIGE. Your soulmate. Your best friend. The yin to your yang. She’s never gonna leave you (and Stephie) behind (right, Nivi???). Plus, y’all are already attached, like it’s too late anyway!! So take that leap of faith, princess! And I need you to take it ASAP cause I wanna get back to the FLUFF, please.

What’s next?

Refer to the last dot point above.

But also, I recall you saying something about a beautiful French teammate?? We can still explore that.

No actually, what I need is a scene where some woman tries to talk to Paige and maybe is getting a little too close or too handsy and Stephie immediately comes barrelling in between and sternly says “we’re going home to Mama now, miss, so goodbye”

I’m assuming Azzi and Stephie have seen Tim and Katie throughout the past month? Do Tim and Katie know that Stephie’s basically found her other mom now?? Honestly, Tim and Katie probably have their own bet going lmao.

The thing is, while that last scene broke me, I also know that’s probably just scratching the surface when it comes to the angst, but I just don’t know if I can take much more 😭 You still haven’t even gotten to the Drew and Azzi angst yet like omg, my poor heart 💔💔

Favourite line/quote:

It’s their SLAM cover t-shirt and Azzi feels tears prickling at her waterline as she’s met with the picture of a younger version of the two of them. Back when they’d been so hopeful and carefree, ready to take on the world as long as they could do it together. Back when they’d been 2 in a million.

Alrighty, enjoy the rest of your week bestie, and hope you and everyone else are enjoying the Olympics so far (Aussie, Aussie, Aussie… finish that off for me Nivi 🎤😜). Also, in woso news, did you see about the potential live stream of Sam and Kristie watching the Australia vs USA match – I would loooove that (though we’d prolly lose cause our defending is shocking atm 😭)

Catch you later bestie, hopefully in another week’s time 🤞😬💗

-🙋‍♀️

BESTIE!!! Lmao do not get used to it, we all know I'm gonna disappoint you eventually (probably this week.)

Big Jana and Azzi fan here fr fr so I'm glad we're all on board.

I lowkey giggled to myself writing that line so I'm glad it hit because personally, I think Stephie might be the funniest person ever between that and the accidental "oh it's just Aunt Liyah" shade. She's just a girl with priorities.

I'm kind of in love with Paige-Azzi-Stephie as a trio so honestly writing fluff is really growing on me (no this doesn't mean the angst will stop tee hee)

The issue with Paige and Azzi in this fic is that Paige says everything she feels and Azzi holds everything in. It's actually a very volatile combination even though Paige isn't lying and Azzi's got good intentions.

I couldn't miss up a chance to add in some real life lore, you know me.

"In typical Nivi fashion" has me dying like damn I've built up a reputation huh?

I have a fair amount planned with why Azzi said no and what was happening in her brain. It wasn't just one thing for Azzi but a couple of things that made her hesitant and from where she's coming from, she's not necessarily wrong.

Fluff soon! (but how soon? and will it last? mwahhaha!)

YES beautiful French teammate that you and a couple of anons have reference, she's coming!

WAIT I LOVE THAT! Will definitely see what I can do cause now I'm kinda obsessed with the idea.

Bueckers and Fudd family reunions are going to be fun to right for sure!

I AM NAWT FINISHING THAT AUSSIE AUSSIE. Freaking NBC jinxing my swimmers but just you wait, we're gonna fight back! Between Sam-Kristie and Preath, my Pazzi shipper heart is yearning for the same from our favorite gays, hopefully soon!

[matan4il]

I really love how you point out the importance of Buddie choosing to raise Chris together as important LBGTQ representation because it's so close to my heart I need to see it. We never get that kind of representation for gay fathers but also gay men who are not into "gay hook up" culture as it's been labeled in Hollywood. Listen I loved Boys as much as the next and loved seeing a side not always portrayed in the mainstream...

But we never get soft gay boys choosing to start families. Wanting the family life and being like all the other soccer families you know?

Maybe it's easier for writers to portray women that way? I often joked it's because women are more naturally tactile. You can put 2 women best friends together on screen and easily blur the lines where an audience member can take the leap you know. Beaches, Fried Green Tomatoes, heck even Rizzoli and Isles.

But writers haven't seem to be able to Crack the code IMHO with men. It's one of the reasons I don't want a slutty Eddie Era. It's not my story but I don't see the need. Eddie is soft for 2 people in the world. Evan and Christopher. Can't I just have that you know??

And let me backtrack we did get Schitts Creek, but I think we can all agree that was an exception to the rules in gay storytelling. Even to the small point that the gay couple got the HEA, the straight couple realized their dreams lied elsewhere, and the straight bestie got to go live their best version of life.

Hopefully that made sense???

Hi Nonnie! Awwww, thank you for the kindness! I’m so happy to hear we’re on the same wavelength when it comes to what I said in this ask reply!

And I agree, there is so much more diversity in the real life queer community than in its reflection on screen. A part of it is not showing enough the more domestic couples, the older-when-coming-out men who don’t go through a phase of reliving the gay version of their adolescence, the ones who aren’t as colorful and who are not looking to party, the ones who want to be partners and parents and not party-goers. And who are still into sex! Just... domesticated sex. This isn’t to say that there’s an issue with any of the queer (especially male) characters that are often being portrayed, but for obvious reasons (they’re perceived as more interesting and drama-inducing), TV and movies tend to favor one over the other, rather than showing us a fuller range of the gay experience with love and acceptance for all. And EVERY kind of queer person deserves to see a reflection of themselves on our screens. And to not be sterilized if domesticated. 911 has done this so well for the lesbians with Henren, I am so hopeful it can do the same for gay men with Buddie, and to give us a breakthrough for queer men with a proper mlm slow burn.

And TBH, I would have actually really loved to see Buck and Eddie, after getting together, not only raising Chris together, but some time after they get together, also choosing to bring another kid into the world as a couple. We were almost gonna see it with Henren, but then the show took a turn with that storyline. The few times when TV and movies do portray queer couples, and especially male ones, as becoming parents, it’s almost always due to circumstances... I think I’ve only ever seen one such couple (on Modern Family) going through adoption, or choosing one of the other ways in which MOST same sex couples in REAL LIFE become parents. Again, that’s just a piece of representation that’s MISSING. It would be amazing to see Buck and Eddie doing THAT. Or Chris getting to be enthusiastic about being an older brother.

Oh man, I still need to watch Schitt’s Creek, I heard only good things about it. I know I’ll love it once I watch it. But from what I’ve gathered, they didn’t get to the stage of parenthood on the show, right? So yeah, they got to be soft and domestic, but not start on that next stage of building a family together?

You made perfect sense, lovely! I hope I did too. Thank you so much for this and have a great day! As always, here’s my ask tag. xoxox

[lily-in-thevalley]

Where Have You Gone in the New Year? Pt. 1

Set in the Au @i-should-be-doing-alright and myself lovingly call "the main timeline." You and Brian are getting ready for a small party your friends have put together for New Year's Eve (mostly just setting the stage and shedding a little light on things that have happened up to this point so the other parts of this story that come out later will make sense)

No warnings really besides some cursing, it's fluffy (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)(⁠ʘ⁠ᴗ⁠ʘ⁠✿⁠)

I'm planning to have the second (more drama-y) part of this come out on New Years so hehehe (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠) enjoy this little bit.

Also, as always, I'm posting this while barely awake so please gently acknowledge any spelling errors so I can fix them (⁠人⁠ ⁠•͈⁠ᴗ⁠•͈⁠)

“Brian!” Your excited giggle rang out across the entire flat from your bedroom. From their seats in the kitchen Roger, John, and Freddie knew there was only one thing that could’ve made you shriek like that.

“God they’re already getting sappy, it’s not even ten in the morning and they’re giggling like school children.” Freddie’s annoyed tone hardly came out, but on mornings where you and Brian were being particularly squirrelly before he’d gotten to wake up, you found that tone directed towards you.

“It’d be one thing if they were actually together. You know? If they had a reason to have their hands all over each other or whatever but they’re ‘just friends’” As John spoke the last few words Freddie rolled his eyes.

“Oh please, ‘just friends’ don’t kiss and insist on sleeping together…Or promise their virginity to each other” He took an elongated sip to let the giggles coming from your room drive his point home. "And they don’t sound like that behind closed doors.” The three of them looked up as your bedroom door opened, all looking simultaneously like deer in headlights, and very annoyed.

“Enjoying our morning are we?” John’s sarcasm went unnoticed by you and Brian. The two of you were filled with too much excitement, considering it was nearly ten in the morning, to care. Brian answered with his sleepy yet happy smile.

“Yeah, it took us a while to really wake up,” he kissed your cheek gently “They didn’t sleep the best last night so we slept late.” As Bri sat to talk with the boys about a gig, your gaze was fixated to him. It’s not that you were spacing out as you were prone to do, it was merely the way the sun was catching his untamed curls was mesmerising. For too long, in your very strong opinion, had Brian tortured his hair with a flat iron. It was only in the wee hours of the morning before he subjected his curls to unbearable heat did you get to appreciate them. When Brian stood back up you snapped out of your little staring fit.

“I think I’m gonna go for a shower. (Y/n), care to join me?” At his question your eyes lit up, Freddie and John shared an eye roll, and Roger pretending to gag into his breakfast. This time, you felt their teasing reactions as a pang of hurt.

“What’s so wrong about that? We shower together a lot. Brian can hardly wash his own hair without making it a mess and it saves money on the water bill.” You felt a bit defensive, and you thought, rightfully so. Neither you or Brian saw anything worth fussing over when it came to showering together.

“Oh nothing dear, if you two refuse to be a couple and then act exactly like a couple that’s totally ok by me.” With that, Freddie took his opportunity to head back to his room, “I just thought you two might like to tie the knot before getting so domestic with each other.” After Freddie, John saw it as his chance to retreat. It was Roger who really dug his nails in the deepest though. Perhaps it was just because of your unique friendship with Brian, but the simple poke at you hurt more than what the others usually said.

“Just don’t fuck in the shower yeah? I know you two are…planning whatever you’re planning but other people still have to go in there.” That was the bit that turned you sour. The constant insinuation that you and Brian were having sex every minute you had alone, when in reality, you two promised to make your first time special. Years and years now were put into the pact you two made at the ripe age of seventeen, a pact that you two would save yourselves for each other until the time felt right. When you ran into Brian again at university you hardly expected him to remember, but he was the first to bring it up a little over a year ago.

***

You had Brian sat up on the edge of your bed, feeling incredibly lucky that he agreed to pose for your art project. He’d been posed for nearly half an hour and had started shifting a bit in his spot.

“Let’s take a break Bri, I’m getting hungry,” choosing not to let him make a retort about having to figure out how to replicate the pose, you stood up and reached for his hand “We can use the drawing to get you posed again later.” Brian didn’t need to be told twice, instead of taking your hand however he layed back on your bed. His hands flew up and made a grabby motion, something you two made use of to say you wanted to cuddle without having to say it. Very happily you curled up on top of him, without a doubt, your favourite way to cuddle with Brian. From that spot you could easily listen to his heart beat. The same heart beat that seemed to be racing as the seconds ticked by.

"Hey um…angel?" If his heart didn't tell you he was nervous the slight waver to his voice did.

"Yeah love, what's up?" you paused to stroke his chest, hoping to give him some confidence. Instead though, you filled his stomach with even more butterflies.

"Do you…hm" Brian was having trouble choosing his words.

"Brimi love, don't worry about the right words" with a little smile you looked up at him.

"Remember when we were kids? Well, when we were teen-agers?" Again he spoke without an ounce of certainty. "That time when um…heh, we were trying- experimenting rather…and my father walked in?" Both of you felt your cheeks warm up and go pink. You *did* remember when you were younger and experimenting together. Most of all, you remembered the shocked, traumatised, embarrassed, and slightly angry look on Harold May's face when he caught you both seconds away from actually having sex. Suddenly understanding his nervousness, you nodded.

"Um, yeah love. I remember that whole… thing. Why do you ask?" For the moment between your question and his answer your heart beat matched his. Honestly, you thought he was going to ask you to try something like that again now that (as you assumed) he was more experienced.

"Because I uh-" he chuckled nervously "I was wondering if you remembered the pact we made after that. The one regarding our… first times you know?" If you had thought that your cheeks were warm before they were burning red now. Here you were, laying on Brian's chest, and he was asking if you remembered that you two wanted to share your first time together.

"I- I remember it brimi," in a more hushed tone you added "I um… still haven't had my first because of it. Along with some other reasons but-... Why are you asking me all of this?" Brian spoke quickly, as though he couldn't get the words out fast enough for fear of not getting to say them before offending you by mistake.

"Because I've kept up my end of the deal and- not that I'm saying you haven't or that I expected you to I mean- you and I didn't see each other for years and- what I'm trying to say is um- well I'm saying," he took a deep breath "I still want us to have that moment together" the poor boy's blush had taken over his whole face, making it hard for you not to smile. Very carefully (to be mindful of the little curls that started to break free from their straightened prison) you ran your hand through Brian's hair to sooth him.

"Brian," nervousness overtook the hint of excitement on Brian's face at that before you finished your sentence. "I'm so happy you brought it up." A soft smile snuck into your face while he looked dumbfounded.

"What? You are?" He sounded as confused as he looked, which sent an odd feeling of giddiness through your body.

"Of course I'm happy! I wanted to ask about it but well- I figured you might've moved on and found it childish."

"I thought you might have moved on- (y/n) I-" the both of you shared a giggle, "I'm not good looking enough for anyone to want me like that." That earned a sharp poke at Brian's chest.

"Hey now! Yes you are!" In retaliation of your poke, Brian lashed out and tickled your sides, resulting in a full on giggle fit that had you both breathless by the end of it.

***

Now, on New Year's Eve morning the conversation was far from your mind. After the boys had gotten their teasing out you and Brian went for a shower together. A moment that, no matter the circumstances, calmed both of you right down. You both could be in the worst mood that had you spiralling throughout the day but if either of you suggested a shower together it was all fine. Something, you suspected, could be accredited to your undying love and adoration for Brian. And something, he suspected, had something to do with his undoubted and unwavering infatuation and love for you.

Of course, neither of you knew the other felt this way. When you found yourselves together under the warm water of the shower however, it felt like it didn't need saying. In those short fifteen minutes before the water heater gave out on you, you felt closer than anything. Neither of you would say anything either if your hand lingered a bit too long on his shoulder. And neither of you saw fit to say anything if you found his smile directed towards his hand gently massaging soap into your hip. It was all just part of being such close friends.

While you were getting dressed Brian sat on the bed, a question wandering to the front of his mind.

"What do you think you'll wear to Freddie's little party tonight?"

"Oh- I'm not sure yet love. What do you think?" A subtle (yet blatant) way to ask him what he wanted to see you in. A little purr hummed in Brian's chest while he thought.

"Maybeee… that nice pant suit you got? The one that's blue with the cream pinstripes?" Immediately you knew exactly the one he was talking about. Brian, Roger, John, and Freddie had gotten together to get it for your birthday. Of course, this was after fighting for a week over what to get you and Brian telling them that you were eyeing the suit in a shop window. Quickly you pulled it out of your wardrobe.

"This one yeah?" It'd have to hang up for a while longer, seeing as it was still early in the morning. That didn't stop you from holding it over your current, more casual, and relaxed outfit.

If Brian were honest with himself, he didn't care what you chose to wear. Not out of apathy, but because he genuinely thought you were stunning no matter what you wore at any given moment. Instead of explaining this to you, he gave you a smile.

"That's the one. Or whatever you want really." You rolled your eyes playfully.

"Why thank you Brian, I think I'll go with this though." With that, you put the outfit back to hang in your wardrobe and kissed Brian's cheek on the way out of your room.

While there was a lingering anxiety over having to attend Freddie's party, you knew Brian would be there. There was always comfort to be found in his presence. You could say he was the lingering cure to your lingering anxiety, and today there was no exception to that.

Throughout the day, when you found yourself thinking too much about what might happen that night, he would take your mind off of it. When you were worrying yourself into an upset stomach (for hours after you were informed that Mary, Brian's former girlfriend and Freddie's current girlfriend, intended to be there) Brian curled up with you on the sofa and cuddled away your nerves. After a while, his comforting presence convinced you that, yes, you could still go and have fun if she was there. You could celebrate the new year with your friends even if people you didn't particularly like were there.

That night, with your hand in Brian's on the way down the road to the pub where everyone was at, you were certain. You could have a good time that night, and it was exactly what you intended to do.

[wonkyreads]

I used to write reviews here instead of just Goodreads. I’m hoping to going back to that, but to be honest, I moved last year and don’t have space for my books. This means I stopped taking pictures for the BPCs, so I stopped taking pictures of my recent reads, so posting here felt pointless. I like ranting here, though. Next year, I will attempt to keep that up.

For this year, take an end of the year top worst and best. (And keep in mind these are obviously just my opinions! This list also doesn’t reflect the books I DNF’d because I don’t consider them read personally.)

Top 10 Worst Reads of 2022

10. The Themis Files by Sylvain Neuvel

- So this is a sci-fi trilogy where a girl accidentally discovers a giant mecha hand buried deep underground and grows up to be a scientist and studies/digs up all of these mecha pieces. The first book is genuinely good, but the arguments and plot lines the author decided to take with the rest of the series progressively pissed me off more and more, though. Not a bad series, just ultimately not one I enjoyed.

9. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

- I feel I’m gonna piss a fair amount of people off with this one, but it won’t be the last time in this list. With how popular this book is online I don’t feel the need to explain what the plot here is. The writing of this book was beautiful, definitely, it was the content I couldn’t stand. I’m a fan of angst. This was not angst. This was throwing a shelf’s worth of terrible things into a sack and shaking it up to see what happened. This was actively attempting to make people feel things in a way that felt so over the top and transparent that I found myself hardly caring at all. To me, this reeks of romanticizing queer trauma and just trauma in general. I’m just not here for it. Show me redemption or healing, they’re harder to write anyway since it seemed all Yanagihara cared about was the mechanics behind the story and not the story itself.

8. The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini

- This book is kind of a modern classic and it’s just… I’m not sure how I was supposed to sympathize with the main character. This is the story of Amir and Hassan, two boys in Afghanistan in the 70’s. Hassan’s father works for Amir’s, but the book spends a large amount of time trying to guilt you into feeling bad for Amir, our main character. That’s kind of the whole plot (without spoilers) as I remember it if I’m being honest. The writing was fine and I’ve liked Hosseini’s books in the past, I just disliked the main character so much it kind of ruined everything. I disliked feeling guilty for not liking him. It all kind of got in the way of the message for me.

7. The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

- Hannah’s a bodyguard and Jake’s a down-to-earth movie star who seems to have a stalker problem. I adore the concept, but I think my main problem with this book is that I hyped it up for myself and told myself I’d love it. That and the premise felt like a promise of some kind of danger and by the time anything actually dangerous happened it was so ridiculous I laughed at it. It’s the over-the-top kind of romance I tend to not like, though. I fully admit to skimming the epilogue because I also kind of hate romance novels that do that.

6. We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange

- Sunday Brennan gets into a drunk driving accident and then must swallow her pride and move back to New York where her large Irish Catholic family pretends they don’t need her either. This book is about family secrets, but all I really remember about it is that it did this really bad, gimmicky thing where every chapter ended with the same exact sentence, usually dialogue, that the next chapter began with. When it’s done a couple times to show that we’re in the same scene we just left only in a different perspective, or better yet the two perspectives don’t hear the dialogue the same way, it’s fine. But it was every single chapter. Every one of them. I’m also super picky about domestic drama books like this. Hard pass for me.

5. A History of Wild Places by Shae Earnshaw

- Honestly, I’m not sure how to some this up without spoilers so I’ll just say it’s a cult-y mystery told in multiple time lines. This is the second book I’ve read by Earnshaw and both were promising starts with disappointing developments for me. For me, the book was too predictable to be satisfying and, worse, often it felt like the most boring option was constantly being chosen. The concept was originally very promising, but the closer I got to the end and realized the twist wasn’t going to be fun or interesting, the more reading the book started to feel like a chore.

4. There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

- Oof. I don’t know how I picked this book up and didn’t expect it to be a teen slasher. I’ll watch a slasher any day of the week (including the movie made from this book), but reading them is kind of boring. You know the tropes, so when they’re followed it’s anticlimactic. I also found some of the character interactions hard to believe, which didn’t help raise my opinion any. I’m just harsh on thrillers and any books involving “small towns.”

3. Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

- When his BFF Eddie, and definitely not his boyfriend, dies of apparent suicide, Andrew moves into Eddie’s old house with Eddie’s friends to find proof that Eddie’d been killed. There’s also some supernatural stuff and dark academia themes. This is another opinion I feel will make enemies, and it’s one I’ve actually posted here before. I read this book so early in the year that I’ve forgotten most of the specifics about it. What I remember disliking the most, though, was along the same lines as A Little Life. So much felt like it was just there to romanticize queer pain and what was left outside of that was a disappointingly slow mystery that didn’t really surprise or scare me. I think the conversations this book attempted to have were interesting, I just also think it failed to pull it all off. I didn’t believe or feel these characters. I didn’t care for how much it read like Ronan (of The Raven Boys) fanfic. I was consistently annoyed with smart characters avoiding the plot line or making idiotic choices. Also, I’m still traumatized by how obsessed literally everyone was with Eddie, I’m genuinely avoiding books using that name now. All around, absolutely wasn’t for me.

2. Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma

- Romance is not my genre. Romance that is so over-the-top crazy unrealistic is super not my genre. This book follows Kareena and Dr. Dil in a retelling of The Taming of the Shrew. Kareena is supposed to get married before her younger sister and her family is pressuring her, also her dad is selling her childhood home. Dr. Dil hosts a TV show and wants to raise money for his community clinic. I disliked Dr. Dil so, so much and Kareena was so inconsistent. The book felt so unedited and contradictory that I was constantly annoyed with it. The balance between show and tell was nonexistent; you can’t tell me what these characters are and not back it up and expect me to like them or believe them. People’s reactions were crazy over-the-top sometimes and if I have to ask of people actually act like that in real life, I’m already frustrated. I adore The Taming of the Shrew. I could watch 10 Things I Hate About You on repeat. I wanted to love this book so, so badly and was so utterly disappointed in what I got.

And last, but certainly least:

1. Verity by Colleen Hoover

- Verity was one of my most recent reads (I, regrettably, listened to it while icing sugar cookies for Christmas) and it follows Lowen attempting to write the end to a book series she’s never read before by snooping through the original authors memoir manuscripts. Or something. I have never read a Colleen Hoover book before and bought this one through audible years ago because everyone seemed to love it so much. This book has a 4.4 rating on Goodreads. I would just like to know how. Honestly. Talk about unbelievable characters! There were so many unnecessary gratuitous sex scenes in this book and just.. laughable suspense. A lot of the “twists” in this book were so predictable, but I do have a few questions; namely, how the fuck did Jeremy’s milquetoast ass get two women to become so obsessed with him so fast? Also, do people actually think like Lowen does? Holy shit. No really, I have SO many questions and I’m fairly certain none of them are the kind Hoover intended for me to have. I could go on for hours but I’m attempting to avoid spoilers and also it’s a fairly loved book and I don’t want to verge into the territory of yucking someone’s yum or anything, I just genuinely don’t understand. 4.4! Jesus Christ!

[hollyhomburg]

I too am still a little confused on how tumblr works 😭but I absolutely loved the new chapter!! I’m a little curious if yoongi will be upset with the m/c or if they’ll drift apart (ik their mates but still :()once he finds out the truth about what happened to his grandfather. Possibly also jimin too because he knows the mc’s past and I feel like he’s still a little wary of her because he doesn’t know if she’s more strategic than she lets on .. idk he gets really paranoid sometimes so it’s just a thought. I’m still wondering whether his love for the mc is really love or if it’s because she makes tae happy. I also love how long this story is please don’t try to rush the ending, I love all the chapters even if they’re “filler” chapters. I love reading their domestic life and all the fluffy moments it makes me feel so warm 🥹. I also love how you connect the whole story with little bits and pieces of the mcs past to foreshadow what’s to come. It’s genius 🤯 sorry for the long ask but the chapter was just so good🫶🫶

honestly, i think yoongi will feel conflicted about it and then- quickly forget about it for his own sake, not everyone is capable of holding a grudge and yoongi is not capable of holding onto one when it comes to the m/c and jimin tbh- somethings are better left alone and thats yoongi's perspective. where they objectivly the closest family yoongi had? yes. is he also aware that they'd both personally murdered like 50 people each at least? also yes. he'd rather have the m/c than them tbh

i think them being 'filler' is all up to how they feel to you guys because they're certianly not filler to me like- i enjoy writing these just as much as the others- and alot does happen in them too tbh like- the m/c's recovery plot was covered chapter before last, and then the next was the advancement of tae and her's relationship, and then this next one is going to fully catapult us into hobi land so- tomato tamato you know? things certianly happen- there just isn't alot of drama right???

trust me keeping track of all the little bits takes sooooooo much fucking mental power i swear to god i'm legitmatly worried that if i have one more depressive episode it's just gonna wipe out all my bily brainsells 😭

[calyssmarviss]

idk i think its less outrage bc its slow but bc of how its done. repetitive storylines, new ones that lead nowhere and that this probably was planned as a series finale. i understand the frustration of most.

Look I’m just starting to get really annoyed with all the posts i see that are like “wow it didn’t happen in this season finale like it should have i have been Baited and Betrayed and Stabbed and also it totally means it won’t ever happen because there was only this moment.”

Okay going in order here: well maybe they’re worth being repeated because clearly Buck and Eddie didn’t learn all the lessons they needed to learn from their previous relationships. Come on look at them asking everyone around for advice, they’re clueless, about many different things, not just each other. (And what if i wanted to see them on an awful awful double date the last time and didn’t get it?)

And we just don’t know that any storyline is “going nowhere”??? Seriously one of the things i like about 911 is how they bring back stuff most shows would forget about and I’m continuously baffled by the people who can’t even recognize how well it’s doing on that front (and on many others). Or just assume malice from people they don’t know and are under understandable constraints when it comes to explaining their decisions (you think KR is gonna spoil her show in interview just to reassure anxious fans? Really?)

The fact is that there IS going to be another season. And idk, I’m not an expert in the industry but seems to me like there was never any real danger of the show getting entirely cancelled. Literally they announced it was going to ABC in the same breath. And i really don’t think this would have been the finale if it was going to be the end of it and they knew it.

Basically those people are getting mad at things that didn’t happen, things they don’t know the outcome of and motivations they ascribe to creators while ignoring the text and the history of the show and by doing that they take out all of the enjoyment they could get from it and raining on other people’s parade.

I’m not even saying “there are other characters/the show ain’t just buddie”. It’s the main reason I’m here too. I get it. But there’s so much there already? (It’s A Thing, whether it’s platonic or romantic or sexual or official or canon, none of that happening or not won’t make it A Thing that we can see on our screens and discuss and write and read about) And there’ll be much more I hope, and I hope it’s not rushed and that it gets even more layered and convoluted. Because that’s what sets buddie aside from the show’s other ships. It’s the uncertainty, the guessing work, the beautiful metaphors and parallels (that are so loud they’re more text than subtext at this point). And how you have to use the rest of the show as a key to read it, like it’s the x in an equation. The one big unknown.

I don’t know it’s just exciting to me, much more that any “established relationship” narrative. I mean sure I’d love to see them as an official couple or whatever, maybe for a season? That’d be a big win. And i’d probably keel over from too much feelings anyway from the most basic domestic scenes because I’m that invested now rip. But to me really it’s the drama on the way that’s the most interesting.

[tumblinglikeduckling]

To me suna is a closed off character who throws snark/joking comments towards his friends. He’s caring deep down but he likes to put up walls and seem tougher than he might feel.

If you read the timeskip manga I feel like you get a bit more of sunas character (only the occupation but if you read into it too much then that’s enough lol) He’s def a passionate guy cuz I don’t think he’d have followed through with going pro if he wasn’t. He also seems like he could be a little angsty mayhaps? Bc of the hiding genuine feelings and vulnerability.

I really wanted canon to explore sunas love and passion for volleyball!!! Like there must be a reason he decided to go pro, and a reason he’s in division 1, like that doesn’t just happen cuz you thought a normal office job would be boring??? So yeah def his love and passion!! I don’t remember how much we get in the manga but I don’t think it’s a lot…

I like osasuna cuz they seem really compatible and like they just click and get each other. To me they’re best friends and partners and they love to spend time with each other watching bad dramas, cooking (samu doing the cooking, Rin doing the watching), and commenting on volleyball games.

Due to me reading too many fanfics I have some different ideas of how sunaosa could become sunaosa.

First one is that they get together young and that they like to rub it in atsumus face that he’s single.

The second is that they get together young (again) but this time Suna isn’t sure he can do long distance, he doesn’t truly believe in love and he’s not sure how they’re gonna make it and is scared he might give everything up for samu (completely stole that from a fic I read, I’ll find the link) so he breaks it off. They make up and become friends and suna realizes long distance romantic and platonic relationships aren’t too different from each other. (They live happily ever after, disgustingly domestic)

For the third they’re just dense and oblivious. They’ve basically been married for 10 years and they’re the last to know, and they only find out cuz of a mistake (or drunken night, I will link another one of my fav snos fics).

I also like the third one where they know their small crushes but they don’t do anything about it and then get together when they feel like they’re in the right place.

These are all different… I just feel like they fit it.

Most of my thoughts on this has been taking from fics and headcanons so I don’t actually know how much Suna character is in the canon stuff… when I finally watched the anime I already felt like I knew him lol

Anyway all I know for sure is that I love Suna and I love snos, they make me happy :)) their small cute dynamic, very lovely <3

Fanfics I was talking about:

Accidentally in love by keenbean

Drowning in gravity by viverella

Feel free to add anything or tell me if there’s more canon Suna in the manga that I need to read again :))

How do y'all see Suna?

We don't have one speck of Suna's character in canon, especially his personality and GOALS.

How do you see him as a character? Do character study fics and character analysis? How do you perceive him in fan fiction? I read too few fan fiction to take a hold of who this man actually is, and why he is interesting.

Why is he interesting to y'all, and what character trait do you see in him that canon did not explore?

Oh, and also, Osasuna. How do you see the relationship? What are their dynamics? How is it special to you? How was the ship conceived? Why do they fit together?

Also, WHY WOULD THEY ARGUE AND BREAK UP AND HOW?