#they're so lame why do i stan

[reflections-in-a-critical-eye]

This will be more of a personal post sprinkled with some thoughts on AYS?!, so for those interested strictly in shipping content, you can skip this.

I couldn't help myself yesterday to wait until my work schedule was done. So I watched the first two episodes during lunch break and work, while using the keyboard from time to time to not appear offline.

And then a second time in the evening, without as many interruptions. I even texted my sister to remind her that the episodes have been released (she has JK's songs on her playlists and that's where it stops). My tone was very casual, as if I just remembered it was already up. As if I haven't actually been thinking and obsessing about that show for a year now. But that's because I can't let this online, fandom "life" seep through my other, "real" one. I've always struggled with my feelings of shame over being part of such spaces. Which is why I avoided them completely. Up until four years ago. I'm still dealing with it. I don't want to tell people that I have an interest in a kpop ship and that it's been ongoing for a few years now. It feels to foreign to the image I allow others to have of me and this kpop stuff is childish to say the least. I've fallen victim to the talking points I've argued against intellectually. But life doesn't work that way. My rational brain doesn't get along with my feelings.

So I keep my thoughts about shipping, fandoms, jikook here. And I share them with friends and people that have a connection to it. It's why I have a blog. So I can post a photo of jikook holding hands at the beginning of their journey and at least 10 people will understand it cause they like the same thing. I'm not a loser on my own here so the thought feels comforting.

I didn't have specific expectations about AYS?!, but I felt happy watching it. It was different, but a good different. Having the opporrtunity to witness them from morning till evening without any interruptions painted an interesting picture and it's the first time to see some parts of their dynamic.

They bicker, they flirt, they get lovingly annoyed, they get bored, they get silent, they get touchy. It feels more real than any 2-min clip from a Memories DVD could possibly show us. I don't want picture perfect jikook because it doesn't exist. Being in stan spaces, all I see everyday is worship, a mentality that is then transfered to the people surrounding the idol. But I don't want JK to worship Jimin 24/7 or vice versa. That's not a real relationship of any kind. I want to see them treat each other like they're just people. Which is what they did. Too bad that some have interpreted that as negative when in fact all we got were clear signs of actual closeness. And nothing beats it like Jungkook's attitude towards Jimin being sick. Shippers/supporters have clips and endless arguments on hand to explain the closeness between jikook, but honestly? That first evening in the cabin when JM was in the bathroom and subsequently the next morning should be the sole argument from now on. It can't be more obvious if it hit us in the head.

It's not about needing confirmation at every step of them being a couple. At least I don't need that. In the long run, it wouldn't even matter if they're not. What's noticeable is that they appear to be one and that doesn't come out of thin air.

Is my mood volatile these days? Yes. Actually these past few months. Do I need this show as one of those feel good series? Definitely, because there's nothing else out there to catch my attention in terms of tv content. I don't want to pick apart and poke holes and question every single line to make myself feel miserable. Everything else is too bad and I am too lame so I rely on this show for a short, temporary thing that improves my mood. I don't care about other things, doubts or worries. I really really just want to enjoy jikook doing whatever they want. I don't have high standards.

[yuri-is-online]

RESIDENT ACE STAN HERE AND QKJFIWKFKWKDNNF IM FOAMING AT THE MOUTH 😭🩷 that being the closest confession you'll from him is so ??? You being a part, a staple even, of his life?? That's not even a confession thats a proposal basically (im delulu) i love him so much and i love the way you write him !! Like my ur my actual fave ace writer here im 🩷🩷🩷

*cradles this ask gently in my hands* I love you so much annon thank you TᴖT

“You can be a part of that life too you know?!” It’s not the closest to a confession you’ve ever gotten from Ace, but it’s certainly the loudest.

See just saying Ace wants you to be a part of his life isn't really anything new. More explicit than "it'll be easier to take care of a certain magicless someone" sure but you could brush that off. But when Ace gets worked up about something he starts talking. And he tends to tell the truth when he does. So that's why I had him go on that little rant he does, he loves Yuu so much he wants to make sure they're taken care of, if that meant going home then he had to let you go... but now that it means you have to stay that means he has to make sure you know in no uncertain terms you're not alone. You have someone who cares about you more than he fully understands. It drives him crazy so he says what he thinks can be passed off as normal friend stuff (who wouldn't be there for their bros???) but the way he says it makes it clear about how he feels. It is sort of a proposal in a way, he doesn't see a day of his future without you in it but well. Ace can be a bit stupid sometimes. I don't think he fully realizes the implications of what he's suggesting... he just wants to live in the same house as you, go on long walks, maybe do some fun stuff every once in a while (without anyone else but he just says Deuce because he's easy to make fun of), and hey in order to do that he's got to do boring stuff too. He liked going grocery shopping with you, how lame.

You really have always had me.

[ordowrites]

terms

cw: none, some kissing and pet names used in replacement of names, gn reader, slight banter, pure fluff, established relationship, mdni, minors do not interact.

i've never written childe before so i do hope i did him justice but i couldn't stop thinking about this idea in class sorry childe stans if i messed up

it's not that he's bad at romance - it's just that he's not good at it. you know that the eleventh fatui harbinger has had a crush on you for a very long time, but he's never been...good at going about any of his romantic interests. when you smile at him and greet him, he calls you comrade instead of anything else, and of course, you wouldn't dream of teasing a harbinger.

but yet, the flowers he gives you are lovely and fresh, he asks you out for dinner pretty frequently - while he has the funds, you'd much rather a homecooked meal and he is ever happy to provide that. you don't know why you're so surprised when he can cook up a delicious meal even with your meager groceries. and while you tend to fall into the quieter side, you're more than happy to listen to him regale stories of childhood and snezhnaya, anything to keep his face lit up and happy.

the two of you fell naturally into a relationship - what was simple, "we're just friends" turned into, "well, maybe. we're having lunch or dinner again this week" to "hands off my partner or there will be trouble." in a span of a few months, and it makes your belly flutter. he's about as wild about you as you are about him - perhaps a bit more possessive but that's okay in your eyes, he'd never cheat nor hurt you. and you're happy to provide him a family one day, so smitten with the blue eyed boy who holds your attention.

"why do you call be comrade? it makes me feel as if i am merely one of your subordinates or just merely a friend." you gently chide him at dinner one day, not meaning anything seriously of it. "goodness, has it become a term of endearment now?"

"oh uh - sorry, i didn't know it bothered you that much. it's simply a habit, you know? i don't know what else to call you," childe - ajax - says, face turning a bit red. "i was informed by some uh colleagues that specific terms these days are lame or stupid and to not use them."

you let out a soft breath, a little laugh. this man is believed to be pretty ruthless in the battlefield and blood thirsty, and here he is, blushing like a schoolboy over you teasing him about calling you comrade.

"ah - well, I suppose that makes sense."

ajax rubs a blue eye, smiling a bit sheepishly at you. "i haven't quite thought about relationships, y'know. so..." he trails off. "if it bothers you-"

you break him off with a little kiss on the lips. "it's okay, ajax. i was mostly teasing."

"no," he says, after a moment and a lopsided smile. "you need something else. something special, because you're special." oh and now he has you blushing, caught between words and unable to get them out. ajax looks pleased at this. "how 'bout...snowdrop? my snowdrop. they grow in snezhnaya, and i think they're quite pretty. maybe i'll try to order some for you."

"i think that's perfect." you say, after a moment of thought while he stared at you with hope in those blue eyes you can never say no to. "lovelier than comrade."

ajax snorts and he draws you in for a more warmer kiss. "good, 'cause i wasn't gonna change it."

[ladybug-love-square-enthusiast]

Don't get me wrong I still love the love square but I also kinda dig Chloe x Marinette (sorry I'm a sucker for enemies to lovers and villains redemption)

But in this AU I want their enemy-ing start to be centered on something other than Adrian, like something more to do with their personalities or views?

Like maybe in this AU Chloe hates Marinette because she's such a people pleasing push over in her eyes. She thinks that Marinette doesn't truly want to be nice or do things for others out of kindness in her heart but only because of societal pressure or a kind of mild and gentle manipulation except that she's being fake and hiding it behind her good girl act (or maybe it could be a milder view where Chloe doesn't think Marinette is doing it on purpose but is subconsciously manipulating through people pleasing (thinking of the toxic people pleasing discussions)). And when she bullies Marinette (thought Chloe doesn't think of it as bullying) she feels like Marinette deserves it because even though Marinette will get angry and complain about it to her friends she still doesn't stand up for herself ("let's it happen to her" in Chloe's eyes) which she thinks is pathetic.

Maybe tie in with the abusive narcissistic behaviour of her mum Vs the push over behaviour of her dad, i.e she had to bear the brunt of the abuse from her mum as a child because her dad was a pushover until she learnt to emulate her mum in a way to protect herself but also because it seemed like the way to "win" or assert yourself in life and also it was a way to distance herself from the behaviour of her dad which she feels disgusted and betrayed by (she also views her child self in the same light, being weak and pathetic which also pisses her off even more) (btw I didn't actually watch the episodes about Chloe's almost redemption, this is all just AU thoughts based on what I've seen people post)

Maybe she also thinks that everyone is selfish deep underneath but that most people are too scared (also pathetic) to admit but that means they're just lying to themselves and everyone else, meanwhile she's feels like she's at least being honest compared to them. (She also sees this in her dad who she feels like always tried to "be nice" as self preservation but never stood up for his own daughter which she thinks is more selfish than anything her mum did, but that's fine because she's not the pathetic child from the past anymore, now she doesn't need anyone to stand up for her)

(tdlr, this AU Chloe values dominance and assertiveness, but goes to the point of having no empathy almost)

((I still want her to stan Ladybug though. Maybe Chloe admires her bravery in the face of physical and life threatening danger (her "dominance"), and maybe Ladybug is one of the few people whose good deeds Chloe believes is actually real rather than from some underlying selfishness? Maybe in this AU Ladybug tries to keep a more low profile (only famous because of all the low resolution fan cam footage and pictures (Alya still chasing after them)) and refuses to claim any rewards or honours for their deeds which makes Chloe believe? Ladybug literally risks her LIFE and asks for nothing other than for Paris to be safe)) (and maybe that's why she hates Chat Nior, other than for being annoying and lame in her opinion, is that he seems more showy and okay with the fame (which is because Adrian is more used to dealing with paparazzi and press than Mariette, apathetic to it in some ways but also thinks it's funny to joke around with it) which she immediately brands as his underlying motive (which isn't actually true))

(((and then that's why Ladybug is such a big deal for Chloe, why she's such a massive simp fan for Ladybug, because Ladybug is one of the only people Chloe believes is actually selfless)))

Then Marinette obviously hates Chloe since she's a massive bully and seems to only care about herself, even disregarding the feelings of her so called friends like Sabrina and Adrian. To Marinette, Chloe seems to be a very shallow and vapid rich spoilt girl.

I want them to both be kinda right about eachother in some ways but also have misunderstandings about eachother or have an exaggerated view of eachother's bad points (though I do want Chloe to start out as kind of a bully but then slowly learn to be better (maybe something involving Ladybug or that Ladybug does being the final push to get Chloe to change))

((Can you imagine the reveal when Chloe finds out Ladybug is Marinette, when she finally realises she was wrong about Marinette being a weak pushover, and that she was wrong to think her passivity was a form of selfish preservation. But also seeing part of Chloe's perfect ideal of Ladybug shatter before her eyes. That even Ladybug isn't always the super brave and assertive superhero of Paris and that even she has moments (sometimes a lot) of weakness, that she can trip over her words and get nervous or scared. Maybe this is part of what changes Chloe's mind about her twisted idea that any sort of "meekness" or "push over behaviour" is pathetic form of self preservation))

(Sorry kinda low on Marinette's side of the post because her view of Chloe is more understandable lol whereas Chloe definitely needs a lot of explaining behind her actions)

[gojuo]

kinda love all the shit talking baela/rhaena stans do of helaena and those two have yet to speak more than like a full sentence at most in both the first episode of season 2 and last season. hilarious tbh

like shiiiiiit, saw a gifset of Rhaena looking sad over Luke's funeral pyre and I was like .... dawg .... that's the bastard usurping your rightful inheritance ... why are you sad? you don't even feel a little relieved? vindicated? eager over getting your rightful hometown back in your own right? like you mean to tell me she had no inner turmoil over the fact that High Tide was getting annexed by a rando? no tension between her and Baela who, y'know, maybe, I'm just spitballing here of course, was tomboyish and undutiful and who probably didn't give a fuck about Jace being a bastard because she would be Queen of the Six Kingdoms anyways so she could look past it but Rhaena can't look past it because she's not going to be queen she's going to watch her home get usurped by a nobody and be that nobody's consort? seriously? this is the best they could do with these NPCs? fucking annoys me to no end how nobody of the younger cast in Team Black has a meaningful arc or narrative conflict (this is all to service the lie that TB is wholesome and unproblematic unlike those troubled Greens). so lame how they're retconning Baela into being a part of Rook's Rest (🤮🤮🤮) and merging Rhaena with Nettles (racism + whitewashing of Daemyra). worthless characters if you ask me.

[nrilliree]

I'm inclined to think Aemond girlies are the most disgusting and unserious people in the fandom. It's so darn gross how they're trying to convince everyone Aemond's relationship with Alys Rivers, his slave and war prize, was a happy, consensual and loving one. I think they're not really interested in Aemond as a character, but just in seeing Ewan's bare ass. And speaking of Ewan's bare ass... In the trailer, we see a footage of bare-chested, probably naked Aemond, pillowing his head on some woman's lap. Which makes them really excited about the possible Aemond and brothel madame scene. Which I personally find disgusting, since from season one we learnt Aegon dragged his 13 yo brother to the pleasure house where he was probably SA'ed ... I get it that in quasi -medieval Westeros, a 13 yo is considered adult, but don't forget grown up men could become victims of sexual violence as well. Plus, judging how Aemond acted around the madame in season 1, I'd say he didn't feel comfortable around her... I'm not a fan of Aemond's (honestly, it's so lame how the showrunners are apparently trying to excuse war crimes and crimes against humanity he's going to commit with his unhappy childhood) , but it's extremely creepy how desperate the "stans" are to see Ewan in a sex scene, never mind whether it makes sense plot-wise or character -wise.

What amuses me the most is when Aemond's fans want him to have an affair with Helaena and be the father of her children. This is such stupid hypocrisy that it truly amuses me.

But yes, most of them simply mean that they don't want to see Aemond in such scenes or Ewan in make-up. That's why in their fan fiction they make Aemond a nice, tender and sensitive boy who has done nothing wrong in his life and although he is such an incredibly excellent warrior, he abhors violence. He's supposed to be their sensitive teddy bear in hot scenes. Therefore, they do not pay attention to the fact that it may in some way result in harm to the character. But for Aemond, who was dragged by Aegon to a brothel when he was a boy, it would mean harm. Or it could involve this character hurting others. But why should they care, right?

[starsomens]

You stans are fucking pathetic and so damn easily offended on this strange man's behalf. And for what?! Pick me, pick me! Whole grown ass man is still wearing a fucking mask and shit on stage after doing it for several tour legs now and yes, it's boring. This also includes Sleep Token and other shit like that. If they have all this supposed talent, why do they need all that hmm? All these clowns and their lame ass gimmicks will soon be in the Slipknot category by the time they're 35. If they're even still together at that point, right? Enjoy it while it lasts!

PICK ME ! PICK ME ! PICK ME ! I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A STUPID MASK ! OOOO! Grow the fuck up

They do it for a fucking reason 🧍🏽‍♀️ last time I checked they’re still singing and it has nothing to do with masks dumbass

[mouwrites]

PLEASE DO MORE SILLY SOUTH PARK, LIKE..

Maybe the Main 4 (& Butters, if you do him?) with a reader that’s Scott Malkinson’s cousin?

Yippee more South Park!! :D

South Park - Main 4 (+ Butters) With Scott Malkinson's Cousin

Cartman

He was absolutely DUMBFOUNDED when he found out you were Scott's cousin

Like, to him, you're way too cool and amazing to be related to someone like him

So when you first told him, he thought you were joking

"Don't even joke about that, Y/n. Scott's way too gross to be in your bloodline."

"...It wasn't a joke??"

"What."

You'd get upset when he poked fun at Scott, always rushing to defend your cousin

Cartman tries to dial the teasing down a little for your sake

(he also just doesn't want to get on your bad side)

Let's be real though, it's Cartman; he's not giving it up completely

He'll sometimes refer to you as "the cool cousin" and Scott as "the lame cousin" when talking about you both

Kenny

The first thing he blurted when you said Scott was your cousin was:

"Scott's your cousin? Then why don't you have a lisp??"

"Pfff— that's not how it works, Kenny."

You'll have to help him if you want him to be nicer to Scott

He just doesn't see the problem with a little lighthearted teasing, especially since he doesn't actually hate Scott

But once you explain to him that what he's doing is harmful, he'll give it up

He'll even apologize to Scott if you go with him

He's genuine when he says sorry; he doesn't want to hurt anyone that's important to you, no matter how funny it is

That being said, he'll still poke a little fun at him once he gets closer to Scott

Scott will poke fun at him back

Now that they're established as buddies, you have no problem listening (and giggling) as they banter

Kyle

Kyle sort of tries to separate you from Scott

He knows that Scott gets bullied a lot, and he doesn't want the same thing to happen to you

So he keeps you away from each other whenever possible

"Ooh! My cousin's over there, we should go sit with him."

"Uh, let's find somewhere else to sit..."

He knows that it's a little cold, but he's only trying to protect you

Eventually you figure out what he's doing and you confront him

When he explains it's because Scott is generally disliked by everyone, you're heartbroken

You force him to help you fix Scott's reputation

He begrudgingly agrees, mostly because he feels bad for keeping you away from your cousin

With your drive and his brains, you actually do manage to raise his status a little!

But uh... that just means that the other bullying targets (cough cough Pip cough cough) get more attention

Stan

Stan does not care who you're related to

He was a little surprised when you told him, mostly because you were pretty different from Scott (in his eyes at least)

But after that initial surprise, he was over it

He'll try to be nicer to Scott when you invite him to hang out with you

He also attempts to get the other guys to go easy on him

"Come on, guys. It's just a lisp. It's not even that funny."

Scott starts to grow on him a little, but not to the point of wanting to be close with him

You both sort of become Scott's protectors, standing up for him when people try to rag on him, even when he's not around

Butters

Unlike Stan, he made a big deal when you told him you were Scott's cousin

He got so excited,,,

"Scott? I know him! He goes to our school! Ooh, we should invite him to hang out with us!

And thus a new friend group was born

Scott's very grateful to have actual friends

He starts to become especially close with Butters, which you think is adorable

Sometimes people refer to Scott as your "third wheel," but it never feels like that when he's around

You three meet up at least once a week to watch fantasy movies/TV shows and geek out over them

You and Scott team up to convince your parents to let Butters come to family events too

You don't really need to though; both your guys' parents already love him, and they LIVE for your little friend group

The people at school... that's a different story

At first you faced a fair helping of bullying for hanging out with Scott, but it subsided until people pretty much left you guys alone

Not that you really cared anyway, all you cared about was having fun with your boyfriend and cousin :)

Thank you for this awesome request! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did :) Thanks for reading, take care!!

(divider by saradika)

[dannystheone]

i love ur south park fics sm!! i was wondering if i could request a style drabble! maybe stan usually tickles kyle, then kyle finds out stan is ticklish too and turns the tables? thanks!

Omg thank you so much for your kind words! I've been having fun writing the boys. I do love Style I think they're really cute together. And this is a cute request :)

WARNINGS: KIDS SWEARING

Stop Cheating Dude! (Lee/Ler Kyle Lee/Ler Stan)

Stan keeps using cheap tactics to make Kyle lose at the games he's been winning. Kyle gets fed up and gets his revenge.

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"DUDE!! Gehehehet offa' mehehehehe!!"

Boyish laughter rang out from a secluded bedroom in Stan's house. Stan had invited Kyle to play video games together with him, but Kyle was on an infuriating winning streak. The game of choice was Mario Kart, and Kyle's Baby Rosalina was ruthless against Stan's Dry Bowser.

Naturally, Stan had to level the playing field a bit, so after he'd lost his fourth cup to Kyle, he knew a certain weakness of Kyle's that he could exploit.

"Then stop winning so much!" Stan argued, his fingers escaping deeper in Kyle's jacket to reach the divets of his ribs. Stan knew that pretty much every part of Kyle was ticklish no matter where he targeted.

"Ihihihihit's nahahat my fahahault! I-I hahahave a better buhuhild!" Even while getting tickled Kyle was still actively trying to win the race. Stan had abandoned his controller to use both hands against Kyle; his Dry Bowser staying idle behind the start line.

Kyle's arms tried to squeeze into his sides to get Stan's hands out of his spaces, however, that just locked Stan further into place.

"Stahahahan fuhuhuck off ahahahalready! Jehehesus!" Kyle's eyes narrowed in his giggles while Stan suddenly shoved his hands up Kyle's armpits. Kyle squealed and fell backward right into Stan as a reflex, his controller abandoned.

"GAH! Okahahahay okahahahay! I'll throw the- gahahahame!" Kyle's feet kicked while he tried to escape Stan's tickly grip. Stan looked down at Kyle's face while Kyle lay in his lap, his expression alight with forced laughter. Stan refused to blush at the boy on his lap as he picked up his controller and played his Dry Bowser.

After all that, Stan finished in third. Against the NPC's. Peach and Waluigi were always difficult. Stan celebrated his victory as he noted Baby Rosalina in 12th place. Kyle had since then rolled off of Stan's lap and sat fuming next to him, his "happiness" burnt away.

"Woo! Good game, dude." Stan smiled over at Kyle, but Kyle was noticeably angry.

"If you wanted to win, you could have just said that. Why are you always tickling me, Stan? It's fucking annoying." Kyle had his arms crossed, not wanting to admit that if he replayed what just happened in his mind, he could feel Stan's phantom fingers in his ribs.

Stan's smile slid off his face. He shrugged and offered Kyle his controller back. Kyle just stared at him with an angry silence.

"Dude I can't just ask you to lose for me, that's lame. And I-I dunno, I just think it's funny." Stan shrugged his shoulders while Kyle threw up his hands in astonishment.

"You think it's funny? You think it's a big fucking joke to laugh against your will?" Kyle's eyes burned. Stan glanced to his right to see if Kyle was serious.

"...Dude I dunno! I didn't think it was that big of a deal-"

"Oh you don't? Are you ticklish, Stan? Do you know what it's like?" Kyle started moving towards Stan; Stan now getting a nervous feeling in his chest.

"Dude come on, you don't have to do that. Alright here, I promise never to tickle you again, okay?" Stan started backing up while Kyle continued to come closer to where he sat on the carpet.

"Oh no, you're not getting off that easy. This is gonna be for every single time you decided to tickle me to get something from me or beat me in something." Kyle grabbed Stan's wrist and pinned it to the floor, and put his knee in place on his wrist. Stan winced and tried fighting Kyle. "Every time you distracted me to steal my toys, or every time you threatened to tell Cartman I'm ticklish so I'm forced to give you my desserts! You're gonna fucking get it, Stan!"

Stan's ears blushed a bright red at the thought of what was to come. Kyle had successfully sat on Stan's waist, his arms pinned between his sides and Kyle's legs. Stan's legs started to kick.

"Dude come on seriously you don't have to do this!" Stan shook his head as Kyle prepped his fingers.

"Oh, like you gave me a chance every time I told YOU to stop! Fuck you, Stan! This is what you deserve!" Kyle dove right into Stan's ribs, expecting a huge response from Stan as this was personally one of his biggest spots. Stan screwed his eyes shut, waiting for his own laughter to come-

But nothing happened. "Wh- huh?" Kyle squeezed and released his fingers into Stan's ribs. Stan released one eye to see what Kyle was doing to him. Stan could feel Kyle's hands squeezing his ribcage, but it wasn't exactly ticklish.

"You're not...laughing?" Kyle furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. Stan bit his lip to try to not laugh at Kyle's confusion.

"Guess you're the only ticklish one here, dude." Stan shrugged and laid his head back on the carpet while Kyle started tazing his ribs. He poked and prodded his ribcage, he tried his top rib and bottom rib and everything in between.

"What? No way! Dude stop holding in your laughter!" Kyle accused. Stan's mouth went agape as he looked down at Kyle still trying to elicit a response from him.

"Dude I'm not! I'm just not ticklish there, I guess!" Kyle grit his teeth in anger as he tried poking all over Stan's midsection now. He forced his fingers into Stan's armpits. Nothing. He poked and prodded all over his tummy, which made Stan huff a little bit, but nothing to get excited over.

Kyle even went so far as to lift Stan's hoodie and stuck a finger in his belly button, to which he was called a fag by Stan for doing something that gay.

"This is impossible! How are you not ticklish anywhere?!" Kyle's eye twitched at his plan backfiring. Stan shrugged that infuriating shrug of his.

"Mmm, not sure. But we've been here for about five minutes now, so just let me get up." Stan brought his knees up behind Kyle to try and get up; Kyle felt Stan's legs bump him in the back.

A lightbulb burst in Kyle's head.

"Kyle? K-Kyle what are you-" Stan sputtered as Kyle had a wonderfully manic look on his face. The ginger sat up quickly, and planted himself back down on Stan, non too gently, by the way. Kyle was now facing Stan's jeaned legs.

"If you're not ticklish anywhere on your upper body-" Kyle reached over to Kyle's knees and locked his fingers behind them. Kyle could feel Stan shifting underneath him. "-you have to be ticklish on your lower body."

"Or maybe I'm just not ticklish at all, dumbass! People like that exist!" Despite Stan's words, Kyle could hear the urgency in them. He had him now.

Kyle didn't speak as he started squeezing into Stan's knees. There it was. Stan started giggling and kicking his legs as he felt Kyle squish into the skin just above his knees.

"You almost had me, Stan. You almost got me. Now it's time for revenge!" Kyle sounded diabolical as Stan brought his legs up only to slam them back down on his bedroom floor.

"Kyhyhyhyhyle! Plehehehease! I'm sorrehehehee! I wohohohon't tihihihickle you agahahain!" Stan's eyes narrowed in his laughs, while he felt Kyle's fingers squish and scribble underneath his knees. "No-HOHO! Nohohohohot thehehehere!!"

Kyle was LIVING right now. So many years of being Stan's victim, and now Stan was finally his. Why didn't he do this sooner? This was awesome!

"Oh no Stan, you're not getting off that easy!" Even though Stan was wearing his washed denim jeans, it was still very easy to feel Kyle's wriggling fingers through the material. Kyle squeezed his fingers from Stan's knees and kneaded up the length of his thighs, which made Stan squeal and press his legs together.

"Gahahahaha! Duhuhuhuhude stohohohohop! Ihihihihit's nohohohot funnehehehehee!" Stan shook his head as Kyle scooped his arm underneath Stan's thigh to wrench his legs apart, and started tazering his inner thigh. "STOHOHOP!! KYHYHYHYLE!!"

"Oh of course Stan, it's not funny when it's happening to you, but when it's happening to me it's just the funniest thing in the world, isn't it?" Kyle rolled his eyes despite delighting in Stan's raucous laughter. His fingers scribbled and worked up the length of his inner thigh, being careful of a certain high area. But the higher on Stan's thigh he went, the louder Stan's laughter became.

"Yeahahahaha thahahat's how ihihihiht- WOHOHORKS!! FUHUHUCK KYLE!!" Kyle had released his leg and was now kneading into the tops of both of his thighs; squishing and releasing the skin repeatedly. It seemed while Kyle was moderately ticklish all over his body, Stan had a few choice ticklish spots that needed finding.

Kyle could feel Stan shift and fight underneath him; he could feel his stomach breathing in and belting out his boyish laughs. Kyle had to admit, he could understand why it was easy for Stan to resort to this more often than not when he wanted something. It was just...so easy. His best friend was crumbling underneath him with squeezes and squishes. And his reactions were entertaining.

"Maybe it's not so funny anymore now that you-" Kyle was speaking, but was interrupted by a sudden sound. Stan snorted through his nose as he was trying to breathe. Kyle looked over his shoulder, his fingers stilling a bit.

"Dude...did you just snort?" Kyle asked. Stan's eyes were lidded as he breathed in deeply.

"I uh... I- hehe- I don't know! Get off me already!" Stan wriggled underneath Kyle. Kyle did get off of Stan's waist, but he sat by Stan's side and started digging into his sides again. This time, Stan started giggling in earnest.

"No way! Snort again! I wanna hear!" Stan shook his head while trying to elbow Kyle's arms away from his sides.

"Fuhuhuhuck nohohoho! I'm nohohohot dohohohoing thahahat!" Stan's head drug along the floor trying to escape Kyle's grip, his blue hat sliding off his head. His black hair fell over his eyes.

"Come on dude! Snort again and I'll stop, I promise!" Kyle suddenly went from Stan's sides to squeezing into Stan's thighs without warning. Stan's laughter boomed as he tried to curl into a ball and push himself away from Kyle's hands.

"GOHOD!! GET OFF MEHEHE!!" Stan demanded, now getting pissed. In a fit of effort, he reached above his head and started squeezing Kyle's sides. Kyle's hands immediately retreated as he recoiled and giggled out.

"Stahahahan! Stohohohop!" Kyle snickered and brought his knees up in defense, but Stan popped up and pushed his legs down to reach more of his body.

"No way, you-"

"Boys? Are you-" The bedroom door opened, Stan's dad appearing in the doorway. Stan and Kyle looked up at Randy; their bodies tangled in their fight.

"....right." Randy stared at them for a moment, before putting his hands up wordlessly and shutting the door behind him.

Kyle and Stan looked at each other before blushing madly and pushing themselves away from each other. Stan swiped his hat off the floor and shoved his hat back on forcefully.

"Dude, gay."

"Totally."

[earlgreytea68]

Recently listened to a podcast and they were discussing a popular musician (I won’t say their name, cause no one needs unnecessary drama on their blog ;) and they go - Ok so now we’ll read out the lyrics to this song, which is our “favourite” thing to do, haha! Because it always sounds so lame, and cringe and whatever, but we need to do it, because there’ll be indications of a scandal that’s going on in real life.” I my first thought after hearing this, was omg, if they were to read out almost any of fob lyrics it wouldn’t be cringe, bad, weird or whatever. It would be cool as f*ck! Because it’s a real, very good, very deep and beautifully structured poetry. Every time I see lyrics quoted here I read them to myself, sometimes out loud, and it always makes perfect sense, it’s sounds incredible, and it makes me think about the world’s eighth wonder that is Pete Wentz.

So I will say something that's probably going to sound fake and annoying and obnoxious like I'm a total Pete Wentz stan, but we're on my blog, so everyone already knows this stuff about me lol:

Prior to discovering Fall Out Boy for real -- as opposed to just knowing their music abstractly -- I really wasn't much of a music person and didn't think a whole lot about lyrics. Like, I always listened to music, of course!! But I'm no musical expert and I just never did a whole lot of thinking about lyrics in songs.

Then once I discovered Fall Out Boy and started reading Pete Wentz's lyrics, I truly was like, .....I cannot believe how good these are. They are always so good, such deep and layered poetry, I've talked about that so much. And now, honestly, ever since discovering Pete Wentz, when I listen to other songs, I'm just like, ...why are these lyrics so horrible???? hahahah like lyrics are generally so often so basic to me now. There are, of course, always exceptions, but it's just so amazing to me that I genuinely do not see more people talking about how unbelievable a lyricist Pete Wentz is, like, he is so incredibly good at it and I feel like nobody talks about it nearly enough.

I also listen to music podcasts sometimes now and I've also heard the hosts kind of snicker over how bad lyrics are in some of the songs they're talking about, and I'm just like, WHY DOESN'T ANYONE TALK ABOUT HOW GOOD PETE WENTZ IS INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT THESE LYRICS????????

Someday when I hit the lottery I'll start my podcast analyzing FOB songs and Pete Wentz lyrics.

[lindszeppelin]

Oh the narrative is changing if twitter is turning on A again towards the “see? He’s a cheater bc he cheated on Vanessa too”, it’s an old song that they like to play

I get the feeling that the shippers will turncoat on Austin and show that they’ve never really been fans of his, but much like their nepo baby Idol, they chase clout and whoever is on the top of the lists; so they’ll be “disappointed” in him, and say things like they were always suspicious of him, and that they stan Kaia because of some lame excuse of feminism they come up with (like we should all stick together blah blah blah), and slowly vanish from the fandom along with the talentless actress

————

To be clear, I am an intersectional feminist, which is why I don’t blindly follow women, or think that we should all stick together because of the “sisterhood”. I will always fight for equal rights for all, but I do not have to support fame leeches like KG, that’s all.

girl this message is crazy because i was just thinking that the narrative they'll take is that we're not "girls girls" and we should be on kaia's side on this. like, being a girls girl is not blindly following women just because we're women. it's having women's backs. but when a woman uses others for her own gain and has routinely made this man miserable for the last few years, i stand with the man. is kaia hurting in all of this and is she the victim? no.

this man has had too many "fans" turn on him, and it's sick. he has done nothing to nobody. and those that once hated kaia but now worship the ground she walks on...they're gonna have a hard time with this breakup when it happens. because now they how to prove themselves to the very fandom that they've turned against them.

[veth-brenattos-mental-state]

I've been thinking about the Brenattos recently

I've been engaging with the cr fandom for maybe a year or so, particularly in Veth centric parts of it and I've noticed two groups. The "veth×yeza is a perfect ship and I adore them and they deserve everything" and the "They have serious unresolved issues in their marriage that the fandom ignores" group. I follow both groups because honestly anyone who calls themselves a veth stan is cool in my book and has amazing taste.

But the thing is I kinda agree with both? I adored them when I was first watching c2 but I've seen some great meta and things Sam has said on talks that makes it pretty clear they have problems. Maybe im so conflicted because I like them both or I like the concept of these two parents being put through so much and coming back to eachother. Maybe it's just a matter of taste and I'm a little baby im denial who can only handle so much relationship angst.

It could also be because of how it was handled in c2. Mostly they were treated as this adorable couple with a message of acceptance, but then we'd get hints that Veth wasnt happy. I believe Sam even mentioned that he expected Yeza to get confrontational and was disappointed when he didn't. The campaign just kinda ended without tackling any of it. It felt like it was all set up and no payoff or even addressing of said setup. All of the neins ending were very clearly meant to be good and them settling down pretty much permanently. So Veth being stuck in an unhappy marriage just doesn't seem right to me but an offscreen divorce that was never mentioned during the end of c2 also feels really lame.

Where does this put me personally as someone who wants to see the angst and the wholesomeness? Personally I adore the idea of them promising to be more open with eachother and slowly improving over the years. Can you imagine if there was a scene somewhere around the end of c2 where Yeza finally breaks down and admits how scared Veth leaving constantly makes him and Veth explaining to him why the idea of being a housewife again doesn't make her happy? Them both acknowledging that they kept these things to themselves because they're scared of hurting eachother. That leading into them discussing what Veth can do in the future that will actually make her happy without leaving constantly or putting herself in danger. Veth thinking on it and deciding to open the camp. Veth realizing how lonely Yeza can get and taking breaks when she gets to caught up in work to spend time with him. Them paying attention to when it sounds a little bit to much like the other is saying things just to make them happy and calling eachother out for it. For me at least that's way more interesting than the idea of a post canon divorce or a perfect couple that has zero problems. (Probably cause I'm an overly optimistic sucker for people learning how to be happy together again)

This unfortunatly isnt a take that I've seen others have yet so I'm releasing this rambly post into the wild with the hopes someone will eat it up. Maybe even write a fic cause you can probably tell from this post I'm no writer.

[teaveetamer]

Edelstans really lack self awareness huh? "We never said she had no agency, that's why we stalk and harass these haters/gross fujos cause how dare they say she did those bad things, she was forced to do so and it wasn't too bad, and it's the victim's fault for existing, and Dimitri's just as bad, etc etc uwu" And I especially like how you noted that they were going to look at your blog and throw a fit only to do exactly what you said. Very charming on their end.

Of course they did exactly what I said they would. They're in too deep to stop now. They need to keep justifying to themselves why it's "okay" for them to attack us, otherwise people there might start catching on to the fact that what they've been doing is abhorrent.

Anyway, a bit anecdotal but it's definitely not just "one or two" people doing this to Edelgard either. Let's just set aside for the moment the "better than canon" fanfic they always rec which spends the bulk of it's text treating Edelgard like a sad little girl with no agency. Let's talk about the most ridiculous example I've encountered of Edelgard stans completely refusing to acknowledge her agency.

I have had some really intense arguments with Edelgard stans insisting that she never set Bernadetta on fire. When I could prove with actual, literal, video evidence that she does set Bernie on fire, I was told that it was a programming mistake/glitch/bug because Edelgard would never.

Like holy shit. When you're to the point of accusing the programmers of making a mistake because you, the end consumer who did not work on this game in any capacity, can't reconcile your reading of the character with things that canonically happened... I don't know what you want me to say.

I also didn't include this screenshot because it wasn't really relevant to the point I was trying to make, but a few replies down turns into a full blown r/SelfAwareWolves moment. Someone (paraphrased) says "people only want us to acknowledge her agency because they want us to think she's a villain"

You're so close. The reason why so many of us don't like Edelgard has nothing to do with misogyny or queerphobia or whatever. It's because we looked at the decisions she made, acknowledged that she made those decisions with full agency, and we think those decsions were wrong. I think starting a war of conquest is wrong. I think trampling the sovereignty of two independent states is wrong. I think continuing to work with people who perform human experimentation is wrong. I think benefitting from the genocide of a race is wrong. I have seen no convincing argument from your side on why I should change my mind.

Fuck me man, all three of those arguments have their own agency stripping counterarguments that I've been hearing since 2019. Literally everything from "defensive invasion, she knew Claude and Dimitri were going to invade her so she had to attack them first!" to "Fodlan was never REALLY three independent countries so she didn't REALLY decide to trample on their sovereignty!" to "she had to because she had a gun held to her head and the Agarthans forced her!!!" to the classic "um, she was like 9 when that happened" (She was not 9).

Do y'all not see how ALL of that completely strips her of the agency you keep insisting she's so feminist for exhibiting, and why some of us might think that's super lame?

[bg3fandomcritical-reactive]

I've seen this take lately quite a bit and honestly I don't fully get why some Astarion fans are so against the idea that he was an evil person and a corrupt magistrate before his death. Do they think him being evil and corrupt invalidates two centuries of abuse? That he can't ever possibly change?

Him being evil and still having the capability to become a better person after what he went through makes him a more compelling character if anything, so why woobify him so much? It would've been boring if the story had portrayed him as a perfect individual who never ever did anything questionable. Victims of abuse are allowed to be imperfect and flawed. I also have a problem with those AA stans who think that him being corrupt and evil during his life means the Ascended ending is canon and the only one that makes sense for his character. That's just as dumb as saying he was never evil and his behavior at the start of the game is just a trauma response.

So, I can't speak for other people getting rankled about it, but largely I get annoyed because when "Astarion was a corrupt magistrate" comes up. It's ninety percent of the time in context of

A "see, he's a bad person, and liking him makes you stupid and lame, look how you fell for the most basic white boy despite him having no redeeming interesting qualities."

Or B. "Look, the Artbook said he he was always evil, people who say the Ascension is a bad thing or something he doesn't want are just stupid because doing evil things is the good ending for evil characters."

And there are both not very good arguments. (Honestly the first is better, I wouldn't be thrilled if they kept the used to sell people to cazador thing, especially if it was a plot twist revealed later on, I just think it might put a damper on the fun vampire romance.)

But they're also arguments that treat cut content as fact. And I don't see that happening with anyone else.

And it's inaccurate.

And I don't like seeing people be wrong on the internet. (I am aware this is unavoidable and I am in for a lot of suffering.)

I personally think he was probably a right prat and a privileged asshole, but no more specifically evil than any rich person who flexes their power without thinking about it.

But it's never just a casual discussion of head canons or thoughts on what kind of person he used to be when I run into it in the wild. It's always.

"Astarion is a canonically evil person I have proof! So all other takes and also any character growth he experiences on screen in front of you the player is invalid!"

.

[boxwinebaddie]

how many piercings does rm stan have?

...so many, anon.

So...So...Many.

he also quite literally wants more but management implemented a urgent ravenstanban on him putting more holes & reckless, ~juvenile~ piercings on the 'Face of PunkRock Super Band Crimson Dawn'.

he complained soooo much!!!! he was like Okay But Kenny Got To—and they were like raven, kenny is kenny!!!! kenny plays bass and wears the skull face mask, you are The Lead Singer Of The Band, smh.

laaaaame!!!! whack!!!!

why does everyone hate fun and Hot Boy Shit?

speaking of!

welcome to the ravenstan piercing whore couTOUR. <3

( i got weirdly specifically & passionate abt this — soz )

so he has his eyebrow pierced — it's his left one. one of my favorite things i've written lately is that the two dots go from being a colon to a semi-colon when he furrows his brow, haha. he also does wiggle his eyebrow at little kids at the childrens hospital to make them laugh. also the eyebrow piercing has no significance...i just think its cool, lol. but pep!stan wanted to pierce his eyebrow so raven is living his dream...which is actually a nightmare tbh...being a rockstar sucks. :/

i think his nose is pierced in two places? i want to say he's got a lil nose ring on the left side also and his septum is pierced...love u rae. i feel like the nose ring is usually just a lil silver ring moment or its a stud if he...can't find a nose ring...he loses everything, jersey does organize all his lil emo boy hot topic jewelry later btw. i think that happens even before they're dating bc kyle worries abt him, aaa!

anyways! i think the septum is also p standard, like usually its just the little spheres on the ends, sometimes cool spikes happen? i think they were stars once bc i love starboy stan -- but i also saw this really sick one on pinterest that is bat shaped and i got OBSESSED w/ it! i think that happens sometimes on special occasions bc its COOL!!!!

okay...uhhhhh, so his ears are pierced like Everywhere. in every possible place. i think a lot of them are also just little ring moments, studs and stuff, but his industrial is in and i do think R-A-V-E-N is engraved on it, also sometimes there are little lightning bolts or spikes or xs or lil emo boy crosses hanging off the armada of ear piercings on ravens ears that match the big cross earring which i feel like...looks like this? when the big cross isn't in i feel like its usually something sick like OMG ONE TIME IT WAS A BIG SWORD??? or like a skeleton guy hanging off!!! an anatomically correct human heart?

speaking of skulls and skeletons and things!!!!! THE ICONIQUE RAVEN LIP RING!!!!!! it is just a normal ring sometimes like everything else, but i think the ravenstan signature is the one that looks like a sick ass skeleton hand like??? HELLO??? HES SO COOL?

speaking of being rlly cool, if hes feel really spicy, i feel like he breaks out the crazy hot boy lip ring chain that connects to his ear? idk how to explain that...like This? like the edgy lip ring chain cuff? either way, i am obsessed, he is giving half mexican rockstar miyamura from horimiya. and that's so real bc izumi is gods secret emo angel tbh.

the lipring chain thing...does make kyle extremely feral, btw. like the lip ring in general already makes him feral but...Whew! also i do think he has a little chain that matches the sun and moon one on kyle's glasses BC THEY ARE GAY AND REALLY EXTRA AND MATCH!!!!

ravesey is truly a opposites attract-ive uber fine as hell mega sexy power couple i love them so badddd!!!! pleeease kiss me aaaaa

okay so listen hES NOT ALLOWED TO GET HIS NIPPLES PIERCED AND RAVEN WAS LIKE BOO YOURE ALL SO LAME!!!!! but hes quite literally not supposed to draw attention to the chest area ( which...is that why they put him in the tiny little pants? but also they do still put him in the tiny shirts...however as scandy as he is 25/8 no one has EVER seen raven of crimson w/o a shirt on and everyone is down absolutely horrendous about it...kyle...included...*sprays w/ water* )

also the ex cd guitarist ( who was also a college student, particularly in the area of pre-med/being a surgeon ) was like so i did a lot of research and after top surgery, trying to get pierce things around there is not a good idea, its not super safe also, ur nips could fall off.

and ravenstan was like omg ur being Paranoid!!! itll be fine and then one day, oh my GOD, it was just the guys being dudes and it was 147309473 degrees in the CD manwhoresion bc its old af and ravenstan whipped his shirt off and everyone was staring at him and he was like Jesus Christ You Guys Quit Objectifying Me skdlhs and they were like rAVEN YOU ONLY HAVE ONE NIP SLKHDSLKDLSKHDLKHDS AND HE WAS LIKE EXCUSE ME AND WAS LIKE OHHHHHHH MY GOD WHERE THE FUCK IS IT????

when i tell you they were screaming, crying and throwing up, on their hands and knees searching high and low, HEEEELP!!!! also dw, they found it BUT OHHHHHH MY GOD IT WAS SO FUNNY, he had to get it surgically reattached, all was well...but that dream died with like all of the sensation in his chest area p much...amazing.

but like…

are you really bros if u don't drop everything to look for ur other bros nipple graft & give him positive affirmations during his panic attack?

when i tell you the crimson dawn boys were soul bonded....i mean it. they were literally brothers, i love them but shit happens...smh.

OKAY LASTLY THO!!!!! so i think c.d. was raising money for charity bc they are my charity kings and kenny, being very unhinged, was like okay if we get This Many streams on blood moon i will pierce whatever part of ravens body u guys want wHILE RAVEN WAS IN THE BATHROOM?! IM FUCKING??? he came back and was like ok why is everyone laughing wtf was going on and kenny was like, dw worry just uh...how is ur pain tolerance...and do u have an innie or outie belly button for science and he was like eXCUSE ME KHJSLHS

anyways...they were sloshed, as per usje, it was NOT management approved they did it ON STREAM HELP, raven like PASSED OUT, incredible...oh my god. but now ravens belly button is pierced lmaooooooo, i am crying he was not stoked but he put the cool ass pentagram belly button piercing in and it matches the sick waist chain and hes kinda feeling himself tbh...hes so Fine...pray 4 kyle.

i think...that's it? he do b thinking about that nose chain piercing or the labret kENNY WAS TRYING TO HAVE HIM GET THE HIP ONES AND HE WAS LIKE KENNY NO MORE PIERCING THINGS ON THE LOWER HALF OF MY BODY GO TO HORNY JAIL!!!! like i personally think he would have slayed that w the edgy hip tattoos BUT ANYWAYS HES STANBANNED FROM PIERCINGS! but thats ok the only piercing hes looking forward to rn...is jerseys piercing gaze.

amen, gaymen, live laugh love ravesey world domination and hot boy ravenstan with all the fruity emo boy saucy lead singer boy piercings!

-uncle nina, who is surprised my son's belly button piercing did not get infected because that was seriously unethical and unsterile, also i'm still laughing abt raven losing a nipple, that was so unserious

[solarwynd]

Bighit is such a bitter environment tbh and by bighit I mean both the company and the members. Beyond the constant sabotage the way they try to limit jimin to this 'he's only cute' narrative as if to control even the way he's viewed and not recognize his talents. Yet out of all members he's continuously proven to be one of the most artistically driven and showed with his solo debut that his talents cover so much from dancing/performing to making music. The fact that he's also very smart and athletic is often ignored bc they're intent on trying to not acknowledge any of the things he excels at. It's also just getting lame now because at some point even this idea won't stick like trying to limit a 28 years old adult to just cuteness is lame. And not saying he isn't cute but still trying to make it seem like that's all he is in 2024 is ridiculous and it will be even more as time passes so they need to wrap up this nonsense.

That’s literally it. And it’s crazy because there’s been a point where people have reduced every member down to one singular overplayed trait but they consistently got on anybody who did that because they could recognize how annoying and sometimes demeaning it was.

Like joon with him being clumsy, jin being known as the “mom.” etc. And yes jimin being referred to as cute is not a negative, but people do that in effort dilute how smart/talented he is because they do not take him seriously as an artist. Even looking at armys responses now to getting called out it’s just “free yoongi.” and “y’all are over reacting”. There was a time where some yoongi stans hated that he was just known as the “savage” member because they knew that that wasn’t all he was and had more to offer than just writing diss tracks, yet we can’t get mad at people constantly writing jimin off as a human chibi despite his depth of skill?

Why are we the ones being looked at as dramatic cause we’re the only people who want to acknowledge how strange it is that jimin’s the only member who’s denied the space to be multi faceted?