#this started as a joke but you know how it is with old men
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âa real manâ
dbf!in-ho x you
when a family party takes place, you finally met the one and only hwang in-ho, your fatherâs best friend. when unsettled disputes take place, you find shelter with the man who was thrice your age.
ây/n, get the door will you?â your dad asked, taking the plates from your hands as you made your way to the front door.
you yanked the door open, mumbling under your breath. why did he have to throw this party anyway? itâs not like it was the first time you were home, why was he making such a big deal out of it?
âhey, sweetheart. is your dad home?â a man said.
you took a good look of the man that stood before you in the doorway. holy shit.
âin-ho! there you are! was starting to think you were ditching your old pal!â your fatherâs voice boomed from behind you, pushing you away from the door as he took your place, inviting the unfamiliar man in.
âitâs good to see you too, man.â he chuckled.
âiâm assuming youâve met y/n?â your father introduced, stepping aside, revealing your confused face.
âi didâŚâ in-ho nodded, âquite a pretty one.â
a blush crept onto your cheeks. âthank you.â
âpolite too? you raised her well.â
âof course i did. donât know what her mumâs been teaching her though, been a little angsty lately.â your dad revealed, making your eyes grow wide.
âcan we not do this now?â you gritted, glaring at him.
after that, you never saw much of in-ho, being cooped up in the house while everyone was having the time of their lives outside with your dad in the party that he had organised for you.
eventually, you grew bored, grabbing a drink and hopping onto the kitchen counter as you watched the party unfold in the backyard with your father.
âhey, what are you doing here?â in-hoâs gentle voice rang in your ears, snapping you out from zoning out.
âthese arenât even my friends, theyâre my dadâs.â you said defeated, peeking at the ongoing party outside.
âguessed it. didnât think youâd be friends with all us older men.â he joked, making you chuckle, shaking your head. âyou know, if itâs not pushing your boundaries, can i ask-why did your dad throw this get-together again?â
âiâve been living with my mom for a few months, todayâs the first time iâm back in awhile.â you told him. âoh, iâm sorry, do you want a beer or something?â
âdonât be silly, kid. this is your party, iâll get it myself.â he smiled.
the two of you sat in comfortable silence as he leaned against the counter beside you, giving you the silent company you needed.
âyou know for what itâs worth, i think you look beautiful.â in-ho broke the silence, turning his head slightly to face you.
âyouâre not so bad yourself.â suddenly, he felt a sense of pride overwhelm him. he couldnât possibly grasp the thought of you finding him attractive as he found you. afterall, he was almost thrice your age.
when it was finally time for a sit-around at the dining table, you were way out of your comfort zone. eyes burned holes into you from every angle, giving you no space for privacy whatsoever.
âso, y/n⌠youe dad tells me that youâve been living with your mom?â a friend of your fatherâs questioned.
there we go. âuh, yeah.â
âhowâs it like there? she any better than your dad?â he teased, making your father let out a low laugh as you shifted uncomfortably in your seat.
âc-can we donât talk about this-â
âof course it is!â youe father interrupted. âcouldnât even get her to come over for a good few months, must have been really great.â
only in-ho noticed you were in distress, your breathing getting faster as your leg shook under the table. testing waters, he placed a hand on your thigh under the table, hoping to give you some stability to get through the dinner.
when you felt his warm hand on your thigh, you jerked away initially, thinking that it was one of thise old creeps who had touched you. but upon realising that it was only in-ho you shifted closer to him. as if you were silently begging for his help.
âwe can all be gentleman at this table, letâs not give the lady any trouble, huh?â in-ho had intervened, anger slowly building up inside of him as they continued to press you with uncomfortable questions.
âhey speaking of your mom, she ever bring anyone home recently? like a colleague? maybe a friend?â you father asked.
âno.â you stated bluntly, you could already feel your eyes being welled up with tears.
but it didnât stop there, you father as well as his friends made no effort to stop their interrogation.
eventually, you broke, letting the tears spill onto your lap as you tried your best to play it off without drawing anymore attention to yourself, but it was in vain.
âkid, are you cryinâ?â one of them laughed, catching the attention of the rest.
âshe is!â
âwhy are you crying, little girl?â
âdo you want your mommy?â
in-his fist grew tighter around the handle of the fork he was holding, he couldnât sit there and watch as you were being tormented by these sick bastards.
âboys, thatâs enough!â he suddenly yelled, causing the room to go dead silent.
without another word said, he stood up, his chair scraping ear piercingly on the wooden floor as he grabbed your hand, pulling you away from the table and out the front door.
luckily for you, in-ho was only staying a couple blocks down, no more than a good three minute walk. the whole time, he said nothing, only changing his grip on you from the hand to your waist, leading you to his porch.
when you got to the doorstep, you stopped on your tracks, making him turn around, quickly taking a quick scan of your face to see if he had hurt you on accident.
âhey, talk to me, whatâs wrong, love?â he asked in a soft tone, as if he were talking to a little girl.
âi canât be here.â you said, looking up at him teary-eyed. âmy dad will kill me.â
ânonsense⌠i wonât let him lay a hand on you, i promise. itâs better to stay here than with all the rascals there anyway.â
you winced at his harsh words, reminding you once again of the conversation at the dinner table.
âletâs not think about any of that anymore, alright? come in, you must be exhausted too, pretty girl.â he said as he ushered you inside.
in-hoâs house was warm. it smelt like him, the dim yellow lights bluncing off the perfectly decorated walls of his home. it was so quiet, just perfect.
âhere, you can change into this. make yourself comfortable.â he said as he offered you a shirt and sweatpants which looked like it was his.
you thanked him and headed to the bathroom to change out of your clothes. when you were returned bacm to the living room, he was already on the sofa, legs spreaded out cozily as a tv programme played.
âthere you are, do you have anything you wanna do in mind?â
ânoâ you shooke your head.
âthen why donât we just stay here and watch some movies. how does that sound?â
a smile broke on your face, making him feel a sense of relief. but to his surprise, you didnât take just any emoty end of the sofa. you shuffled up close to him, merely centremeters away as he could smell your perfume that hadnât worn off. it was driving him crazy.
as the two of you sat in silence, watching the show, in-ho noticed how your head was starting to fall closer and closer to his chest. he took a peak, seeing that you were now barely awake, struggling to keep your eyes open. he chuckled, pulling away, making your slowly open your eyes and lifting your head.
âno, no, stay there.â he cooed, moving closer in a more snug position for the both of you. and wirh his signal, you laid your head on his chest, your body and legs curled into a ball as he draped his arm over you while the other found its way to your hair. he combed through the soft, lush strands, lulling you to sleep as he did so.
âgoodnight, y/n.â he whispered before leaning down carefully, placing a kiss on your forehead, watching as you tried to snuggle up closer to him.
in-ho knew he was doomed. it was a dangerous game he was playing with his best friendâs daughter. but at that moment, he realised just how bad he had had it for you. and there was no turning back.
#frontman#frontman x reader#frontman x you#hwang inho#inho x reader#inho x you#squid game#squidgame season 2#lee byung hun x you#lee byung hun x reader
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I really don't strive for equality anymore.
I know we came a long way, i'm aware of all the things we achieved. But look around and you will see, misogyny it's growing worse. Men are being praised for assaulting and harassing women, communities are being created to teach males how to torture, abuse, do the most vile things to women, getting millions of users. I'm seeing even 8 year old boys joking about rape. We also have the cult of males in skirts invading female spaces to fulfill their fetish, many women have been brainwashed into accepting this, not realizing they are digging their own grave.
I believe all of us tried to dialogue, respect. I see many radfems saying they used to support gay men and the transgender community, when they started to notice all of them oppress women too. A male doesn't need to be "cis white and straight" to be cruel to women, he just needs to be a male.
Men don't like equality. It just took us the right of saying no, for them to murder thousands of women.
I really hope every woman gets to realize this soon. It's either you, or them.
#misogny#radblr#radical feminism#radical feminists do interact#radical feminist safe#radical feminist#radical feminists do touch#radical feminist community#terfsafe#terfblr
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One-shot: "Forget me not"- Jimmy (gn/nsfw?)
Disclaimer: unreliable narrator, Jimmy being Jimmy, implied SA in the ending.
Side notes: I knooow I've said I'd post it yesterday, but I was on four hours of sleep and completely exhausted from work so sowwy guys. I've tried my best to fix as many mistakes as I could so sorry again if you see any, I'll probably edit this fic again later but for now... enjoy!
Today, Jimmy would make sure you would never forgot him again.
First he just had to wait until it was the night time on the ship, when it was darker and quieter, without any extra pairs of eyes and ears putting a wrench in his plans. Standing in the doorframe, the man observed you like a beast it's pray â you were writing a report about your performance in the common rooms. You often got out of your own room to sit there, same old walls giving you an eye sore, you once said. You used to turn around, wave at him when he passed by, but now you didn't even acknowledge him when he finally entered the room â Jimmy had to tamper the sudden pang of annoyance that shot through his body and instead appear to be as nonchalant as he could master.
Turned out there really was just a single step between love and hate, Jimmy though to himself. It was a shame things couldn't be the way they were at the beginning.
Before all that, when you first boared Tulpar, you were just a temporary crew member assigned to be babied with until the management decided to throw you on another ship. Something instantly clicked for Jimmy when captain Curly introduced you to the crew, and no wonder: you were smart enough to stick to Jim â not too close to the sun, but not crawling in the dirt.
Jimmy didn't show it, but he quickly noticed how you sought after him more often than the others, turned up to him for advices about work related matters and laughed at his quips and jokes that he made. Hard work really does pay off, Jimmy would think to himself, while laying on the bed with his brand new piloting license gleaming like a precious gem in his hand. Unlike with other people, everything about you felt so genuine, so seamless and easy, Jimmy didn't need to try hard for you to look up to him. He could be himself.
Best thing was, the signs told Jim that the feeling was mutual. You were the first one to greet him with a good morning, last one to part with a good night. Looked at him with shining eyes, smiles lingering longer than they should. If you sitting almost thigh to thigh next to him on the couch wasn't the obvious signal from you, then Jimmy didn't know what was.
Even ship's underwhelming conditions turned out to be a blessing in disguise when the AC system broke down, forcing you to work with your blue jumpsuit peeled off from your shoulders. The man never missed the way you tugged at your yellow t-shirt, suddenly his own coveralls feeling a bit stuffy and uncomfortable to be in. At his playful suggestion for both of you to strip you merely laughed, but never disregarded the idea...That evening Jimmy, however, let his hand and imagination run wild with the thought of your hands exploring everything covered by the pesky blue suit and a plain white shirt he wore.
Problems started to arise when Swansea took a note of your budding chemistry. He usually would run his trap hours on end, complaining about this and that, patronising as ever with his "age and experience" seemingly giving him permission to preach and lecture others.
"If I were a green fool like ya I would stay a mile a way from our "watchful" co-pilot. He's more bark than bite, but all the pain in the ass." Jimmy overheard Swansea call out to you when you two stood together to get the melted sweet treats from the vending machine. Said co-pilot clicked his tongue in annoyance, throwing back a jab at the uninvited mechanic, fortunately prompting a laugh from the old man. Ignorant of both men's concerns you simply chuckled at the sight, not digging any deeper. Despite this, you begun dressing a bit more modesty, robbing Jimmy of the opportunity of gawking at you. That damn Swansea.
Days, turning into weeks passed uneventfully. You concluded your training, which meant now you were officially just another cog in the corporate machine. Same all routine settled on the same old freighter ship, except for a few things. The captain seemed to finally acknowledge his esteemed co-pilot by dropping onto him his own "important captain assignments". Which was false, Jimmy knew Curly was just growing too exhausted to fulfil his daily quota, though the reason eluded him. Another odd thing was regarding you. Jimmy had a feeling he saw you less and less with each passing day, without counting the times you spent actually performing your work. You were the first one to finish the meals, the quickest one to get out from the shower and the space ship manual practically never left your hands. Jim hated it to admit this, but he missed you.
The pieces fell right into their places when Jimmy entered cockpit one ordinary shift to hand in the paperwork he did in captain's stead.
To be frank, Curly was slowly getting on Jimmy's nerves for some time already, this whole "all capable and reliable" act seemingly never ending. However, no feeling of irritation could compare to only what could Jimmy describe as betrayal running through his veins when he saw you bowing and shaking captain's hand with "thank you". His "friend" was standing way too close to you and you â to him, no, straight up leaning in.
Suddenly snippets of you two hanging out in the common room flooded Jimmy's mind, you skipping out of the cockpit with a smile on your face a few days ago, you asking Jimmy out of blue what Curly was like when he was younger and Curly praising you for your efforts during the piloting--
"Am I interrupting something?" escaped Jimmy's mouth faster than he could register. His nails left marks on cheap rough papers he clutched, sweat blurring away the ink, all the boring tedious work done for nought.
"Oh hey Jim. No, not at all. Just helping out our new college with excess workload." Jimmy gaze hardened over the fact that it was Curly who stepped up first to clear things up. "You know how it is with Pony Express: setting high standards with small deadlines and...." Jimmy stopped listening to anything else that left Curly's mouth, his focus shifting entirely to you. You refused to meet his gaze by staring dumbly at the metal floor.
Why were you silent now?
Why did you avoid looking in his direction?
Why did you turn up to Curly for help and not him?
You, who followed Jimmy like a puppy prior, buttering him up with empty talks, asking him a favour after favour. In the end only to abandon him when you raised high enough on the ledder to turn up with your issues to the captain himself. And Curly, whom he considered his closest friend, instead of helping Jim tried to snatch you away. Being well respected captain wasn't enough, he had to lure away you too....
Jimmy should've figured it was all too nice to be true.
The man didn't wait for Curly to finish or you to start, instead he just threw the papers onto the fax machine and waved his hand in dismissal as he left, lessons learnt and mood completely spoiled for the rest of the week.
It hurt. But Jimmy had to keep going forward. Curly crawled back to him eventually like he always did â reminiscent of a dog with its tail hidden between the legs. At least Curly seemed to take the hint and grew distant from you, pushing the professional approach all the way. The captain managed to make amends, he had to, if it meant keeping the peace on the ship.
No, Jimmy didn't care about his friend's betrayal. What drove him up on the wall was your reaction, or the lack of it. Because you pretended like nothing happened, resuming your busy day to day life, but this time avoiding Jimmy almost entirely. Ignoring you in return wasn't an option as the relationship between you two didn't reach the point where you'd feel anxious without his attention. Jimmy felt sick â he grew too comfortable around you and it bit him back in the ass.
Here he was, struggling to keep his composure without hearing a familiar lazy "good morning" coming from you at the dinning table every day. Any attempts at catching your gazes never resulted in anything other than a pit heaving in his stomach. Jimmy begun skipping game nights altogether when you found yourself a new spot at the armchair near the massive screen. The man grew desperate enough to eavesdrop on your unimportant daily chit chats in distant hope to get anything out of them to use. Rummaging through your stuff also proved to be fruitless. Everything to no avail.
Jimmy grew sick and tired of waiting for you to come to him. It was time for him to come to you.
"We've got a fax message from the corporate. You might wanna check this one out."
Luring you out was too easy, the man almost felt bad for abusing your innocence. But it was your fault for being an ignorant fool and trusting a person you slighted. Jimmy never said it was an update about your placement, just a message from the management â everything else was your wishful thinking. You proded co-pilot for any information on your way to the cockpit, but the later remained tight lipped and instead chatting you up about the most mundane things happening on Tulpar. If you hadn't lowered your guard down, you would hear the click of the lock sealing your fate.
"Alright, let's have a look at what those higher ups prepared for me" you said with a sigh, landing on the free seat with a paper in hands.
Jimmy humoured you a little further, standing right in front of you with his arms folded in the waiting stance, observing impatiently how your eyes skimmed through the text.
"Uhh...Jim this is just a general reminder that our haul is reaching it's destination in 30 days."
"I know" he flatly replied.
"Sooo why did you invite me here then?"
"Man, I can't believe some people can be this dense. Goes to show we can't trust others with anything. Even reading the room." Jimmy grumbled, yanking the document from your hands and letting it settle down onto the floor. Suddenly the man buckled over the pilot seat you were sitting on, both strong hands forcing your wrists down on the leather armrests. "Do you still not understand why I've dragged you here?"
This got your full undivided attention â you shrunk in the armchair, trying to slip your arms away from the bruising hold. You were akin to the fish thrown out of water with how your mouth opened and closed, before you gathered back your thoughts to respond.
"W-wait what are you talking about. I don't understand...." Jimmy searched for anything that could resemble a lie in your frighted eyes, but came up with nothing. You really were painfully oblivious to all his suffering this whole time.
"Is it that easy for you to discard people from your life? Hm? Must be nice to go about your day without a care in the world while I'm left to wonder what I have done wrong to be treated this way."
You remained silent, simply staring at the man in front of you in disbelief. God, just why he had to deal with someone as slow as you.
At last it clicked in your mind, your brows knitting together.
"...you don't mean us spending less time together right? Or is it about that one time with Curly? I just have my own work to take care of, and the captain has already told you that we were j--"
A heavy slap landed on you cheek before you had any time to finish. The sting wasn't going to hurt as much as other things Jimmy had in store for you â you didn't know it just yet.
"Don't try to bullshit me now. I know exactly what was your plan from the very beginning" uttered Jimmy, bringing his face right in front of yours. He wanted to see you cry so badly, beg for his forgiveness â Jimmy was almost willing to beat you up with his bare fists if it meant getting what he desired. "If you really think you can screw me up and not suffer any consequences you are dead wrong. I was being nothing but kind and patient, even taught you things no-one else would, and that's how you repay me? By going behind my back to fuck your way up by using Curly? Sorry to disappoint you, but you're not even in his taste."
Once again the man could read complete bewilderment from your facial features alone. Burning pain on your cheek all but forgotten, you raised you face to meet Jimmy's. Tiny drops of glistening tears gathered at the corners of your eyes, you lower lip instinctively bitten and chewed on from the tension. It had to be one of the most beautiful faces you've ever made: full of confusion, fear and submission.
"Jimmy... you got it all wrong, please just listen to me." You've tried, earnestly tried to calm the man down, to find a way out of the situation you were forced into. But there was no reasoning, no bargaining, nothing left.
Jimmy leaned in to where your ear was, letting out hot puffs of air as he spoke. "You had a chance to explain yourself, but you've missed it. Don't forget that you brought this upon yourself. You"
Jimmy saw you gasp in horror before he smashed his mouth against yours with such force your head hit the back on the chair. Your lips have already been parted so he wasted no time tracing your lower lip with his tongue, hot and slick from all the waiting. That wasn't what Jimmy initially planned, but it felt right at that moment. All pent up emotions suppressed for god knows how long suddenly taking a hold of his better judgement. Actually, this would work too â it would make you never forget about him ever again.
You squirmed against Jimmy's hold once again, trying to turn your head away to the sides. Jimmy had to crawl on top of you to secure your head against the leather pad of the seat, fully inserting his tongue to violate your mouth. He lapped at you like a starved man, not caring about his stubble scratching at your skin or about the saliva seeping down your chin.
Jimmy caught a sights of your eyes squeezed shut which he didn't like at all. It seemed like his words didn't get through your thick skull after all, so he dug his knee right into you groin, making you jolt, stilling your struggles momentarily.
"Don't. Ignore me." Jimmy growled staring straight into your eyes. "If you want this to be over then just do what I say. Understand?" he finished, waiting for your response.
If it wasn't for the twisting ache in your throat, you would say something to Jimmy, but instead you gave a jittety nod.
This prompted Jimmy to finally smirk: a dark variation of a smile you were used to seeing whenever the man was about to say something witty. You instantly regretted your choice, cruel hand zipping down the fly of your blue uniform in a swift motion â from your chest to your abdomen, only setting the regret deeper and deeper...
"Then do me a favour and stay still, will you?"
#i wanna sleep so badly i'm gonna die gn#mouthwashing#mouthwashing x reader#jimmy mouthwashing#jimmy mouthwashing x reader
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1. Weâre talking about a high-class bully considered an aristocrat in his world due to his blood status, who also operated with numerical superiority when attacking and, conveniently, had a working-class half-blood kid as his main target, whom he literally attacked for âexisting.â The classist conditions are quite evident, and the power dynamics are clear. If you donât want to see them because you need to justify your love for abusive, privileged brats, thatâs not my problem. I fully acknowledge that Severus had plenty of flaws and a terrible personality, but what I wonât accept is blaming him when, in this dynamic with James Potter, he was clearly the victim and the one who was socially and economically at a disadvantage.
2. Excusing abusive behavior with âitâs just humorâ is like excusing people making racist or homophobic jokes under the same premise. If we understand that one thing is wrong, we should apply it across the board. Making jokes with a misogynistic undertone that directly ties to the systematic, traditional abuse of women is not funnyâitâs a demonstration of the power and impunity that privileged white men have over certain social groups, in this case, women. Iâd love to see you defend the same attitude if it were Severus or Lucius Malfoy saying the same thing. You probably wouldnât be saying the same.
3. Can you tell me where in canon it specifies that those spells were created for being a bigot? What we know is that they were created for âenemies,â and âenemiesâ can easily be understood as the group of bullies who had been tormenting him since he was 11 years old. Interpreting it as him creating them to target innocent Muggle-borns is something youâve completely fabricated because nothing in the canon suggests that. Itâs your own prejudice driving that interpretation. Iâm basing this on canon, where his book specifies it was for âenemies.â Therefore, the knife analogy is correct: I carry a knife to protect myself from enemies, who in this case are guys who might try to do something to me at night. If those guys grab my knife and assault me with it, is that my fault? Victim blaming?
4. No, my dear, you started with the nonsense, so donât come to me with excuses now. Sorry, but it seems like some of you get very upset when someone calls you out and debunks your fallacies. Well, thatâs not my fault. Sorry!
5. James starts picking on Snape the very first day of school on their way to Hogwarts. Was he a bigot then? Did he butt into the conversation and mock him because he was a bigot? How did he know? Was he psychic and saw the future? Also, when the book explicitly states that he decided to publicly strip him because Sirius was bored? Why doesnât it say they went after him because he was a bigot, but rather because Sirius was bored and his way of having fun was to find Snape alone and attack him two-on-one? Shall we also remember that what happens with Lily happens after they strip him and publicly humiliate him by choking him? Or are you conveniently skipping that part to keep throwing around argumentative fallacies at your convenience?
6. Basic concepts of character development 101: show, donât tell. Rowling manages to show the reader that James could also be a terrible person through his actions, but when it comes to his âredemption,â she doesnât show itâhis friends just tell us about it, and they were clearly far from objective. Where is this change? Where is the maturity? Where does she show it? You can say something a thousand times, but it canât be taken seriously if you donât show it, and Rowling fails miserably at convincing us about James by not showing this so-called maturity she claims he has.
I love it when Marauders stans try to portray Lily as the ultimate feminist icon when any woman with half a brain and even the most basic understanding of gender studies knows that youâd be safer locked in a cage with a hungry lion than with a rich brat who publicly strips people and blackmails you into dating him in exchange for not committing sexual assault. Like, what world do you even live in? Seriously?
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What's the new au???
It's another modern/non-demigod au, with Tattoo Artist! Annabeth, who is also a single mom working hard to coparent her five year-old. The story starts when she meets her friend/mentor's cousin, who's only just moved back the New York City after getting Ph.D. out in California.
Here's a bit of the draft. Not sure if this will ever actually be something I finish though.
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There were already a few people lined up on the sidewalk when Annabeth stepped through the door. Sundays were walk-in days at Electric Tattoo, but it was first come, first serve. She still had half an hour before she needed to serve anyone though.Â
Electric was a basic street shop that boasted artists who could probably work somewhere more impressive, but didnât have the energy to deal with the Instagram of it all. Annabeth herself had a decent following, and her books were usually full, but she still appreciated the spontaneity of a walk-in. And Sundayâs were good money. Sophia spent the day with her father, and Annabeth spent the day sticking needles in strangers.Â
Sheâd built a pretty robust portfolio in the last few years; she could do just about anything. Geographic tattoos and linework were her favorite though; it was the closest she got to using the architecture degree she finished mostly out of spite in the end. But sheâd always like the drafting process, even if she couldn't stand her internships or the industry in the end.Â
At least, as a tattoo artist, she got to stab the shitty men she dealt with with needles.Â
âI booked your six oâclock spot already,â Thalia said to her before anything else.Â
âGood morning,â Annabeth said back. âWho is it?âÂ
âMy cousin. Iâd do it, but you know how I feel about doing family,â Thalia said. Annabeth didnât know why she phrased it like that, but she wasnât in the mood to tease her about it. âIâve told you about him, I think? Percy? Lived out in Berkeley?âÂ
Annabeth shrugged. âProbably, but I donât remember,â she said as she walked over to their shitty coffee maker -- the machine and the coffee it produced were sub-par, but it would do.Â
âYouâll like him,â Thalia promised.Â
âLast time you set me up with someone you thought Iâd really like, I didnât fall in love, and I got pregnant,â Annabeth reminded her.Â
âI told you to abort the little crotch goblin,â Thalia teased.Â
Annabeth rolled her eyes. âThat crotch goblin is your goddaughter.âÂ
âAnd I love her very much,â Thalia promised.Â
Thalia had been her mentor through her tattoo apprenticeship, and then, a fast friend. And for all of her jokes, she was a reliable aunt and baby sitter for Annabethâs now-five year-old.Â
Really, Annabeth needed the distraction of a Sunday walk-in day. Sophia spent Saturdays with her father, slept at his house, and didnât get dropped off to her again until six thirty Sunday night. It wasnât even a full forty-eight hours, but Annabeth spent just about every Saturday night missing her, whether she stayed home or went out.Â
She wiped down her station, got her ink, tools, and stencils ready. And then she checked her phone again. Nothing from Luke. Not that she was worried. He was a good and responsible father. But she appreciated a photo here and there, an update.Â
Annabeth decided to just text him instead: âI have a 6pm, bring her to electricâÂ
Luke just thumbs up reacted.Â
Things between them had never been particularly romantic. A few okay dates, and some decent sex had really been the extent of it. Until Sophia made herself known to Annabeth a few weeks later.Â
Annabeth knew she didnât exactly look like a mom, with arms and legs covered in tattoos, a piercing in her eyebrow, and an undercut (really, her hair was simply too thick to deal with in its entirety), but she had always wanted a baby. And this one was hers. She didnât expect Luke to want to coparent or be around at all. He made things easier -- financially especially -- but âŚÂ
Well, there wasnât really a but. That was what annoyed her so deeply. They could be the perfect family. Mom and Dad just didnât love each other. Luke had proposed to her when she told him. But Annabeth had just laughed and turned him down. It was more stable for Sophia this way. The less time they spent together, the less likely they were to hate each other in the end.Â
But Annabeth still looked forward to six thirty.Â
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Thankfully, no one asked her to tattoo any genitals today. Closest she got was some side boob -- laurel wreaths, one on each tit. They came out pretty nice. She might have stolen the idea for herself if her tits still sat up like her clientâs did. Breastfeeding had left her flatter than she was used to. But at least she could usually go braless these days.Â
Annabeth cleared off her bench, disinfecting the surfaces and the equipment as Thaliaâs voice got louder and closer to her.Â
âI can have Hazel re-pierce your ear, if you want,â Thalia offered, tugging on some manâs ear.Â
âOw,â he complained. Annabeth stood still and looked at him. He must have been the cousin. Percy, she remembered. He looked more like Thalia than her brother did -- dark hair, strong jaw, just a few inches taller than her, and devastating green eyes.Â
âThis is Annabeth,â Thalia said, gesturing towards her. Annabeth gave a small wave. âSheâll be ruining your arm today.âÂ
Annabeth laughed, insulted. âYou taught me. If you think my work is that bad, itâs your fault.âÂ
âItâs not about your work,â Thalia promised. âThis idiot,â she pointed to the man, âlost a bet and now gets whatever dumb tattoo my brother picks out.âÂ
âIâm hoping heâs kind to me,â Percy said.Â
Annabeth forced a smile and looked at Thalia. âI really donât want to give you a tattoo you donât want,â she said.Â
âBets a bet,â Thalia said.Â
âItâs really no worries,â Percy said.Â
âIs it your first tattoo?â Annabeth asked.Â
âNope,â he promised her. Then he rolled up his tee shirt sleeve to reveal his shoulder. It was covered in dark linework of waves, with a ship on the sea. The lines were incredibly clean, but for a moment, Annabeth panicked. It was shaded in with reds and purples that for a moment made her think it was painfully infected.Â
It didnât take long for her to realize it wasnât infected at all. It was a very well-healed image of --
âThe wine dark sea?â She guessed.Â
âYeah!â Percy said. âThalia told me you were smart.âÂ
âShe went to Harvard,â Thalia offered for her.Â
âSmart enough not to bet on a tattoo,â Annabeth said to him. Well, anymore.Â
Thalia walked back to her station, leaving Annabeth and Percy relatively alone. Frank had a man on his bench next to her, but they werenât talking. Â
âItâs really okay,â Percy promised her. âI knew I was going to lose.âÂ
âWhat was the bet?â She asked, inviting Percy to sit on the bench while they waited for Jason to make up his mind.Â
âIâm working on my first book, he just finished his dissertation. Race to the finish. He was way ahead of me, though, just needed a final push to finish before his funding ran out. So, I figured I could sacrifice my forearm to keep him on track,â Percy explained.Â
Annabeth asked a few more questions and Percy offered answers. He and his cousin were both classicists, he was Greek, Jason was Roman. Jason was at NYU, Percy had been out at UCLA, but then did a postdoc at UC Berkeley. But heâd finally gotten a job at Hunter College. Heâd only just moved last week.Â
âAre you from California?â Annabeth asked. Jason had finally made up his mind, theyâd gotten the paperwork signed, and now Annabeth was applying the stencil. SPQR. Easy enough. Â
âNo, no, from New York, although,â he pointed to the New York Yankees logo sheâd tattooed on herself just above the knee, âa Mets fan.âÂ
âI really donât have strong allegiances. I just did this to piss off my Bostonian family more,â Annabeth said. Â
âRebellious,â Percy teased. âThalia told me youâre from San Francisco?âÂ
Annabeth nodded. âWell, sort of. The family is from Boston, but my dad is also a professor. I grew up near West Point, then we moved to Berkeley when I was thirteen.â She pulled the stencil paper away. It looked straight. âThere, check out if you like the placement.âÂ
Percy examined it in the mirror, twisting his arm in different positions to make sure he liked it.Â
âYeah, looks great!â He said, laying back down. âSo, wait, your dad teaches at Berkeley?âÂ
Annabeth nodded. âHistory department. Twentieth century military stuff, though, you probably wouldnât have --âÂ
âIs your dad Fred Chase?âÂ
Annabeth pressed her lips together to hold back a sigh before saying, âthe one and only.âÂ
âHeâs a âŚâ Percy paused, studying her face to see what he should say about him, âvery boring man,â Percy said. Annabeth laughed.Â
âYeah, yeah, all research, no fun,â Annabeth confirmed.Â
Percy was looking at her in a new way, like he was trying to piece something together. âYouâre his only daughter?âÂ
âYep,â Annabeth confirmed. His eyes glanced at her chest, and Annabeth knew he figured it out. Her daughterâs name, the first three letters at least, poked through the V neck of her black tee shirt. âHeâs mentioned me?â She asked.Â
âOh yeah. I mean, I havenât talked to him a lot, but I mentioned I was from New York. He said he had a daughter and grandkid in the city.âÂ
Annabeth nodded. âSophia.âÂ
âWhere is Sophia today?â Percy asked.Â
âWith her father,â Annabeth said, trying to communicate through tone that Sophiaâs father was not someone Annabeth was romantically attached to. âHeâll bring her around later,â and then for good measure, âhe gets her on weekends.âÂ
Percy nodded, and then got comfortable, offering her his arm. âHe gets her all weekend? Nights too?âÂ
Annabeth turned on the tattoo gun and picked up some ink. âYeah, why?âÂ
âJust ⌠if youâre single --â the needle made contact and shut him up.Â
âYouâll still need to pay for the tattoo even if you ask me out,â she said with a teasing smile.Â
Percy relaxed a bit as he got used to the sensation. Annabeth had it on good authority that she was a very gentle tattooer, actually. Men were just babies.Â
âYeah, I assumed,â Percy assured her. âDo you date? I mean, are you single?âÂ
âAm single, and I guess I date.â Truth be told, she didnât date often. But she wasnât opposed. Her arrangement with Luke would easily allow for a date here and there, she just ��� hadnât dated much. Even before Sophia. Thirty in one month, she wasnât exactly itching to join dating apps.Â
âCool,â Percy said as she finished the first pass on the S. âAre you free next weekend?âÂ
Annabeth smiled. âLet me finish this tattoo and then you can decide if you ever want to see me again,â she said.Â
~Â
As always, her linework was clean, and the tattoo sat straight on his forearm.Â
âHow much?â Percy asked, after it was sanitized and wrapped.Â
âOne hundred,â Annabeth said. It should have been closer to $120, but sheâd give him a friends and family discount. Percy handed her his card.Â
Annabeth turned to the register.Â
âSo your daughter --â Percy started. Annabeth didnât look up from what she was doing, worried about what he might say or what her face might reveal. âSheâs what? Five?âÂ
âYeah, she turned five in April.âÂ
âBlonde?âÂ
âSo, so blonde,â Annabeth said with a faint smile.Â
âBig fan of Beauty and the Beast?âÂ
Annabeth looked at him. âDid my dad talk about her that much or are you psychic?â She asked.Â
Percy just pointed to the window. Six thirty.Â
Luke was holding their daughter as Sophia waved her arms around, trying to get Annabethâs attention. She was in a new Belle dress up dress. Annabeth had to appreciate that Luke doted on their daughter, but it was hard not to resent him. He got to be the fun gift-giving weekend parent, while Annabeth was stuck with the bath time, nap time, daycare, chores parent. Sophia was starting Kindergarten in the fall. Soon Annabeth would be the homework parent too.Â
But her building resentments fled her for a moment. She put Percyâs card down and walked quickly towards the front door. Thalia had locked it at six after the last clients had come in for the day.Â
âHello beautiful,â Annabeth said as Luke handed Sophia over. She was starting to get too big to be picked up, but Annabeth was still doing her best. âIâm just finishing up,â she said to both of them, letting them inside.Â
Percy and Luke seemed to recognize each other, and offered some warm words.Â
âItâs been a while,â Percy said, glancing at Sophia, then back at Luke.Â
âWhat? They donât have Facebook out in California?â Luke asked him, as if to say this wasnât a secret.Â
âYou know I donât bother with all that,â Percy said. But Annabeth thought he looked a bit guilty and apologetic for missing ⌠all of this.Â
âCan I see your tattoo?â Sophia said, pulling on Percyâs shorts leg. Percy squatted down to her height and held out his arm. Sophia stared at it for a second before announcing: âThatâs not a word!âÂ
Percy just laughed as Annabeth told her daughter to be polite, before adding, âreally good reading, though.â Sophia beamed.Â
âItâs Latin,â Percy explained, offering her the meaning in Latin then English. Sophia seemed genuinely inspired by the new information, and Annabeth wondered if sheâd, despite it all, birthed a tiny scholar.Â
When he finished his explanation, though, there was a long awkward silence between the three adults as Sophia ran off to find Hazel.Â
Percy started to excuse himself, realizing that he was the odd man out now. He signed his name on the receipt, leaving Annabeth a more than generous tip. She watched him try to shield the receipt from Luke as he wrote his phone number for her. She hoped this wasnât some bro code nonsense. Legally, Luke had partial custody of their daughter; he did not have authority over her Saturday nights.Â
âSee you next Saturday?â Annabeth asked as Percy started to leave.Â
He looked sheepishly at her, but his smile betrayed him. âYeah, let me know what works?â He said before leaving her alone with Luke.Â
âYouâre going out with him?â Luke asked as he handed over Sophiaâs bag.Â
âMaybe,â Annabeth said, tucking the receipt into her pocket.Â
âI mean, Iâm fine with it. It just ⌠heâs a college professor,â Luke said.Â
âWhat, you think Iâm not smart enough for a college professor?âÂ
âNo, I think your dad is a college professor,â Luke said.Â
âDonât be an asshole,â she warned. âHow was she this weekend?â
âGreat,â Luke said. âShe read a bunch of books to me, we watched Beauty and the Beast twice, and we went to the park. No accidents, no injuries, no melt downs.âÂ
That was her girl. She was a bit injury-prone, as she inherited some of Annabethâs impulsive fearlessness, but otherwise she was a smart, well-behaved girl. She was more than Annabeth thought she deserved.Â
âGreat, and the dress?â Annabeth asked.Â
âCouldnât help it. It was too cute,â Luke said. âIt makes her happy.âÂ
âIâm not mad about it,â Annabeth promised. âThank you. Itâs sweet. Iâll be in touch about next week. Her Pre-K graduation is on Thursday, donât forget,â Annabeth said.Â
âDonât worry, we also practiced singing âGod Bless America,ââ Luke said. The Pre-K kids were all singing that during the ceremony.Â
âWell, I still need to clean up here. Feel free to hang out, or take off, whatever,â Annabeth said.Â
Luke said hi to Thalia, goodbye to Sophia, and goodbye to Annabeth and was gone within a few minutes. âI need to talk to you about something this week,â Luke said. âAn idea I had. A surprise for Sophie.âÂ
Annabeth nodded. âAlright, call me whenever,â she said, waving him off.Â
âTell Percy I said hello,â were his last words to her before leaving the shop.Â
Annabeth found Sophia in the back with Hazel, who was marking where Sophia would get her ears pierced with a marker. Annabeth told her she had to be seven to get her ears pierced, but she still insisted on getting the little purple dots on her ears every time she saw Hazel.Â
âReady to go, nugget?â Annabeth asked. Sophia nodded and got Hazelâs help getting out of the big chair. âSay thank you,â Annabeth reminded her.Â
~
Bay Ridge was decently close to the shop, and not too far from Park Slope where Luke lived, but it was still a long way on the R train. Sophia spent the entire ride asking Annabeth a series of ear-piercing related questions that Annabeth answered honestly, logically, and with as little audible annoyance as she could manage.Â
But three stops from home, Annabeth suggested they play the quiet game. Her daughter was as competitive as she was smart, and stayed quiet the rest of the ride.Â
Annabethâs first words were: âCome on,â when the subway pulled into their stop, and Sophiaâs first words were a boastful: âHa! I win!âÂ
âPrincesses donât brag,â Annabeth said, taking her hand. That might have been a lie. She had no idea what princesses did or didnât do.Â
When they finally got back home, Annabeth popped some chicken nuggets in the airfryer, got some steam-in-bag veggies out of the freezer, and wrestled a tiny human out of her new princess dress.Â
âCome on, you donât want to get food on it,â Annabeth said as Sophia pouted.Â
After many chicken nuggets, and a reluctant forkful of vegetables came the bath. Then the bedtime story. Then tucking her in. And kissing her goodnight.Â
âLove you to the moon and back, sweetie,â Annabeth told her.Â
âCan I wear my Belle dress to school tomorrow?â Sophia asked.Â
âNo, but I promise you can put it on as soon as you get home, okay?â Annabeth offered.Â
âOkay.âÂ
âGood night,â Annabeth said.Â
âNight night,â Sophia offered back.Â
Annabeth shut her door. It was only nine. A bit late for her bedtime, but Sophia wanted a few extra chapters of The Hobbit, and Annabeth did love that book.Â
Annabeth unpacked her weekend bag. Sophiaâs favorite toys had already come out of it, and her favorite blanket. All that was left were the dirty clothes. One outfit was shoved in a plastic bag, covered in brown goo. Annabeth groaned.Â
âFor fucks sake, Luke --â Heâd told her no accidents. Sophia had never even had a poopy accident before. She barely had accidents at all. How long had he ignored her for her to --Â Â
Mud, it was mud, she realized when she opened the bag. Sophia had somehow gotten covered in mud. She took a deep breath and let her shoulders relax.Â
Annabeth took out her phone and texted him anyway.Â
AnnabethÂ
You could have told me about the muddy clothesÂ
Luke
Shit, sorry, I forgot.Â
Happened this morning.Â
She jumped off the swings and landed in a puddleÂ
I keep telling her not to do that
She typed out: no reason to leave it for me to clean but deleted it, in no mood to start a fight.Â
Annabeth
I know, I keep telling her too.Â
Maybe we take swings away from her until she stops next time
Luke
I donât want to be the bad guyÂ
Annabeth
You think I do? Iâm proposing a united effort here. I just need to know youâll back me up.Â
LukeÂ
Alright, I will.Â
She just went to the bathroom and dropped the dirty clothes in the shower and started to rinse them out. Her apartment had a washer and dryer, one of two blessings in her life (Sophia, of course, the first one), but she didnât need it getting covered in Brooklyn mud. She let that wash down the drain.Â
With the clothes rinsed she started the wash, stripping off her own clothes from the day to throw in with them.Â
Her hand slipped into her pockets, checking to make sure she didnât wash another pair of headphones. She found Percy's receipt. She smiled. She typed the phone number into her contacts, before putting the receipt in her bag. The shop would actually need that to charge him and make sure she got her tip.Â
Annabeth
Hey, itâs Annabeth
Heâd texted back by the time she got out of the shower.Â
Percy
Hey!Â
Annabeth
Iâll be honest, I was hoping for a better pick up lineÂ
Percy
Shit, okay hold on let me think of oneÂ
How about: you are an SPQ-T? Â
AnnabethÂ
Itâll doÂ
They didnât talk much. She asked about his tattoo; he confirmed their dinner plans. He asked about Sophia, if she had a good weekend, that sort of thing.Â
Percy
Sheâs adorable. Looks just like you
Except blankÂ
Annabeth laughed.Â
Annabeth
Sheâs constantly in trouble at school for drawing on her arms and her friendsâ arms.Â
Percy
Sheâll be a great artist one day Iâm sureÂ
Annabeth
Her dream career is artist princess mommy
Thatâs exactly what sheâll tell you if you ask
Percy
Not a bad collection of jobsÂ
Annabeth finally asked the question she did need an answer for before anything else went forward.Â
AnnabethÂ
Do you like kids?Â
Percy
I love kidsÂ
Canât wait for my own honestlyÂ
Annabeth
So youâre alright with me having a kid?Â
Percy
Yeah for sure
Itâs not like sheâs going anywhere anyway. Wouldnât have asked you out if it wasnât okay.Â
AnnabethÂ
Were you and Luke close growing up?Â
Percy
Eh, he was always Thaliaâs friend. He mostly tried to pressure me into stealing candy and shit.Â
Us going out wouldnât be weird to me
Is it weird for him?
Annabeth
He hasnât really said anything about itÂ
Percy
Is it weird for you?
Annabeth
No
Percy
Good, thatâs all that matters to me đ
#percy jackson and the olympians#percy jackson#annabeth chase#luke castellan#percabeth#thalia grace#admittedly light on the percabeth
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#ozlings.txt#my art#elden ring#morgott#elden ring morgott#margit#elden ring margit#banished knight oleg#elden ring oleg#this started as a joke but you know how it is with old men#morgott the omen king#morgott the grace given
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Workforce Tuvok is my cringefail babygirl
#why are you a Vulcan suffering from dysphoria syndrome?? So you can get held down by other men???#I really want to know what 'humorous anecdotes' he had to share.....I love him so much#I love that without his Vulcan discipline he becomes even more clearly annoying <3<3 explaining a joke TO the guy who TOLD IT to him#+ laughing SUPER hard at someone else being 'humiliated'#Also Janeway looooves being romantically quirky in an old romance movie way and idk how else to describe it#Neelix: If I had a tarynian nickle for everytime I had to rehabilitate a friend who'd lost all their memories I'd have two nickles#which isn't a lot but-#st voyager memes#bea art tag#OH! Janeway seems like she's two seconds away from swinging herself around a lamp post in the rain with a dazzling smile on her face#Workforce Tuvok (and thus normal Tuvok) contains so many multitudes...he is SO friendly he is VERY annoying he is SCARED of needles#he is OFF putting and PUSHY and he is KIND <3#He seems like if I made a mistake he'd VERY loudly laugh and point it out but also help me correct it while telling a story about himself#Literally a CRIME that Tuvok and Neelix didn't interact in this ep they would've become buds#another crime is that Tuvok does nothing in the second half of the episode v_v not even a little 'ribbon scene' at the end#Janeway: Thank you so much Chakotay and only Chakotay for helping get us all out of there <3#Tuvok in the background: ..........................................................................................#the 'ribbon scene' would have been between him and Seven - she completed the research he started v_v
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Hilarious how contrary and Petty my brain can be at times. Oh, what's this, a thirty minute video essay on why these two characters are strictly platonic soulmates with absolutely no romantic attraction between them? Nah, they're in love, actually.
#this is specifically about#twelveclara#whouffle#i mean seriously they had clara ON SCREEN admitting she's attracted to old(er) men and you think im not going to notice?#eleven and clara were the chaotic besties#twelve and clara loved each other#also no this isnt' a joke i literally started shipping them bc of a video essay i watched about their 'platonic soulmatism'#bc bro kept listing examples of how devoted they were to each other to the point of reckless and dangerous codependency#and if you know me you know that is my weakness#doctor who
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every time the female character discourse happens i just sigh. the ppl critiquing fandom misogyny don't even like that interesting of women
#â˘ď¸.txt#if the women you like dont consist of 2 unethical mad scientists 1 war criminal/terrorist and 1 murdergirl dont even talk to me#about how much you love female characters lol#also im gonna be honest id rather people just ignore the women in fiction than go back to ye old fandom misogyny!#like damn with the men i like i have to spend hours getting mad about bad interpretations by their own fans!#with women i at least sleep soundly knowing the other liv ock fans agree shes unrepentantly evil and great for it <3#i had to watch the woobification of mukuro ikusaba with my own eyes once she finally got screentime and im STILL mad about it!#SHES A WAR CRIMINAL..... like not as a joke shes a canonical war criminal. shes a fucking school shooter. yeah she got horrifically abused#but ffs shes not. shes not nice????? thats the whole damn point??????? of IF??????#she didnt even CONSIDER challenging junko until she realized that junko WOULD kill her!#+ her remorse was solely about. helping junko? nothing to do with the whole#'literally a mercenary' thing. god.#dont get me started on kirigiri. the dangan ronpa fandom was NOT ready for her. yes ik shes in game one but they werent fucking ready!!!!!!#shes not ~reserved but nice~ she straight up tried to kill naegi.#she LITERALLY pulled the classic dangan ronpa murderboy move but noooo togamis the murderboy.#togamis not a fucking murderboy hes just a capitalist.#while kirigiri certainly isnt fucking with things to the extent of komaeda and ouma#she DOES set shit up and position herself as the person with actual answers#wheres the thing where kodaka says kirigiri is the actual hero of dr1 and naegi is the heroine#it also pisses me off bc ppl act like maki is the first time the dr main girl is somewhat hostile and. oh my god you all only care about#chiaki and the fantasy kirigiri who totally wanted to help naegi and wasnt just using him prior to trial 5#kirigiri isnt 'hostile' but she intentionally separates herself from the main group#also maki is a great character and you are all just mad#also reagan ridley ilu. you have absolutely nothing together and make the worst choices#brett hand is the Only reason reagan hasnt like. nuked something or started a zombie apocalyptic
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i got rickrolled today but it didn't work because i have adblocker installed, so youtube just told me i violated the terms of service. yesterday i was trying to edit a picture as a joke for my girlfriend, and google made me check a box to prove i'm human because i wasn't "searching normally".
it isn't just that capitalism is killing fun and whimsy, it is that any element of entertainment or joy is being fed upon by this mosquito body, one that will suck you dry at any vulnerability.
do you want to meet new friends in your city? download this app, visit our website, sign up for our email list. pay for this class on making a terrarium, on candlemaking, on cooking. it will be 90 dollars a session. you can go to group fitness, but only under our specific gym membership. solve the puzzle, sign up for our puzzle-of-the-month-club. what is a club if not just a paid opportunity - you are all paying for the same thing, which makes you a community.
but you're like me, i know it - you're careful, you try the library meetings and the stuff at the local school and all of that. the problem is that you kind of want really specific opportunities that used to exist. you are so grateful for libraries and the publicly-funded things: they are, however, an exception - and everything they have, they've fought tooth-and-nail to protect. you read a headline about how in many other states, libraries have virtually nothing left.
do you want to meet up with your friends afterwards? gift your friends the discord app. you can choose to go to a cafe (buy a coffee, at least), a bar (money, alcohol) or you can all stay in and catch a movie (streaming) or you can all stay in bed (rent. don't get me started) and scream (noise complaint. ticket at least).
you want to read a new book, but the book has to have 124 buzzwords from tiktok readers that are, like, weirdly horny. you can purchase this audiobook on audible! your podcast isn't on spotify, it's on its own server, pay for a different site. fuck, at least you're supporting artists you like. the art museum just raised their ticket price. once, they had a temporary exhibit that acknowledged that ~85% of their permanent art galleries were from cis white men, and that they had thousands of works by women (even famous women, like frida! georgia o'keefe!) just rotting in their basement. that exhibit lasted for 3 months and then they put everything away again.
walmart proudly supports this strip of land by the street! here are some flowers with wilting leaves. its employees have to pay out-of-pocket for their uniforms. my friend once got fined by the city because she organized a community pick-up of the riverfront, which was technically private property.
no, you cannot afford to take that dance class, neither can i. by the way - i'm a teacher. i'm absolutely not saying "educators shouldn't be paid fairly." i'm saying that when i taught classes, renting a studio went from 20 bucks an hour to 180 in the span of 6 months. no significant changes to the studio were made, except they now list the place as updated and friendly. the heat still doesn't work in the building. i have literally never seen the landlord who ignores my emails. recently they've been renting it out at night as an "unusual nightclub; a once-in-a-lifetime close-knit party." they spent some of those 180 dollars on LEDs and called it renovating. the high heels they invite in have been ruining the marley.
do you want to experience the old internet? do you want to play flash games or get back the temporary joy of club penguin? you can, you just need to pay for it. i have a weird, neurodivergent obsession with occasionally checking in to watch the downfall and NFT-ification of neopets. if i'm honest with you all - i never got into webkins, my family didn't have the money to buy me a pointless elephant. people forget that "being poor" can mean literally "if i buy you that toy, i can't afford rent."
you and i don't have time to make good food, and we don't have the budget for it. we are not gonna be able to host dinner parties, we're not made of money, kid. do you want some kind of 3rd space? a space that isn't home or work or school? you could try being online, but - what places actually exist for you? tiktok counts as social media because you see other people on it, not because they actually talk to you.
there was a local winter tradition of sledding down the hill at my school. kids would use pizza boxes and jackets and whatever worked, howling and laughing. back in september, they made a big announcement that this time, rules were changing, and everyone must pay 10 dollars to participate. when im not scared shitless, i kind of appreciate the environmental irony - it hasn't gone below 40. so much for snow & joyriding.
i saw a bulletin for a local dogwalking group and, nervous about making a good first impression, showed up early. the first guy there grimaced at me. "sorry," he said. "there's a 30-dollar buy-in fee." i thought he was joking. wait. for what? the group doesn't offer anything except friendship and people with whom to walk around the city.
he didn't know the answer. just shrugged at me. "you know," he said. "these days, everything costs money."
#spilled ink#warm up#âwhy did u tag it warm upâ bc i wrote it off the cuff while drinkin coffee lol#btw the 30 dollar buy in for the dog walking is bc they pay the organizer a small pittance so she can#run fb ads and stuff and like she does put in a lot of work i don't mind paying her#but that's exactly what im fucking talking about like.#ppl can't afford to volunteer their time anymore and we all understand it!!! everything costs money for everyone!#like we didn't have to use to say ''do you mind paying me back for the stuff we ate''#we used to be able to afford to feed our friends once in a while!!!
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Oh boy!! A chance for me to yap about gender at length?!?!!?!? DON'T MIND IF I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [See tags for details. But be warned... I Popped the Fuck OFF writing this one, it's a doozy!]
Sorry if this is rude, but how do you identify? I looked around a bit and couldn't find anything, my apologies
Not rude! Honestly, I don't know these days! Lots of thoughts swirling around in my head. Maybe this is too much, but also maybe saying something instead of keeping it inside will be helpful... I'll put my gender thoughts under the cut... maybe someone can relate and offer some thoughts lol:
Recently, I came to the conclusion that I'm really not attracted to men at all, and maybe, I never have been. Looking back, I can kind of clearly see that any crush on a guy I thought I had was more like "wow, this person is COOL as HELL. I hope we can be really good friends." And then I noticed, that any crush I had on a girl felt... different. The feeling was totally different, and it still is. Have you noticed how most of the men I draw are quite feminine? I also have no idea what's going on with my gender. I know I'm me, a Yugo, I also can't comfortably say what exactly I am. Though by technicality, I am nonbinary, the word doesn't feel QUITE right to use for me. Maybe genderqueer is better. I've never identified as a man, but I have identified as transmasc and taken T. I really do like the results I've gotten from that. But at the same time, I don't really feel close to "manhood" at all, but something about having a mustache sometimes, like I tend to do, feels right to me still. I also like to wear lipstick and stuff. I don't know. I'm also not a "woman" I don't think, but I identify with more... I don't know, masculine expressions of womanhood if that makes sense? I am very androgynous in expression, in short. So basically I don't know what the hell is going on. All I know is I love women LOL. Can anyone relate to any of this? Any ideas?? I will not be offended by any assumptions you might have lol. Maybe I should just make a comic about this.
#gotta say that I MASSIVELY resonate with this post#I've been finding value in taking steps back and looking at gender from the bottom-up (rather than top-down)#seeing what bits and bobs of presentation I like and what I dont. vs picking a sort of ''gender north'' and trying to guide myself to that#(like. yknow. magnetic north. I mightve phrased that oddly)#admittedly it's a bit of a slog! turns out you can't just think your gender into existence!! who knew!!!#so far the gender I'm running with is ''Roger Rabbit rules'': whatever's funniest! (with a hefty sprinkling of dykey-futch. for flavor.)#the way I see it; gender is a dialectic construct--it only exists in-between people. only in the third person!#after all! if it's just yourself in a void there's no need for pronouns or even names!#and even with a second person in the equation the most you'd need is ''me/my'' ''you/your'' or ''us/ours''#so when ya think about gender as a *tool* rather than a *role* things start to go topsy-turvy (in the useful way) and limits become options#all that's left is to ask what kinda tool fits which kinds of job!#for me that's led to my gender-tool becoming some manner of a joke; I want my tool to help me do sillyness and bring people joy!!#(and maybe sometimes it's a dirty joke. or a gallows joke. or a teasing joke. or an outright mean joke. or plain ol' slapstick!)#so when I find someone who seems like they have a good joke (or at least a good sense of humor) I take some notes to help improve my routine#and maybe it's not always time for wacky. sometimes ya just need to play the straight man (sometimes too literally...)#but I definitely need to watch my ESRB rating around kids. and usually old grouches too.#and for some reason people get mad when I bring up The Twin Towers or The Alamo!! *pats chest-bits and hip-bit in rhythm while saying that*#eyyy hahahaaa badabing!!! >;3#and finally; it's important to keep in mind how closely linked comedy and romance/sexuality/etc are. very close but still distinct concepts.#the most frequent question I ask myself when interacting with a cutie is; ''do I like their comedy or the comedian?''#either/both of which is a good answer! and often it's hard to separate the two!#I hope this helps whoever reads it. or was amusing at least.#I had fun writing all this! It's something I frequently think about and always delight in talking about#if it means anything to anyone then that's an absolute bonus! but otherwise I'm happy to get it out in writing.#anyways. I'm going back to doing studies of Inspekta! one of VERY few men to strike me genderously. he's so shapes :3#(though fuck knows that the whole damn GROVE is full of some absolutely *choice* GenderFood)
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sypnosis: how the jjk men punish you after doing the "she's busy bro" prank on them.
contains: rough unprotected sex, creampie, spanking, true-form sukuna, aftercare?, etc.
warnings: sexual content is present in the following. read at your own risk.
featuring: gojo, geto, toji, sukuna.
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"You thought that was funny?" Your ass receives a slap, dragging out a yelp from your quivering lips as the malleable flesh of your buttcheeks recoiled from the impact. Sounds of your wet skin slapping against each other. Over. And. Over. Again. Fills the room accompanied by the smell of sex lingering in the air.
"Ah! S'toru hngh..."
Swollen pink lips make contact with your shoulder, kissing them tenderly while his fat thumb snakes down to your clit and starts eriting his name harshly to your swollen nub, pushing you to the edge. "Take thatâfuck!" His voice breaks into a whimper as he nears his orgasm. His fat cock bullies your g-spot repeatedly before he releases his load into you making your eyes roll back to the back of your head.
He pulls out looking at the scenery of his cum dripping out of your poor hole. He pecks your lips tenderly, silently muttering an 'I love you' as he wraps his arms around you to carry you to the bathroom. "Was I too rough?" His voice was quieter than the sound of the water filling the tub. You shake your head reassuringly giving his hand a tender squeeze. "Not as rough as he did."
Uh oh.
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"Ah ah ah. I didn't tell you to stop. Finish what you started baby." Suguru coos and you whine frowning at him because you know he wouldn't fuck you. "You did this to yourself. Now suck." He slaps his thick cock on your tongue. "And no touching yourself." He strongly reminded.
You obeyed his order and started to lick his slit slowly earning a low groan from him. You kiss his dark reddish tip before wrapping your plump lips around it and start bobbing your head up and down.
You put his hands on top of your hand giving him full control of your head and thats when you almost gagged because he started bullying your throat, the tip of his shoe starts to grind against your crotch, you let out a muffled moan as you both pleasured each other.
His ass clenches, voice cracking, balls tightening. "BabeâI'm closeâhngh" he choked out, gently stroking your hair as he busts his nuts down your throat.
After riding his orgasm, he picks you up before settling you down to his lap, "you did such a good job" he kisses your forehead, gently brushing a strand of hair behind your ear. "Water please" his smile falters at your hoarse voice before nodding.
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"I'm too old forâAh.. that shit, y'know?" He lets out a breathy groan when you clench around him. "Well clearly to old to get the joke." You try to get on his nerves and you mentally pat yourself on the shoulder cause it's clearly working.
The way he's so deep inside you makes you mewl and arch your back. "I'm growing whiteâHngh.. hair because of you." His tip pressing kisses to your cervix as he pistons himself in and out of you.
Your skin was painted with red marks. He admired the canvas, hips slapping harder against yours, fat balls slapping against your ass. "T-Tojiâm'close...don't stopâAh!" You claw on the sheets till your knuckles turned white as you near your climax.
His thrusts started being sloppy and before you knew it, he was cumming hard inside you, painting your walls white. He rubs your clit making you squirm, screaming his name as you cum around his cock.
He pulls out of you, putting you over his shoulders, your legs limping and twitching as your juices drip down. "Let's get you cleaned up."
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His claws were drawing scars around your back as he pounds into your tight hole, groaning and choking you with his second pair of arms. "How dare you mess with me like that hm?" You look at him with teary eyes, lips swollen and red. "M sorry kunaâAh!" You yelp as his hand hits your ass.
"Sorry doesn't cut it." You hold onto him, limbs wrapped around his torso. Your eyes roll up when you feel his mouth on his abdomen lick and suck on your clit. "S-Sukuna w-waitâAh!" You squirt and that triggered his cock to shoot out his load.
And thats when everything went black.
He pulls out when he feels your limp body against his. "Hey, woman?" He cups your face with a hand hoping you'll wake up but seeing how tired you are, he decides to let you rest.
He ordered some servants to bring a clean cloth and a bowl of hot water. He wipes your bruised body with the damp fabric, hand brushing your hair behind your ear. As much as he hates to admit it, he's much gentler with you for some reason.
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Oooohh i have a request!:
Playing ânever have i everâ or something like that with logan and wade (maybe along the lines of a boring friday night with nothing else to do) and you admit to never having an orgasm by anyone but yourself
Flash forward youâre in loganâs arms and wade is eating the fuck out of your pussy, and then they switch đđ
iâve written something similar two the second part here, but i love the never have i ever idea! // divider from @strangergraphics
boredom isnât something heroes are used to. thereâs always something happening somewhere, someone needing to be saved. but tonight, everything is quiet. the three of you were suspicious at first, but you checked every police scanner, news outlet, and all of your contacts and came up with nothing. the bad guys had decided to take an evening off, and now you were stuck with nothing to do.
you, wade, and logan all sit around in the living room with bottles of beer. you and wade stare at the mindless gameshow on tv while logan rests his eyes. youâre definitely bored, but wade is restless. itâs like heâs itching for something to do, like his body is physically unable to handle the inactivity.
âwhy donât we play a game?â wade asks, startling logan awake.
the two of you look over at wade. âwhat kind of game?â you ask.
âi donât know, ânever have i ever?ââ
logan rolls his eyes, then shuts them again. heâll deny any âold manâ comments, but he really is one. you elbow logan in the side and he opens them again.
âcome on, itâll be fun,â wade pleads.
âitâs not like we have anything better to do,â you say to logan. reluctantly, he agrees.
you reposition yourselves in the living room. you sit on the couch, leaned against the arm with your feet in loganâs lap, who sits on the other end. wade sits on the floor by the coffee table, his beer on the table without a coaster next to him.
âthis is your game, wilson. you start,â logan says before taking a sip of his beer.
âno, donât drink! you only drink if youâve done the thing i say,â wade scoffs. how can logan be so old and still know nothing about fun? âokay, okay. never have i ever⌠gotten arrested.â
you furrow your eyebrows at him while logan takes a drink. youâre almost certainly wade has been arrested before. âi donât think youâre playing this game right,â you say. âyou have to say things youâve never done.â
wade scoffs. âi havenât been arrested, thank you very much. all the cops whoâve tried have mysteriously ended up with broken noses.â
you roll your eyes at him. âmy turn now? never have i ever⌠cheated on a partner.â
both of them take drinks, wade with more shame than logan. ugh, men.
then itâs loganâs turn. ânever have i ever worn a dress.â
you figure itâs targeted at you, just because loganâs a dick, but to your surprise, wade drinks too. logan raises his eyebrow at him, silently urging him to elaborate.
âyou wish you saw that, huh, peanut?â he taunts instead. logan makes a face at that.
âiâm thankinâ god i didnât have to.â
you play a couple more rounds, all three of you exchanging stories and sipping from your bottles. it takes a lot to get them drunk, but youâre starting to feel it. thereâs a collection of empty bottles, mostly beer, but halfway through the game, wade decided to up the ante with some liquor.
itâs wadeâs turn again and he says, ânever have i ever been with two guys at once.â
he means it as a joke. he doesnât expect anyone to drink. thereâs no way logan would do something like that, and youâre too innocent. thatâs why his eyes practically pop out of his head when you throw back the shot.
the game turned sexual a few rounds ago, but it was pretty mild stuff. talk about doing stuff in public, kinks, freaky shit like that. nothing as interesting as this.
both wade and logan turn their full attention to you, eager to hear this story.
âwhat?â you play dumb.
âtwo guys at once?â wade asks. you shrug.
âit wasnât anything.â
ânah,â logan says, sounding interested for the first time all game. âyou gotta tell us.â
you sigh. âit was a while ago. i met this couple at a bar and they said they were looking for a third. i had nothing better to do and they were both hot, soâŚâ you trail off, shrugging again.
âgive us the gory details. howâd you do it? daisy chain?eiffel tower? double cowgirl? triple spooning? come on, tell us,â wade rambles.
âyouâre a fucking perv,â you tell him and he doesnât deny it. âit was just normal dp.â
logan raises an eyebow. âthat stands for double penetration,â wade tells him.
âi know that. iâm just wondering how you took it all,â logan says.
youâre used to this kind of talk from wade. the man thinks with his dick so much that you question if he even has a brain. youâre not, however, used to this from logan. heâs no prude, but he usually doesnât participate in these kinds of conversations with wade.
âmustâve been a tight fit,â logan adds on.
you look between the men and their interested faces. youâre still pretty bored, the game having grown stale a while ago, and now youâre a tipsy. you want something exciting and right now, youâre feeling bold enough to persue it.
âdo you wanna see?â you ask them.
wade and logan share a glance, but it only takes a second before theyâre replying âyesâ in unison.
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Cw: Nsfw (141 x fem!reader, live together)
Beside you, Kyle is the first to wake up in the morning. Heâll pad towards the kitchen, enjoying the sight of you making your morning drink silently, before moving to stand right behind you, arms wrapped around your waist as he grinds he bulge lazily against your ass. He just wants to feel your warmth, how nice your soft flesh press against his cock.
âJust want to feel you, baby. Itâs so cold out here.â Heâll unabashedly slip his hands under your pajamas shirt, kneading your breasts and tugging at those sensitive buds, forcing you to stop brewing your drink because you might spill the liquid.
Kyle just want to get an orgasm from you, a gift for you two morning birds, he claims before succumbing to sleepiness and tuck himself back under the duvet, fully content with being the first man making you come undone everyday, and sleeps in 5 more minutes.
You know Johnny will drag you into the shower with him whenever he comes back from his morning jog. You chide him before he engulfs you in his embrace, lightheartedly calling him a stinky man and shush him to go shower first.
So his solution is hug you despite your protest, then pull you inside the bathroom together, stripping off your pajamas and his sports wear impatiently before jumping into the shower with you.
âWeâre both stinky now, jusâ thought ye might need a shower too.â Johnny grins when you glare at him, shamelessly pretends heâs just âlooking out for yeâ while his hands traveling across your body, groping and preparing you for his cock with his hard dick prodding at the small of your back. Heâll never hurt you, but as soon as youâre wet enough for his girthy shaft, heâll pick you up, stretching you deeply and completely with the help of your weight, groans and growls at how good you are, how your precious pussy takes him so good, ignoring Ghostâs noise complaint coming from the other side of the bathroom door as he fucks you fast and feral, making you unable to care about suppressing your moans and cling onto him, let him keep scooping you in his arms and thrust into you till he empty his balls in your good little cunt.
Finally getting Kyle and Johnny pass out from the alcohol, John and Simon manhandle them back to the bedroom before entering the living room again. 00:13, a glance at the clock telling you itâs late in the night, but itâs just the start for the three of you. Retrieving a bottle of fine rum, John seats you between him and Simon, thighs touching with theirs as you all sip on the wine and chat quietly. âThe boys will chug the rum like itâs some cheap beer, they can settle with those just fine.â John chuckles lowly and comments on the awful taste and drinking habit of Kyle and Johnny.
âThose bonkers will stick to your side the whole day and complain if they find out, old man.â Simon chimes in after huffing out a laugh at Johnâs words.
You snicker along with them, feeling fully content and relaxed with squished between two of your lovers, joking about the other two men you loved while the rum flows smoothly down your throat. Soon your composure slips after few nips of the wine, whining cute and groggily as Simon ravish in the kiss with you, tongues dance and tangle with each other in a slow pace, let him drink down all your syrupy moans and coos in rare gentleness, so John can slickens up your pussy with his lips and your juices, making sure you can accommodate their fat cocks later, and you canât expect or plead him to sink his cock into you already until him and Simon can see your juices dripping down your soaked folds, praying them to fill you up.
The two men will treat you so well, worshipping their dearest girl in the world. Simonâs fingers and lips are always on you when John squeeze his fat tip into your entrance, gliding in and out slowly and heavily, so all those spongy spots of yours that can make you chant his name like a mantra arenât missed out. When he put a load in you with a husky groan, passing you onto Simonâs lap and let you lean back on his chest, heâll plant tiny kisses on your shoulder, murmur about how they love youâwill protect you and keep you safe and soundâagainst your skin. Simon allows him to indulge in the heat and tightness of your pussy, grunting and praising you as he fuck Johnâs cum back inside you, making sure you take each drops of Johnâs seeds, like the reliable lieutenant he always is for his captain. The base of his length has formed a creamy froth the time he nips down slightly on your shoulder to muffle his moan, drenching your messy cunt with every bit of his release. âAtta girl.â His croon is added with Johnâs soothing voice âYeah, been so good for us, princess.â
They both pick up the glass once again to finish the remaining rum, with you already drifting between your slumber and consciousness, listening to their small chatters as your own lullaby. You donât know when theyâll finish drinking, or if one of them will nestle their cock inside your pussy again, just to feel your walls clenching down subconsciously, but you let yourself slip into a dream, because theyâll take good care of you, always do and always will.
#ghost x reader#ghost x you#simon ghost x reader#simon ghost x you#simon riley imagine#simon riley smut#simon riley x reader#simon riley x you#simon ghost riley x reader#simon ghost riley x you#price x reader#price x you#john price x reader#john price x you#kyle gaz garrick x reader#kyle gaz garrick x you#gaz x reader#gaz x you#soap x reader#soap x you#john soap mctavish x reader#john soap mctavish x you#tf 141 x reader#tf141 x you#tf141 x reader#tf 141 x you#cod x you#cod x reader#female reader#nighttimealone
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think itâs really funny to imagine the younger men of the 141 realizing that price is actually super good with women.
soap plays knight- shows off to gawking birds, kyleâs pretty boy eyes and sharp tongue garner plenty of attention, and all simon needs to do is sit in the middle of the bar, waiting till a sweet thing asks him âwhat a big man like him is doing alone?â
price isnât as engaged. letâs his boys have fun, but for the most part prefers to hang back. enjoy his liquor and cigarettes- let them do their thing. course, doesnât go unnoticed. which spurs their assumption itâs not a âhe wontâ and instead a âhe cantâ.
ââfraid they might not like you, capmâ?â
âaye gaz, play nice. ye know ta old manâs sensitive.â
âlost his spark, i reckon.â
they rib him for weeks on end about being an old man, no game, out of his prime, ect ect. itâs all light and fun of course, and combat keeps them busy enough that the jokes start to be forgotten. doesnât occur to them that price has just been biting his tongue since the first blow.
until- night off. pub lights, tallboys and pretty women. familiar scene, type of place that has been in nasty dreams for weeks. kyle and soap are assessing the room, and simonâs silently following along. it takes them a minute to realize theyâre captain is gone- but not 10 seconds to find him again- with a sweet, gorgeous bird on his arm by the bar.
silently, they watch as he effortlessly charms her. they count how many times she laughs, how eager she is to hold his arm, how, within in minutes, theyâre already cozied up on a booth, nursing beer and making eyes.
and why wouldnât she? classically handsome, mature, cute smile, a rugged exterior with a gentle execution. itâs a no-brainer for her when he offers to âget out of hereâ, and hold the muscles that breech from his shirt. doesnât catch the way he glances over to a corner of the pub as they make their leave, small smile tugging at the burs of his mustache as he clocks the shock of his menâs faces under low lighting.
soap and kyleâs jaw break, meanwhile simon lets out a barking laugh.
âold manâs still got it.â
needless to say, all three men said nothing about losing his charm at the next debrief.
#might do a follow up on this#just a bird who likes older men has no idea what sheâs up for#fucks you silly to :(#captain john price x you#captian price#captain john price x reader#captain johnathan price#captain john price#john price x reader#john price cod#john price#john price x you#johnny soap mactavish#kyle gaz garrick#simon ghost riley#spurbleuâ´ď¸â§ď¸âď¸drabbles
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Reblogging this again i cannot stop starring at it. They make me want to eat bricks with cement as condiment
the girls (New)
#almost 3 years and i still get a gut visceral reaction everytime i see them this is actual madness#tarsier studios will hear from me and you too op#how did they make a duo of antagonist that is toxic old wo-men yaoyuri#i need to make a term up for them specifically because what in the fucking world#gonna call whatever tf this archetype is the haunted shitheads because they haunt each others narrative and they suck at a personal level#yes they have never met on screen. yes they are viscerally present in each others narrstive in a way that cannot be ignored once you see it#im gonna unhing my jaw like a boa constrictor and eat them until only bones remain#to all my followers who are reading this this is nothing you but op i hope you know the damage you've caused me mentally#i will never reocver from this. are you happy.#/pos#the inherent gay air present in whatever tf they have going on has to be scientifically studied in a lab#THIS INSPIRED ME SO MUCH THAT I STARTED WRITING RANDOMLY#if i end up posting on my ao3 in the next week it will be your fault and i will come find you OP#let it be known that on the 20th of november 2023 carols officially lost her shit and all her composure#this might be my fave fanart of them im not even joking this is so good#i want to print it out and force my entire family to watch it for 63 uninterrupted hours#the real little nightmares lore is actually just this single post from tumblr user silusvesuius#i ran out of braincells my fingers are just typing on their own this is how much you've done to me#ngh#tomorroq morning i will not rmemember this but i will still mean it i promise you#my heart beats for this post. i lived my entire life to witness these three drawings on a sunday night#i love this. i love you. i love being alive#thank you
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