#uhhhhh I'm not as pleased with this as the first one but I think it turned out all right

[nihongoseito]

uhhh fuck it: reverse-translating all the japanese in aftg 5

i guess this is what i'm up to these days??? i'm so terminally bored i'm ctrl+f searching "japanese" in all the aftg books by nora sakavic. turns out aftg 5 (the golden raven) is the only one with actual legible japanese (i.e., japanese written as english, instead of just "and then he spoke japanese"). so uhhhhh yeah let's translate that!!

note: i'm going to include some rōmaji (latin transliterations) in this post, just in case it breaks langblr containment!

1. 無理やり = by force

anyways, let's get into it. here's our first of three:

jean rounded on kevin and did the only thing he could: he slipped into japanese and said, "don't make me do this." (175)

ooh, this is very english, especially "do" as a filler verb. japanese doesn't often use する this way, but we'll use it here due to context.

let's check out "make me" first. in japanese we've got the causative form:

〜させる* = to make or let (someone) do ~

which is fine and good, but we've got to make it clear that we mean make and not let (which is probably the more common usage). to do so i'm going to use this adverb:

無理（むり）やり = by force, against one's will; forced (i.e., not natural or obvious)

with this, there's no way you could read the sentence as *don't let me do this or similar.

lastly, we should get the flavor of the imperative (command) right. we could use the true blue negative imperative, させるな, but i don't think that quite matches jean's tone here, which is much more like begging. so, let's use 〜てください, or more specifically, the rough version 〜てくれ—in the negative, of course!

putting all these together, we get my reverse translation:

無理やりさせないでくれ。 = (lit.) please don't make me. = "don't make me do this." transliteration: muriyari sasenaide kure.

i'm pretty satisfied with this! we could maybe get a more specific verb in there, but that's less to do with the translation and more with the source text.

*of course, this form shows up as 〜あせる in 五段 verbs :)

2. 〜てもらいな = get them to ~

this one is long, a veritable speech:

kevin ignored her and answered in japanese. "have jeremy take you outside for some air. i will inform hannah we will not be answering any of these questions. if she refuses to back down, we will leave. i will message jeremy with the decision either way." (175)

i'll be honest, this one took me a while—it was tough, but fun. (also, kevin is my favorite character, so i wanted him to sound right!) let's go sentence-by-sentence:

have jeremy take you outside for some air.

tricky right off the bat! what are we supposed to do with "have jeremy take you"? probably we should use 〜てもらう, which usually comes up in cases of receiving. after all, kevin is basically instructing jean to "receive" an action from jeremy. because this is a sports anime, we could have kevin use the rough imperative もらえ, but we could ALSO have him be slightly nicer (but still authoritative), since jean was once his mentee/mob partner/co-captive/etc. just bc i like the tone of it, let's do the nicer-but-authoritative one using the shortened 〜なさい form:

1. ジェレミーに外で休憩でも連れて行ってもらいな。

honestly, this is much wordier in japanese than in english, which i don't completely like. we could probably delete 外で (= outside) and lose a bit of specificity but keep all the essentials if we wanted.

next sentence:

2. i will inform hannah we will not be answering any of these questions.

idk about you guys, but in my english, "will not be ~ing" essentially means "refuse to ~", so that's how i'll translate this sentence. also, because kevin is going to use reported speech ("hannah, we will not..."), i'll put that portion in 敬語 (respectful language). as we know, kevin is a perfect publicity boy, so he would definitely be appropriately and maximally formal in these situations. lastly, he's emphasizing that he will take care of hannah and that jean doesn't have to worry about it, so i'll put in 俺 with emphatic が.

2. 俺がハンナにこんな質問お断りしますと伝えてくる。

next!

3. if she refuses to back down, we will leave.

again, "refuses to back down" isn't extremely wordy in english, but in japanese, something like 譲るのを拒む is very wordy, so i'm going to switch this to something more like "won't yield" using 〜てくれる.

3. 譲ってくれないならやめよう。

and lastly:

4. i will message jeremy with the decision either way.

i'm actually going to change the sentence structure a little bit here: instead of saying "with the decision," i'll write it as "once it's decided" (using 〜たら). i'm also going to use 〜てあげる instead of the rougher 〜てやる, because again, i'm having kevin be slightly nicer to jean out of like vestigial cult survivor affection. (also, he's talking about jeremy, who's his hero/憧れの人!) and lastly, i'll end the sentence on the particle combo からさ to express something authoritative yet reassuring, like so you don't need to worry about it (which we got a little bit of in sentence 2 as well).

4. とにかく決まったらジェレミーに連絡したげるからさ。

now, we actually have something of an interesting task: putting it all together. in the english kevin just rapid-fires off all these statements, but in japanese we like a lot more transition words, so i'm going to combine and reverse the first two sentences.

俺がハンナにこんな質問お断りしますと伝えてくるから、ジェレミーに外で休憩でも連れて行ってもらいな。 = (lit.) i'm going to tell hannah we refuse to answer these questions, so get jeremy to take you outside for a breather. = "have jeremy take you outside for some air. i will inform hannah we will not be answering any of these questions." transliteration: ore ga hanna ni konna shitsumon okotowari shimasu to tsutaete kuru kara, jeremī ni soto de kyuukei de mo tsurete itte moraina.

then, the next two sentences will go in regular order:

譲ってくれないならやめよう。とにかく決まったらジェレミーに連絡したげるからさ。 = (lit.) if she won't back down, we'll give up. in any case, once it's decided, i'll contact jeremy [so you don't have to]. = "if she refuses to back down, we will leave. i will message jeremy with the decision either way." transliteration: yuzutte kurenai nara yameyou. tonikaku kimattara jeremī ni renraku shitageru kara sa.

and just for thoroughness, i'll compile the japanese:

俺がハンナにこんな質問お断りしますと伝えてくるから、ジェレミーに外で休憩でも連れて行ってもらいな。 譲ってくれないならやめよう。とにかく決まったらジェレミーに連絡したげるからさ。 transliteration: ore ga hanna ni konna shitsumon okotowari shimasu to tsutaete kuru kara, jeremī ni soto de kyuukei de mo tsurete itte moraina. yuzutte kurenai nara yameyou. tonikaku kimattara jeremī ni renraku shitageru kara sa.

phew! that was a long haul, but i'm pretty happy with how it came out, especially kevin's tone. let's look at the last one!

3. やってやらねーわ = no way in hell

i like this quote in english a lot, so the pressure is on for me:

in weary japanese, kevin said, "our damage control needs damage control. i will never do an interview again." (179)

ooh, tasty! this isn't exactly a joke, since he obviously means it, but there is some sarcasm in there. japanese....doesn't do sarcasm very well (lol), so we're going to have to make it a little more literal. let's do the joke first:

1. our damage control needs damage control.

this sentence basically means our damage control is insufficient, which would translate into japanese really succinctly and comprehensibly—while, of course, completely losing the sarcasm. our other option is to force the sarcasm into a bit of a wordier/weirder sentence:

1. ダメコン足りねー。　<OR>　ダメコンにもダメコン要るじゃん。

i like both of these, but for the sake of being loyal to japanese, i'm going to stick with the first one. at the very least, using the rough 〜ねー negative gets across how fed up he is.

now, let's do the follow-up:

2. i will never do an interview again.

i'll interpret this as something like, "i'll never deign to give them an interview ever again," using 〜てやる, because he actually IS being a huge bitch here. that way we can enjoy using this extremely rough form which he hasn't been using with jean and give it a flavor of no way in hell. lastly, i'll add なんか for disdain and the masculine sentence-final particle わ for emphasis:

2. もう2度とインタなんかやってやらねーわ。

funnily enough, i feel like the sarcasm comes through much more clearly in this second sentence. and here's our final translation:

ダメコン足りねー。もう2度とインタなんかやってやらねーわ。 = (lit.) our damage control is not cutting it. no way in hell i'm giving [them/anyone] a stupid interview ever again. = "our damage control needs damage control. i will never do an interview again." transliteration: damekon tarinee. mou nido to inta nanka yatte yaranee wa.

am i completely satisfied with this? honestly, no, but i think it gets the job done. some of the problem just comes from the way the dialogue is set up, which would be a problem for an ACTUAL translator to fix (lol).

what did we learn...?

weirdly, we learned (or i learned) that i really want to put 関西弁 (kansai/western japanese) into all this sports anime ass dialogue (lol). i resisted since it wouldn't match the tone, assuming that kevin and jean learned how to speak from a tokyo mafia prince, but maybe if jean speaks marseilles french he'd actually be pretty down with getting into some 関西弁! やんけ！

also, as i've mentioned a couple times, i found the sentence structure of these quotes to be really wonky if you translate them straight to japanese. i messed with it a little but, but definitely not enough for it to sound like regular japanese (i don't think). that wasn't exactly my mission here, so i'll let it go as a problem for another, rainier day, but i think it's important to note. (actually, my opinion is that some of this sentence structure is pretty awkward in english as well...but since she's writing drama, the dialogue doesn't HAVE to sound like real people, ofc.)

and lastly, we (i) learned (remembered) that i love kevin day!! heinous bitch!! <33

anyways thanks for sticking with me for a pretty unusual episode of "sasha uses this blog for whatever the hell she wants"....hopefully it was interesting even if you don't know the source material! as always, great work and お疲れ様でした!!

[astro-inky]

the aquamarine au

Info about au below (or at least what i have so far)

-based on the 2006 move Aquamarine, a teen romcom about two teenage girls meeting a mermaid and helping her find love to achieve their wish of one of them not moving away (its my childhood). this au takes basic plot ideas from the movie but with major changes

Jimmy and Joel are both 17. Jimmy's family owns a small, local beach resort where he also lives. Joel lives next door and they're basically attached at the hip and spend all their time at the resort. It's tense between them because Joel is moving far away by the end of the summer.

Scar is 19. He's been working at the beach as a lifeguard since he was in high school. Local sweetheart, everybody loves him. Seems like he sucks at his job, but nothing wrong ever really happens on his shift. Known flrt.

Grian is an unknown age but closer to Scar than Jimmy and Joel. I'm still working out his part. He's a mermaid who ran away from home. The Watchers are a group who protect mermaid pods but have very strict rules and archaic views; such as there is no such thing as love and have arranged a marriage for Grian he doesn't want (The Watchers in this au are less Mega Evil and more Parents Who Don't Understand and Kind Of Suck). He runs away to prove love exists. In doing so, getting into a major fight with his sister.

Grian gets caught in a storm and washes up into the pool of the beach resort, where Jimmy and Joel find him. They are SUPER cautious at first, but immediately offer to help him find true love when Grian tells them that helping a mermaid grants them a wish. They're hoping to use the wish to make it so Joel's family doesn't move away.

Grian is a bit oblivious to the human world, but even more so to the concept of love, because it is not common in the mer world. This leads Grian to believe anyone can love you with a bat of an eyelash, which leads him to try to woo the first interesting person who catches his eyes; aka Scar. When it doesn't immediately work, he's actually quite pissed off and thinks its Scar's fault for not falling in love with him. Jimmy and Joel proceed to make a plan to match the two together because Scar is so nice and probably the only person willing to give this weird and off putting mermaid a chance.

Unlike the movie, which takes place over a couple days, this au takes place over the course of a month or two, so there is even more chemistry between the cast. Hijinks and cringey romcom shenanigans ensue.

The ending is very different from the movie (im still thinking about it i dont have a lot for this au please go watch Aquamarine tho its my childhood and i love it)

uhhhhh IDK WHO IS GOOD FOR A CECILLIA CHARACTER. ok in the movie theres a character named cecillia shes the typical mean girl trying to stop the main characters from getting together. i wanna put someone in this role bc shes iconic and has funny moments im inspired by but im having a hard time thinking of someone who fits the role. any ideas for this or any thoughts at all are welcome, this au is for fun!!!

[mediumgayitalian]

MEMEMEME! ILL ASK ABOUT THAT FIC TELL EVERYTHING

(I'm trying to catch up on your blog I swear!)

HI BELOVED TAKE YOUR TIME. I KNOW YOU ARE BUSY. IT IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. but as for the fic (i'm sorry. genuinely):

cecil and lou ellen are fighting. cecil is being a shithead and just driving her nuts, which is rare bc she is also often a shithead who drives ppl nuts, but she is at her wits end. and will is like halfheartedly trying to stop it but hes like Busy right. its summer. hes got an infirmary to run.

but lou ellen snaps and goes YOU WANNA ACT LIKE A CHILD? FINE! BE AA CHILD! and shes so mad the magic POPS off of her like cecil gets HEXED.

except.

cecil is his fathers son.

he is fast.

he ducks and will, who is less fast and also Tired, gets hit instead.

theres this huge glow of green light, everyone is shrieking, no one knows what's going on, then the smoke clears and there is will, on the floor, NINE GODDAMN YEARS OLD. and everyone is like oooooohhhhh gods what do we do.

and lou ellen is like I DONT KNOW I DONT KNOW IT WAS AN ACCIDENT I DIDNT EVEN HEX HIM I JUST KIND OF EXPLODED and everyone is trying so so hard to figure it out,m but will is unconscious, and he is LITTLE and there is PANIC

cue annabeth who is like OKAY. everyone chill the fuck out. someone go get him clothes that fit. hes gonna wake up and be confused. remember we're down a medic. the rest of you need to use your fucking heads.

so people are chill but BUZZING with the rumours bc baby will is so goddam Cute like actually but also like. is he gonna age back? is he stuck that way? and they keep side eyeing nico and nico is trying not to let it bother him but hes also like oh shit oh god did i just lose the love of my life please tell me this isnt happening oh my god fuck

someone brings harley's extra clothes, but since harley is jacked they're Way too big on him, also will is small for his age, so theyre like literally what is the point of giving him these he might as well wear his own clothes, and cecil is like yo wait a second. ur onto smth maybe. so he slinks off into storage and comes back with like a stack of will's old clothes. and they're just The dorkiest things in the world

but anyways someone comes hollering to dinner like HES UP HES UP so nico rushes over and everyone else too and hes up alright. he is Bouncing off the walls.

as they suspected he is very much a nine year old. like not current fifteen year old will in a nine year olds body this is Nine Year Old Will Solace. and he is a motormouth and jumping on the bed and asking a million questions and going YOOOOOOOO ANABETH YOURE GIANT NOW and shes like bruh. okay. guess we really are going back to baby will. hold on everyone.

and nico is still stressed but also like. oh my gods. will is SO cute he is melting a little. like its hard not to

but then

then.

will chills for six seconds and hes like hey where's lee? or michael? they usually work this time a day and Boy does it ever get real quiet real fast.

and its like.

do you tell this child.

this bright eyed child.

that his entire family is dead.

or do you just lie.

they lie!

thinking quick as hell annabeth is like "uhhhhh theyre on a quest."

"all twelve of them?"

"…they're going on four quests"

"oh okay word! how come i couldnt come"

"?? bc?? ur 9??"

"aw"

and its just.

the rest of the time as they try to figure out how to turn him back

its just. this time capsule.

this kid who is asking about all these people that half the campers dont know and the other half are remembering, vividly and painfully, for the first time in years

knocking on the athena cabin door like "hey malcolm!! is carter here? i wanna play soccer"

"oh, sweetheart. he's, uh. he's at school"

and will is suspsicious because what the heck! carter always plays soccer with him especially when lee is gone! and carter is the smartest guy ever he graduated when he was ten! what!

and hes asking clarisse and she doesnt know what to say to him. she is the weakest shes ever felt in his life. all she sees is silena.

and hes asking about beckendorf and percy can hardly breathe and hes asking about luke and conner and travis dont know what to say and its AWFUL. its awful. the entire camp is realising for the first time just how many people theyve lost.

he asks about castor and mr d almost kills him.

like its just AGONIZING its the worst

and the worst of all is that will starts to realise.

the longer it stretches on the more he realises hey they arent here. they havent been here.

he goes to pull a box out from under his bed and its one no one has ever seen before and its just Filled to the brim. pictures on pictures and home videos and letters and diary entries spotted with tear tracks.

"they're gone. aren't they."

"…yes."

"all of them?"

"i'm sorry, will."

like it ACHES

he comes back to fifteen eventually and its just

how have you carried that

missing them all for so long

forgot to mention that when will tries to go back to his cabin nico thinks quickly int he beginning. "uhhhh they tried to um. renovate your cabin. with paint fromt he big house. and it had lead in it? apparently? so you and your cabin have to stay with me actually. for a while." just to keep him from seeing that literally None of his sibling's stuff is there. and hasnt been for years. and then one day no one can find will until they find him in the apollo cabin, in the early morning, rifling through this box in this giant empty cabin and realising what has happened. what he loses in the future. crying quietly. then into nico's arms, who's choking his own tears back.

"i don't want to go back to a future without them in it. i don't want to grow up. i don't want to grow up."

"believe me, sweetheart. i know."

just HEARTWRENCHING

[luvfy0dor]

“His Hands are in my Hair, His Clothes are in my Room ♡⁠˖” BSD x GN!Reader ੈ✩‧₊˚

╰┈➤ Osamu Dazai, Chuuya Nakahara, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol

Warnings; Nikolais and Chuuyas are hardly proofread, Nikolais was rushed, Nikolais nearly got scrapped, I don't like Nikolais, maybe a little ooc

Description; sharing clothing w the BSD boys

A/n; GUYS OH MY GOD I GOT A 5 ON MY FIRST AP EXAM IM SO PROUD OF MYSELF AHHHHHH IM GONNA CRY also I'm sorry posts are so few and far between. It's so hot and hard to function. I know I said the exact same thing to excuse minimal posts in winter but like. its literally hot as balls and all I got is a puny ass 8yro fan and the occasional sip of iced water.

Osamu Dazai ★

• Dazai likes to take your old T-shirts to sleep in when you lend them to him for the night. After a few nights of having Dazai at your house, you wonder why your sleep-shirt collection has nearly cut in half.

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You unlocked the door of your apartment and pushed it open with your unoccupied hand. The other arm held a large brown paper bag filled with gas station food and snacks for you and your boyfriend, who followed you inside. Once you set the bag down on the coffee table, you retrieved your keys from the door and closed it. When you came back to the kitchen, Dazai had already dumped everything out and was sifting through all the options. "The walk back from the gas station was hardly five minutes and I've already forgotten everything we got." He says with a grin, opening a bag of chips and eating a couple. He offered you some, holding the bag out to you. "Want some?' He mumbled.

"Yeah, let me just change into pajamas first, I don't wanna do anything until I'm comfortable." You said, shrugging off your jacket and starting to undo your belt before you even make it back to your room. Dazai followed suit, bag of chips still in hand. "Can I borrow some?" You nodded before taking off your shirt and tossing it in the laundry hamper, going through your closet to find a shirt for your boyfriend and yourself. "Thank youuu~" He plops down onto your bed, keeping the chip bag upwards so he doesn't get any crumbs or dust on your nice blankets. He watches you pull one of your band shirts over your head, admiring your body from his position on your mattress. He's snapped out of his daze when black fabric comes flying at him, but he catches it before it can smack him in the face. "Thanks, babe, you're so kind."

He switches his work clothes for your old ones, the big shirt nearly swallowing his scrawny torso comfortably. "Alright, I want snacks, come on." You gesture for him to follow you back out to the kitchen where the array of snacks was waiting for the two of you on the counter. There were numerous kinds of chocolate, and Dazai had grabbed a couple bags of gummies for himself. There were a few more bags of chips for variety, and you scooped everything up in your arms to bring to the living room. You dropped them all on the coffee table and grabbed the remote. "Alright, what movie are we feeling?" You ask, turning to the brunette man. "Uhhhhh, how about an action movie. Somethin' that looks exciting." He says, slinging his arm over your shoulder while he munches on sour gummy worms. Eventually, the two of you decide on a Godzilla movie, slumped against the couch with chocolate residue on the tips of your fingers from your candies. Dazai let out a long sigh as the movie came to a close, leaning into you and resting his head on your shoulder.

You ran your fingers through Dazais messy and slightly greasy hair, scratching his scalp and listening to his pleased, quiet hum. "Are you falling asleep or are you up for another movie?" You ask him, watching the credits roll on the TV. "I'm up for another movie, I just think I might be having a sugar crash." He says, groaning as he sits back up. You nod and grab the remote again, browsing through all the film options. Every now and again, your eyes involuntarily flickered over to your boyfriend, and you couldnt help but smile. He looked really cute in your shirt, and it almost made you wanna treat the movie like chopped liver and cuddle up to him.

"You look really cute." You say, playing whatever movie you absent-mindedly started in your daze. "Oh, I know, right?" He grins running his hand over his body. "As a matter of fact, I've never felt sexier." He teases, moving his eyebrows up and down with a smirk. You can't help but laugh at him. "Let's get you on a playboy cover." Before you know it, he's standing up in front of the TV. "Scrap the movie, you have me for entertainment instead." He puts his hands on his hips and strikes a pose, making you laugh some more. "You want some attention? I mean, I guess since you asked so politely." You stand up with an eye roll and pull him in, kissing him and running a hand down his side. He keeps one hand on your chin, tilting your head to meet his lips, sighing quietly each time your lips part for a quick moment. Soon, you both need more air then small gasps and have to pull away. He smiles and messes with the fabric of your own shirt. "How about we ditch this mess for now and go to bed, yeah? We can continue comfortably there?" He offers, You glance back over at the piles of snacks, opened or not, scattered acrossed the floor. Normally you'd make him help you clean up before doing anything else, but tonight you really couldn't be bothered and just wanted to follow Dazai wherever he'd take you. "Alright, let's go."

Chuuya Nakahara ★

• Everyone knows that Chuuya adores his hat, but not everyone knows he's got a decently sized collection of fancy hats on top of his closet. One day while rummaging around and trying to find one of Chuuyas button downs for him, you notice them all on the top rack.

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"Chuuya, you didn't tell me you had so many hats!" You called out to him, standing back and staring at them all. Chuuya was currently in the bathroom, shaving his peach fuzz to keep his smooth face. "Huh? Oh, yeah, I've got a ton." He calls back, washing the shaving cream off of his skin. "They're pretty..can I try some of 'em on?" You ask, reaching to grab the one on the top of the stack. "Go ahead." He walks out of the bathroom with his towel around his waist, leaning against the doorframe to watch the little fashion show you were about to put on. The first one you grabbed was adorned with flowers of various colors. You placed it on your head and turned around, posing with your hands on your hips.

"What do you think? Vogue worthy?" You ask him. He smiles at you and nods, his arms crossed over his chest. "One hundred percent, that's peak fashion." He says genuinely, standing up straight and walking over to the closet. He reaches up and grabs another hat for you to try, switching it out for the flowers one. This one is a dark, reddish brown color. "This one's cute too." You giggle and head over to the bathroom to see for yourself. "Ooo, I'm not sure this kinda hat is necessarily for me." You giggle. "What do you mean? It looks great on you!" He says, following you in and hugging you from behind. "You only say that because they're your hats." You say, grinning.

"I mean, I guess not everyone is destined to look good in them like me." He says, squeezing your hip. "I gotta actually get ready for work now, I'm probably runnin' late." He says, turning around and dropping his towel. He tossed it into the hamper before getting dressed in his usual attire, spotting the button down that you had forgotten about in favor of his hat collection. "Okayyyy." You yawn, stretching your arms over your head and treading through the bedroom to start your own morning routine. You didn't have to leave for another hour, but Chuuya had to get to work within the next 30 minutes. After brushing your teeth, you notice Chuuya searching the bedroom for his usual hat.

"The nightstand." You point out to him. He sees it and lets out a sigh of relief, grabbing it and plopping it on his head. "Thanks, doll. I gotta get going' now, but I'll see ya tonight, okay?" He says, pulling you in by your waist for his daily goodbye kiss. "Yeah, got it." You smile before kissing him sweetly for a quick moment before he backs away. "Alright, I love you, see ya later." He playfully smacks your ass before letting go of you and heading out to the door. "Bye Chuuya, I love you, I'll see you later!" Once you heard him leave, you smiled to yourself and headed right back to the closet. You didn't necessarily have to get dressed just yet, so that gave you some time to try on a couple more hats on your own.

Fyodor Dostoevsky ★

• Fyodor doesn't mind letting you borrow his cape if you seem cold, or he'll simply wrap it around you and pull you into his side. He prefers the latter, considering it doesn't take much for him to get chilly.

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Fyodor held your gloved hand in his as you both walked down the snowy streets of Yokohama. It was the winter solstice and you both decided to take a walk down one of the most popular roads and do some window shopping. By the end of the evening, the hand that wasn't occupied with holding Fyodors held a warm cup of hot chocolate that you sipped on periodically. "Have you enjoyed yourself tonight, Myshka?" He asks you, adjusting his ushanka and gazing up at the sky, noticing some snow start to fall. "I did. Thanks for coming with me, I know you have a lot of stuff to do." You respond, bringing the cup to your lips for another sip. He waves his hand dismissively. "That doesn't mean I can't accompany you." His thumb rubs over your knuckles as snow starts landing on his hat and your head, the street lamps illuminating the darkness with a tangerine-colored glow. You nod at his words, leaning into his shoulder and shivering.

"It's so cold, Fedya." You say, your head on his shoulder and your hand squeezing his tightly. He lets go in order to put his arm around your waist, pulling his long cape over your shoulder. "I know, the walk home isn't much further, don't worry." You smile and hold onto the old, worn material to keep it in place. "You're right, thanks." You say, feeling butterflies in your stomach. It never mattered how long you and Fyodor had been together, every affectionate action made you feel like you had just got together. He held you close with his cape still shielding you from the cold and adding a layer of warmth to your jacket. He would peer over at you every now and again, laughing under his breath at all the snow that was getting into your hair. "What's so funny?" You ask him, a smile spread acrossed your face. "You've got a whole bunch of snow on your head." He tells you. "It looks like dandruff."

You roll your eyes and yank the ushanka off of his head, placing it on yours instead. "There, now you won't have to look at it." You hold the fluffy hat on top of your head and try to prevent him from taking it back when he tugs on it. "No, you can get your own, my ears are cold." He says with a smile, eventually pulling it back into his own possession and patting it off. "I will say though, you look better in my hat than Dazai did." You give a proud smirk and rest your head on his shoulder. "I'd hope you'd think so." Your street comes into view and you pull him along as you speed up, wanting to get into the warm, cozy house as soon as possible. "I know running isn't exactly your thing but pick up the pace a little, I wanna get under the covers and cuddle." You tell him, getting closer to home with each passing second.

He picks up speed for you and listens to the sound of your feet hitting the pavement. It's not long before you've pulled him all the way home and you're unlocking the door, nearly spilling inside to get into the warm living room. Fyodor follows suit, unlacing his shoes and hanging up his cape and ushanka. You wait for him in the open doorway that connects the living room and the hallway, ready to curl up in bed away from the harsh cold. "Alright, I'm coming." He says, treading through the hall with you and opening the bedroom door. His hand rested on your lower back as you both walked to the comfortable mattress, crawling under the covers and pulling each other close. "Your cape is really warm and comfortable. You should wrap me in it more often." You say, scooching closer to him and letting his arm drape over your waist.

"Hmm, I guess that wouldn't hurt. You really like it?" He peers down at you, his head propped up on his fist. "Yeah, I might have to steal it, actually." You say seriously, making him click his tongue. "You're welcome to steal it if I'm not wearing it." He says, chewing on the inside of his cheek habitually. "Then expect it to be off the hanger more often then not." He smiles and presses a kiss to your forehead, laying his head down on the pillow. "Okay, that's fine, but right now you have me and the blanket to keep you warm." He murmurs, closing his eyes. "Well you're not contributing to that as much as the blanket, but whatever you say." You kiss his cheek and brush his bangs out of his face. "G'night Fedya, I love you." You say, resting your head on his chest, ready for sleep. "I love you too, y/n, sleep well."

Nikolai Gogol ★

• You always loved Nikolais outfit and couldn't help but wanna put it in one day. You were sure he wouldn't mind, after all, sharing attire was nothing foreign to your relationship.

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It started with you trying on his blouse for fun, but then you decided the blouse wasn't complete without the vest, pants, gloves, collar, shoes, or hat. Everything fit you a little differently than it fit Nikolai, but it didn't matter, because when you walked over to the nearest reflective surface, you found yourself cute, and you almost couldn't wait for Nikolai to get out of the shower to show him. You just needed one more thing, his cape. You ran out to the coat rack by the door and swung it behind you and then over your shoulders excitedly, grabbing it by the edges and moving it around. You felt really fancy with his cape, swaying your body just to feel the fabric move with you. As a matter of fact, you were so caught up in how good the cape made you feel that you didn't even realize the bathroom door open.

"Oh, wow, dove! My outfit looks so good on you! I've never noticed how much the red gloves pop until now." You turned around so fast, as if you were sitting in silence and all of a sudden a full file cabinet tipped over and crashed onto a linoleum floor. "Wah-! When'd you get out? I mean, thank you, but you scared me!" You say with a nervous laugh. "I thought it looked cute." You murmur, starting to pull off the gloves, but he stops you. "Hey, wait, you should stay in it for a moment, I'm not done admiring you yet!" He tells you, walking over and grabbing your hands gently. He leans in to kiss you, his smile palpable on his lips. You hand falls on his shoulder, rubbing it up and down affectionately before pulling away. "You really like it that much, huh?"

He nods. "Ofcourse! Oh, I'd love to show everyone how wonderful you look. Would you let me?" He asks, squeezing your hands tightly. "Sure, Kolya, go ahead." He quickly skitters off to fetch his cellphone, returning with the camera app already open. "Pose." He says, watching you place your hands on your waist and cock your hip a little bit. "Ah, gorgeous." He says, spamming the capture button. "Okay, I think that's enough." He says, his cheeks a bit pinker than before. He tossed his phone onto one of the side tables and embraced you once again, resting his head on top of yours. "Come on, y/n, I'd like to see you in my whole wardrobe now!" He says excitedly, pulling you along back to the bedroom. You don't necessarily know what you ignited in him, but it was certainly something, and now you were preparing yourself for a god-knows-how-long fashion show for your boyfriend. Not that you really minded, ofcourse.

A/n; another post that was supposed to have sigma and then didn't have sigma because I wanted to watch Jersey shore instead of write. ALSO I WENT TO THE DENTIST YESTERDAY terrible experience I cried but don't tell anyone I said that

[taintandviolent]

So, I saw that you write Gambit, and I fell in LOVE with your style and portrayal. I also saw your smut list? Could I maybe request Gambit with a female S/O? I can't decide between 100, 117, 127, 144. So uh.... You pick? I'm honestly a sucker for first times/possessive/protective/ would burn the world down to protect troupes. If it's too much though, feel free to ignore me. I don't mean to bother you about my hyper fixation crush xD

warnings: smut (female receiving), fingering, remy being selfless and concerned with your pleasure only, uhhhhh I think that's it. I'm sorry my smut drabbles have been kinda mild lately, I haven't got the braincell during the work week lmao.

The sound of the world outside your window fades away as he touches you. Your back arches against the mattress, pushing your chest up into the air and as it does, Remy’s hands trail over your ample cleavage, admiring it as his fingertips ghost over the flesh, leaving a trail of goosebumps in its wake. 

Every ragged breath has your tits bouncing, jiggling underneath his touch, and Remy gobbles up the visual like it’s dinner. Everything he does seems to elicit lewd reactions from your body, actually – not that you’re complaining. At all. In fact, you’re just about blissed out with the way he’s touching you. A shiver erupts down your spine, shaking your entire body. He smiles a half-smile as he watches your reactions.

He has you whining at the attentive way his hands move over your body, tracing every inch of it like he’s trying to remember it in case he never gets to touch it again. One hand traces the curve of your stomach, while the other is slotted between your legs, fingering you masterfully. You swallow, laboriously lifting your head to look down at his hands. He’s been going at you for God knows how long, you’ve lost track. You can feel the outline of his erection on your leg, yet he oddly hasn’t insisted upon anything. 

“You feel so good… but…”  He looks at you with concern in his eyes, as if he’s suddenly realized that you’re unhappy. Remy’s fingers slow their pace, ready for whatever comes next. He’d do anything to please you, even if that meant stopping. 

“B-But what about you?” you continue, worried.

Relieved, he chuckles low, and slides his finger down to your entrance, ready to resume. “We can worry about Remy later. It’s alla’ ‘bout you right now.”

His selfless response floors you… or maybe it’s the way that his middle finger breaches your dripping slit, and crooks up inside to find your G-spot with ease, while the wide pad of thumb continues swiping at your clit. Maybe it’s both. You’re going with both. 

You’re used to being pleasured. You’ve felt all this before – well, not this, specifically, because no man has ever pleasured you the way that Remy Lebeau is pleasuring you currently. From the way his finger encircles your clit, applying just enough pressure to drive you crazy, but not enough to make you orgasm yet to the way that he leans down every so often, kissing along your collarbone.

“Remy,” you plead. “I want you to feel good, too…” 

“Oh, don’t you worry ‘bout ‘dat, chere… I feel just fine right now.”

Serving as punctuation, Remy thrusts his hips into the meat of your thigh, bumping his swollen, aching cock against your leg. You can feel the heat of it through your pants, and long to touch it, to stroke it, to taste it�� but he has you whipped underneath his grasp, he’s in control and you’re certainly not about to test his strength.

[medi-melancholy]

so i have randomly come down with something nasty as fuck the past couple days, and am currently very sick and miserable and on a diet of many pills and whatever liquids i can manage,

and i have decided to inflict illness upon anjyu as well, because i think it's funny, and excuses my currently terrible gameplay <3

sometime in between running around in deserts, marshes, woods, and mountains, and reporting back to minfilia, our hero comes down with the cold to end all colds. unfortunately, anjyu is an oblivious sort of patient, and does not recognize this. i'm sure it'll go fine

"save... save thancred what?

... ... ...oh and thank you" <- has basically zero confidence in himself rn

[he gets lost and/or distracted and ends up in gridania again, somehow]

seasoned??? buddy he's been working for like 15 days max

met another one of mol's gals! and did not recognize it was her at first because i was SO out of it lmao!

all my friends be having huge viera ladies

oh shit, right, uhhhhh camp drybone meetup, or whatever [stumbles back over to thanalan]

don't think i don't see you doing your stupid lil dance back there while i fight for my life, fucker

And Then We Got Thrown In A Hole And Set On Fire

anjyu:

but seriously i love how confused and vaguely irritated he looks in this scene he's so lost rn

i, a clueless sprout in a party of longtime players, then proceeded to beat ifrit (they were all very kind)

o shit.... new rock

he is SO out of it

yeah man nah d. don't worry about it [cough hack wheeze]

th.....thanks.... [COUGH COUGH COUGH] thancred

seriously he's an amusing guy, i'm fond of him

FAT CAT MOUNT SPOTTED IN THE WILD

[stumbles half-awake down the stairs]

midichlorians...

"no i--i'm. i'm good." (she can tell he is not.)

"oh that's... that sounds horrible, thank you" <-doesn't realize he said that out loud

"that's nice, i--i didn't... want..... that"

oh good gods no. please no. why

"no thank you i do not like relationships," he says hastily, missing the point even more than usual, feverish, barely conscious

hearing 'master blair' back to back to back in rapid succession almost makes him hurl for like 30 different reasons but he keeps it down. probably gives those officers the most inscrutable expression though

gridania is home base, will probably be going with the adders

she WHAT

is he having a nightmare??? this feels like a nightmare. btw why is the room spinning

[kiyomitakada]

u mentioned halle in one of your asks (not sure which. but one of them. i think the sayu one) and id like to nominate halle for the ask game. please. i miss her and want to hear more about women.

it WAS the sayu one you're right anyway YAY HALLE MY FAVORITE FOREVER

favorite thing about them: i could swear that there's a line in manga canon that says she's chasing down kira as vengeance for someone she knew but i cannot find it for the life of me. (i know it's also in htr, which adds the detail that it was the yotsuba kira specifically, but it was DEFINITELY in the manga… ughhhh)

as an alternative i will say my favorite thing is that she's a wild card. not on near's side, not on mello's side, just wants to stop kira. [mello voice] i don't discount revenge as a motive

least favorite thing about them: this is not her fault but i wish we got more internal monologue while she was being kiyomi's bodyguard :((( can you please tell us. ONE thing you think about this situation. ONE thing about how you are now in a foreign country and isolated from all your colleagues (near specifically says not to tell her where the spk is located in case halle is controlled by the notebook) and work as the most trusted bodyguard of the voice of kira, who you are determined to bring down, alone if you have to. ONE thing. no? no??? god damn it

favorite line: you, near, and i all want to capture kira. we're all after the same goal.

brOTP: her and mello are cute. i like this panel especially

like this is halle right after she walked into her apartment. and mello is just There. pointing a gun at her. what the fuck was this. how long has he been standing there. halle doesn't look surprised at all so was this a daily occurrence in the week mello lived in her apartment, like, does she just come home to a gun pointed at her every day. why are they like this?

OTP: Don't Even Joke Lad

kiyoharu: you have to headcanon so much into halle for this to work but i do have a soft spot for it. they're around each other 24/7, halle is silently working against her but smiles at her so cheerfully, kiyomi has been warned by light to suspect everyone around her as an spk agent but for some reason halle is her most trusted confidante anyway. Something Is Up. don't say it's because kiyomi's stupid i'll kill you.

hallemisa: i have one argument for this

^ i love that misa remembers halle from her aborted fight with kiyomi. i love that halle says "i'm sorry misa" afterwards using her first name for some reason? in my head they bump into each other in chicago or something post-canon after misa fakes her death and misa immediately shouts I KNEW IT! YOU ARE STALKING ME!

hallenear/hallemello: I Love Unsatisfying Proxy Relationships

nOTP: none? i think? flipping through my brain index. the version of halle in my head is bisexual and likes pathetic people of any gender and since death note is full of pathetic people im sure we could make something work.

random headcanon: this post is full of my halle headcanons so let me try to think of some new ones… i tend to think she feels a little bit bad about kidnapping misa and lying to kiyomi but pushes it down for catching kira's sake. i also think her very obvious -_-’ reaction to near's casual sexism is the exact same type of reaction every 2020s older sister has experienced when their younger brother shows them something on the "pink job blue job" side of tiktok. maybe i could hit her with the szpd beam?

unpopular opinion: w.what opinions are there on halle. uhhhhh i think i saw someone on a forum saying she was trying to seduce mello away from near And I Think That's Stupid

song i associate with them: i don't have anything for her… this is shameful. i'm going to cheat a little bit and say debt collector by jhariah because it is The revenge song

favorite picture of them: i like this one a lot. ignore the murderer

halle: -_- are you done now.

[ditzyblues]

For the character thing, you did Mikey so why not do the rest of the bros!

youre so right anon. LETS BEGIN!! oldest to youngest

RAPHA:

How I feel about this character: I love her i mean him i mean Raph with all my heart. My fave Raphael probably. You know its real when I have an enneagram theory for her (9w8)

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Me. I'm serious. (Half joke. I used to tho.)

My non-romantic OTP for this character: Once again.. Casey is my candidate. They could've been best friends. Best sparring partners. Best red shred duo. I wanted them to be friends DAMN YOU NICKELODEON

My unpopular opinion about this character: She/her pronouns

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: Finished her arc LOL I wanted to see that "passing the leader torch" episode/s.

LEO:

How I feel about this character: I hate her badly ( I don't)

All the people I ship romantically with this character: No one in Rise. I've seen a handful of OC's i think compliment her character. However I don't think Leo's the type to jump at romance.

My non-romantic OTP for this character: I love most Leo duos. I wish we got an April and Leo only episode, because they played off each other so well in The Gumbus, and I'd have liked to have seen something later in the show when they're closer to completing the growth set up in the show. They're really funny and corny together.

My unpopular opinion about this character: She/her pronouns. Lesbian even. Also again, not a knock on Leo, but the years of fanonization of her: PLEASE STOP MISCHARACTERIZING HER shes super strong in the show .. why deviate so horrifically from that.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: Leader arc. Give it to me. No the movie doesn't count.

DONNIE:

How I feel about this character: My first ROTTMNT fave when I was 14. Now I'm Casey and April pilled, but she has a place in my heart forever due to her autism and how much of a laugh she gets out of me on rewatches.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Hmmm. I don't see a case for anyone in the show. Not the biggest believer in Kendratello within canon, but I do like some fanon interpretations of it. I also like a few OC's people have created to pair with her.

My non-romantic OTP for this character: Can't go wrong with April and Donnie. DNA if you will. Witch Town you must come again... we need you. They're so best friends and remind me of me and my own best friend (I'm Donnie of course.)

My unpopular opinion about this character: She/her again. I'm for real...There's a big case to be made for transfem Donnie that not many have woken up to..... I also think her voice is already womanly (Love you Josh Brener.)

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: Yeah can I get uhhhhh mf botany episode.

[alastorsbookie10228]

HIIIII im returning to help flood your inbox ! 😋

so uhhhhh could you maybe write about Husk like comforting reader (gn again please if you don't mind❤️) about a tough day at school, like the readers a teen and idk it js went rlly bad bc schools going back in and my week hasn't been the greatest 🥲 (I SHOULDVE STAYED SICK FOR LONGER OHMYGOSH KAKEKWJSJ) yeah but and platonic (OBVIOUSLY 💀😭) but like yk like husks their like father figure in a way?? Idk i js love the kitty and want him to comfort me😭

and ps thank u for the angel fic, i loved it and ur sweet as well ! ❤️

and i hope you're doing good:)

oh my goodness, all my friends' first week SUCKED and i've been imagining scenarios like this ALL DAY!!

anyway...now presenting...!

It's okay, kid. it'll be alright

Husk x reader (platonic) x Angel Dust (also platonic)

you sigh as you push open the doors to the Hazbin Hotel, throwing your bookbag to the side with a sigh. you blink back tears as you walk to the bar and slump into the seat beside Angel.

"hey, kid. you alright?" Husk asks, pouring your favorite soda into a glass and sliding it to you.

then it happens.

before you can catch yourself, you're sobbing into Husks chest as you fall to the floor.

"it was horrible! all the teachers are so mean, and that one girl that bullied me last year is in my math class!" you sob into his chest.

he rubs your back comfortingly and looks at Angel, slightly concerned.

"heya toots, ya wanna go watch a movie? make some cookies?" Angel offers with a small smile.

you sniffle and nod, standing up with Husk. you all walk to Angel's room, you reaching the door first as you were ecstatic to see Fat Nuggets. you smile and pick the pig up, snuggling him tightly.

Husk and Angel stand in the doorway, smiling slightly.

"they love that pig, don't they?" Angel says, and Husk nods.

"yeah. i been thinking, and i'm gonna get them a pet. not a dog though, because Alastor doesn't like dogs. maybe a hamster or a bird." Husk says, and they both walk into the room.

"alright, kid. you pick the movie." Angel hands you the remote, and you quickly play your favorite movie, causing them to laugh.

"it's gonna be the same every time, huh?" Husk asks, and you nod.

Angel and Husk lay on either side of you as you hold a snoring Fat Nuggets. your eyes start to droop slightly, and you lean towards Husk.

he looked down at you with a small smile and holds you.

"thank you for everything, dad" you say half asleep, and Husk's eyes widen, along with Angel's.

that sentence alone brought small tears to Husk's eyes, and he swore he'd never been so happy.

[lakesbian]

ok so my askbox is closed until i clean it like a responsible individual but i got dm'd a question so here it is

Who is your favorite Wildbow Antagonist: for both Worm, Pact, and Twig?

which is interesting because i dont think about antagonists very much compared to my designated groups of Special Little Protagonist Guys. obviously. that said

pact, listing first, bc it's got my favorite antagonist out of any of the three novels: i bet for most people its a competition btwn faysal and barbatorem and i do like faysal enough that i feel bad saying this but like. it's barbatorem. it's definitely barbatorem. that -- WAIT FUCK UR EXISTS. ohh shit. how did i forget ur exists. uh. um. uh. uh. folks i cant pick. please dont make me pick. barbatorem produced the only scene in the novel where i was genuinely afraid for blake (antagonist so bad it makes Lakesbian feel empathy 4 blakey the universal punching bag), and hes just like. a horrifying horrifying concept. more horrifying the longer you think about what he was used for. but at the same time, ur is just completely incredible conceptually, and the scene w/ the knights talking about the effects it had on them fucks me up. i feel like i do have to pick barbatorem in the end tho, just because of his power & significance and completely fundamental role in the story's creation. this has been my liveblog in picking a favorite pact antagonist, pact is so fucking good, please read pact

worm: [sweating really hard looking between a few of the endbringers and echidna] e ., [remembers that the simurgh caused echidna] uhhhhh [thinks about arc 8 again] uuuuuuh im gonna come back to this one

twig: mauer pre-character assassination bc the scene where he holds sylvester over an open fire and coldly breaks him completely emotionally open to the point where he's forced to be Honest for once in his wretched british black ops child soldier life is fucking awesome.

worm again: okay in the interest of brand loyalty i'm sticking to the simurgh

i extend this question to everyone else for fun also. what are you peoples favorite antagonists in each wildbow novel youve read, and why

[finniestoncrane]

Since I'm being Riddler this year for Halloween it made me think uhhhhh how would the Riddlers react to reader wearing their outfit? Also love your writing btw Finnie :>💚

Wearing Their Outfit

Riddler Headcanons AH thank you lil bug!! and a happy halloween everyone but especially everyone who is dressing up as the riddler in one capacity or another 💚 request info • prompt list • send me a request • kofi • masterlist minors DNI!! 🔞 cw: some suggestive stuff, nothing explicit i don't... think

arkham

regardless of which outfit you steal from him, the suit, the sweater vest, or the ratty vest and shirt combo he's gonna be annoyed. quite annoyed actually

you're sullying them! you don't deserve to wear them! what if people mistake you for him? he can't have that kind of damage to his reputation

so you better remove them, right now. and he doesn't care if you're then left naked and embarrassed, that's your problem. and it'll serve nice as an apology to him to get to see you in that state

zero year

he gets what you were going for, imitation is after all the greatest form of flattery and he can't deny that he deserves all the compliments in the world

but this is the wrwong way to please him, because here you are putting on more clothes, when he would rather you remove all clothes

the hat, however... that can stay on actually. you might have to hold on to it though, because he can't guarantee he'll be gentle with you

unburied

one of the very few times he has ever felt genuine adoration for you outside of his dry, sarcastic way of showing affection was when you borrowed his sweater

the one barbara gave him to wear, stained with his blood, torn and ripped and damaged, but a comfort item for him

and to see you all cosy and wrapped up in it, he can't help but consider that you might even be cuter than he is. but only just!

btas

that hat suits you but his shirt is a little big. doesn't matter though, because for first time in his life he's confused! he doesn't really know what to do

first of all, it seems to strange that something can be cute and sexy at the same time? you can't make his heart skip a beat and his cock hard at the same time, surely?

well, if anyone can, it's you. but that begs the question: what does he do next? smoosh your cheeks together? or... bend you over and clap the other set of cheeks?

dano

he'd lose his god damn mind, regardless of what you have underneath that coat, because his imagination is already running wild

just think how delightful it would be to peel back that mask while he was inside of you, revealing your face in pure ecstacy

even better if you were splattered in the blood of his enemies, but hey he's not going to be picky. the jacket and the boots are plenty

twojar

oh fuck yeah, because here's the thing about that outfit: the shirt isn't unbuttoned, it just doesn't have buttons

which means if you're wearing it he's getting a solid look at your chest, always a positive for him because getting to see any part of your body makes his day

but it proves a bit distracting for him while he's working on his overthrow of joker, so contrary to his desires, you might need to cover up

gotham

can we stay with sweet eddie? season 1 eddie? losing his mind over walking in on you in one of the labs wearing his lab coat, some rubber gloves, and his spare glasses?

the blushing, the flustered stuttering as he tries to ask what you're doing, knowing full well exactly what your intentions are but still finding it hard to believe

because how could this possibly be real? since this is exactly the same thing he dreamed about the ight before. and the night before that. and the night before that. and the night...

[joanthangroff]

fic rec - best of 2024

I haven't done one in ages so i thought [mariah carey voice] IT'S TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMEEEEEEEE. These are my fave fics from 2024 + two or three I read in 2025 already but I wanted to include them :)

Arrowverse

Once More, Mr. Queen by mybrotherharry

Olicity but turly mostly a genfic with a character study on Oliver!! The monitor makes Oliver travel to different universes to make sure the Ollies from there also become the Green Arrow. Shows different paths Oliver's life could have gone and how much he's grown. i loved it!!

Sacrifice by MaddyBaby

Genfic with a focus on Barry's and Hartley's friendship!! Set in season two when Barry travels back to the events of Hartley's first appearance. In the new timeline created by this, they're friends only that Barry doesn't know and has some trauma from the time Hartley wanted to kill him <3

Cold Storage by @sproutwings

Iris gets locked in a freezer and hallucinations of Snart help her get out of there. But maybe it's actually been him? Set Post-Oculus.

Partial Disclosure by RetroactiveCon

Hartmon bonding!!! Over queerphobia, too lmao. They're still at each other's throats but realise they have a lot more in common than they thought. Trans!cisco my beloved.

An Honest Thief by @sophiainspace

Coldwest team-up!!!! Polyamory!!!! Aromantic!Iris!!!!!! Coldflash!!!! Iconic Mick behaviour!! What more can I say????

The Memories That Hold Us Back by Cogentranting

Set after the Arrow finale where Oliver brought Tommy back to life. He's Mia's uncle and THEY'RE FAMILY. I love them.

Other DC

Perfect Paradise, Tearing at the Seams by McKat

Payneland fic with a truth spell!! Crystal buys a hexed necklace from Tragic Mick and when Charles accidentally touched it, he has to tell the truth.

heartbreak is one thing, my ego's another by @artemisadore

Catwin with SPOT-ON characterization!!! Edwin stops Thomas when he trashes his ex's car, only to find out that they have the same ex. To make him regret fucking them over (and for other reasons) they start fake-dating :)

myself and this body that they stuck me in by @misspickman

Kon has a few realizations about his gender hehehe

straight on 'til morning by @mamawasatesttube

Big brother Kon realizes that throughout his life he has been treated uhhhhh horribly?? And learns to talk about it

Other fandoms

the fubb cinematic universe by @tkffyrpntsndjckt

The most unhinged chatfic i have ever read I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!! Basically a rewrite of glee starting during ?? season 3 i think?? Blaine doesn't go to McKinley but stayed at Dalton, he and Sebastian are besties. Sebastian used to be Kurt's roommate at Dalton. so many shenanigans. someone dies. someone goes braindead. hilarity and craziness en masse. i had the time of my life reading this

white christmas by @lalalenii

you may think i'm biased but it really!!!! is that good!!!!! leni plays with formatting in the best way. like you FEEL the pauses while you read and it's so awesome. but robert please stop taking drugs

L'Chaim by sebastian2017

Erik's life and how he has been influenced by being a Jew. It's so so good and has so many gutpunches

A Book Half Unread by @jakeluppin

I still don't properly go here because i'm stuck in 911 s1 BUUUUTTTTT we love buddie in this house. and ezra put so much love into this because being a librarian is ezra's passion and you can FEEL it. it's so good. i love how dorky they are. and chris and buck's friendship is just so cute

The Line of Thought by @shotbyafool

Typical House MD episode tbh. The ducklings meddle with House's private life and he decides to play tricks on them. Unfortunately, he enlists Wilson to help him

The Live Forever Job by jessikast

Leverage/The Old Guard crossover!!!! It's so good and placed perfectly tbh.

[cbsghostsmetasandtrevor]

CBS Ghosts S4E11 Live Reaction

So this one is called: Thorapy 2: Abandonment something...

I'm already questioning why this didn't happen in S2...

OOOh Bela's back!

She got fired????

Irritable??? LOL. Bela - "Ghost thing?"

Normal level? LOL Isaac!

Love Bela's faces are awesome!

Sam - not the same - I agree.

Did you quit therapy??

LOL Alberta??? No living friends...

Is this a setup for Bela to get hired?

OMG Alberta calls it.

They really are pushing Bela is a screwup. :(

Pete called it!

Heist gone wrong?

Uhhhhh, this is NOT the same thing...

OMG. This is a really interesting thing with the therapy.

YOU WANT HER TO GO TO NORWAY. She can't afford that, Thor!

Awww, Sam needs serious help.

And Sass is in Jay's dream again.

Oh Sass, yes you do. This is is fun!

OOOH SEND PETE!!! Little Pete OMG. That's too funny.

LOL Thor blaming Pete.

The Hammer???? Damn Pete.

The Village ran out of Cod?? OH NO.

Hey there's Trevor! :). I was beginning to wonder if I was going to have to make up a reason he wasn't in the episode.

LOL they're bored of her.

Aw, he's so believing of her. <3

LOL the shrimp thing is exciting! AWWW he's being cute.

Our lives are so boring!

He made an down to the minute plan....

How would you send Pete the pop up ad! How COULD SHE DO THAT???

AWWWWWW he tried to help and made it worse!

Jay!!! Bad, Jay! lack of trust. I am beginning to understand why Bela just doesn't give a damn.

"Don't love that I am the face of it."

Yes, you guys all are.

Anyone without a pulse??? WOW Pete.

OMG IS PETE GOING TO DISAPPEAR???

Are we going to find out what happens???? I'm curious.

"Voice Haunting Thor!"

Wouldn't he have started reappearing once he entering the bounds??? Not when he entered the door??

they miscounted??? It was a mistake???

Great Monster??? OMG :(

At least it wasn't malicious???

Aww Bela. "He still thinks about me?"

"He's not that handsome."

OMG "I'm lying he's beautiful!" (I am so writing a fic where he overhears this).

AWWWW they're so cute! We get to keep Bela!

"These two dingbats."

I think it's better than what happened to Trevor.

Yes, Thor, let it go. <3

Wasn't it 3 sessions??? there were 2 in the first Thorapy.

Awwwww Thor/Pete hugging. and Flower trying to be the threesome.

"Please report back regarding the Hammer" - OMG HETTY.

OMG this time it's all of them!

OMG This same session for all of them is hilarious.

Poor Sam!

Overall, could always use more Trevor, but I LOVED it. It's nice to see that Bela wanted to do well and for Jay to realize that he should believe in her!

thanks!

[defilerwyrm]

May i ask how's the recovery process after gender affirming surgeries?

If you mean how's it going now: my last surgery was in 2022 so at this point I'm 100% healed up. I was SUPPOSED to get my implants in December 2023 but my insurance company has been fucking me over at every turn so that's still on hold.

If you mean how was it at the time:

Top surgery (2018) was pretty easy for me since I have a desk job. I stayed with family in town for the first 2 weeks, during which time I basically did nothing but sleep, wake up long enough to use the toilet, take a dry shower, eat something, take more pain meds, then go back to sleep. I had 4 weeks off work, so after that I was a little sore and still confined to button-down shirts because I couldn't raise my arms above shoulder level; then I went back to work and all was normal for the next month. But...

Because I am an unlucky son of a bitch, I had a rare complication: I developed a seroma that dehysced (i.e. a hole opened up along my suture line that leaked large amounts of greasy, bright orange fluid made up of lymph and blood), which was not painful at all but was absolutely disgusting and very alarming to experience—but not a medical emergency or anything, and was easily fixed with a revision surgery. I took another 2 (I think?) weeks off work and it's been fine ever since. The left side of my chest is a little funny but I don't really care, it was fully worth it. Please note that I did not have drains. If you have drains, you're even LESS likely to have this problem.

Hysterectomy (2019) was much the same: I slept through the first two weeks and spent the next 2 in a recliner with an ice pack on my lower belly, playing a lot of Stardew Valley and getting into Critical Role. I was lucky enough to live with a friend who loves cooking. I ate a lot of soup. The soreness wasn't that bad, but I have a policy of staying ahead of the pain by using timers for how often I should be taking them. The worst part of it was the pain meds, tbh, because I really don't like the way oxycodone makes me feel; at the same time, I'm grateful for that fact because it keeps me from forming a habit.

Phalloplasty etc (2021) was kinda rough to start. I had 3 months off work that time. Slept through the first 2 weeks as usual. But for the first 3 weeks total I had a suprapubic catheter in and man I fuckin' hate being cathed. I felt like I needed to pee at all times, even immediately after draining the cath bag. Awful. Learning to pee standing up was...let's just say I did a lot of laundry and cleaning, lol. This was made worse by the fact that I had two fistulae (holes that go through the urethra all the way to the outside)—like I said, I've got bad luck. One of them healed up all on its own, like most of them do. The other one required a revision 8 months later, which meant being cathed again for a while, SIGH. But back to post-op for phallo: I had physical therapy for my left arm to make sure I kept a good range of motion; I kept the graft bandaged with daily gentle cleanup, application of ointments, and rebandaging; and had to take dry showers for the first uhhhhh. 2 weeks at least, maybe 3 or 4? After I got the cath out, things were MUCH easier. I was just kinda vaguely tired and sore and spent most of my time lying down. My libido came back at the start of the 2nd month, which was frustrating af because it wasn't till the start of the 3rd month that I was healed up enough to do anything about it (but once I could, holy FUCK it was incredible).

[lynnbecks-gaming-sideblog]

Ok so I agree that the Minecraft movie looks bad. But also like almost every alternative idea I've seen including my own one feel more like fanfilm ideas than something I can imagine a major studio making. So, here's how I imagine a good (or at least not terrible) "mainstream" Minecraft movie could work (please bear in mind that I'm thinking from the perspective of what I, personally, believe a studio would approve, while also trying to make it at least somewhat Minecrafty, also sorry if this sounds bad, I'm not a writer or director or whatever):

Make it animated, obviously. Go for the Minecraft trailer style, but - and I cannot stress this enough - make it have dialogue, like yeah a movie with no dialogue might sweep the film festivals, but cinematic releases of dialogue-free movies are rare. In regards to face animation, they could just flap around the characters' mouth-pixels or whatever. No 3D modelled mouths, like I'm probably in the minority here but I do not like how Minecraft characters look with 3D modelled mouths.

Keep the isekai aspect. You can do a lot with that, especially if it has an ensemble cast (more on that further down), since you can then have some of them actually know the mechanics and have like. A character arc of teaching their parents or whatever how the game works. And there's maybe like two live-action sequences? Like one at the start and one at the end.

Make. The antagonists. Illagers. Other people have said this and I agree. It makes more sense than Piglins and also it means that the Nether could be saved for a potential sequel. However,

The movie should break away from just including stuff that exists in/works like the game, like this is the one criticism of the Minecraft movie that I 100% disagree with. Like people are like "Lol, this thing isn't in Minecraft! This isn't a real Minecraft movie!" then turn around and go "Minecraft Story Mode is the real Minecraft movie!" when like, that game has so much fucking stuff that isn't in the actual game. Let the Minecraft movie have made up stuff in it, but make it actually good made up stuff (and not like. Ghast hot-air balloons or chained buckets or whatever the Minecraft movie actually has in it). Give us whales and giant smashy-smashy Illagers and one (1) Redstone-powered mech and stuff.

I cannot stress enough. Ensemble cast. It could just be my bias but I do think it should have an ensemble cast. Like maybe two and their parent(s). Like a lot of the Minecraft Movie overhauls/preemptive rewrites I've seen are all like "it's just Alex and Steve surviving" and like. No, that would be too "boring" for a feature-length mainstream animated family film.

The soundtrack is cool cinematic covers of the Minecraft soundtrack, but specifically the more recent tracks for rights reasons or whatever.

Herobrine shouldn't be referenced.

"Defending the base" sequence during the first night in the Minecraft world, and then at some point later on there's a brief bit where all the characters are using the skills they've learned throughout the plot (e.g one of them is really good at Redstone and has set up like piston traps or whatever).

Sculk is used as a Chekov's Gun; there's a vein of it growing under the main village, and as the characters fight and defeat Illagers, it grows, and then when the protagonists are on the ropes, the sound of the Illager leader unsheathing their sword or whatever alerts an entire chain of Sculk Sensors that activates a Sculk Shrieker, which then causes a Warden to appear and save the protagonists.

I am mostly out of ideas but uhhhhh the Ender Dragon is also saved as a potential sequel thing. Ok bye.

[thegeminisage]

People i want to know better tag game

tagged by @sun-marie, thank yooou <3

Last song - "the third sanctuary" from deltarune (people avoiding spoilers, don't click that link). i've been listening to the ost nonstop since it came out, and i can't rec undertale/deltarune highly enough to anyone, even if it doesn't seem like your kind of game. it is everybody's kind of game!!

Favorite Colors - if you saw me in real life, the waist-length pink hair would give it away. i like bold bright colors on black, which is how i dress. wait here's an outfit post

Currently watching - technically i'm in the middle of doing the entire star trek franchise with @maulthots but we took a break to do da2 together instead. we're going back and forth. i'm also watching leverage redemption s3 with @machidielontheway! it's way better than the first two seasons so far.

Last movie - uhhhhh jesus what was my last movie...i think it was when i rewatched tron legacy a couple of weeks ago at like 3am. fav movie of all time and may daft punk rest in peace. the sequel isn't out yet but i know it will be an affront to god nature and the sensibility of the universe.

Sweet, Savory or Sour - i LOVE savory foods, i've gotta be in the mood for sweet foods but i love sweet beverages, and i dislike sour a lot. sensory issues.

Currently reading - i have a bunch of fanfics i need to catch up on...my alerts are piling up lol. i'm trying to leave more comments on fics besides my Absolute Favorites but that means i can't read unless i'm also in the headspace to comment, so. however one of my Absolute Favorites that is updating rn is seven places to kiss in the lighthouse by @itsrainingpandas - i like everything in this series so much, i like this rook so much, i like this illario so much!!!!! it's all so fucking tasty, everyone please go read this series, this is one of my fav rooks (along with lydia, ofc). i also really liked greater coverts by @loquaciousquark, who is not only my favorite fenhawke writers of all time no contest but just one of my favorite writers Ever and i did a fucking backflip when she posted rookanis. i don't know if i could ever become a solas girlie but if anybody could convert me it would be her, bc she already successfully converted me into a sebastian enjoyer via this fic.

Current obsession - DRAGON AGE. with a minor side of deltarune, which, again, everyone everyone EVERYONE should play deltarune and undertale, you are cheating yourselves otherwise. i can't honestly say everyone should play dragon age. i think getting invested in dragon age is an emotionally tumultuous process. that said i am NOT leaving i like it here.

Currently working on - i have a rookanis fanfic (as of yet untitled, link is to the tag with excerpts) which is nearing the end of act 1 and it's already 55k words :/ it's a sequel to the ossuary, which is a lucanis and spite fic about their time in underwater jail (and only 52k words, which, ha ha). i'm really proud of that fic even though the tags understandably scare a lot of people off lol. i've been really excited to work on the sequel except for how i keep going through periods of "i'm bad at this and i should give up and move to antarctica" but i'm working on that. i'm working on it!!!!!!

i'm not tagging anyone in this bc i'm too shy but do it and say i tagged you if you want!!