#this was so much harder than i expected it to be tbh haha

[nordsea-horizons]

i made a massive train station on my island🚂🛤️

[honeqq]

heyy sorry if ur shy and all, but we're all curious: What makes an AU creator popular? How did you become popular with Bill Pines? / pos

I think it pure coincidence that I'm the second AU got to be made after handyman bill when the GF Fandom rise back from the grave ,

And ppl love the concept! I think that's mostly the reason... I didn't expect ppl to care when I first started tbh cuz I made my au out of pure spite . I didn't even name my AU until 1 week later , ppl say it will be a funny name to name it Mr Bill Pines so I did

Post on Tiktok also made the Rise of the AU !!

Look at at it now , I'm kinda hoping I created the more lore wrecking AU , maybe Evil Ford haha but I think in any Universe I will always ended Created Mr Bill Pines cuz I knew myself too much , I love fluff and wholesome love stories. Because tbh writing them be lovey dovey is far more harder than writing angst of them I'm so serious

[decepti-thots]

What I can't get my head around is, why didn't Dominus Ambus tell Rewind that he was secretly a turbofox? Like, that's your conjunx, presumably the person you trust most in the whole universe, and you won't even share your secret with him? IDK if you've already done an analysis post on this but if you haven't I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Okay, so. Putting aside any non-diagetic explanations entirely for a moment (that is, my suspicion that the concept was conceived of some way into the comic's run and just proved a really good way to explain Rewind not recognising the Pet once it was settled on)… in-universe explanations, let's go.

Something I do wanna point out here is a thing I rarely see mentioned: in my opinion, Minimus does not act as though Rewind doesn't know. I think he expects that Rewind does, which is honestly sort of wild? In DotL, Minimus isn't like 'oh shit, now you know I guess' when he's making remarks about Dominus being even more insecure about his height than Minimus is (irreducible style), or whatever. I… guess you could argue he thinks Rewind has inferred it logically (Minimus has revealed he was wearing an armour > Minimus and Dominus are spark twins > therefore…) but tbh, he's just. SO casual about it. I absolutely feel like Minimus assumed Dominus had told Rewind! Which. THEY WERE MARRIED LMAO. IT'S A REASONABLE… ASSUMPTION……..

Which definitely suggests there's no reason externally that is all that compelling for Dominus to not have done so. If there was, presumably Minimus would have anticipated it! Realistically, if Dominus couldn't trust Rewind to keep it secret for the sake of public access and ease, why the hell were they married. (Anyway, Rewind is in a far more precarious situation than Dominus is, when they meet; Rewind isn't able to hide and is formally subject to being classified as 'disposable'. I mean!) That's definitely not compelling.

Personally I think the easiest way to reconcile it is to think that Dominus had a personal hangup around his alt, and genuinely wanted people not to know this about him- because he himself was personally ashamed of it, no matter how much effort he put into public work that seems to contradict that. This actually reconciles something else, I think. Why would the sentience test Dominus seemingly designed in part or full be so biased against beastformers? He is one! What! But if that's something he was unable to get over the way he e.g. was able to overcome prejudice of the kind Rewind was facing, it perhaps makes sense to think of it as a kind of 'harder when it's personal' thing. Right? Internal feelings of self-loathing are sometimes paradoxically the more difficult kind to unlearn, compared to changing how you think about other people. Hell, maybe Dominus convinced himself wearing an armour 24/7 meant he wasn't one any more. Maybe he didn't tell Rewind because as far as he was concerned, that was no longer true.

I think this would potentially be interesting in terms of adding actual characterization to Dominus against which you can a) effectively compare and contrast Minimus (since a looot of what we know about Dominus is more or less 'he was made in a lab to induce an inferority complex in Minimus', lmao) and b) open up avenues to question the very idealized view Rewind has of their marriage that don't necessarily require leaning into the trope of 'he was an Evil Liar All Along on purpose!!!', which adds a lot of interesting stuff to that element of Rewind's arc that I'm sad canon never really managed to deliver completely, IMO.

I have actually thought about Dominus in relation to both Minimus and Rewind a LOOOOOT haha. He's such a cipher in the comic; a huge motivating character for two otherwise-unconnected leads AND a cornerstone of our introduction to the Functionist Universe… and yet a character we know very little about the thought processes or feelings of. He's like a void of a character you can reconstruct by looking at what surrounds him. It's very fun to me.

[toastermoth]

playfighting hcs with obey me brothers? them with a mc who is always playfighting, over the smallest matters, mc just finds it funny

Playfights OM!Brothers x GN!Reader (Can be seen as platonic or romantic)

I'm sorry if this isn't what you had in mind anon :( ALSO ASMO USES ANY PRNS IN MY STORIES!! EDIT: HEY I POSTED THIS EARLY ACCIDENTALLY SO YEAH- IT'S FINALLY DONE THOOO

Lucifer: 1st Born

He finds it annoying at first

One day he's doing his work and you ask for his advice and he blows you off

"Y/n I need to get this work done."

Insert you making this face -> 0:<

Next thing he knows he's pushing you with ONE FINGER while you're trying to climb on him

Now that was at first, eventually he finds it amusing especially since he has the height advantage over you

Occasionally he'll take a break from his work and playfight with you

He doesn't try to do anything drastic since he also has the strength advantage over you (He's a literal fookin demon-)

Sometimes will let you win just to see the satisfaction on your face

"Okay okay you win Y/n."

"HELL YEAH I WINNN!!"

He finds it very cute when you win and will overtime make it harder for you to keep challenging you

Will never admit it but he always finds it fun for him and for you.

Mammon: 2nd Born

He'd probably the the person you playfight the most with

And most of the time it isn't you who makes the first move it's HIM

But when you do initiate it he will hold some restraint because he doesn't want to hurt you but will play more rough with you than Lucifer.

"OWW OKAY I SURRENDER YOU CHEATER!"

"IT'S PURE SKILL MAMMON I REIGN SUPREME!"

"REMATCH ME RIGHT NOW THIS TIME I'LL WIPE THAT SMUG SMILE OFF YOUR FACE! YA HEAR ME?"

His face looks like this when you beat him -> ):<

Probably will play dirty like sitting on your back when you're down, tickling you, ect.

So you're also gonna need to play dirty >:)

Tickle him and you will 90% of the time win-

He likes playfighting especially when he gets a rise out of you and challenges you or you challenge him to multiple rounds

Has fun even if he loses and will always think of it as a way to get closer to his human

Levi: 3rd Born

Tbh would playfight you the least next to Asmo.

Poor boy would be too scared he'd hurt you :(

If you'd initiate it he'd feel more comfortable and wouldn't do anything drastic maybe only tickling

Overtime however he'd probably be more up to doing things! (Only if you do them first-)

"HAHAHA- Y/N I GIVE!! TICKLES SO MUCH!!!"

"I REIGN SUPREME!!!"

If you beat him in a game one he usually wins at, he will playfight you first when you're never expecting it.

"FLAMING LEVICHAN TACKLEEE!"

"Hwa- LEVI WHA-"

Insert you being tickled profusely with Levi not letting up

Would get embarrassed after your playfight session usually-

He's very happy and feels special when you playfight with him, even if you do it to the rest of the brothers he still feels special knowing he has a friend that he can playfight with.

Satan: 4th Born

Would probably be one of the meanest when you playfight-

When he's at school or reading he'll probably just blow you off

However if you and him are just at the house of Lamination he will happily playfight with you

He can go easy on you, but chooses not to so expect most of the victories to be his

"CMON YOU CAN'T JUST BEAT ME THEN USE ME AS A READING CHAIR-"

"If I recall you're the one who started this playfight and I won by sitting on you when you were down. I'm simply taking advantage of this opportunity."

Probably would be the smuggest motherfucker out of all of them-

He would let you win sometimes however

"Haha! The victory is yours, I am at your mercy Y/n."

"WOOOO VICTORY IS MINE!!"

Has one time forgot he was sitting on you and you had to punch his leg to get him to get off of you so you don't break your fookin back-

Since he usually is knife and neck with Lucifer he never really saw the use in 'playtime' but loves the times when you choose to playfight with HIM and he'd definitely warm up to it quickly.

(I love Satan sm-)

Asmo: 5th Born

Would playfight the least since they think that it'll ruin his beauty

After a while and lots of small tacklings he'll playfight with you!

"heyyyyyy SURPRISE ASMO!!!"

"WAH- Oh you rascal come here you!!"

Since she doesn't want to be seen as a 'brute' he doesn't really fight you- mostly just play around by tickling you or like Satan will sit on you and test makeup on you!

However if you win expect a very cute giggly Asmo

"Okay you win I lose! I'll do whatever you want now sweetie!"

Also would probably be the most fair-

if you lose he gets to do whatever they want to you (Usually makeup and fashion shows)

If he loses they'd let you do anything to her

Even though the fights may not be 'pretty' they still mean a lot to Asmo and they know it means just as much to him as it does to you.

Beel: 6th Born

The gentle giant of the brothers and wouldn't do anything to hurt you

Even tickling would make him nervous :((

Does that stop your chaotic ass? Nope!

However he does see sometimes playfighting as a way to get stronger physically and but he still gets nervous at least the first few times.

"Hey Beel guess what? "

"Hm yea y/n- WHA-?"

"FLYING Y/N ATTACKKKK!!!"

He quickly warms up to it tho and eventually goes along with it tho he does sometimes the same things as you-

"Hey y/n?"

"Yes Beel?- WAITWAIT I CAN'T CARRY YOU-"

So if you do that to him and win he will do that to you and win (question mark?)

Will playfully wrestle you too over time (he lets you win tho because he's awesome)

He cares about your wellbeing physically but also mentally and if you find it fun then he's alright with it!

Extra: One way to win quickly is if you climb on him and basically ride his shoulders-

"I'M THE TALLEST IN THE WORLDDDD!!! ME AND BEEL WORLD DOMINATION!!"

Belphie: 7th Born

He will act annoyed and will not playfight... unless you challenge him.

"Well I guess you're too scared to face me Belphie!"

"Is that a fucking challenge?"

Expect most of the playfighting to take place on bed or couch. He needs to be on something squishy and comfy (and so do you because fluffy blankets and pillows)

Lots of wrestling and pillow fights-

"HAHA I WI-" *insert you hitting him right in his face with a pillow*

He'd probably playfight you the 2nd most because he will fight you over everything.

Poke him? You get hit with a pillow.

Try to wake him up? Expect to be wrestled down and a snuggle buddy.

Hit him with a pillow? You will get hit with two pillows on either side. Do not underestimate this man with pillows.

If you lose expect to be slept on and if you win then you'd have to drag him to wake him up-

He may act like he doesn't enjoy it, but him seeing how much fun you have can't make him but smile at how much fun he's having

OKAY HI THIS TOOK FUCKING FOREVER. I APOLOGIZE </333

[maggplays]

Bio? Something like that.

How did I start modding? Literally no one has asked this, but here's my story, don't worry it's not long... I guess that depends on what your definition of “long” is, haha! Hang on, here we go.

On a random day in January, 2024, a few days before my birthday, I might add... I woke up to stars in my right eye. A few days later, I was told I had a very rare injury and it would never heal. Those are not words an artist/gamer wants to hear! Long story short, I am now legally blind in my right eye. If you think, oh that's not a huge deal, you can still see. Humor me, get a cheap pirate eyepatch, put that on, then pour yourself a cup of coffee. Not as easy as you thought, right? Depth perception. It’s a thing. Anyway, on with the story. Suffice it to say, I was depressed. Majorly. Then, through some random conversation somewhere, I found Stardew Valley.

Perfect! 2D animation, cute pixel art, story that's not sugar-coated anime, I love it! Got to year 3, TBH I've never played past year 3 because ADHD, and realized the dialogue was quite lacking. Then I discovered mods. What the-, it's a freakin' goldmine! Downloaded a lot of things, mostly dialogue, and tossed half of them. While playing through a Sebastian run, I saw it. Oh. My. God. It's a coding error glaring at me in my dialogue box. This is NOT acceptable. I tried to ignore it, but then it happened again. Okay, time for some investigation. I opened the folder and found... json files. Interesting, I wasn't entirely clueless since I do know HTML code from back when the internet was a baby, Facebook had no ads, and dinosaurs roamed the earth. Okay, okay, the internet was more like a spoiled toddler. Yes, I'm old. Shut up. But I digress. It didn't take long to discover the misplaced punctuation and go on my merry reality-avoiding way. Until I got bored again.

I looked for more Seb mods, but there were like seven. Three were yandere, not my jam, and only 2 were updated for 1.6 and were dialogue-only. Solution? Make my own mod for myself. I spent six weeks downloading mods, learning code, Googling to very little effect, writing dialogue, learning how to make an event, discovering I knew nothing, and on and on. The perfect distraction from the whole eye thing. I finished a decent draft, loaded it up, and praise Yoba, it worked! And on we play. At some point, I saw a comment complaining about the lack of Sebastian dialogue mods. Huh, yep, they're right. Too bad. Oh. Well, I guess I could load this thing I made, it's really just my own internal story monologue while playing the game, I'm NOT a writer, and most people probably won't get it. But I did spend a lot of time on this, and maybe someone out there will like it. Heck, no skin off my nose since it's free. So I took a deep breath, made peace with my inner demons, and threw it out into the void of Nexus, expecting it to be swallowed up and ignored. That... didn't happen.

In the first few hours, several people downloaded it. Huh, Nexus must have a decent search algorithm. That was literally all I thought about it. The next day, 300 downloads. And comments! Mostly positive with the exception of one wild demand I subsequently ignored. At one week, it had 3,000 unique downloads. I was floored, 3,000 weirdos downloaded my mod. Add to that, people seemed to actually like it! I've never gotten so much positive feedback for anything in my life. Seriously. Apparently, my oddball internal monologue, thanks ADHD, is quite entertaining. Heck, might as well make another one... and here we are. Yes, I've gotten negative comments and unreasonable demands, but I do my best to ignore them and practice staying positive. Trolls be damned! It's a lot harder to do that for yourself than for other people, turns out.

So, bottom line, found something interesting? Try it! Does it make you happy? Keep doing it! Even if it's only for yourself, do the thing and let it make you smile. Share it with the world if you're so inclined. Get out there and kick ass!!

[descendinginto-madness]

welt except he has a fever and desperately needs sleep

cw: descriptions of illness, high fever, being kinda delirious/out of it, sleep deprivation?, nightmares, headaches, mentions of death

contains spoilers for welt's hi3 lore

also, disclaimer! welt in here is very reluctant to ask for help and feeling bad about it because... well i imagine he'd react like this, BUT! needing help and asking for it is completely normal and valid and okay; please remember that and take care of urself ok!! ily /p

alright, so...

i'm gonna be honest since i found @bugbytez13 's blog welt sickfic ideas don't want to leave my head LMAO except i will write a detailed description of a fic instead of the fic itself. that's it that's the post

tbh this ramble in particular could be made into two separate fanfics (one sickfic and one specifically about the nightmares) but shh

i will forever be self conscious or anxious about things i post that aren't just headcanons or silly little rambles, but also... writing this went surprisingly smoothly so! enjoy the essay or something idk HAHA

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so, about welt...

i just know this man is going to force himself to stay awake. maybe his self-sacrificing issues are less present now, and he doesn't immediately throw himself in danger in every fight ever, but he's still stubborn as hell. so he won't admit something is wrong. he won't admit that maybe getting way too little sleep several days in a row wasn't doing wonders for his immune system and he's now finally feeling the consequences. to be fair, he expected it might end like this, but he didn't want to take breaks - there's still too many things to take care of before they finally head to penacony. and now, he will still insist of taking care of everything, even though his body is basically begging him to go take a nap.

except maybe, he didn't even expect it to get this bad. or thought that he can just power through it. i mean, he's been through much worse, right? this is nothing compared to literally losing his body for some time. but he's sitting in the parlor car, and he's half awake, and unusually cold, and his head is hurting, and keeping up the act is getting harder and harder - but he has to, because the younger members of the crew are here too, even if only march is talking to him.

but they pick up on the fact that something is wrong, of course they do. his eyes are unfocused, he looks like he's about to fall asleep - or pass out - and march had to repeat herself twice for him to even fully process what she was asking him, and so suddenly stelle is next to him, attempting to touch his forehead - and he recoils. "i'm fine," he says, and it's probably a bit too quick and a bit too firm than he'd like it to be, and all of this is stupid, really, because he shouldn't be scared of someone touching him. how hot can it really be anyway if he's feeling so cold, right? but if that wasn't enough dan heng asks an even more dreaded question, "are you sure, mr yang? do you want us to call himeko?" and welt decides it's time to excuse himself, before he makes them even more worried. because even in his present state, he can pick up on the fact they're concerned, but at the same time unsure of what to do, and it makes him feel guilty. of course they're unsure; he's usually their caretaker, and he always knows what to do, and it should never be the other way around. he should've just stayed in his room all day, shouldn't he.

"thank you all for your concern, but i'm alright." he stands up. "now, please excuse me, i still have some work to do." of course that's true, but he's almost certain he won't be able to focus on that- but he just needs an excuse to get out from here and be left alone anyway.

but stelle is right next to him, and looking determined to accompany him to his room, too. "you look like you're about to fall, mr yang," they explain, and he wants to insist that he's okay once again, but realizes he's too tired to do so. it would take him at least a few minutes, and it's a few minutes he doesn't have nearly enough energy for. he just wants to finally lie down. so, he lets stelle essentially escort him into the hallway and to his bedroom, and make sure he doesn't collapse on his way there, and-- it's embarassing, honestly, because it's already so difficult for him to show himeko the slightest hints that something might be wrong, and right now the situation is similar but ten times worse - so it's also ten times harder for him to come to terms with the fact he needs to rely on someone.

"my... apologies for making you all worry," he says quietly when they reach his room, and he's so thankful that he left the lights off, because the parlor car was way too bright, and though the hallway was a bit better, it still wasn't good.

"it's alright," stelle shakes her head, and stands there in the doorway, even as he heads towards his bed and sits down. "i'll ask himeko to check up on you in a bit?" she asks, and he only nods, though he isn't sure if she can actually see it. he doesn't want to talk anymore, he doesn't want to think because even just that seems to make his headache worse, he just wants stelle to leave, he just wants to sleep-- he isn't even sure if he understood her question correctly, but he also doesn't have the energy to care. he falls asleep the moment the door closes behind her, fully clothed and half covered with a thick blanket, but even then he isn't allowed a peaceful rest.

memories from old battles flash before his eyes, silhouettes of enemies he once fought, those against whom he won - but also of those who severly injured or even killed him, and with that come the memories of the pain

and the fear of losing his body again.

when he finally awakens, sweating, shaky for reasons other than his fever, and still feeling pretty awful, it takes him longer than usual to remember where he is. it takes him longer than usual to remember that he's safe.

but now there's medicine and a thermometer on his nightstand, and a note written in himeko's neat handwriting - though he actually spots and reads it some time later - telling him to rest as much as he needs to, because she'll take care of everything; and only after he does read it and feels a sense of relief come over him, he realizes how much the thought of having to leave all the work in order to take a break actually stressed him out. he still feels bad about it, because of course he does, and of course he's going to apologize to everyone later.

but he's also able to sleep more peacefully now.

[xamaxenta]

Just had a thought so I am sending this to you before I collapse (Also hi I stayed up all night but I did not expect you to be awake now lmao. Maybe our timezones are more far off than I thought.)

Kind of love the idea that magic is considered defensive by nature because traditional weaponry is preferred throughout the kingdom. But then you have Sabo spinning that on its head constantly because he’s always running around inciting conflict like “I Crave Violence” which makes Ace's job exasperatingly harder but he takes it in stride because he also loves that side of Sabo.

And then I thought about it, and it would really make a lot of sense if Sabo wasn't a bystander most of the time 🤔 Of course when he wants to see Ace in action then he'll hold back but I am thinking specifically about someone commenting why Sabo is bothering to attack if Ace is there and Sabo responds with something along the lines of “Ace is here to protect me, but if I’m not in any danger, there's no need for him to step in.” So maybe they both flip stereotypes on the head and when Sabo is feeling antsy, feeling the need to expend some of his mana, he relegates Ace to a defensive role. Has him act only as Sabo's shield while Sabo takes on their assailant himself, using the chance to test out the new spell he's been developing. (Needless to say, would-be assassins of the crown prince end up on the wrong side of highly experimental magic more often than not.)

Heleoeo welcome back beautoful knightprince princeknight anon the anon of my life ever [insert small wet pathetic bugeyed hamster meme]

I have odd hours, i also possibly live on the otherside of the world to you hence my online movement times being sillay who knows perhaps we are even closer than anticipated :3c

I agreeeee i think magic in this world serving a supportive and defensive role more than for attacking/protective through action(violence) is really fun and gives reason for the whole physical aspect of having a royal/kingsguard with traditional physical weapons as a whole

PLUS gotta pat yourself and myself on the back for slowly tuning the world building especially you for that brilliant write up about the aspects of mana, magicks spellwork and casting and how mages need/have specific affinity pools and if they dont they dont have much hope for casting magicks outside of those affinities because of the nature of mana and magic itself it makes sense that no one really looked into wielding it for damage purposes its too valuable in a sense

Maybe specifically to add more layers haha … :3c attacking magic is very unstable, volatile and siphons way too much mana from the caster to be a viable and safe method of warfare/combat?

The kind of control needed to do so? Possibly only sorcerers could manage it which Sabo would because aforementioned “craving violence” which is exceptionally endearing but exasperating for Ace but he L o v e s sabo and would follow him to the end of all ends should he have to

God i loveeee how confident and unified? Equal their relationship is as a knight to prince, Sabo is plainly aware of Ace’s role, he wanted him after all and Ace knows full well when to step in to protect his prince

GhHgauasyRHRGRGHGGGGGGHH. ace being his shield, mana charging to cast experimental attack magicks takes some time i think RPGS having mages lock down immobile just to charge some disgustingly powerful AOE magic nuke is really cool and fun and they would be so vulnerable during that period of “charge time” so Ace delegating to shielding Sabo 🥰🥰🥰 looove that so so much

Theyre always flipping the status quo or whatever is socially expected of them on its head, theyre inversing stereotypes and its all for fun at Sabos whimsy really

Those damn assassins are causing so much trouble tbh showing up and getting blown to bits 😭 the cleaning staff around the palace are at their wits end please this has to be the last time they clear up human offal from the ceiling rafters‼️‼️‼️

Sabo sitting there prettily like teehee :3c smothering his laughter behind his hand bc that spell worked out soooo well and hes really excited to tweak it some more, Ace helps out with the whole. De-gore his princes chambers clean up detail stuff haha he feels partly responsible

If Sabo wasnt so bloodthirsty (not always just sometimes when the mana sickness hits) he couldve dispatched them in a far cleaner method (the olde cleave their heads from their shoulders style)

[littlemissaddict]

Christmas Cookies - Bucky Barnes x Fem!Reader

Summary: Bucky notices Reader isn't feeling the Christmas spirit this year so he does everything he can think of to bring it back to her.

Word Count: 1297

A/n: Day 22 and my little writing challenge is almost over, I’m very surprised I made it this far tbh but I’m also ready for a little break from posting everyday haha anyway that’s enough of me rambling, I hope you enjoy.

Something was wrong, Bucky could tell although he was sure exactly what it was. Two weeks into December and she was still yet to put up her Christmas decorations or even attempt to do anything in the Christmas spirit. Now to others that may not seem like a problem but he knew his girlfriend. Like clockwork he’d come home on December 1st and you could guarantee that the tree would be up, there would be Christmas music playing throughout their apartment and he would find her in the kitchen baking up a storm. This year however there had been none of that.

Now Bucky had let it slide, figuring work was busier for her as it was with most people at this time of year. He had noticed that she seemed to be leaving for work earlier and coming home later than usual so he put it down to her being tired but with one week to go until Christmas, he was finding it harder not to say anything.

So he had a plan, he’d been out and bought all the necessary ingredients to bake the Christmas cookies she always made and more than enough candy to decorate them, he had also picked up some already baked cookies ready to decorate just in case his didn’t go to plan. The first step in his plan though, was to decorate the apartment while she was out at work in hopes that her first steps into the apartment brought back some of that Christmas cheer she seemed to be lacking this year.

“Have a good day doll, don’t miss me too much” Bucky smiles over his mug of coffee as she passes him on her way out of the door. She replies with a wave and a tired smile before the door closes behind her, leaving him alone in the apartment.

With a sigh, Bucky drains the rest of the coffee in the mug and prays that his plan was going to cheer her up as he deposits the mug in the sink and he sets to work pulling the decorations out of the storage cupboard which doesn’t take him long and then all that’s left to do was to get a tree. Hopefully there were still some left this close to Christmas.

An hour later, he’d arrived home with the tree that he considered to be the best of the bunch, it wasn’t perfect but it would have to do. Getting it up to the apartment had been easier than expected but he put that down to the super serum coursing through his veins giving him more strength than the average male, not that it was anything to brag about given things he’d done with said strength that he was only just coming to terms with that were not down to him but more the mind control of Hydra.

Focusing his mind on the more pressing matter of decorating the apartment, he sets about fixing the tree to the base until he’s satisfied that it’s stable enough to not fall over before he finds the boxes of baubles. He knows she has a certain way of how she likes to place them, usually going back to rearrange them a few times until she is happy with the result so Bucky tries his hardest to make sure it looks good. By the time he’s finished he’s sure that the tree is evenly covered with baubles and he has to admit he’s done a better job than he expected to so he moves on to the rest of the decorations, little Christmas trinkets that she always puts out around the apartment.

After he finishes he grabs a quick spot of lunch and then decides to make a start on the cookies so that by the time she gets home they should be cool enough for them to decorate.

Pulling her bag higher on her shoulder, she steps from the lift and out into the corridor leading to the apartment but the moment she nears the door her heart drops, inside she can hear the high pitched screeching of the fire alarm. Scrambling for her keys, she lets herself in and upon opening the door the noise only gets louder. She knows the smart thing to do would be to wait outside maybe call 911 but she doesn’t see any flames only the haze of smoke drifting from the kitchen which is where she runs to but the last thing she’s expecting to see is the window wide open and Bucky desperately trying to waft the smoke away from the smoke alarm in hopes of quieting it. Despite the panic coursing through her she can’t help the smile that lights up her face at the scene in front of her.

Turning to the doorway as if sensing her presence, Bucky’s heart drops. This was not how he had planned to surprise her but the smile on her face is one he’s not seen for a while, too impatient to wait for the alarm to stop, he pulls it from its holder and yanks the batteries from it before he drops it on the counter.

“Thank god” he sighs in relief and the quiet but his ears are still ringing from the sound, “You’re home early” he comments, now making his way towards her and opening his arms as she melts into his hug, feeling the best she’s felt all day.

"Yeah, finished all I had to for the week and boss said I could go early" she hums, pushing her body further into his hold and he tightens his arms around her, "what were you up to anyway" she asks a little while later, her head tilting up so that she could look at him.

Bucky let's out what sounds like a nervous chuckle, his non-metal hand coming up to rub at the back of his neck. "I was baking cookies as a surprise for you" he mumbles as her eyes soften from the curious look she was giving him to one that can only be described as lovestruck. 'Usually by now you're in such a festive mood and everything is fun and you're happy but this year it seemed like all the happiness had been sucked from you and I just wanted to do something to get you in the christmas spirit but I almost burnt the apartment down instead" he pouts, a look he doesn't often wear but she's seen enough times.

"You didn't have to do all that" she says softly, "though I do appreciate it but to me this year just doesn't feel like Christmas and I don't know why" she sighs, dropping her gaze and nuzzling her head into his chest.

"Well we have the rest of the afternoon and I have some perfectly good cookies that need decorating if you're not too tired" Bucky suggests, reaching out to pull her from his chest, his hand just underneath her chin as he tilts her face towards him. Leaning in he places a soft kiss to her lips and he pulls away to find her smiling brightly.

"Let me just get changed and I'll be right back" she nods, pulling free from him altogether as she heads back towards the living room, towards the bedroom but in the doorway she stops, just now noticing what she had been too distracted to see earlier, "You put up the decorations too" she gasps, her hands coming to rest on her chest and over her heart as she turns back to a smiling Bucky who nods at her words, "I love you" she smiles before rushing off to get changed out of her work clothes, so that she can get back to the man she loves.

[pillarsalt]

Anon worried about her trans-identified friend again, I wish I had the words to express how much I appreciate your kind words!!! (Maybe admitting it made me tear up would help? haha) Your response was just as thoughtful and considerate as I thought it would be, but I never expected you'd write so much for a stranger talking about another stranger, let alone throw compliments my way. You're a truly special person and everyone on here, including me, is so lucky we get to hear what you have to say and chat with you :) (And see your wonderful art to boot!! Finding another bug-lover is such a lovely surprise!)

I'll keep your kind thoughts in mind whenever the rare friction comes up again between my friend and me. It was such a quick process for me to desist and become gender critical that I think it's easy for me to forget how much harder it is for people to change their minds on the trans topic when they're so much more invested in it than I was. (Feel the same way about religion too, even as a little kid I was asking questions about why certain things bothered me in the Bible and getting frustrated when I got shame instead of answers. Maybe being annoying and asking too many questions is just in my DNA haha. But all the more reason why it's important to help those who aren't naturally critical: they're the ones falling for unreality the hardest because of that fact.)

Ultimately I will keep being me and see what happens, like I've done before. If nothing comes of it, then there was nothing else I could've done differently anyway. I've asked her if she'd like to do gift exchange for the holidays. We're planning on getting each other a few embarrassingly nerdy collectibles we've been eyeing for a while :)

Thank you again for your help, I'll cherish your words always!!! Hope you have a blast on your trip and get to see all the little guys you could dream of!!!

I'm very glad to hear from you, anon! :) and thank you so much for the kind words! it makes me very happy to be able to help in any way. ❤️

It's funny that you mention questioning the bible as a kid. I went to catholic school and I remember being taught in first grade that we were supposed to love god more than anything. More than we loved our parents or even our dogs, and I just couldn't get past the notion that I had to somehow love the kinda mean, angry, invisible flying grandpa*, who never says a damn thing when I pray, over the actual people who had raised me. I stayed in catholic school until graduation despite opposing catholicism, argued a LOT. I think my point is that I've also kind of been primed for voicing unpopular opinions, so I'm biased when it comes to people who are more hesitant to take any position on the matters at hand.

*sidenote, around this time I obsessively read My Book of Bible Stories (1978) which was given to me by JW doorknockers. This is a bit uncanny, I haven't seen this since I was about 8. It was a treasured book to me, it's full of old testament stories and pretty brutal:

To demonstrate how young I was while reading this: the book refers to god as Jehovah, but I was still learning to read and thought he was called Joseph. So all the adults I told all these Joseph stories to were confused as to why I thought Jesus's stepdad was so OP. Anyway yes, Joseph was a scary guy in my mind, I mean look what he made abraham do before he said sike:

which really didn't give me much faith in him. Kind of a questionable thing to do to a guy tbh. Finally here's the illustration that basically inspired my URL:

Sorry to hijack your ask anon, for some reason your message sent me down memory lane. Finding that pdf was crazy.

ANYWAY: you made my night with yoir nice message, so thanks for that, hope you stay well. I'm happy that it's chill for the time being, and the gift exchange sounds like fun. Come around to chat anytime.✌️

[miabebe]

The moment Na bi fell in love with Changkyun was truly perfection. The way you wrote it was truly so cinematic with the flashback and the beach and her finally realising the respect he has for her and the trust she can put in him. I was in awe reading that scene; it truly touched my heart. You're one hell of a writer and I hope more people read your work. You truly truly deserve more recognition.

Aw this made me blush, thank you so much! Sometimes I feel I would fare better as a director than writer cause I tend to very vividly visual scenes before writing then which ngl actually makes it a lot harder to write cause I'm looking to achieve something very specific? This scene took really long to write tbh, I was listening to songs like this and this to set it against the mood and I'm so glad you liked it - My purpose is solved hehe

And thank you for thinking I deserve more! I'll be honest, I never expected this series to even get the little attention that it is - the monsta x fandom here is already quite small, moreover the fic is in third person, deals with dark themes and the nuances between good and evil, does not focus on smut much and I am not really the fastest writer too haha but I'm so thankful to everyone who reads this guilty pleasure of mine and talks to me about it, I really am grateful!

[heystephen]

Read an article that was comparing Charli XCX to Sabrina and was saying that how, unlike Sabrina, Charli seemed “cool”

HAHA. I’m sorry but Charli XCX gives huge NLOG energy. “I’m a feminist and all” no you’re not honey and your misogynistic fanbase especially isn’t. Stop bringing other women down just cause you are insecure about yourself and apologize to Rina. She acts like she’s so much better for going out clubbing instead of being a “traditional pop girlie” or whatever GOD I want to punch her. She and Billie are the worst type of women. Women who act like they are better than other women

the whole comparing women to other women and defining who’s a cool girl and who isn’t is just so strange to me. sabrina and charli are very different and they’re both good musicians.

that being said, charli has always worked the controversy angle, and so has billie. i think some female musicians take that route because it’s harder to fall from grace if you never had it tbh. when charli does mean and shady things, and i say this as a fan, the response is always “oh that’s just so charli” and everyone shrugs and moves on, as opposed to if say, sabrina carpenter were to do something like openly mock other female musician on her socials or subtweet about her peers like charli does. i do think charli owes an apology to rina but i can’t say i really expect one from someone who’s bestie’d up with matty healy. like she’s drawn her line in the sand, unfortunately.

[taylortruther]

Do you remember what the first piece of meat you ever cooked was ( if you eat meat sorry i forget)?i have yet to cook any meat at all and it's something i want to learn to do but im so scared to haha. Like the only meat i've ever cooked is ground beef which anyone who could work a stove could do lol.

i do eat meat (but i am transitioning to pesc! so there will be way less poultry and red meat in my future.) the first one i cooked on my own was chicken, in the first proper kitchen i had in college, and it was so overcooked, rubbery, and unseasoned, that i called my dad and thanked him for all the delicious grilled meats he'd made me over the years because it was way harder than i expected fjadksl. i think after that i stuck to ground turkey for a while because it felt less intimidating. i still don't eat much beef or pork tbh, i think it's delicious but cooking it has always felt like too much.

mostly i eat a lot of tofu and ground turkey still lmao

[thesuetyouforgot]

How would you rank the Pythons on who you would like to hang out with and (give reasons) why?

Okay so I got carried away a bit with my answer... And also ranking them was wayyy harder than I had expected but here we go

6. Terry Gilliam; I'm sure he's actually a really nice and funny person to be around but I just don't feel the urge to hang out with him at all. Neither is he my type nor do I have anything that I would want to ask him/talk to him about

5. Terry Jones; this is a really paradoxic one bc he's actually my fave Python and I adore him and his work so so much but judging from interviews and all, I think we wouldn't really get along in real life. I mean, yes I would have loved to meet him and see what he's like in person but I doubt it would have been an enjoyable time/conversation for either of us.

4. John Cleese; I feel like we barely know what he's like in private and I find it hard to get the measure of him tbh. I think we could have great conversations and could have a good time but I'm just not sure. There are times when I'm really intrigued by him and would love to get to know him but then there are other times when I become kind of put off by him and don't care about him at all. That uncertainty is why he ranks so low

3. Michael Palin; he's my comfort person no.1 and he seems like the most pleasant person to be around ever. I would just love to hang out with him! But at the same time I feel like it would become boring after a while of us hanging out. Because I feel like although he is super friendly and easy to talk to, it would also take a looot of time till he'd really let you into his life.

2. Eric Idle; I adore the vibes he gives off. He just seems to burst with positivity and hanging out with him would surely be an amazing combination of lighthearted fun and extremely interesting and deep conversations. The only reason he doesn't score higher in this ranking is because he is so witty and I'm not, so i feel a bit intimidated by that haha (also Gray is just my spirit animal and needs to be 1. here)

1.(sober) Graham Chapman; we're so similar in many ways and I would absolutely love to spend time with him. We would be unstoppable in terms of doing stupid stuff and joking around but could probably also be really boring/ordinary together (in the eyes of other people). Yeah, I'm sure we would get along quite well and even if not, I'd have a good time anyway just observing and admiring him haha

Thank you so much for the question, it was really fun to think this all through!

[da-can-draw-stuff]

So happy to come back to Tumblr to see you’re account being active again! Can I ask what’s making/made you anxious about online interactions and is there anything we can do to make posting online comfortable for you again? (I have been following you since early RP days)

Aaah, bless your heart nonny ❤ These kinds of messages mean a lot and are always a pleasure to see.

I was doing pretty well earlier this year, getting stuff done and all, so I guess it was inevitable I'd hit a low.

If you've been around for that long, I should probably give you a unique nickname haha. (Unless I have before? I think I gave one person a nickname before. Still, you'll have to remind me of any convos we've had--it'd be nice to associate anons properly.)

Anyway--I'm trying to be more active at least! But tbh I'm not sure what can be done. These sort of random encouragements/assurances and check ins do help though!

I guess maybe asking me questions or about what I'm working on, make requests--help me build a space to talk about it? I wanted to get back to the old/younger me that was confident and able to share things freely. I'd like to share more, HCs and stories and all, but it's been so long that I frankly don't know how and I end up stuck and holding onto entire series as a result. I've had a few people ask me to turn things into original series or ask if I plan to upload these stories, but how do I actually do that...? ^^"

Not sure about this bottom half since this is technically an art/semi-main blog.

To answer your question about the anxiety...well, I guess it's kind of 'standard' mixed stuff over the years? And I've just gotten...tired and scared and both wanting exposure and yet wanting not to be seen because it's safer. So, I don't really check fandom tags anymore even though I really do want to chat with people.

I became more aware of things I didn't think of before, like image, people looking to pick at things, or whether something like this entire post will get me in trouble with someone somehow/is safe and fine to say/too much info or poor me or something.

So, in a long-winded short summary: There was the emphasis of social media responses in the news, horror stories stemming from online interactions/presences, I came across people acting horribly even though I don't venture much, if it's fine for me to share the less safe content, how much to talk about myself, how much to separate my fan/fun work and my more professional profiles, and it's hard to tell what people are thinking/intending through text and thus harder to trust.

Da is so tired lol. I'm working through it but the last few years have been tough on alll of us, so it's expected that I'll hit this bump in the road from time to time. But it's still much better than before where I pretty much completely withdrew from art and tumblr.

[lumafly]

Booyah

[mrsbsmooth]

Aww you’re all so sweet 🥺 I didn’t expect anyone to actually like that little Bobby thing! I’m really not a good writer (I never know when to use past and present tbh, especially in English bc it’s not my native language!) but thank you everyone!

And anybody is more than welcome to build onto it and create something actually good!

I didn’t really think much further than that tbh haha! I was just thinking, he would definitely flirt with her (in his cute clumsy Bobby way) and MC would definitely be into it. But MC is definitely guarded because of all the shit she’s been through, she doesn’t really trust it 100%. And who could blame her? And Bobby notices and just can’t help but give her a hug and, so that nobody hears him, whispers to her that she’s strong but she doesn’t have to deal with this shit if she doesn’t want to. Not for a tv show that only cares about her drama and her being miserable for views. Nobody, especially not her, should destroy their self worth and mental health for this stupid show. (Because let’s be honest.. they have it out for MC! Someone was so excited for Gabi to come in because that would hurt and cause drama. And being in a situation like that could so easily destroy someone! It’s been so cruel..)

And he would tell her that he would love to get to know her, trying to not sound too pushy and make her uncomfortable. But he can’t just leave without shooting his shot! And he joked that if he could, he would take her with him right now! (“Joke” sure Bobby..) And MC does flirt back so that has to mean something? But then the camera is fixed and he has to leave (it would be too suspicious to break another one… right?) and it breaks his heart to leave her there, with all these people who don’t really give a shit about her. But he leaves, with one last look and smile at her and then he’s gone.

And he’s sitting in his hotel room that night, beating himself up for not trying harder. She shouldn’t be in that villa with no one to care about her. With her life only being used for drama and views. It makes him sad to think of her all alone in there…

But he doesn’t know that MC is really thinking about leaving. It was always on her mind, since the first time she saw Suresh. But for some reason, she stayed.. but now? She might actually be finally done. And the production people could tell something was off and are trying to convince her to stay but why would she? She thought she could find love here again but after Bobby’s words to her.. she’s realising that they never wanted her in the Villa for that. They just wanted her hurt and the drama that would come from it. And god, it has been hurting. She constantly feels like breaking down, everything is just getting too much. And she doesn’t feel like she has an ally, an actual friend, in this damn Villa. Everyone always has an ulterior motive, she couldn’t trust any of them.

So why would she stay? Like Bobby said, why should she destroy herself for this? She doesn’t want to see any of the people here ever again after this is over. So why not end it early? She hasn’t been happy here anyway. It’s just been feeling miserable and uncomfortable the entire time she’s been here. So she’s going to leave. And production is trying to stop her, telling her to think it over but she’s packing her bags. Throwing her clothes into her suitcase, grabbing her toiletries and shoving everything that’s hers into her bags to leave this god damn villa. Even if she has to walk all the way to a hotel, she wasn’t going to stay here another night.

The others are shocked when she’s coming down the staircase with all her bags and production members running after her. They’re confused, trying to ask her what’s going on? Why would she leave, being here is an absolute dream?? (More like a nightmare for her)

And MC is so done with them. They’re (almost) all terrible people. So she goes off on them. Listing off all the shitty and terrible things they’ve done the last few weeks, giving them a nice little reality check bc god, they’re all assholes.

And then she grabs her bags and leaves and everyone is yelling after her, asking her to wait and to stop. But she’s done and she’s walking. Pulling her suitcase behind her and juggling her other bags, she’s walking down the road to get away from the villa. And it takes a bit until a car catches up to her, the Villa already a bit away in the distance. They drive her to the hotel, still trying to convince her to think about it and stay but that’s not gonna happen. She finally had the guts to leave, she’s never going back there. And it sounds so easy to say “just leave” but it really wasn’t. Being in the villa is like living in a bubble that’s impossible to escape, with people always manipulating you into staying.

And then she’s finally alone. For the first time in weeks it’s just her and the tears start and they don’t seem to ever stop. But it feels good to let it out, to just cry and sob into a pillow and to not worry about cameras and other people. And she falls asleep, tried and exhausted and feeling so worn down. But she’s out and she’s going to go home and continue with her normal life. It’s going to take some time to built up her confidence and self worth again and she definitely needs a therapist.. And the next morning she wakes up, tired and with red eyes, but her heart doesn’t feel heavy anymore. It’s been weighing her down the last few weeks, without her even realising it until now.

And after a nice long (private!) shower, she goes down for breakfast. And there, at a table in the corner, looking tired and a bit sad, she sees him. Bobby. Something about him gave her the strength to finally stand up for herself, his gentle but firm hug and the words he whispered against her ear. His kind eyes looking into hers and his cute freckled nose that scrunched up when he grinned down at her.

And so she goes over to him but he doesn’t look up, not even when she’s standing right in front of his table. So she clears her throat and his head shoots up to look at her. His eyes widen when he sees her, his jaw going a little slack. And the cool line she thoughts off while walking to his table gets stuck in her throat and all she can do is smile at him. It’s awkward for a second, he clearly didn’t think he would see her again like this. At breakfast the next morning! And to break the silence, MC says that she’s hoping he was serious when he said he would take her with him if he could because otherwise this is really awkward… and Bobby snaps out of it, and a smile grows on his face, he gets his confidence back and asks her to sit down for breakfast, so they can plan an entire day full of dates. So that he show her how she should’ve been treated by these stupid guys in the Villa. And they have an amazing day, ignoring their ringing phones of LI people freaking out about where they are and if MC is going back.

And obviously they’re gonna have to show MC leaving on TV and the fans are absolutely rooting for her and some people saw her and Bobby out that day and it’s everywhere online. And people love it! They’ve been wanting better for her and who would be better than Bobby McKenzie??? And they tell the LI people to fuck off, fly back together and continue dating. And everyone is rooting for them and loving them together and the press is going crazy because this has never happened before! And the Villa is still a mess because all the people in it suck. But MC and Bobby don’t care anymore. They’re getting to know each other and falling in love, slowly but surely..

The end! lmao

I’m so sorry this is so super long but then I couldn’t stop! If anyone wants to actually take this and turn it into an actual fic or one shot or whatever, please do! I would absolutely love to read it fully fleshed out, with great dialog and everything! And thanks again for being so sweet everyone 😭😭🥺

THEY REPLIED THEY REPLIED EVERYONE THEY REPLIED AND ITS EVEN BETTER THAN I IMAGINED AAAAAHHHHH AAAAAAHHHHHHH I LOVVE ITTTTTTT!!!!!!