#thoughts? opinions? prayers?

[cable-salamdr]

Alright, y’all already know. It’s time for a teaser breakdown.

Before I start, I will say that I will at times deviate from the chronological timeline of the actual teaser in order to accentuate or explain my point, or just because the images correlate to each other. Spoilers ahead, obviously. And just be aware that this is probably going to be a massive read (future cable who just finished writing: it is.).

(Also, here’s the link to my previous analysis post on the IMBD pictures because I cite it a lot, in case someone hasn’t seen that one yet)

So, let’s crack in, shall we?

Right off the bat, what I noticed immediately: This is a different punch than we’ve seen in the other Lloyd vision where Beatrix punches him (right). The lighting and background are different. Maybe this could be an indication that Beatrix is close to coming back? Either way, that sure is a way to start a teaser (I will be addressing the other part of that vision later)

Yay! Roby! By that selfie stick bit I am PRAYING that he *actually* has the personality that he does in that set promo video, because it now seems ever more like that. Also, hey! That’s one of the Explorer’s Club members! I’m assuming that he managed to find work in this Temple City after the Merge (good for him honestly tho he doesn’t look too thrilled)

Okay, this. We’ve already had this image as per the IMDB thing and we already assumed that it was Roby welcoming the ninja into the temple city, and through that I am going to assume that that image comes right after this one:

Which implies what I had already kind of guessed, and it’s that the ninja will have difficulty getting into the Temple City/ there will be some force trying to stop them. I actually first assumed this was the Imperium Hunters, but it seems like those are actually the Temple Guards.

Now, as per what I thought before and what I see here, I’m going to assume that this is a challenge already. In a sec I’ll talk about all the different kinds of challenges we see, because I think they’re quite interesting in of themselves, but because of that giant screen we see projecting the ninja (Lloyd and Nya) on Jiro behind Roby, this basically confirms to me that these Temple Guards aren’t there because they want to particularity stop the ninja from entering, but that they are just a sort of obstacle that any potential participant has to overcome in order to get into the city.

So, yay, the lizards aren’t being hurt just for the sake of it! How nice.

Then we’ve got this and. Uhm. Well first off what the fuck

But now to actually be serious, other people have already been saying this, and it’s the idea that the person sitting down (in what looks like almost a throne? Idk) is Nokt, and he’s sort of… half and half between the two worlds, which could bring about all sorts of things.

Edit: I have been made aware that this, in fact, probably isn’t Nokt (neither his body nor soul)

So what do I think this is? I have no fucking clue. I could say that this was my idea about Jordana getting mildly possessed by another FF that may have gotten out (because the way she acted at the end of p1), and honestly that seems to be the most plausible answer right now. Either way, to me, it looks like the other FF are either praying/ casting, or perhaps having some sort of meeting together? No matter what, it looks ominous as fuck, and something Kai and Bonzle (who we see walk up behind Kai) should probably not be walking into for their own safety.

*THIS* I find a very curious screenshot. Because yay Lloyd in his master robe HEWLL YEARH but also. He didn’t wear that before. In that IMBD picture we see him on the screen, and he is in fact wearing the green tournament suit.

I think what this implies is that THIS is actually for the The Feast episode, wherein I think they gave this sort of formal robe to Lloyd as a way to… I guess make him stand out as the leader of the group? Not to mention that they seem to be coming from a building and going into a new building and looking at something rather grand, which I can thus only assume is a big dining hall. I know people are saying that Arin looks too happy for it to be an episode farther in, but I honestly think it could be a facade. The fact that he’s holding open the door could imply that he feels the need to do something useful, at least.

However, the fact that Lloyd is wearing his robe also makes me think of another clip that we see:

I am going to say that I’m directly assuming these two things happen within the same episode. I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Lloyd is wearing the same outfit, and I think that’s with the assumption that he’s wearing this for the entire tournament which, as said, I don’t think is true.

What everyone IS talking about tho is the cloaked figure. Which, yk, is a cloaked figure. Of course I want to know who it is, but I have attempted my best at cross referencing any of the villain’s suits, and none of them match (A further post about that here). Which brings me to…

Something that I find very curious is that we don’t see any of Ras’ crew, except for Cinder. He’s the only elemental master they’ve got, and we don’t know whether Jay is *actually* gonna be there at all now, considering we didn’t see him whatsoever. Could this cloaked figure be Jay? Sure. But the suit doesn’t match up, either. Which made me realize that we don’t see any of the other fighters at all, really, which is… interesting, to say the least. Perhaps they’re just waiting to reveal what kinds of others powers there will be present at the tournament.

And since I was already talking about Cinder, let’s look at these screenshots, shall we?

What I get from the first one is that HORRAH Wyld vs Cinder rematch!! (Which means we can’t fully trust those fighting promo cards from a while ago because the fights don’t seem to completely match up). What else I get from it is that Shatterspin is allowed in the tournament, and by extension Rising Dragon! Which means that this is likely a tournament with rules similar to the Tournament of Elements, where the rules were basically that you could do whatever you wanted.

And for the second one. Good lord, I don’t even know. It just scares me, that’s all.

No, but, fr, what is happening. Why does he suddenly have Wyld’s power. Someone said this could be also like in the TOE, but instead of the loser’s element going to one person they go to the winner, which, yk, isn’t terrifying at all. You know what else isn’t terrifying at all? This bit:

I have much thoughts about this image, but I’m just gonna say what my first thought was, and it’s that this is Wyld accidentally setting something on fire, and then not being able to control it. Maybe even IN the Cinder fight. Maybe this is someone else causing it and Wyld gets blamed.

Either way, what I think is going to happen here is exactly that: WF gets blamed, and she will have to show that she’s grown as a person and wouldn’t just set things on fire anymore without reason, that she can help. Whether that works, or whether other people even believe her, is yet to be seen, I suppose.

(On a lighter note, I fucking love the little face of the flame on her back. The second letter seems to be a F, and the first one perhaps an R? I’m not quite sure. Anyways, it’s adorable.)

And speaking of adorable things:

GEO. HE’S HERE!!! He’s here and he’s cheering and I am going to selfishly believe that he’s cheering on Cole because GAH I need Geode to become real by the end of this season. God I hope no one at that Tournament is racist to Geo I would punch my screen

Ahem. Anyways. I guess what we can get from this is that those outfits seem to be spectator outfits rather than what the participants wear! And what we can get from that is that Geo will sadly probably not participate in the tournament. To be fair, it seems like only trained fighters will be attending, and despite Geo being able to kick ass, I don’t think he would be particularity good at it against people who have been training for who knows how long.

This also might imply he left the finder kids at the monastery in Mr. Frohicky’s care— which, yk, still leaves the question of how he gets to this tournament in the first place, as we do not see him in any of the screenshots where the ninja are still outside Temply City.

What I also realised from this is that we don’t see Euphrasia anywhere in this trailer. I’m still holding onto hope, so we’ll wait and see.

Then we’ve got all the Sora centric bits (which there seem to a lot of, which kinda tells me that she’s gonna be a focus and YES this will cause issues for Arin no one can convince me otherwise)

Anyways, as I said before, these images demonstrate to me what kind of challenges there will actually be within this tournament: Not just fights, but also what looks like a parkour and a race! Oh what joys. The first one actually kind makes me think that this is a challenge about ingenuity (due to that pole Sora is holding), but I might be reaching with that.

I didn’t get a screenshot of that lil Cole we see in that third clip as well, but I think that means we can safely assume that they're driving that combo vehicle we already have a set of, for which Cole gets the white and orange wedding suit! (Why? I don’t know. In my heart I'm choosing to believe everyone gets a similar outfit to that one.)

And that fuckass little dragon? I've got no idea. It kinda reminds me of Vania's dragon, Chompy, but also of those little Source Dragons Lloyd saw floating around his head right before he had the Master Dragon vision. Idk, it confuses me, so I'm choosing to ignore it lmao

And now the screenshots that I’ve been wanting to hold off on the longest… ho boy. Okay, there’s a lot here.

First off: This is before the tournament, and the next two images that I will be looking at are also before the tournament (the one with Lloyd falling), due to the fact that they are wearing their normal suits.

Second: The Matriarch. In the Kingdom of Madness area. As many people have already been guessing, this is likely where she thought to settle next after getting forced out of their previous home. But also, she looks… bigger? Idk maybe that’s just me. I also keep thinking that it’s the Energy, the Source Dragon that was imprisoned, or that it kinda looks like a bigger Zanth, but I’m probably wrong with that, as that doesn’t make much sense.

Either way, the kids seem to have to help her with something. And, to me, she almost seems… hurt? Like she didn’t call them there to chat or catch up with Riyu, but that she desperately needs help, perhaps something about her horde. Anyways, it concerns me deeply, especially with the next image in mind, which I cannot imagine being before that first one.

Other’s have been saying it and we all know it: that in the background looks like an Administration computer. The problem is that… it’s not the usual color (which was I think green? Berate me if I’m wrong)

So, what do I think happened here? I think the pictures directly correlate. I think what’s gonna be happening here is that the Matriarch wanted to move to this place within the Kingdom of Madness, the Administration was notified of the wrong kind of dragon activity, and is then trying to get them back out, most likely by capturing and deporting them, but maybe also something worse— who knows at this point. Somehow, the Matriarch got hurt, that’s for sure. Maybe she fought them, who knows. What I think will then happen is that either the kids attempt to find where they took the dragons, or they, too, will be captured and brought back.

What happens after this is entirely illusive to me. Of course they could be seeing Jay in that second screenshot, but somehow I doubt it (if this prediction comes true I’m gonna lose my fucking marbles). Either way they are seeing something that’s not normal, which has got to be something extreme, considering Arin has been in that place and has most likely told Sora about it. Maybe they just set off an alarm and that’s why it’s blaring red? Who knows. I sure don’t.

And these screencaps are just as a mystery (as said, these are very likely pre-Tournament, as Lloyd is still in his climber suit)

But what I haven’t seen a lot of people say yet is that we do know who that dragon is, as it appears to be Heatwave (you can see his face in that split second, in the first screenshot). It looks to me as if Lloyd was either deliberately jumping to one place and Heatwave caught him as to prevent that (for whatever reason?), or Lloyd somehow ended up in this falling situation, and HW is saving him (for whatever reason???). Either explanation scares me.

And last, but oh my god definitely not least, we have this clip of Motion. She is so gorgeous I don’t know what to say.

So I’ll just repeat what others have been saying, which is that this is likely in the first episode and the way that the ninja actually get their invitation.

Also I lied I do have smth to say: I feel like this could correlate to that one part at the beginning with Lloyd’s nightmare, where he also sees Motion. Perhaps Lloyd will be convinced that following this invitation will be a bad thing, since he saw it in relation to the other bad things (such as Beatrix punching him for a second time), but the others will convince him, for better or for worse.

Either way, this means that the invitation is personal. We can assume that this will not be some sort of trick by others, but that this is really Motion, inviting them to the tournament, as she was also one of the SDs that was up for helping Lloyd. This makes me ever more so believe that whatever the prize of the Tournament is could potentially result in Kai’s return.

Anyways, that’s all from me. I hope this ramble wasn’t too unorganised, I’ve been writing this for………..an hour. I am normal about this show I swear.

[whuuuuuuhhh]

This was for tease but it devolved...

[ratislatis]

sketch page + closeups I made a while ago while listening to Fallinel and The Dangerous Mind of Aelwyn Abernant. the little tag is wrong lmao this is Sophomore Year

[chasing-chimeras]

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[culminada]

I sat here scrolling Tumblr and then I heard my dad snoring on the other side of the wall.

And I've been making it a habit to consciously pay attention to the people I love, because I love them.

And so - I wasn't trying but this just came to me because of observations, and knowing, and perhaps the habit of it - I thought oh, that means he's sleeping.

Its the middle of the day. He does this sometimes. He's a very busy person, between two jobs, and 2-4 disabled kids. He takes power naps after lunch. He has a whole strategy. He's told it to me and I listened and I remembered because I love him.

He's also in burnout. My dad is burnt out and I understand because I am also burnt out. I wish I could help him but I am burnt out, and so all I can do is know him, is listen to him snoring and know that he is tired.

I get to listen to him snoring. He is tired. He is sleeping on the middle of the day because he is tired, from taking care of me, who am autistic, and my brother, with Prader-Willi Syndrome (shoutout to ppl with PWS), and his job 1 to pay the bills and job 2 to pay for the future and his wife and his other children and making sure we all get our enrichment.

And so he is snoring on the other side of the wall, and I can picture him tangled up in his blankets and sleeping because he is tired.

And so I get to listen to him snoring and think about all the things he does and how much he deserves rest, and how glad I am that he CAN rest, that he's worried and busy and anxious, but not too worried to sleep. Because he needs to sleep. And it's a blessing that he can do that.

And I'll sit here and appreciate him and all he does because I can hear him snoring (and it keeps everyone else up at night unless he uses his mouth guard, which we all call his snore-teeth, and I know this because I listen and I pay attention and I love him).

And he might never know that I sit here and think of him and love him and all he does, how grateful I am that he takes care of me when I'm his oldest and I'm autistic, and I don't feel overwhelmingly bad about that but I do wish I could help more than I do. Not be so big of a burden as I am. But all I can do is let him sleep.

He might never know that I take the time to listen to him snore. Maybe one of those days when he's feeling horrible I'll show it to him and say "you are loved and I see you and I am grateful for everything you do, I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you." Maybe I'll make bits of this post into my Father's Day letter. I've been wondering what to do for that because I've been more vocal lately about how much I love him and sometimes it feels like there's nothing left to put in a Father's Day letter that wouldn't just be the same.

There's something special in just the same, though. Like listening to snoring. There's time. And when you're sitting in the middle of time, in the quiet and the dark and listening to snoring, and wondering when the next snore is gonna come, and contemplating life and love and time - well, I'm not doing anything else. And I'm not getting any younger. And maybe right now I can't mentally DO anything else. But I can do this.

I can contemplate my father, who is wise and loving and who pours himself out constantly, fill my mind with MY DAD instead of something else, because I love him.

I lied. My first thought wasn't "oh, that means he's sleeping." Well, it was subconscious. But right after, I thought, "I wish I had someone to love this way," meaning that I want to get married and have someone to love.

But I do have someone to love. I have my father. I can love him. I DO love him. And why am I pining for something I can't have, or worse, for someONE I can't have, when my lovely beautiful Dad is right there loving me in his sleep, in his waking, in his working, in his eating, in his thoughts, in his research, in his everything. I have him? Why do I need anyone else?

[im-out-of-it]

I had no idea that 3x13 is mainly about clace. I was like let’s get everything organized after I did the sneak peek. my fuck, I don’t think Malec have any scenes together. I know Alec and Izzy bond and Saia breaks up FOR NO FUCKING REASON but damn this is 90% a clace episode

so I guess I’ll be starting this soon (I’m already crying)

I don’t know what happened to my memory but I do not remember anything. I don’t know what happens until the last episode and a little of Magnus getting Lorenzo’s magic

also it’s so fucking funny when clary says “I don’t know what I’d do without you guys, thank you” unmmm bitch you’d be dead. or be in idris. because frankly no one would deal with you and just pass you off. literally without Alec there and without Alec being jaces parabatai, she probably would be sent to idris.

Alec is such a pushover and clary gets away with everything. without Alec, clary wouldn’t be here. if Alec had more audacity, he would go off on jace and say “I’m no dealing with this child and her bullshit. send her off to idris thanks” BYE PEACE OUT! no because if this was reality no one would want to deal with her lmao

PLEASE SEND HELP

HOW AM I GOING TO DO A CLACE EPISODE HAVENT I HAD ENOUGH TRAUMA??????

I HAVE BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH

EACH OF YOU LOVELY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH

[randomtheidiot]

Normies see Pokéshipping, but I, an enlightened one, see bi+aro solidarity.

And anyone who says “aro people can still date!” in the comments and reblogs is getting shot by my rifle. Git off my lawn ya damn whippersnappers. Stop twisting terms to mean whatever you want so that you don’t have to actually respect aro people. Just say you don’t like my headcanon and leave.

[cheriafreya]

gathering my thoughts for my pulling plans here because I'm annoying 🌸

Honkai Star Rail: lost my 50/50 in Jiaoqiu's banner so next character is guaranteed. I wanted to wait this out until Aventurine's rerun at first, but I just can't miss the opportunity to get Robin now, so I'm getting Robin. Next is 2.6. We don't know 2.6's banners yet, but I think it'll be: [1st Phase - Rappa - Aventurine / 2nd Phase - Acheron - Ratio]. If that's the case, then I'll get E0S1 Aventurine no matter what, and if I have enough jades (which I doubt) then I'll get Ratio's LC. If not, then I'll save up for Sunday because I REALLY want Sunday, no matter what kit he has. He could be an absolute shit unit and I would still get him, same with Screwllum. I NEED them, and I'm hoping they are far from releasing now, so I can get both of them, even if only E0S0.

Genshin Impact: I'm like, one pull away from reaching soft pity. Almost got tempted to keep on pulling to get Mualani, but honestly? As much as I like the new characters, I don't think I actually want any of them...? I guess it's because I'm still a "newer" player, so getting the "older" characters first seems more appealing to me. I only have Navia and Scara after all, and Raiden Shogun is getting her rerun next phase. Like, wouldn't it be cool to get my first Archon right here, right now? I'm definitely getting Raiden Shogun. About the next banners, I don't really know what I want... probably Furina, or Alhaitham, or Ayato, I'm still thinking about it. I need to check this game's best teams / synergies to get my choice right.

Zenless Zone Zero: oh I know what I'm getting in this one, Jane Doe no doubt. She's SO cool and so beautiful, and she has such a fast and strong gameplay. I haven't pulled for literally anyone yet, so she'll be my first limited S-Rank character. The plan at first was to get Harumasa, who was supposed to appear next patch, but it looks like things changed a lot and he won't be having his banner in a looong time, which is nice because I can save up and get him. And I think that's really it for now? I really like Miyabi and Lighter (LEAKS - he apparently went from A-Rank to S-Rank), but they are not a priority, it'll depend on the amount of pulls I have by the time they appear.

[doctorwhoisadhd]

jack is the most selfless eprson to ever exist personally i woul djust drop tyler off a cliff. Because hes a bitch ass

[necromancy-savant]

When I was in Hebrew school, they taught us how to read the letters up until like 6th grade and then a few phrases in modern Hebrew. Just the phrases, no vocab or grammar so we could understand what we were saying. I've always thought it was a missed opportunity to learn Biblical Hebrew and understand everything we were saying in services, especially when my synagogue had a very good and accessible set of textbooks in the library designed to do just that

[velvet-thirst]

"I remember when we used to be able to agree to disagree and didn't cut off friends and family over politics"

Okay. Let entertain this idea.

Lets act like its 'just politics' and not a difference in morals, empathy, and character. Let's pretend this isn't a matter of human rights and safety but a matter of opinion.

Theoretically speaking, lets say we 'embraced each other'

Are you going to pay for my medications if Trump cuts Medicaid?

Are you going to pay for my Dr's appointments? My specialist appointments?

If they cut the program for the home healthcare job I have are you going to pay my bills? My rent?

If this country becomes unsafe for me and my wife because we can't be married, live together, safely hold hands in public without fear of being attacked, spied on, or killed are you going to pay for us to flee the country? Are you going to pay for my pets to be safely quarantined until they can be brought over?

Or, forget the money, will you accept and admit when he is wrong?

When he says things that are blatant lies and riddled with bias? When he and those he puts in power hurt people, hurt our county, send us to war with our allies and unite us with our enemies. Will you speak out? Will you openly criticize him? Or will you stay silent because you either agree, don't care, or fall into a political sunk cost fallacy where you feel like you have to continue to support him because you've staked so much on it?

Or are you going to claim to love and care about and support me while you continue to vote against my life and watch me drown while all you offer are... thoughts and prayers?

[im-out-of-it]

MINISERIES COLLECTION: MAGNUS APPRECIATION 🔥

Alec is good at apologies for someone who states they aren’t good at it

🔥

I’d rather be there. can I join???????

PLEASE I WANT TO BE THERE

Magnus loves a challenge

not this challenging though

Alec can’t remember what he came here to do

none of us blame him 🥰

it’s very new

Magnus has his priorities

my man was going through it all in 2x01 (I’m not a fan of this episode)

that’s how I get when I hear jaces name

WHO THE BLOODY FUCK TOLD OR SHOWED MAGNUS HE WAS A LOT????? I WANT NAMES

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[rookanis-de-riva]

I feel like Lucanis could handle a picky eater. that's a challenge. memorizing a list of safe vs not safe foods, tracking down ingredients, encouraging Rook to eat ...

yes, maybe part of his soul dies for a Rook who doesn't like tomatoes or marinara sauce, but there are plenty of cream-based sauces! it's a struggle to make the blandest no spice food with thoughts and prayers of garlic, but the triumph of feeding a Rook who struggles to eat would be SO GOOD for this man. he'd figure out the problem with blueberries is the squishy popping texture, blend them into the pancake batter, and then ride that high for WEEKS

but a Rook who just eats anything?? this kills the man.

if Lucanis EVER hears any words at all about "rare chicken" the entire team is getting a food prep safety course by force. dried mystery jerky tougher than leather is eaten just as enthusiastically as his homemade meatballs and it really fucks him up tbh

this is why I'm making my Rook a former street urchin who had to fight off the other kids for garbage scraps. his only opinions on food are: is it difficult or painful to swallow, does it make me puke, does it give me the bad shits

if two out of three of those questions are answered NO then he eats it

Lucanis learns what "chicken of the city" means to elves and opens ten different soup kitchens immediately while begging on his knees for Rook to SHOW. HIM. before putting anything in his mouth

[sheolaaii]

My random opinions/thoughts on signs/placements

(I’m bored and don’t want to sleep plus got a driving exam tomorrow) (send your prayers)

I love how flexible and open minded pisces/12th house placements are. They just have this way of looking at the world in very broad lenses. It’s like they’ve seen so much shit as children that nothing phases them anymore. The people I’ve always felt accepted by always had pisces and/or 12th house placements. They are just very sympathetic and non judgmental, it’s a very calming energy to be around in my opinion.

I’m really wondering about rahu ruled moon natives..how are your mothers?

I’m begging for people who have slept/dated/engaged with Scorpio mars (in tropical) men to tell me all about their experience because as someone who only sees them from afar I always get a major ick. I think it might come from the way people describe them on astrology tumblr.

Virgos mercuries/suns are so funny to me. They roast people without even trying. They have this way of communicating with other, like I’m hung up on every word that comes out of their mouths. It’s that mercury in them making them so witty I fear.

I always say I love Scorpio moons and the main reason why I love scorpio moons so much is because of their depth. Even if they don't let me in, even if they don't show me the whole thing I know there's depth and an ice berg and that's enough for me to be interested in them. I also vibe very well with them because they aren’t afraid of criticism and feel so real in my eyes. Like pisces placements, I always feel like they are open minded and really really dark subjects don’t phase them or make them uncomfortable.

I love the concept and energy of cancers. Their protective and loyal nature is so beautiful. Being so guarded and having difficulty letting people in because you value your personal space and home so much is so adorable let me innn I wanna kiss you and cook you a warm soup.

Aquarius placements are so unpredictable. on one hand you have the artsy, emotional, misunderstood, left leaning and freedom is best type of person and on the other you have incel 101, Elon musk is my king, astrology is bs and AI is the way to utopia type of person. Like wow

I wish more of y’all used astrology for self discovery instead of future spouse/beauty related things. The more you know yourself the more you understand how you don’t only have flaws but also strengths. How you’re a multifaceted person who is much more than their looks or than their potential fame. Using astrology only for superficial things is harmful and also…boring. Please dig deeper what are you guys so afraid of?

[dreamauri]

you've done sub!oscar how about gentledom! oscar , pretty pleaseeeeeee

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It starts with his voice. Low and unhurried, like he knows time bends for him. For you. Like he’s not in a rush to get anywhere because he already has you exactly where he wants you — breath shallow, skin buzzing, hips twitching with want.

“Don’t move,” Oscar says, voice a velvet leash, and you freeze mid-shiver on the sheets.

There’s nothing hard in his tone, but the command sinks into your spine anyway, soft and final. You’re spread out on his bed, underwear long gone, one of his hands wrapped around your ankle, thumb brushing lazy circles into your skin like you’re some kind of masterpiece he’s in no rush to finish.

“Let me take my time with you.” You nod. You swallow. You try not to squirm. He notices — of course he does. That little twitch of your thighs? The stutter in your breath? Oscar sees it all.

“You’re so impatient.” His mouth is at your knee now, ghosting kisses higher, trailing fire. “Always so loud about what you want.”

His lips brush the inside of your thigh, and your hands fist in the sheets. You feel a low laugh in his throat, more than you hear it. He’s enjoying this. Enjoying you.

“Breathe, darling,” he murmurs, and it’s so condescendingly sweet you almost moan. “You’ll be good for me, won’t you?”

You nod again, faster this time, a whine caught in the back of your throat. But he’s not satisfied. “I said, say it.”

You meet his eyes — warm brown, dark with something unreadable. But not cruel. Never cruel. Just in control.

“I’ll be good,” you whisper, and his smirk softens into something fonder, more dangerous. His hands — one on your ankle, the other trailing up to your waist — squeeze just enough to make your breath catch.

“That’s my girl.”

You’re already a mess under his fingertips, and he hasn’t even really touched you yet. Just kissed, just held, just looked. And it’s the way he looks at you that kills you. Like you’re breakable. Like you’re holy. Like every breath you take is a prayer he’s going to answer with his mouth.

And he does. When he finally leans in — slow, torturous — and kisses between your thighs, he holds you steady like you might fly apart otherwise. And maybe you would. His tongue moves with precision, not too fast, not too slow, just enough to make you arch into his mouth and forget every coherent thought you’ve ever had.

But every time your hips buck too high, he pulls back. “I said pace yourself, baby.”

And it’s not cruel — it’s careful. It’s him taking you apart like a song he wants to memorize, over and over. He holds you down not to restrict, but to guide. To teach. That pleasure is better like this. That letting him lead will feel better than chasing it alone.

“You’re doing so well for me,” he breathes, hot against your skin. “So sweet. So perfect like this.”

And when he finally lets you come — lets you — it’s not just release. It’s surrender. It’s falling apart in his hands, knowing he’ll catch every broken piece and kiss it back together.

He kisses your stomach after. Your hip. Your knee. Works his way back up until he’s pressed over you again, skin to skin, lips brushing your jaw.

“See?” he whispers, a little smug, a little reverent. “Told you I’d take care of you.”

And you believe him. God, do you believe him.

voice notes . . . ( in honour of his birthday ladies and gentlemen, I made oscar a dom. it was so weird writing this because he's such a sub or vanilla kind of guy in my opinion )