#this game and the nikki verse means to much to me ;-;

[glamwish]

not to be that person of bad influence, but i would absolutely love to see muses pop up in the infinity nikki fandom. tan youyou, timis, wish master [redacted], dada, momo, giovanni, sovereigns aderinna and banshee, nonoy.. ENA... bettina, even ocs or even other nikkis because lbr no nikki is the same. ya'll know i'm no stranger to offering gfx help as compensation to pick up a muse heh. 🥰🥰🥰

[sakurapika]

A (possibly) helpful guide to the Nikki-verse for Infinity Nikki Players

Although it’s not at all necessary to know the lore of the previous games (Love Nikki, Shining Nikki), here is some info that you might benefit from if you’re joining the fandom with Infinity Nikki!

❄️General Info:

Love Nikki, Shining Nikki, and Infinity Nikki are all stand-alone games with self-contained stories, but they have some commonalities that I will get into later.

Love Nikki has a 2D art style, and is where many of us "veteran" players began our journey. Shining Nikki has both 2D and 3D art. Both of these games are stunning, so check them out!

Before Love Nikki, there were two other dress-up games in this series that did not involve being transported into a magical world. However, these games are less well-known (kind of like the earlier Persona games, haha…), and not much is known about them, especially to international fans.

The developers of the game are Chinese, so expect to get a lot of goodies around Lunar New Year and other major Chinese holidays!

According to Shining Nikki, our main character is around 19 years old and went to college before getting transported to Miraland. Her birthday is December 6, which is why Infinity Nikki came out last week and why we got a free outfit (we’ll get a new one every year!)

Nikki's Chinese name is Nuan Nuan, how cute!

Momo claims he’s not a cat, but a member of the “Momo Clan” (Love Nikki). He was a little annoying in Love Nikki, but he’s more endearing in later games.

Nikki and Momo are the only recurring characters in the franchise.

If you keep hearing names like "Kimi" and "Nidhogg," these are characters from Love Nikki.

Kimi is the closest character we have to a canon love interest for Nikki, so many of us are hoping to see her again.

I can't say much about Nidhogg without spoiling LN, but at least you now know where the name is from.

In Love Nikki, there is a "blood curse" that prevents people from using violence. Therefore, people often resolve conflicts by entering styling battles and destroying each other with the power of a good outfit! I can't remember if this rule carries onto Shining Nikki (the prequel of Love Nikki, though it came out after), but that's basically why all battle mechanics are related to dressing up.

The biggest advice I can give as a veteran is: Don't bother with trying to make a visually cohesive outfit for styling battles unless you have a lot of clothing. We've all tried it. It won't work. For now, just layer on everything that has high stats. You're always free to wear your fashionable outfits during regular gameplay.

❄️Worldbuilding

The world that Nikki has been transported into is called Miraland.

Miraland is composed of seven kingdoms, each with their own distinct fashion style. That means that if you do not like the style of clothes we’ve been seeing so far in Infinity Nikki, do not worry! They’ll have everything eventually.

For some reason, they changed the names of the countries in Infinity Nikki, and I’m not sure why (I’m going to keep mixing them up…). Below, I’ve listed their LN/SN names first, and their Infinity Nikki names second.

The seven kingdoms are:

🎀Lilith/Ninir/Heartcraft Kingdom: In the older games, it was known mostly for fairytale-inspired clothing and lolita fashion, with the occasional “pastoral” suit. It looks like Heartcraft Kingdom in Infinity Nikki has been leaning more into the pastoral aesthetic, but Nonoy’s outfit seems to be in the lolita style. Also, the suits we have been crafting so far for catching bugs and petting the animals is at least lolita-inspired. (People who wear lolita fashion, please correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the Chinese version of this fashion is a lot more loose with the rules than the Japanese version I am more familiar with). This kingdom is always the first to be introduced in these games. Expect drama to follow whenever we get introduced to the royal family of this kingdom…it always happens.

🐉Cloud Empire/Lanling Empire: Known for traditional and modern Asian fashion. A vast majority of the fashions are going to be inspired by Chinese fashion, so if you’re a fan of period dramas or xianxia, you’re in luck! Aside from hanfu and qipao, they also usually have several kimono and the occasional hanbok. (Due to some controversies in Shining Nikki relating to conflicts between China and Korea, however, I’m not sure if the developers will continue to add hanbok in future games). Love Nikki also included some outfits for Chinese ethnic minorities like the Miao, Indonesian-inspired clothing, and Vietnamese ao dai if I remember correctly. All games also have at least one Peking Opera costume—it’s like an industry staple. However, unfortunately, Southeast Asian representation is usually sparse. Overall, Cloud Empire is usually the second kingdom to be introduced in the game, so I’m sure we’ll see it in an update around Lunar New Year. Maybe we’ll go along with Tan Youyou, depending on how the story will go.

👠Apple Federation/Starhail Federation: Known for streetwear, high fashion, and casual clothing (like what you’d wear on an average day). I think Dada and Bebe’s outfits would be classified as Apple, even though they live in Heartcraft. Unlike the rural towns we have seen so far, Apple tends to be a very urban, city-based environment, filled with spies and shady businessmen. (This is also the country where Kimi, Nikki’s girlfriend in LN is from).

👑Pigeon Kingdom/Twinmoon Kingdom: Known for European fashions, including fairy costumes, witch/sorcerer outfits, Rococo dresses (with long skirts, compared to the lolita style in Lilith/Ninir/Heartcraft), and anything else you’d expect to see in a Western fantasy or period drama. Funnily enough, there is always at least one scene in the Pigeon Kingdom that has to do with a cathedral, so expect some fashions with gothic and Catholic-inspired imagery as well. Some of the inhabitants who live there are elves and fairies, like the one who makes cosmetics (I keep forgetting her name…). Although most of the ability outfits we have so far look like they're from Lilith/Ninir/Heartcraft, the "purification" outfit strikes me as something more typical of Pigeon.

⚔️North Kingdom/Empire of Light: A cold country best known for winter clothing—heavy scarves, overcoats, and hats—as well as military attire. There is also at least one "ice queen" style suit in every game. If I recall correctly, this kingdom has been having civil wars since Love Nikki, so expect a lot of action in this area.

🐪Wasteland/Terra Alliance: The original name of this country sparked a lot of controversy, so I'm glad that they have changed it. This kingdom usually has desert-themed clothing, ancient Greek/Egyptian clothing, clothing inspired by nature, bohemian clothing, and Bollywood-inspired costumes (the cultural representation isn’t always the best, unfortunately…but I am optimistic that Shining Nikki and Infinity Nikki are more culturally sensitive than Love Nikki).

🤖Ruin Island/Whaleport: A mysterious island that features “futuristic” or sci-fi inspired clothing. In previous games, we have seen medical doctors with dubious legitimacy, scientists who experiment on themselves (?) and androids, so I’m curious to see who we’ll meet this time. Many players from the previous games who liked this style have felt that the developers often neglect this kingdom, unfortunately.

❄️Story and gameplay advice

Without spoiling the older games, I can say that, generally...

Most of the story is based on conflicts between different characters and sometimes different kingdoms. These problems, as mentioned before, are solved through styling battles.

Infinity Nikki seems to be going for a cozier vibe. However, both of its predecessors have sometimes gone into dark territories, featuring themes of war, violence, and betrayal. (I may or may not have cried over the death of a certain someone in Love Nikki...)

Therefore, dramatic things could very well happen in Infinity Nikki. I'm not saying that it can't be your comfort game if that is what you are hoping for, as the other games can still also be light, funny, and cozy. I just want to warn more sensitive players who might not be expecting it from a dress-up game.

If the "miracle outfits" are like the "lifetime suits" of the previous games, they will take forever to craft. Take your time, but do try to craft them because they have very high stats.

I'm not sure how f2p-friendly Infinity Nikki will be, but I haven't spent anything on either of the other games and I've been able to buy many of the suits I wanted. Just make sure that you budget accordingly and remember that if you want one suit but can't afford it at the time, another suit with a similar aesthetic might come out in the future.

Keep an eye out for redeem codes! These are often posted by the game's social media, and you can get a lot of free stuff.

The fan-favorite kingdoms are usually Lilith/Ninir (Heartcraft) and Cloud (Lanling), followed by Pigeon (Twinmoon) and Apple (Starhail). The other three tend to get neglected, so if you like the sound of those the most, I'm sorry... :(

❄️My predictions for future updates

Every time we enter a new country in Miraland, we will have new ability outfits to craft to fit the style of the new setting. This is because most of the outfits we have so far look like Lilith/Ninir suits in previous games, without influences from other nations. I'm very curious to know what a Lanling-themed electrician outfit would look like.

Since Lanling is the only other named country so far in the actual story content, we will see it next, hopefully in time for Lunar New Year. They're probably also going to give us another free suit. (I hope it's Legend of the White Snake themed, since next year is Year of the Snake!)

Then, we'll probably see the equivalent of the Apple Federation, followed by Pigeon Kingdom.

We will get a new version of this stunning dress. It's called the Star Sea and has shown up in every game so far. I'm actually surprised we haven't heard about it in Infinity Nikki yet.

Please let me know if this guide has been useful, and if there's other parts of the games you'd like me to cover!

[facceshopping]

u guys don’t care but i need to organize my thoughts on new lana album

white dress- this one is soooo gorgeous and i really love the sped up line in the second part of the chorus although some ppl will probably hate it. also the little hum she does after she says “i felt seen” was so beautiful. love the higher register here. also “kinda makes me feel.. like maybe i was better off” didn’t make me CRY but i did tear up. wasnt crazy about the verses at first but the weird interval at the beginning grew on me. also pretty sure one of the sounds in the production is lana ripping a juul, someone tell me if u agree

chemtrails- this was already one of my fave songs recently and i think it’s even better within the album. career highlight material. she was crazy for this one. wish she included the vocalization from the outro that gets used in the video though.

tulsa jesus freak- one of my new fave lana songs and my immediate favorite on this album. the autotune they put on her throughout this track gives it such a unique quality that interacts w the melodies so well and the VOCODER at the end??? she surgically removed charli’s bob w that one. love the line “you should come back to our place baby, don’t be afraid of our love” the talking layered over the outro is one of several rly cool production touches. lyrics give me religious cult type of vibes so ofc it’s my favorite

let me love you like a woman- i thought this was mid when it got released and it’s still one of my least faves on the album but it’s grown a little. vocals in the bridge are great. i think my main issue is with the melody in the chorus, it just doesn’t do it for me. love love love when the words “want” and “need” overlap in the second verse

wild at heart- this one is also one of my favorites. she does that thing again in the second verse where she speeds up a line & keeps the rhythmic scheme pretty loose which i really like and find really expressive. harmonies towards the end are divine and the melody in the chorus feels like a classic. my one question: did she say “insta thots” in the first verse shdknsosneidixj it might have been “dots” but i’m not sure what that means. also this pretty heavily samples how to disappear from NFR which i think is neat

dark but just a game- YESSSSSSS this is such a serve the minor key ultraviolence type beat in the chorus juxtaposed with the bright 60s kind of beatles sounding harmonies in the chorus is SO cool. it’s like the verses are the dark and the chorus is the game. “no rose left on the vines” lana sees the power of fame and toys with it because it doesn’t scare her! what to others is an all consuming state of being is to her simply a game!!

not all who wander are lost- this is definitely my least fave on the album. not a bad song but definitely not as good as the others on here. the invocation of the word wanderlust had me rolling my eyes a little but in an affectionate way. i’m probably too irony poisoned for this song. i like the opening line “i’ve been wearing the same damn clothes for three damn days” though

yosemite- to me this song feels like the last one before the third act of the album and i rly like how it connects to earlier in the album (“no more candle in the wind” from tulsa jesus freak (and also mariners apartment complex now that i think abt it)) and later in the album (“we did it for free”) the chorus is really good and the spoken word interlude in the bridge is one of my fave moments on the album. love how she says “television static” also listen for that distinctive rick nowels million dollar man sound effect

breaking up slowly- probably the most traditional & familiar track on here but god does it hit. nikki lane is a great presence on here (even though i thought she was miley cyrus at first LMFAO) it’s short and sweet & the harmonies in the chorus that nikki and lana do together are really great especially when they say “don’t send me flowers.” nikki’s second verse EATS. “are these my good years or do i have none? / are there really good years for everyone?”

dance till we die- not one of my faves but still really good. the invocation of all these older women who r all musical legends definitely highlights how lana has kind of ascended to that plane. the BRIDGE however is a really pleasant surprise! i saw someone say she’s kind of giving alanis morrisette on the bridge and i agree. “court almost burnt down my home” is she talking about courtney love. please tell me she’s talking about courtney love

for free- one of her best covers for sure!! zella day sounds a lot like lana on the first verse, but weyes blood on the third verse is transcendent i love her. this being at the end rly drives home what i was talking about in the last track of lana kind of becoming one of those legendary figures. harmonies all the way through are insanely good

overall: one of her best albums for sure, i feel like it may be number 3 for me but that changes a lot. was worried this was gonna sound too much like NFR but she definitely carved out a specific sound for this one. really folky but with some light beats throughout which works for me & suits her voice & writing well. i will develop a full take on what this album MEANS as i listen to it more but for now i rly dig the themes she gets into here. her best vocals in a while (maybe ever) and maybe her most genuinely personal stuff as opposed to the embellishment & romanticization of her earlier stuff (which i love obviously don’t get it twisted) i called in sick to listen to this and didn’t regret it at all

[super-unpredictable98]

Just Lydia

Fandom: Misfits Pairing: Nathan x Lydia (OC - Hard Candy’ verse) Word Count: 1,9 k Warning: Strong language, mild sexual content, spoilers for Doki Doki Literature Club, mention of death (suicide, stabbing, hanging). a/n: Takes place a few days before the infamous milk fiasco.

(Masterlist)

"It's tonight! Everyone, my flat, at seven!" Lydia announced as everyone was changing in the locker room.

"What are we doing again?" Alisha asked.

"It's a Doki Doki party. I brought this game with me from the future, I think you guys are gonna love it. You should ask Nikki to come, Curtis."

"I'll see what I can do," he laughed.

"I think I finally see the resemblance between you and Barry..." Nathan taunted. "You're both big nerds!"

"I might be a nerd, but it won't be me shitting my pants tonight, this is a horror game," I cocked one eyebrow at him.

"Oh, horror game? That makes it more interesting. But y'should know by now, I'm too manly t'be scared of a little game."

"Aw, Natty... You have no idea what's coming for you."

That night I prepared everything. I hooked the computer to the tv, I made sure we had a clean slate with no file interferences, I bought beers and snacks for everyone, and make the living room cozy for our little party.

Nathan was the first one to arrive, followed by Simon, we all sat down on the mountain of pillows and sheets I made on the floor, there was a blanket for everyone, but Nate decided he wanted to share mine.

"It looks like a visual novel," Simon commented, musing at the screen where the four protagonists stood in their cute uniforms in front of a white and pink background.

"It kinda is, but it's different, you'll see," I opened my beer and took a sip before Nathan immediately stole it from me.

"Lollipop... If you think this is gonna scare me, I've got bad news for ya."

"Wanna bet?"

"Y'know what? Yes," he nodded confidently. "The winner is the only one gettin' head tonight."

"That's disgusting..." Simon winced.

"Deal," I shook Nathan's hand.

Once everyone arrived and was comfortably seated in front of the TV, I started the game. I giggled, knowing they were in for a treat. Oh, how I wish you could play it for the first time again!

"This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed?" Nikki grimaced. "But it's just a bunch of anime girls."

"Weird, innit?" I tilted my head. "Seriously though, if anyone here is mentally unstable, it's better to do something else."

Everyone agreed to move forward, curious to see what those four innocent girls could possibly do that was so scary... The first part of the game was pretty much just reading and reacting sometimes, pretty chill.

"Okay, we need to decide right now, which girl are we trying to impress?" I asked.

"Sayonara!" Nathan shouted.

"You mean Sayori?" Simon gave him a judgy look.

"You know what I meant, Barry... She's the cutest one, she's so nice."

"I agree," Alisha nodded with an eye roll. "Sayori is the sweetest one."

"Me too," Simon raised his hand.

"I like the one with the purple hair," Curtis shrugged.

"Y'like her or her massive knockers?" Nathan mocked.

"You prick... She's smart, unlike you."

"I think we should go for Natsuki," Nikki suggested.

"Yeah, she's feisty," Kelly laughed. "It's gonna be more fun to get 'er."

Since Sayori had three votes, we ended up going for her. We crafted our poems to fit her taste and each time we had to read the girls' creations I carefully pointed out that they should pay attention to it, but without giving away too much. I even showed them the files, but none of them seemed to care a lot.

Nathan, of course, was making a point to show me he wasn't scared in the least. He kept making fun of every single poem and mocking the way the girls talked to MC, going as far as to do that stupid finger thing Sayori does. When everyone was discussing which path to follow, he would look at me and pretend to suck his beer bottle, as if saying 'that's what you'll be doing later'.

"Ooooh how scary," he teased. "We have t'choose one o'these hot chicks to bang over the weekend... Do they at least show us the shaggin'? Do I get t'see them naked?"

"So are we going with Yuri or Natsuki?" I ignored his comment.

"What about Sayori? She must be sad, we should check on her," Alisha said.

"We don't have that option right now, we need to pick one of the girls."

Nikki, Kelly, Alisha, and Nathan chose Natsuki. Simon and Curtis wanted Yuri. Once again democracy prevailed and we joined Natsuki to help her bake cupcakes. Everyone was way too invested in the game at this point, they were hooked, which was unexpected to say the least.

When Sayori eventually confessed her feelings to us the room went wild. Everyone was talking over the other, shouting what I should do and I laughed watching how invested they all were.

"Say yes! Let's shift this bird! C'mon!" Nathan groaned.

As a general consense, we decided to accept her confession, leading to that cute scene when we hug and set up a date during the festival. Everyone was happy and Nate didn't even remember the bet or the warnings anymore.

The festival rolled around and with it came the weird conversation with Monika, my favorite character by the way:

"She's right," Curtis pointed way too passionately at the TV. "We should've stopped by her house!

"Wait a second, how does she know we had that conversation with Sayori?"  Simon wondered.

"It's a game, doesn't need t'make sense," Nathan rolled his eyes. "Let's go back and wake her up. Maybe now we can finally shag her! For the love of God!"

"Is the poem supposed to be like this?" Kelly asked. "Or is it a glitch?"

"No, it's like this," I covered a smile.

"Get out of my head," Nikki mused at the words.

Everyone was intrigued as we ran to pick up our new girlfriend. Then came the infamous 'I opened the door' scene, the screen was completely dark when...

"JESUS CHRIST! NO!" Nathan hid his face against my shoulder when Sayori's dead body was revealed.

"Oh my God, Lydia..." Alisha cried. "Why did you invite us here? For this?"

"We said we love her, how did that happen?" Simon stared wide-eyed at the screen. "Could we have done anything different?"

"No," Curtis shook his head. "I went back and tried all the different ways, she always kills herself."

"You turned back?" I snorted.

"Don't judge me! You're the one who wanted us to play in the first place!"

"This is the most fucked up thing I've ever seen," Nathan couldn't even look. "And I've seen people die in front of me... I've died! And this shit is still messed up!"

"Thought you were too manly to get scared with a silly game," I narrowed my eyes.

"Go to the files," Simon suggested. "Maybe there's something in there that can help."

I did so, knowing full well what was gonna happen... And loving every second of it.

"Her file is gone? What the fuck?" Nikki leaned closer to the screen.

"Put her back, Lollipop, y'have a copy, don'tcha? Put her back!" Nathan  demanded.

I tried, but as we all know, that doesn't work and it just makes us stare at her dead body for a bit longer.

After Sayori's death the game sort of rushes through the second, third, and fourth act. We were all a bit thrown off by the fact that she had been completely eliminated from the game, but we kept playing regardless.

When Natsuki and Yuri were going mental and the jumpscares started, that's when Nathan accepted that he was, indeed, scared and I would be the one getting head tonight. The glitches, the creepy imagery, the unexpected changes, the mouse moving by itself... He was yelping and flinching nonstop, which I thought was hilarious.

"It's this bitch!" Alisha shouted angrily as Monika's face took the screen. "She's doing this!"

"You're right!" Simon realized. "She wants us all to herself so she's making the other ones go mental, but how is she doing it?"

"She's the club's president, duh," Kelly scoffed as if it was obvious.

"Which gives her the knowledge that she's in a game!" he snapped his fingers. "She's sentient!"

"You're a genius, Barry!" Nathan gasped. "This bitter cunt is deletin' the others! I get it now, we gotta defeat her before she gets rid of someone else, let's do this!"

It was about 11 p.m. when Yuri's confession happened, but nobody gave a shit about noise complaints. Once again the room was filled with voices, discussing if we should say yes or no, how that would change the outcome, how our decision would affect Monika and the way she's feeling.

"We need to say yes, she's crazy," Nikki argued.

"Yeah, if we say no, she might kill us," Simon warned.

"But if we say yes Monika might kill us instead," Curtis countered. "She might get pissed off."

"Who's scared of that bitch? Say yes!" Nathan shook me by the shoulders.

"I never thought I'd say this, but I'm with Nathan," Alisha rubbed her eyes nervously.

"I don't think we should, she's creepy, did you see her eyes?" Kelly shivered.

Little did they know, the answer didn't matter, the outcome was always the same... The room went dead silent for a second as Yuri stabbed herself with a knife.

"Fuck!" Nathan whined. "Not again!"

"Jesus, this game is so sick," Curtis couldn't take his eyes from the screen.

"Do we just stare at her while she's talking this nonsense?" Alisha covered her eyes as the weekend passed.

Finally, the big climax arrived. Monika deleted the two other girls under fervorous protests from my friends, and there we were: Trapped in that classroom with that psychopath (she's not a villain, I could argue about that for hours, but that's not the point), listening to her talking and talking and talking for ages.

"I'm talking to you, MC... Or do you go by Lydia Bellamy or something?" Monika said and I swear Nathan did a cross sign.

"How does she know...?" Alisha freaked out.

"Were you checking on my character file for me?" she asked as I paused to grab more beer. That's when Simon solved the puzzle:

"Delete her!" he leaned over me to look at the computer screen. "Delete her file."

"Can we do that?" Nathan looked at me hopeful.

"We absolutely can," I smirked.

You all know the gist... Monika gets deleted, regrets all of her actions and apologizes, says she still loves us despite everything. The game restarts and this time Sayori goes mental, leading Monika to save us all by breaking the game beyond repair and deleting everything permanently.

"This is so good," Simon was amazed. "It's a psychological horror masterpiece."

"I know right? You were the one who made me play it in the future," I smiled proudly. "You told me about all the easter eggs and nuances to unpack."

"Wow, now I feel kinda bad," Nathan stared blankly at the wall. "Monika saved us..."

"Well, looks like I was right after all," I sighed. "You're literally sweating through your shirt."

"I thought the shit we've been goin' through damaged me, but this... This ain't right. This was twisted."

"So, should I wait for you naked or would you like to undress me?" I purred next to his ear.

"You can't tell me you're horny after playin' this!"

"After you've done it as many times as I did, you get used to it... Now come on, I'm the only one coming tonight. Just Lydia."

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[la-paritalienne]

hellooooo 🍭 how are you?? Just letting you know your fans are waiting for your usual song by song review for Chemtrails 😇 if you want to do one!!!! Xx

😍😭 omgggg this is long overdue :((( i’ve been neglecting my tumblr for a series of reasons – some of which regrettable – and i can’t believe this slipped my mind! please let me know if you see it and thank you for asking. i’m always amazed that someone cares. without further ado!

white dress: i looooove this as an opening track, the breathy voice is perfect and the song sets the tone for the whole album, both vocally and lyrically. the chorus is super catchy and got stuck in my head from the first listen (which was before the album came out hehe), i adore the look how i do this, look how i got this part. downatthemaninmusicbusinessconferece kinda makes me laugh but at the same time it’s iconic and different. also, i wish i could keep this for myself but i feel compelled to say that the way she sings down in orlANdo reminds me of sweet brown’s i got bronCHithis fgkgkkg so yeah funny AND iconic sums it up.

fave lyrics: ‘cause it made me feel, made me feel like a god / kinda makes me feel like maybe i was better off

8,5/10

chemtrails over the country club: this was by far my fave single, although i wasn’t obsessed w it at first as i got after listening to it within the album. from the first line, it just makes your stomach twist in that bittersweet way. i love the laid back production, the lyrics are poignant and gorgeous (there’s nothing wrong contemplating god, i’m not unhinged or unhappy i’m just wild) and i adore how mundane stuff meets poetic imagery, plus the astrology references... not to mention how brave it is to wanna share those placements (jk, no hate). the different vocals, the falsetto, the layering... it’s just so good. also this might be an unpopular opinion but i think the title is genius and i absolutely support this as a title track.

fave lyrics: you’re in the wind, i’m in the water / nobody’s son, nobody’s daughter

9/10

tulsa jesus freak: this was my fave from the first seconds, it’s stunning, bittersweet, i loooove the production (the little autotune over hurry up gives me chills). i can’t even comment properly because i love everything about it.

fave lyrics: like a little piece of heaven, no more candle in the wind

10/10

let me love you like a woman: i think the opening promises more than what the song delivers, especially the chorus is maybe a bit underwhelming? but tbh after a few listens it grew on me too, i love the high notes and the lyrics are sweet. the first line remains my fave part tho, the way she delivers it... also the verses in general, simple and honest and kind of bratty (i guess i could manage if you stay / its just if you do, i can’t see myself having any fun, so), i can’t not love it.

fave lyrics: talk to me in songs and poems / don’t make me be bittersweet

8+/10

wild at heart: this one gives me old lana vibes, like somewhere between ultraviolence and honeymoon, especially the verse – i’m just obsessed w it. the chorus sounds a lot like some other songs of hers, maybe a little too much for me to enjoy it completely (esp mariner’s apartment complex, her vocal runs sound exactly the same??). anywayyy it’s just a very beautiful song. at first i wasn’t particularly bewildered by this album, like i recognised quality but that was it, but after a few listens i have to say it’s impressive how consistently good the songs are.

fave lyrics: i love you lots like polka dots / you’re killing me more

8-/10

dark but just a game: the hidden gem of the album, competes w tulsa jesus freak for the n.1 spot in my heart, actually maybe it holds it rn, i’m just stunned by it. it almost sounds like lizzy grant’s repertoire, but with lana’s maturity and nonchalance. simply a gorgeous reflection on fame. both musically and lirically i just find it impeccable.

fave lyrics: life is sweet or whatever baby

10/10

not all who wander are lost: ok this might be my least fave (spoiler: with the cover), it’s pretty and the lyrics are good, maybe slightly basic? and it just doesn’t stick w me, it kinda sounds like a poem slightly sung? the background music is maybe too feeble and there’s no memorable melody, if it makes sense. however, the look at me, look at you part elevates it quite a bit. (i mean, it’s no ‘how you like that’, but i liked it)

fave lyrics: the thing about men like you is you got a lot to say / but will you stay?

7-/10

yosemite: another not-fave, maybe this and the previous ones kinda feel like fillers to me, like for my taste, i like them and would never skip them if listening to the whole album, but they wouldn’t make a separate playlist. however, the chorus of this is kind of catchy, although the metrics in we did it for the right reasons kind of bug me, idk why! i also find the song a bit too long and monotone! yes to the candle in the wind reference (again!) tho.

fave lyrics: isn’t it cool how nothing here changes at all?

7/10

breaking up slowly: up there w tjf and dark but just a game. why the fuck isn’t nikki lane credited???? she is insane, when she opens she sounds like stevie nicks and her armonies w lana are perfect. the lyrics are simply heartbreaking and the country feel of it all is unexpected and fresh within the album. love love love

fave lyrics: we might be breakin’ up after this song

10/10

dance ‘till we die: spoiler alert, this song kind of bored me until the rock break??? iconic????? it’s still not my fave bc the verses are a bit too slow and unremarkable to me, but That Part just levels everything up.

fave lyrics: but sometimes, this ranch feels like my only friend / and life doesn’t always work out like we planned / we keep it movin’, babe

7,5/10

for free: i love both weyes and zella, although i find the mix of them + lana a bit confusing, like individually i can tell them all apart, but none of them brings the rawness and contrast w lana that other features of hers did (nikki, stevie!!!). also im sorry joni but i really don’t like this song?? maybe the original is amazing and im an ignorant for not knowing it and it was them who made it so boring and lamentous? idk. anyway. it’s a cover so idk if the vote is more for the song or for the production and adaptation or what but yeah. strong lyrics of course, but this is my opinion on this version of it

fave lyrics: and i’ll play if you’ve got the money / or if you’re a friend to me / but the one-man band by thе quick lunch stand / he’s been playin’ real good for free

6-/10

sooo overall i really loved it and some of the songs i particularly liked are among her best ever to me, though that’s like 100 songs by now so, quite a big list. what did you think? again, thank you for caring and sorry for the delay ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[compclling]

𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙠 001. 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐧

name  /  alias : sixx , a nickname I somehow got because my names nikki. gender  /  pronouns : cisfemale , she / her where  ya  from  ? : a terrible place i’d like to call america , al capone the  current  time :  3:52 am , might pause this to watch some jessica jones height :  5′9′‘ job  or  major :  retail , will be attending beauty school pet  (  s  ) :  four cats favorite  thing  (  s  )  about  yourself :  my ability to remain optimistic and see best intentions any  special  talents  ? :  nothing that I wouldn’t assume others can’t do too

why  you  joined  hqclouds :  it’s an interesting concept and sort of reminds me of a show that I recently binge watched on amazon prime. it’s fresh , different , a breath of fresh air.

meaning  behind  url :  well , it’s simple really , based on tvd verse vampires.

last  thing  you  googled :  some actor who looked familiar in daredevil 

birthday  /  zodiac :  july 14th. cancer sun , capricorn moon , sagittarius rising in  your  opinion  ,  does  your  sign  suit  you  ? : oh yeah , definitely. myers  -  briggs :  isfp moral  alignment :  neutral good hogwarts  house : ravenclaw

i  started  roleplaying : gosh , when I was about 9 years old maybe ? it all started in a chatroom and I somehow found my way to tumblr types  of  rps  i  enjoy :  fandom and supernatural based favorite  fcs  to  use :  chadwick boseman , claire holt , margot robbie fandom  (  s  )  you’d  like  to  write  in : I have to think about this one , but i’d love to have an opportunity to write in all fandoms , not that it’s possible. I love exploring characters in general , but maybe star wars ? jane austen ? marvel characters fandom  (  s  )  you  aren’t  in  but  are  curious  about :  there are far too many to list and my thinking is on the less functional side right now.

favorite  canon  muse  (  s  )  to  play : rebekah mikaelson , for sure. favorite  original  muse  (  s  )  to  play : from my own making ? there’s so many that I have come to love and adore but I can’t hand select one that sticks out. canon  ships  you  can’t  help  but  love :  katherine x stefan , steve x peggy , kevin x fangs , alice x fp , buffy x angel ... a lot trope  (  s  )  you  tend  to  be  guilty  of : enemies to lovers is a huge one

i  prefer  .  .  . angst  ,  smut  ,  or  fluff :  i’m a sucker for angst long  or  short  replies :  give me a happy medium , but I do like the detailed responses. pre  plotting  or  chemistry : chemistry  sentence  starters  or  headcanon  memes : sentence starters single  muse  or  multimuse  blogs :  multimuse gif  icons  ,  medium  gifs  ,  or  static  icons : gif icons and medium gifs

grab  the  book  nearest  to  you  and  pull  a  quote  from  it : “ I should have known what he meant. I did not. He had me mesmerized, enchanted. He was playing to me as he had when I was mortal; he was leading me. He was saying ‘your pain will end’ - interview with the vampire , a novel , anne rice

what’s  a  quote  or  song  lyric  that  speaks  to  your  soul  ? :  “ happiness can be found even in the darkest of times. ” it is honestly a quote that has gotten be through many hardships , and one I always think about. 

top  current  celebrity  crushes :  I have crushes on characters not celebs , it’s a thing. last  movie  you  watched :  seven psychopaths ? I think that’s what it was called did  you  like  it  ? :  I mean , yeah , I made it through the whole movie favorite  movie  (  s  )    of  all  time : titanic , cruel intentions , moulin rouge , kiss me kate favorite  tv  show  (  s  )  of  all  time : favorite  tv  show  that  hasn’t  ended : lucifer !! favorite  series  of  books  /  novels  /  comics : harry potter , jane austen , and I love so many books please don’t make me list them all.  sports  team  (  s  )  you  rep : yikes favorite  video  game  (  s  ) : again , yikes favorite  youtube  channels : I usually watch stargirls tarot readings hobbies :  binge watching shows , going out for mixed drinks ( is that a hobby ? ) , yoga , reading

put  your  music  on  shuffle.  what  six  songs  pop  up  ? : not ur friend , jeremy zucker baby got back , sir mix-a-lot monster , mumford & sons d.r.e.a.m , miley cyrus she drives me crazy , fine young cannibals in too deep , sum 41

personal  aesthetic : vampire gothic , 80s grunge , pastel .. i’m a mess dream  vacation  ? : a trip around europe would be amazing dream  job  ? :  my dream is to have no job dream  car  ? :  impala , the winchester impala if  i  could  live  anywhere  ,  it’d  be : nowhere seems good right now , you know ? favorite  musical : wicked favorite  food  (  s  ) :  italian , mexican coffee  order :  i’m usually trying new things but a go to is caramel frapp unwatched  stuff  in  your  netflix  /  hulu  /  etc :  so many , so so many

what’s  a  subject  you  know  too  much  about  +  never  get  tired  of  talking  about  ? : psychology is a subject i’m always down to discuss

[ybelovva]

the basics;

NAME: Yelena Belova

ALIAS(ES): Black Widow, Pale Little Spider, Rooskaya, too many to count...

AGE: Twenty-four

BIRTHDAY & ZODIAC: August 31st, Virgo

MBTI: ISTJ Inspector

PREFERRED PRONOUNS: She/Her

FACECLAIM: Florence Pugh

tw:mentions of deviant behavior (not yelena)

a deeper look;

FAMILY: Unnamed mother, Olga (Aunt)

AFFILIATION: Russia, Black Widow Ops Program, Red Room

THREE FAVORITE THINGS: Her country, Her job, Vodka

THREE HATED THINGS: Failure, Being Lesser than Natasha, New Gotham

EDUCATION: Some high school, Graduate of the Red Room espionage unit

SKILLS: Master Martial Artist, Gymnast, Espionage, Adept with all kinds of weapons, Highly Intelligent (to a degree), Trained operative

WEAPONS: ElectroShock Bracelets (Widow’s Bite) and Various Guns

ABILITIES: N/A

the questionnaire;

question: WHAT IS SOMETHING YOUR CHARACTER LIKES ABOUT NEW GOTHAM? SOMETHING THEY DISLIKE? DO THEY MISS THE WAY THINGS WERE - OR DO THE LIKE HOW THE WORLD IS NOW?

There isn’t much Yelena likes about New Gotham, but she does like that crowded streets mean she can blend in and disappear, whenever she wants. Allows her to watch her back, while following another’s. Yelena dislikes everything else. New York city, the creatures, the smell ---- but she especially detests the crime rate in New Gotham city. Moscow wasn’t nearly as dirty as this. At least they had principles and real punishment, where she came from. Here? Criminals run rampant, cocky, it disgust her, especially now that some of them have wings and fangs. It surprised her, all these new types of people and creatures, but it isn’t the first time she’s fought something non-human. She’s just not used to it being normal, but she’s getting used to it. Yelena misses the way things were, before the collision. She wants to go back to her universe, and fufill her duties as the Black Widow. At least there, she was the only one.

question: WHERE WAS YOUR CHARACTER WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED? ARE THEY SUSPICIOUS OF EVERYONE OR ARE THEY TRYING TO REMAIN UNDER THE RADAR? HAVE THEY REUNITED WITH THEIR FRIENDS OR ARE THEY LOST?

Yelena was in the middle of a mission. Well, more like a post lesson. When everything changed, she was on her way to her next mission when she was taken out of her universe and dropped into this one. Yelena is both suspicious of everyone and under the radar. She doesn’t know who or what brought her here, and why? New Gotham is constantly changing, and with it bring more people, and more questions. Under the radar, because she doesn’t want to bring any unnecessary attention to herself. Give them just enough to ease them in conversation, that’s it. They wouldn’t want to know who the real Yelena Belova was. Yelena doesn’t have friends. Period. She’s lost and on her own, but she has a plan. She plans to scout out the area and people, as many as she can, gather information and figure out how to get outta here: that is her mission. Her skin crawls, the longer she stays in this place, but meanwhile, she’s going to use her skill set to save herself.

question: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: ANYTHING YOU WANT US TO KNOW? ANY HEADCANONS? Hi! I’m Sessho! And Yelena needs a lil bit of an explanation to the group. Since we don’t know how Yelena will be played in the upcoming Black Widow movie, I’m basing her more on her comic counterpart who’s a little more evil than ya think (I have already discussed this with one of the admins). So, following, is a bio I made for her ages ago based on her in the comics. I hope it makes sense and you all enjoy!

     Yelena’s life before the Widow Program, was all but forgotten by the time she was fifteen. When Yelena was fifteen years old, she was recruited by the Red Room to be the next potential Black Widow. The same academy that the Soviet’s trained the first Black Widow, Natasha Romanoff. Once it’d become clear that their beloved Widow had defected, the Soviets knew they had a lot of work to do with Belova. And so that is where her story, begins.

     She was originally spotted for her exceptional physical condition, high marks on her IQ tests, and her talent in gymnastics. The KGB meant for her to succeed her predecessor. Despite the program’s success, their perfect spy failed them. So, for years Yelena was trained under a strict regimen by the trainers of the program. During her training, Yelena scored incredibly high on her tests. But instead of being proud about it, she stated Romanoff had scored better, under the same tests. She hated to be lesser than a traitor who deserted her country.

     The Red Room was her home, the pale little spider trained under for a decade. They fed her, clothed her. They played their vicious mind games on her, brainwashed her. Taught her how to fight, how to bleed. How to kill, and how to blend as a spy. She’d all but forgotten her life, before. One particular trainer she came to view, as a father figure. Pyotr Vasilievich Starkovsky, a Lieutenant Colonel who taught Yelena hand-to-hand combat, weapon use, and knife work for over a decade. A trained hand in hand combatant, he was her main instructor. She’d become close to him, and Starkovsky too considered her like his daughter. Though Starkovsky became obsessed. Yelena never thought anything of it. She was starting to feel inferior and inadequate to her predecessor, but as much as wanted to defeat her, Yelena undoubtedly idolized her. Even if she wouldn’t admit it to herself.

      While Starkovsky’s deviant behavior found a substitute in a brothel with a woman named Petra, a look-alike of Yelena. What happened next, Yelena doesn’t exactly know. Starkovsky was dead, killed by Petra. Belova was shattered by the news, and confused by the loss of her father figure. She’d been told Starkovsky had been stealing secrets from the Black Widow program, and Yelena decided to investigate, on her own. In the end, Yelena killed Petra, and proceeded to accept the role as the new Black Widow. Belova would go on to never know that the entire ordeal, and the brothel’s owner, and the other woman in the room, Nikki, was an exercise. And part of her graduation test.

     Her time as the Black Widow was short, but not without making it’s bite on the various people who mattered. For years, she’d completed intelligence missions for the KGB under the moniker Black Widow. Though her efforts, and partially the name, were overshadowed by the scarlet Widow. The real Black Widow. Yelena worked in the dark. The only people who learned that there was a second Widow, were her targets, and others who kept tabs on her. But the world knew of the Black Widow as a superhero. Natasha Romanoff, the Avenger. Yelena watched the movements of Natasha and the rest of the Avengers, through the years. And she waited. Shadowed by her predecessor once more. Seeing her face on the screen, fueled her obsession and drive to beat her, and be the only Widow that still represented mother Russia.

     Yelena and Natasha had crossed paths, at least once, before Yelena successfully killed her. Natasha had always been far more experienced than the younger Widow, superior, but Yelena turned Natasha’s “mind games” on her. Wishing to teach Yelena a lesson, Natasha and Nick Fury, created Operation: Validate. The operation had Belova captured and surgically altered to be Natasha Romanoff and vice verse. To be her duplicate, and Natasha became Yelena Belova. Belova mentally held it together and played along, believing this had to be a mission that’d gone wrong. In the end, Natasha explained to Yelena that she’d orchestrated the whole thing in order to tell her the truth. Yelena was just a pawn for the people who trained. An instrument in war, not some heroine for her country. And that espionage was not a game, but Yelena didn’t want to hear it, and she shot Natasha and killed her. Yelena escaped with her life before Fury and his operatives could get there, and their mission was deemed a failure.

     After much convincing, Yelena used the doctors provided by the Red Room to reverse the effects of the surgery. Yelena looked like herself again, and now, in this new world, she was the one and only Black Widow. She achieved her greatest desire, to beat her predecessor, but Yelena felt no differently. Her passion disappeared after that, but she continued onto her next mission....

plots: So basically, plot-wise, Yelena’s universe is mostly comic based since the Black Widow movie hasn’t come out yet, and I’ve taken some liberties here and there with her bio. In her universe, she killed Nat, but after she feels lost, until she ends up in New Gotham. She’ll slowly become an Anti-Hero, here, in New Gotham, through interactions and plots and whatnot. That’s where I can blend in some of the MCU for her, because I’m also really excited about what they’ll do for Yelena in the MCU !!!

      Connections! Honestly, I’ll take them all, no bias here, especially since I’d like to see her become somewhat of a hero. I wanna put Yelena through the ringer tho too, so come at me, bruh.

     The only other thing I was gonna put here was, my laptop can’t make text smaller (it’s already small) so all my text will look regular-sized for tumblr posts. Sorry!

[dhbelzinone]

𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓯𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓼 (ᴬⁿᵈ ᴬˡˡ ᵀʰᵃᵗ ᴶᵃᶻᶻ)

𝓞𝓞𝓒 𝓘𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓸 𝓟𝓸𝓼𝓽

Hi hello I’ve never done anything like this before but it looks like there’s a blog specifically for ooc intros so here’s my best. ♡

Hi my name is Sal, I go by they/them/theirs, and I’m a med school reject turned gender studies honors student. I’m currently working on a thesis about sex worker rights so I’m balls deep I can be in the industry without the good money and devoting the rest of my undergrad career to fighting for their right to make theirs. I’m also an artist and run an indie if y'all wanna see more of my muse’s roots. Bel’s been my emotional support muse for a good while and has gone through more character development than I have my entire lifetime, so although she may seem like a big softie compared to the rest of the muse crowd here, here’s hoping she can hold her own!

Bel Zinone Abridged: Devil’s Highway Vers.

Her mama is an undocumented immigrant who fought tooth and nail for her piece of the American dream. Much of this was due to the help of a vigilante organization that helped her flee from Europe, but her reputation was volatile enough to charm them into seeking out her membership.

Thanks to their international influence, she was able to keep running with the Wallflowers across the continental U. S. She soon settled down with her husband, a high profile (albeit black market) doctor, and raised her two children beneath the protection of the empire they built all the way from the city underbelly up to the high class elite.

Bel and her older brother Beau were relatively spoiled children until he left for the army and the family secrets started to leak. Adolescence was already hard on her, with her elusive sexuality and growing dysphoria yanking her identity chains, but as soon as she discovered her parents’ reign over the criminal underground, Bel doubted the authenticity of her upbringing and fled to the southern inlands with the resolve to make it on her own.

Little did she know that she’d find herself right smack in the middle of a gang war of the very nature she tried to escape. However, this time was going to be different. She wasn’t going to be at their mercy.

They were going to be at hers, for she offered one of the few medical resources in the entire desert that didn’t come with the liability of a paper trail.

In the meantime, she floats between bunny ranches, strip clubs, and the odd burlesque show. When she’s not working, she can be found frequenting bars, on Instagram, streaming her cam, tinkering with her Widowmaker, or looking for a good meatball sub.

Whereas she would’ve used her earnings to run as far away as possible from her past, Bel ironically finds solace in the lucrative lifestyle, calling a cozy studio apartment home and splurging on the occasional odds and ends that make the closeted queer life she embodies just a bit more bearable.

Relationships for her? I’m not gonna lie: despite the past rancor she’s had for her parent’s occupations, she genuinely wants to help and support people, patching them up so they’re good to go back to whatever they were doing without judgement. Her view of the life’s changed and she’s come to understand the institutions (as well as will) that brings people to commit and run with crime. She’s yet to make peace with her family, but she’s come to terms with the blood she’s from and wants to make a difference in peoples’ lives. That being said: 

Give her your tired, your poor, your horny

A job @ Paradise, maybe? Maybe she could learn about the surrounding gang activity from other dancers / affiliates or Kimi when she applies?

Maybe she could’ve known Esmeray from medical school?

Seeing other muses in the medical field are inspiring some joint black market clinic potential~

Maybe she could’ve known Rodrigo from when he was doing his work, possibly from Backpage before it got shut down?

On this note, maybe Nikki too? (Hello~)

If there are any other queer muses around, maybe they can shine a community light on her? Potentially while she’s yanking a shank out of their shoulder?

If there are any single muses too, I’d love to develop a ride-or-die boo or friend for her.

Last but not least, if we still need prospects and other make characters I’d be game af to have Beau go AWOL and trade his fatigues for a potential patch (maybe through the Mexican border with Nikki, if she’s gonna hate Bel asdkjfnaks). ♡

𝓐𝓹𝓹𝓵𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷

OUT OF CHARACTER

INTRODUCTION: Sal (24) they/them/theirs ; PST ACTIVITY: I'm in my last year of undergraduate study and will have class three days a week on average. I'll be online at least once a day and will be able to devote most of my week to nitty-gritty writing as well as plotting. PASSCODE: angel wings and/or crown MISCELLANEOUS: I've been running an indie oc rp blog for almost five years (same character @belzinone) and this will be my first group/skeleton/rl fc rp. I'm worried about being ignored/left behind/largely uninvolved in threads and plotting because that has largely been my experience in discord server rp groups, but y'all seem to have good administration going on so I'm not feeling so worried anymore. I look forward to the experience if you'll have me. :)

IN CHARACTER

NAME: Bel Zinone DATE OF BIRTH: (March/08/1991) (28) PLACE OF BIRTH: San Francisco, California GENDER/PRONOUNS: demifemme｜she/her/hers AFFILIATION: N/A RANKING: N/A OCCUPATION: freelance sex worker, hitwoman, & black market physician FACE CLAIM: Antonia Thomas

BIOGRAPHY

triggers: domestic violence, murder, abuse, misandry, severe burns, sex work Her mother was an undocumented immigrant, fleeing from her orphaned past and domestic abuse in the Italian slums. A headstrong, promiscuous, and violent woman, it wasn't long until she found sisterhood amongst a like-minded gang of vigilante women with international influence called the Wallflowers, well-versed in her infamy and coming to her aid while she was pregnant with her son and escaping prosecution for murdering her husband. Risa Zinone, codenamed La Eglantina, docked in New York city, giving birth to her son Beau Zinone and raising him with the rest of her sorella while continuing her bloodthirsty occupation of murdering abusive men and liberating survivors from their regimes of terror. However, one could only run with the Wallflowers for so long before beginning to challenge their belief system, however righteous it claimed to be. The murderer mother fell in love with the black market doctor who saved her life and once again fled across the country and retired so she could live a peaceful life with him, safe from the constraints and watchful eyes of the sisterhood, but not without heavy cost. She suffered major burns to her entire body by a fire and had to undergo near total facial reconstruction, a miracle performed by the love of her life. In exchange for her life, she'd no longer bear resemblance to her children. Thus Bel Zinone was born on the opposite side of the country as her brother, hilly San Franscisco. She was a wildly rambunctious child, calmed only by the sounds of her brother's guitar strings and a profound interest in her father's work. Little did she know, her living was earned via the illicit means of her parents and their continued association with the country's underbelly. Shambled by the loss of one of their most valuable members, the Wallflowers had undergone a civil war. A near complete overhaul of organizational structure and creed had taken place, leading to an abysmal divide between the matriarchal supremacy of days past and the new order. Enemies of the new regime all around the world were sought out, assassinated, and replaced with a stronger, more diverse membership. During that witch hunt, Risa was reinstated into the Wallflowers with her husband Dmitri and the power couple ruled the pacific branch. The Zinone's hid their criminal affiliations well. Dmitri, a renowned surgeon specializing in the central nervous system, Risa, an uptown socialite who moonlighted cabaret clubs as a jazz singer. Their children had a generous, almost spotless adolescence until Beau graduated high school and joined the military. He was an upstanding, self-righteous man, yet his fatigues all but killed the respect his little sister had for him. As the Zinone siblings grew up, their parents had to try all that much harder to hide their criminal affiliations, often leaving the two with ample bonding time and hiding various criminal survival skills (like how to fight and use firearms among other things) under the guise of "street smarts". Combined with her surfacing struggles with her sexuality and gender identity, Beau's abandonment was very hard on Bel. Her high school antics began to resemble those of her mother during her youth, starting fights, finishing others' fights, and getting dress coded nearly every day. If not for physical altercations, the young lady spent most of her time in the principal's office for getting into arguments with teachers and staff over technicalities in her STEM courses and exposing discrimination in curriculums and attitudes throughout. If not for her parents' powerful influence, she never would've dodged juvie, let alone made it to college. Fortunately, she found her calling and started settling down as soon as her father invited her to his workplace in the hospital. College was a breeze for her, even as a fierce insistence to be independent led to her paying her own tuition. She was no party animal or sorority sister, but the continuing troubles she had with her sexuality and gender identity pushed her towards casual sex work and the porn industry when work-study wasn't enough. Bel was steadily making her way through adult life, planning to devote the rest of it to medicine like her father. However, as she started having to use her special "survival skills" more and more, she slowly began to realize there was more to her parents than she thought. The Wallflowers were growing in influence, and La Eglantina's daughter was growing a bounty on her head as well. By the time she cornered her parents with the truth, she was already well into medical school and bore nods of her mother's pseudonym and her father's occupation on her back. The betrayal she felt when her brother left her resurfaced as she uncovered her parents lies, spurring her to cut her familial ties and live her own life exclusively by her own means. Bel rejected her father's footsteps in favor of sex work, something she pursued entirely of her own volition, and eventually found herself amongst the "bunny ranches" in Las Vegas, where her life in the crossfire between the Sinners and Jokers would begin. CHARACTER QUOTE: "Do no harm but take no shit." CHARACTER ANTHEM: Half God Half Devil｜In This Moment

EDIT: Risa Zinone fled from Europe as a result of Romani persecution.

P.S.: I reiterate that this is my first group/skeleton/rl fc rp. This is all pretty overwhelming so please have patience with me and for those of y’all who have a lot of experience with these things, please help me out <3

[sternenteile]

hello! i'm on mobile and can't check your rules, even when i look on the desktop version, and i was just wondering if you could like..post a link to them or something-

sure thing!  i don’t have a link because of those fancy pop-up things, but you did remind me that i really have to put mobile versions of geno’s pages up. in the meanwhile, here they are under a readmore!

hello! my name is nikki ( she/her, they/them ), and i’m a 27-year-old scallywag from the mythical land of florida. my interests are locating shiny stamps and rearranging furniture. i am very exciting person, please congratulate me and feed me bacon. oh, by the by, please follow these rules and we’ll be gucci, pals.

my interpretation & critique.

my portrayal of geno adheres to what we have of him in canon, as well as influenced by headcanon and artistic liberties. with that being said, however, i am incredibly open to critique, as long as it is given tactfully. just don’t treat me like i’m some kinda subhuman slurping moss through a straw, and we’ll be fine!

selectivity.

my activity levels are sporadic and my health isn’t exactly incredible, so, to keep myself from overloading my plate, i am going to be extremely selective with who i’m mutuals with. i am also MUTUALS-ONLY, meaning you must follow me AND vice versa for me to interact with you. if we’re not mutuals, please don’t take it personally!

sfw blog.

the absolute worst this blog will get is pg-13 in terms of violence, and there will be no sexual content on here whatsoever. geno is literally a star being and is not interested in those things, and my viewpoints on anything mario-related are generally Very Pure™. let’s keep it that way.

to add to this, please don’t send me anything that might delve into fetishy territory, even if only joking. having stuff that trails into vore territory or otherwise creepy things is just… nawh. this is a cute and happy and innocent nintendo-based blog with nintendo themes and a nintendo star boy. we’re not having that.

interpersonal relationships.

romance is extremely unlikely to happen with geno. let me put that out there right now. if you’re coming here solely to ship, then this isn’t the blog for you. that being said, i cannot say it is impossible, but it would require insane chemistry and development. he’s just generally not interested. please understand.

that being said, friendships and familial bonds are embraced wholeheartedly, as are rivalries and nemeses! pre-established relationships are also fine, but anything particularly in-depth must be discussed before engaging.

ocs, multi-muses, cross-canon, etc.

while i absolutely adore ocs, i am even more selective with them than i am with canon characters. this is due to negative oc experiences i’ve gone through in the past. they are allowed here, but only after some scrutiny on my part. nothing personal!

multi-muses are also only followed with great discretion. they often tend to be messy and difficult for me to keep track of, so most cases will likely fall through with me.

self-inserts are not accepted, no excuses.

cross-canon is a wonderful and beautiful thing that i accept wholeheartedly, especially if it’s with other nintendo franchises! i plan on giving geno a smash bros. verse in the future, so trust me, i am a-okay with this. the only fandoms i will never interact with under any circumstances are the fnaf, dhmis, dream daddy, homestuck, and my little pony fandoms.

rp blogs of real life people will not be engaged. i personally find it very uncomfortable, so please do not approach if you roleplay real people.

triggers.

i ain’t got none, don’t worry about it. that being said, anything that could be triggering to anyone else will be tagged accordingly. if something bothers you that you’d like me to tag, just let me know and i’ll get that tagged for you! no need to be shy!

duplicates, mains, and exclusives.

i don’t do exclusives, unfortunately, but if anyone in the super mario canon wants to be mains with me, feel free to let me know! if we’re mutuals, chances are good that i’d be happy to be your main! in terms of duplicates, while very unlikely (because who even rps this guy anyway???), i’ll happily interact with other genos, despite the fact that he’ll be horribly confused. :’)

etiquette & drama.

godmoding and meta-gaming is, of course, prohibited. if you want to do anything that crosses these lines with my muse, please discuss it with me and we can work something out, if possible.

i do not believe in reblog karma. however, if you do, i will gladly respect and adhere to your choices!

personal blogs may follow me, but they may not reblog any of my personally-made content. refusal to adhere to this rule will result in a hard block.

this blog is very strictly drama-free. i’m an adult with a life and enough stresses on my shoulders as it is. i don’t need to deal with children and petty discourse, thank you very much.

i am a lesbian through and through. i support lgbt with every fiber of my being. if you are homophobic and anti-lgbt, you are absolutely not welcome on this blog. period.

[itshollandsgirl]

Christmas Spirit

I'll be home for Christmas, you can plan on me...

You sat at the piano, leaned over head rested on your hand while the other played simple keys mindlessly. Letting out a sad sigh thinking about your lover who will not be home for Christmas.

Watching you from the doorway that separated the kitchen and living room, Nikki and Harry looked at you with sad eyes. You had come over to stay with the Holland's for Christmas because last year Sam had came over to yours, but sadly this year a project he couldn't get out of had comeabout and he had to leave. He promised you he'd be back before Christmas; it now being Christmas Eve his promise being broken. Last night he face timed you, when he face came into the screen he had a sad guilty look and you knew what had happened. After that call you've been quiet and gloomy. Everyone had noticed because you were usually happy and bright. You've stayed in Sam's room for the whole day and only left to use the bathroom. Nikki would give you snacks but you left them untouched. Harry and Paddy tried to cheer you up but not no avail. Tom had tried as well, but he too had no luck. Tessa sensed your mood change and she hasn't left you once today, which you were thankful for. You were thankful for everyone who tried to make you feel better but the only that will is Sam being here to spend Christmas with his family and you. Towards the late afternoon you migrated from bed and into the living room where Sam's piano sat. You sat down and stared at it for a bit before actually pressing on keys. Memories of you and him playing songs came into mind making you smile just a bit before frowning because he isn't here. Sighing you continued to press random keys, sounding like a Christmas tune. Quietly you sang to the notes you played.

I'll be home Christmas

You can plan on me

Please have snow and bring Sammy home

If only in my dreams

"I didn't know you could sing." A voice said startling you.

Tom.

"Op sorry love, didn't mean to scare you." He said coming to sit next to you.

"It's fine, I just didn't hear you walk in." You said giving him a small smile.

"I like your voice, it's soothing. Do you and Sam do that often? You know, sing and play piano together."

"Uh yeah, we do. He'll play and I sing usually, I can't play piano that well."

"You sounded fine just now."

"That's the only verse I can play without messing up haha."

"Well, I'm not much of a singer or piano player, but if you want we can play something together..? I know it's a you and Sam thing but I can't bare to see you upset."

"Okay, that's sweet of you, Thomas." You said.

You've been mopy all day, you can't push everyone away especially right now since it's the Holidays. Everyone just wanted you to feel better, and you didn't want to be a Debbydowner to everyone. So yeah, why not play a few songs with Tom. Actually try to be festive again.

"So what shall we play first?" He asked with a smile.

"Hm, how about Hallelujah?"

"Ooo, you'll have to guide me through that darlin'." He said with big eyes. "Isn't that one that goes I heard there was a secret cord.."

"That David played and it pleased the Lord.." You sang.

"But you don't really care for music do ya.." You sang together.

"See Thomas, you're not that bad at singing. That was good!" I applauded him.

"Thanks, but I think you're better. Sam's a very lucky lad."

"Awe, thanks."

"Sorry to break up your little music session, but mum has dinner ready." Harry called to us from the doorway.

Tom and I got up from the piano, but to my surprise he picked me up and threw me over his shoulder.

"Thomas! What the hell? Put me down ya goof!" You giggled.

"See that's what I want to hear, you happy." Tom said and you can hear the smile in his voice.

He wondered into the kitchen where everyone was already getting ready for dinner. Tom finally put you down, you smacked his arm playfully but you noticed he had a wider grin than before.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" You asked.

"Happy Christmas beautiful." You heard an all too familiar voice say.

Freezing in place you can't believe your ears. It can't be, he said he wouldn't make it. Turning around you see your other half, Sam. He had a big grin with rosey cheeks. He had his arms around out and you immediately jumped on him.

"Oh my god! How did you-? When did you-? I thought-" You rambled.

"After days of begging, they let me leave early to be here for Christmas. I couldn't disappoint my favourite girl."

"Oh Sammy, I love you! I love you, I love you, I love you!" You peppered his face with kisses.

Paddy made puking noises and Harry called for you two to get a room. Nikki told them to hush and let us have our moment. Smiling wide you both took a seat at the table, staring all googly eyed at each other.

"Best Christmas yet."

Altervative ending

Tom wondered into the kitchen and sat me down in the chair next to his. Everyone was already at the table ready to eat, Nikki was placing the last few dishes on the table.

"We're sorry Sam couldn't be here for Christmas. We know you came all this way to be here with him." Dom said with a sad smile.

"It's okay Mr. Holland, I came here to spend Christmas with the whole family. Yes, it's a bit sad he can't be here but I'm just as happy spending time with you all." You said.

"Well that's great to hear, dear because we consider you part of the family." Nikki smile.

"Yeah, who needs Sam, we got someone better!" Harry joked.

"You can play video games with me! You're probably better than Sam anyway." Paddy said.

"I think she'd rather hang out with the better Holland brother, me. I mean, I am Spider-Man." Tom said.

"Alright boys, settle down. Don't go all crazy on her." Dom said.

"So shall we eat?" Nikki said making the boys forget about their banter and digging in.

I might be down that Sam couldn't be here, but being here with his family, them trying to make me feel better and at home really changes everything. This is Christmas spirit.

(A/N: hoped you like that! Happy Christmas Eve everyone!!! I have Hallelujah stuck in my head so that's why I chose it.)