#what if it’s like inception and they’re in two dreams

[takitakidancetillthesunriseyea]

Crescent part 1 & 2 (Theory)

So! For the last day or two I’ve been obsessively trying to put Ateez entire discography in chronological order according to the lore. (The JP releases are driving me insane because idk where they all fit-)

BuT, in looking through all the songs and the lore, there was something I found odd: Crescent. They’re not intros or outros yet they’re mostly instrumental (with a little talking). So, what’s so special about them to be instrumentals in the middle of albums? And then it hit me while looking at the World Ep. Fin: Will song poster. Crescent

It’s a crescent moon.

A crescent moon means the Cromer has dream powers.

After looking at the songs around them, I realized it’s entirely possible that Crescent and Crescent 2 are supposed to represent either entering or exiting a dream state.

Crescent 1 appears in the middle of Treasure Ep 3, sandwiched between Illusion and Wave, one which is clearly a dream or hallucination and one which seems to show them waking up.

Crescent 1 repeats “Open your eyes”, which is how Wave starts. That (I think) seems to show that someone used the Cromer’s powers to send them a message to wake them up from some kind of dream they were in.

Which brings me to Crescent 2, sandwiched between Silver Light and Dreamy Day. Dreamy? Eh? Eh???

Silver Light (other than being one of the songs I cry to on the album) is about seeing hope in the distance, and “following the light”.

While Dreamy Day is about wanting a good day to last forever even if it’s just a dream.

If I’m correct this means the Teezers were in a dream/hallucination of some kind again during World Ep. Fin: Will, whether on purpose or not. (What goes on in Strictland ToT)

And while Yes, I know they don’t seem to be dreaming/hallucinating in the Will diaries, but the diaries don’t tell everything.

A good amount of the albums can be explained by diaries, but the Treasure series is a huge gap in what we know for sure. Between that and the how the Crazy Form MV doesn’t seem to be connected to the Will diaries at all. I think it’s safe to leave this theory open.

Plz feel free to add your ideas in the comments or tell me if I missed anything. I’m so curious what all this could mean. ＼(＾▽＾)／

[the-crooked-library]

so imagine, if you will, the vampire Armand staying in a gloomy Victorian-built hotel by a forest. he goes to sleep and has a disjointed surreal dream about Daniel Molloy sitting across the table laughing at him. the beautiful, beloved face glitches and splinters between young and old and inhuman, his laughter between genuine and taunting and chilling - and then he stands up, hatred in his eyes, and punches Armand in the face, upon which Armand wakes up and realizes he has floated up to the ceiling in his sleep and bumped his nose against it.

now, you might think that this is the premise of a post-season 2 fic, but no, I just fell asleep last night and had an absolutely haunting yet stupid dream, in which I, the vampire Armand -

[hermitcraftheadcanons]

Each and every Minecraft world is a dream. When you sleep in one world, you’ll dream of another – and when you sleep in that other world, you might dream of the first, or of a third, and so on. Like Inception, but an ouroboros.

Players are distinguished by two main traits. First, they’re lucid dreamers, fully aware that they’re dreaming. Second, they have a certain level of control over their dreams – they can bring others into their dreams, create entirely new dreams with specific parameters, even make dreams where they are gods conjuring things from thin air.

When Generikb left Hermitcraft, Xisuma didn’t want to wake up from his dream of friends and adventures. So the dream became his. Hermitcraft is his dream, and he happily shares it with those that he loves. Each season is a different dream of Xisuma's, that he hand-crafts for his friends before letting them into it.

Season 8 is what happens when a player has a nightmare.

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[rainbow-femme]

Something about Inception has always bugged me and I finally figured out what it is

I don’t think Mal doing everything she did to set Cob up should have been the backstory, it should have been the actual story, and the actual inception they have to do is convince her she’s not still in a dream and is awake

Because two energy companies feuding is way more boring than a man realizing he accidentally convinced his wife her reality isn’t real and they have the ticking clock of her Gone Girl-ing herself and getting him arrested to work against

In the movie they have the problem of the guy secretly having had dream training to protect himself but with Mal, she’s as experienced as every other person on the team, she knows every trick they do and would be able to see them coming, meaning they would have to try and come up with new tricks she could not know or anticipate

In the movie the characters think if they die they’ll just wake up like normal and Cob has to tell them that actually they’re under a new chemical that won’t wake them up if they die and they’ll go to the bottom consciousness zone. Know who doesn’t know that? Mal, who will be under the impression that if she kills her husband she’ll be waking him up and saving him from being trapped in the fake dream world with her, making her very ok with tracking him down to kill him and not caring if she kills the others because as far as she knows they’re just dream apparitions

And you can keep the fact that Cob is keeping things from the team like in the movie, only instead of it being that he has a guilt manifestation of his dead wife coming after him in dreams it’s that the team doesn’t know why they’re going into Mal’s dream. All they know is she’s been acting weird towards them and Cob said he accidentally incepted something bad in her head, so they just assume he’s incepted the idea that they screwed her over or something. But they then find out too late that she isn’t mad at them she thinks they’re not real and so will have no problem trying to kill them and there’s nothing they can do to convince her otherwise

And you can still have the uncertain ending. Mal would wake up and think she’s finally in the real world, go out and hug her kids, see her friends and hug them because it’s finally her real friends. But now Cob has spent, to him, hours with Mal doing everything in her power to convince him that what he thinks is the real world is only a dream and as he watches the happy reunion you can see him starting to wonder if this is real

[physalian]

Segway Characters (Or when your protagonist knows jack about the story)

This is the protagonist of a sci-fi or fantasy world, generally a nobody who gets dragged in either by circumstance or by being the long-lost-something prophesied to save the realm. They know absolutely nothing about the plot, the other characters, the magic system, or the new world, the audience proxy that asks all the questions on the audience’s behalf.

I call them Segways (read; not segue) because they look dumb and you ride their ass through the narrative.

This is a very, very broad concept for a protagonist, everybody from a superhero origin story to Harry Potter, as opposed to a character like James Bond, an expert in their craft and a *seasoned protagonist*.

Segways usually aren’t a problem… until it becomes rather painfully obvious that they only exist to be the audience proxy to ask those questions, when another character could and should be the protagonist because they’re far more interesting, usually because the protagonist is way less cool and active in the plot than their constituents. Or, they’re a perfectly fine character, but the exposition dumping to them is sloppy and unrefined.

The difference between just a protagonist and a Segway is how smoothly they integrate into that story.

So.

—

Inception

I love this movie. It has inspired so much of my writing.

Ariadne is a poster child of Segway characters. Aside from the villain, Mal, she’s the only woman in the cast, and though Dom (DiCaprio) is the hero, Ariadne is his protege, the audience vector through which all the world mechanics and important backstory stuff is told. Every other character already knows how dream heists work and who Mal is, so explaining redundant information between experts would look weird—enter the Segway, Ariadne.

For what it’s worth, she’s not useless otherwise. She’s the new ‘architect,’ she builds the mazes the rest of the team runs through and is the innocent cinnamon roll dragged into problems that Dom created. Her name could not be a more heavy-handed symbol.

She’s active in the story and her perspective foils against Dom’s well enough, but Inception is a movie with layers and an infamous amount of necessary exposition to understand the story. Someone has to be there to ask all the questions the audience has. Ariadne unfortunately gets the lion’s share, instead of the script figuring out how to weave more of it into the interactions of the other characters. They spent so much time on the complex narrative it’s like they forgot about a layman audience and threw her in too late for a seamless integration.

—

Netflix’s The Old Guard is better than it should be, given its budget. I didn’t read the comic it was based on and have no idea if Nile’s character is the same in the original, but she’s another Segway with only one reason for existing in the plot otherwise: Andy’s got to pass the torch to someone.

Yes she comes to save them in the end and yes, her advantage in the story is being unknown to the villains, but she’s there, in this version of the story, so the other four heroes can info-dump to her about all manner of things from how immortality works to their backstories to the setup for the sequel the movie never got.

I just rewatched it recently and if the script just had two or three passes to tackle the exposition problem, it could have off-loaded some of the burden onto other characters, or better told it through action, and not just info-dumpy monologues. When the movie came out I remember a critic I like commenting that it could have been a more interesting story if it had been told from the sympathetic villain’s perspective (Not Dudley’s). As in, if he was on a mission with all his conspiracy-level research and dedication to track these people down, throwing out his own theories for them to then correct or something.

Like this, the story is just waiting for Nile to ask the right questions. Nothing is volunteered freely without Nile directly asking for it, because it runs into the same problem as Inception: Every other character already knows everything, and they wouldn’t exposit to each other.

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A lot of isekai anime also do this. I’ve tried getting into older, tentpole shows like Sailor Moon and Bleach and Yu Yu Hakusho and I don’t know what it is about anime pilot episodes, even modern ones but particularly the old ones, the exposition dumping is atrocious. To the point where it feels like they all know it and are like “listen just bear with us and we’ll get this done fast and sloppy and get to the good stuff later”.

I just can’t. I think I made it 15 minutes into Bleach before noping out of there years ago.

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Obviously all these movies and shows have their fans, but if you’re a writer struggling with exposition or noticed this trend like me, here’s some suggestions to avoid the need to info-dump, assuming you do want to keep your Segway.

Try not to give all the exposition questions to one character, and don’t wait for that character to ask, out-of-character on behalf of the audience, what’s going on in the story. Instead, let it flow more naturally in conversation and let the more experienced characters brainstorm with each other, or let the protagonist uncover some of this information actively on their own through other means, for variety’s sake.

Figure out a reason why these questions are necessary to the story in this moment. Why is the hero asking now, as opposed to any other time? You can also let the hero draw their own conclusions and have the other characters correct their misassumptions, feeding that information in a more natural way.

Give the hero more to do in the story beyond being the exposition vehicle right from the start. I don’t care if they’re the chosen one and the plot just falls into their lap, why are they the chosen one?

Spread out the exposition to come only when it’s necessary. Front-loading it can tarnish the immersion and overwhelm the audience, especially if it’s complex, or if there’s a lot of it. You can pepper it all the way through the story if you want.

If you really want to front-load it, you can go to the extremes and slap in a prologue or meta-narrative dump that’s fun and entertaining from a third person omniscient perspective. First thing that comes to mind is the opening 2D scene from Kung Fu Panda that covers a lot of ground. Go ham.

None of these characters are bad, I just think with a few more rounds of revisions and forethought, they could have been integrated better into their stories.

[antimonyandthyme]

martian inception au

In Seb’s notebook, in his scratchy scrawl Mark has grown very accustomed to reading:

Side effects – no dreaming

That’s it, no dreaming. Seb doesn’t write, Failure differentiating reality and dream, because any dreamer worth their salt should know which boundaries they strictly do not cross. They create and shatter worlds in their heads and the one thing they give up is the ability to do this without being hooked to a PASIV. That’s not too bad, considering.

But if you bothered to flip the page:

Sub side effects

Entire paragraphs dedicated to specific complications for each role, extractor, chemist, architect, point man. Under forger:

Loss of self

The first time Mark realizes it’s happening, Seb walks by him in a dream. Seb walks by him and ignores him, as if Mark were merely a projection of the dreamer.

Bewildered and irrationally hurt, Mark goes, “Seb?”

His voice is the safety click off a gun. Seb flinches and looks around wildly. Projections aren’t supposed to speak.

It takes a moment before Mark looks down at his hands, and realizes they’re the wrong ones. He turns his back to Seb, and changes to what he assumes—hopes—is the appearance he should be wearing.

“There you are,” Seb snaps. He only gets like this when he’s worried. “I couldn’t find you.”

Mark makes up some ridiculous excuse. Got turned around in the maze, or something like that, as if any of them would ever get turned around in a maze.

Seb looks at him. “Don’t let it happen again.”

Mark doesn’t say anything. He doesn’t make promises he can’t keep.

--

Ironically, it’s Seb who notices last. He’s not being careless. His faith in Mark is just so unshakable that he doesn’t look back when he hears the fall of Mark’s footsteps behind him. Among the hardest things to forge is a person’s gait. Distributing weight and sound according to the target’s walking habits is an intricate and tedious task. Seb can always tell it’s still Mark, even when he wears a different face.

So Seb doesn’t look back.

Jenson does, though. Coming out of a dream, all of them nearing the final kick, and Jenson looks back.

Mark is wearing a stranger as his skin.

Jenson waits until Seb’s gone on ahead. And then he punches Mark so hard Mark will probably feel it for a week in reality.

“Are you trying to break his heart?”

Mark looks down at his hands again.

“Get your shit together,” Jenson demands.

Mark shifts back, and when he wakes, he places two fingers on his own face, and is surprised to see them appear correct.

--

He forgets his totem once. Forgets it, because the last person he was forging doesn’t have one. So he leaves it behind when he goes to get groceries. Chocolate chips and bananas, because Seb wants to make chocolate chip banana bread.

When he gets back, Seb is waiting for him. He has Mark’s swiss army knife cradled in his hand.

Seb knows every stitch of Mark’s totem. Seb helped create Mark’s totem, reasoned that they could custom the knife so elaborately that no extractor would be able to recreate the exact version which belonged to Mark. Sometimes Mark thinks his totem is better off residing in Seb’s hands. These days he shifts so often he doesn’t need it any longer. In reality his hands stay the same. In dreams, his hands change shape and size and colour.

There, no totem needed. Seb doesn’t even need to worry.

“Mark.” Seb’s voice is wobbly. He’s gone and figured it out. Because of course he has.

Mark places the grocery bag on the table. The veins running atop his hand are as unfamiliar as the hundreds of dendrites splitting out from the Indus River.

“Side effect,” he says.

“No more jobs until this stops,” Seb says. Mark can hear him trying to be authoritative, brave. Seb comes close, and wraps Mark’s fingers around his totem. “Don’t ever leave this behind again.”

Seb’s hand above his. Mark tries to memorize the image, but he’s not sure if it’ll take. Almost trickier than an Inception.

--

Jenson puts his research skills into good use, and finds an island off the coast of Victoria that houses a population of zero. He arranges transport and food and beer to last Mark a month at least. Mark spends the first two days drinking his way through the supplies, and considers radioing Jenson to send more.

He holds up his hand to the sun. It’s gotten severely tanner. Jenson forgot sunscreen. But the shapes are good. The knuckles aren’t sewn together by someone playing at god. The angles won’t cut him open.

Mark drinks away the sting of abandonment. The team’s in Toronto for a job. He wonders who their forger is. He drinks some more.

In the third week he dreams.

Real dreams—they’re confusing. There’s no story, no plotline. There’s no job. There's no point. Mark’s falling down a chasm of mirrors. The faces reflected back are not his own. Mark’s smashing every mirror with his bare hands. Mark’s watching the blood run down in rivulets, real enough to taste.

On second thought, maybe these dreams are the ones that make the most sense.

--

Even after an alcoholic induced state lasting three and a half weeks, Mark’s still capable if he wants to be. He finds a way to get off the island. And then he goes to find them.

More specifically, he goes to rescue them from some botched mission.

“I leave for one month,” Mark says. He’s allowed to be dramatic, and a little smug. He pulls them out of the third layer, and then the second layer, and then the first. Each time with his own goddamn hands. It’s as if he has the strength to bend steel.

Seb doesn’t let go. Refuses to let go even as they exit the dream. Mark looks down at their joined hands. Seb’s hand fits perfectly in his, as it has always done.

Yeah. That looks just about fine.

[kokobopam]

I love making lists and I love reccing fics so I combined my two passions and made this list with all my favorite fics that I read during 2022! First part is tvxq, super junior, shinee and nct; and the seconds part is exclusively exo because they’re my main group. 

I hope you can find something here that you like. And if you do, make sure you let the author know with some kudos and comments <3

(And come talk to me about it! I love talking about fics!)

PART 2

PART 1:

TVXQ

It’s Alright (Even if You Hate me Again) by zimriya (homin, E, Inception AU)

The inception fic!! If you follow me on twt you know I haven’t shut up about this story since I read it in june. It’s my favorite tvxq fic and top 3 favorite fic ever. 

As usual, zimriya’s world building is on another level; this fic combines the best of the inception universe with tvxq’s own history in a way that’s absolutely brilliant and it’ll have you guessing what’s going on with yunho and changmin for most part of the story. 

Also, Yunho and Changmin… 10/10 characterization (as well as all the other characters!) Seriously, so good

and in the name of love. by peachxi (marsxholic) (homin, M, angels and demons)

So much blood and violence and angst, and the question “what if love made you worse”? I love an au where the characters are willing to bring the world apart for each other.

memento mori by troubled (homin, M)

A dark tvxq fic. I love the hazy, nightmarish feel of it and that you can really tell what’s actually real and what isn’t. Also, religious imagery!!

so tear me open, but beware by jumpstarts (homin, M)

This is basically a drabble collection and it’s what introduced me to the tvxq ficdom (and inspired me to give it a try). Many excellent stories to fall in love (and even get your heart broken) with homin.

Super Junior

lucky draw by backwardsghost (eunhae, E, Gloomy VCR inspired)

I love this fic because it’s so fucked up and dark and you don’t see that a lot in the eunhae tag. Really the best interpretation of the gloomy vcr you could ever find

be my only one by smth_or_another (kyuhyuk, E, canon compliant, roomates)

One thing I discovered this year is that I love canon compliant fics and there’s so much that can be said about two +30 y/o men living in a dorm together through a pandemic. I love kyuhyuck and this fic made me love them even more.

Break my heart and start again by rmbringsoo (eunhae, E, sports AU)

A hockey player/figure skater eunhae fic. It does such a great job at characterization and at portraying the difficulties of navigating a relationship amidst a successful career. A really beautiful story.

Shinee

Let's crack the code for nights by spacewitchbot  (minkey, M, idolverse)

What would happen if you could install Minho’s personality on your phone? Wonderful fic, it made me laugh so much and minkey were super cute in it.

Apsis by Tempcard (minkey, T, sci-fi, space religion)

I’m seriously in love with the worldbuilding in this fic. It’s very different to what I’m used to reading in a sci-fi story and the approach to the characters, their drive and devotion was really heart-warming 

something i can't forget by makeawish (misconceptionsof) (minkey, E, pwp)

I don’t read a lot of smut but this fic was so HOT and so on point. It sent my into a minkey spiral and I still haven't recovered from it.

NCT

The Girasol by MailOrderBride (hyuckle, E, pirates, horror)

“You see, bard… the sea has a starving belly. It's never sated, and it rumbles down below. Deep.” Such a well written and chilling fic. I hope I never find myself on a ship in the open sea, thank you. 

Softer Than Shadow, Quicker Than Flies by FascinationStreet (Taeyong, E, dreams and nightmares)

A Taeyong-centric fic inspired by his song ghost. It’s dark and creepy and sexy…just everything I love. Lot’s of spider imagery, how nice!

Ophiuchus by boulevarddouble (yuwoo, E, bartenders and criminals)

Yuta is a grifter. He's also a regular at the bar where Jungwoo works. Sexy fic about sexy criminals, that's all you should know.

[myhahnestopinion]

THE AARONS 2023 - Worst Film

It’s a marvel this category isn’t filled up with superhero films after the year they’ve had. Here are The Aarons for Worst Film:

#10. 65

A Quiet Place screenwriters Scott Beck and Bryan Woods don’t knock it out of the (Jurassic) park with their subsequent Spielberg homage. 65 will have viewers counting down the seconds until they can go home. The science-fiction tale strands stars Adam Driver and Ariana Greenblatt in a B-movie bereft of a reason to see it. The fusion of futuristic tech and ferocious animals should have been easy fodder for frivolous entertainment. Instead, the sluggish pace of the film’s imminent extinction event suggests it wasn’t a meteor or da ice age that killed the dinosaurs; it was extreme boredom. 

#9. Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire

Director Zack Snyder likes to paint himself as a rebel against a restrictive studio system while being constantly given new opportunities without cause. His latest big-budget misfire is a childish mash-up of Star Wars and Seven Samurai. Par for the course, the prosaic director copies his inspirations while completely misunderstanding their objectives. Already, the film’s awkward and abruptly-ended parade of thinly-sketched characters is being billed as another incomplete vision, requiring not just two parts but two cuts of each part to truly fulfill Snyder’s intentions. Maybe his hardcore fans will be pleased at the end of the prolonged journey; everyone else will be over the Moon long before then.

#8. The Exorcist: Believer

From the beginning, the involvement of David Gordon Green inspired little faith in Believer. Sure enough, the director of Halloween kills interest in his proposed trilogy one film sooner than his last. It’s unclear what exactly led the studio to release a sequel fifty years later that’s tamer than a TV edit of the original. It surely couldn’t have been the return of Ellen Burstyn in her Oscar-nominated role of Chris MacNeil given how quickly the film disfigures and discards the character. That said, it may be for the best that she could excise herself from the proceedings before its embarrassing ending. The franchise is no stranger to desecration but, even at its worst, it was never before this uncompelling.

#7. Five Nights At Freddy’s

Topping the box-office may have demonstrated audiences’ appetite for the haunted pizzeria franchise but, make no mistake, the film adaptation of Freddy’s is as run-down as its central establishment. The animatronic mascots at center stage only manage the most pedestrian of jump-scares; they’re far from the only ones just going through the motions. The script, written in part by franchise creator Scott Cawthon, stretches out its thin premise with banal characters and a bizarre child-custody B-plot. It might have been entertaining if it had been any more cheesy. Instead, Freddy’s only serves up an interminable runtime; five nights has never felt so long.

#6. Hypnotic

Hypnotic is aptly named; the thriller from Spy Kids director Robert Rodriguez certainly commands one’s attention. The plot, which revolves around Ben Affleck sleepwalking through a conspiracy involving dueling factions of psychics, is simply too inane to ignore. Rodriguez wrote his initial script back in 2002 but was clearly susceptible to outside influences; the film rips off several works that were released before and since, including the dream-like architecture of Inception. Although the director may pride himself on his low-budget prowess, even he can’t make those knock-off sequences look good (though they’re not the silliest instance of replicating elaborate scenery on a miniscule budget here). The film fulfills its intentions on one front: once it’s all over, audiences will have a hard time believing any of it was real.

#5. Children of the Corn

The latest offspring of the rotten franchise at least had a kernel of a good idea: the remake roots its characters’ motivations in righteous fury at environmental recklessness rather than strictly religious fervor. However, Children never develops this into any kind of sustenance. The horror here is as, ahem, corny as can be, particularly its stale translation of demonic entity He Who Walks Behind the Rows. Director Kurt Wimmer shows no growth as a director since his last film in 2006, the infamous Ultraviolet; the wooden child actors at least have their youth as an excuse. Sadly though, if ranked within the rest of the series, this one would still land in the middle of the row.

#4. Haunted Mansion

2023 was home to many failures for The Walt Disney Company, but none quite as ghastly as the new Haunted Mansion. It’s baffling how a film this overstuffed with actors (including Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, and Danny DeVito among many others) could end up this vacant. Indeed, the biggest throughline of the theme-park adaptation is not its attempted reflection on grief but its pervasive and perverse product placement (One character’s tearful monologue about his dead wife comes complete with a prominent Baskin Robbins namedrop). It’s definitely haunting, just not in the way they hoped for.

#3. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

The Big Fat franchise became even more bloated last year with a picture that can most charitably be described as ‘an all-expenses paid trip to Greece for its cast’. There’s certainly no storytelling reason why audiences are still following the adventures of this extended family, which haphazardly include a last-minute wedding of two very minor characters to justify its title. Nia Vardalos finally receives the director’s chair in addition to her regular writing work just in time for there to be no fresh direction to take things in. If she tries to reunite everyone for a fourth go-round, they would be wise to divorce themselves from it as quickly as possible.

#2. Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

Bloodlines resurrects the series last seen in 2019; if this was how it was going to come back, it should have stayed buried. While Stephen King is an imaginative writer, trying to stretch a single chapter of any novel into a feature-length film is like getting blood from a stone. The zombie prequel stumbles its way from scene to scene in search of life, but Bloodlines has nothing for audiences to relate to. Even screen icons like David Duchovny and Pam Grier can’t rouse any interest. Exploiting known franchises may be easy, but, sometimes, making anything else instead is better.

AND THE WORST FILM OF 2023 IS…

#1. Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 

Disney slowly losing their stranglehold on intellectual property is a bit bittersweet; Honey is bad enough to sour anyone on the idea of a public domain. The shoddy slasher film, which blustered its way onto the marketplace as soon as the filmmakers could profit from it, is barely recognizable as Pooh but unmistakable as crap. Making the lovable animal into a feral murderer may be legal now, but writer/director Rhys Frake-Waterfield didn’t think, think, think up any other ideas beyond just stirring the pot. Winnie is hoping to prey on one’s curiosity with its premise alone. Word of advice? Don’t bother.

NEXT UP: THE 2023 AARON FOR BEST DIRECTOR!

[roosterbox]

Don’t mind me, still brainstorming ideas for fics. In fact, how about this one? It’s a combination of two of my biggest fandoms.

Stranger Things/Inception AU

Richard Harrington has a reputation as a ruthless businessman. Anything he wants - sales, mergers, whatever the fuck - he gets. Even in situations where the other party is emphatically against complying no matter what, he seems to convince them… somehow.

But then, [X Business] comes into his crosshairs. Previously run by a guy named Al Munson, he has since passed away, leaving the business in the hands of his ne’er do well son, Eddie. His son, who surprises Richard with his resistance to corporate takeover, if not his actual business acumen. He’ll need to be dealt with. So Richard calls in his secret weapon.

Enter Steve Harrington, Richard’s long suffering son, who went into dreamshare at his father’s request - demand, more like - to give him (Richard) a leg up when dealing with stubborn people. If someone refuses Richard, he’ll just send in Steve, who’ll secretly go into their dreams and, after some adjustments, have them completely changing their minds about things. Steve is damn good at this, but he also hates it. The ruthless business side, at least. He’s often wondered if he might do other, more positive things with this job.

Eddie and Steve eventually meet in the dreamscape. And, surprise surprise, Eddie has experience with dream-sharing. And he’s smart enough to figure out that this Steve guy is not one of his own projections. But he strings him along a bit, because why not, right? He is fucking gorgeous, after all. They’re together for hours in dreams, but of course Steve is always long gone by the time Eddie wakes up. Steve, meanwhile, is STRESSED. No matter what he tries, he can’t seem to dig any deeper into what actually makes Eddie tick. So that he can work his magic, you know? And he’s worried about how his dad will react. Also he is absolutely falling for Eddie. Falling HARD. (Eddie is too)

Fast forward. They somehow meet IRL. Recognition. Confession. Smooch. (Maybe more than smooch, but I’m flexible on that part.) Maybe some angsty misunderstandings - does Eddie actually care for Steve, or is he just leading him on? Is this all part of Steve’s (really Richard’s) plan of corporate manipulation? - but they work it out eventually. They realize that, not only does Steve hate doing this constantly for his asshole dad, but Eddie isn’t even interested in running [X Business] at all - he hated his dad, and he just wants to be a musician. But he also doesn’t want the company to end up in Richard Harrington’s grubby hands. Which is fair. And so, plans are made.

Insert exciting plot stuff here. Steve tells his dad off, essentially that he’s either gonna have to actually pay a dreamshare expert to do his dirty work (unlikely, as he is a stingy fuck and dreamshare, even the more legitimate kind, ain’t cheap. The more underhanded stuff doubly so), or he’s all on his own, because Steve is OUT. Eddie gives complete control of [X Company] to someone else (Wayne?), who turns out to be EVEN MORE stubborn than Eddie. And then Steddie rides off into the sunset, happily dreaming together for the rest of their lives.

Alternate ending idea: Steddie turns the tables on Richard and incept him instead. Maybe inspire him to dissolve his company like Robert Fischer in the movie. A heist-esque story where the heister becomes the heistee. Either way, the important part is that Steve and Eddie are together and happy.

Needs work overall, of course, but I like the few seeds of idea that I have. Plus the world always needs more Inception crossovers. The world of dreamshare is a hugely untapped gold mine. Every fandom should have at least one Inception AU.

[wings-of-flying]

8 riptide fics i want to write so bad but haven't by now so probably never will (it pains me to admit i won't write them). some have titles and full on plans, others don't. anyone can use these cause i definitely won't get the chance

1 - haunted by ill angels aka a riptide oneshot based on that hallucinogenic poison scene from s&b s2

They’re going through a dungeon thingie and go down two separate hallways. Jay ends up in a room with a window to Chip & Gill’s, with coloured glass vials of unknown liquids. Chip and Gill end up in an empty room, except for a conspicuous vent on the wall. Suddenly the doors to both lock and an orange gas sprays into Chip & Gill’s room, causing them to start choking and fall unconscious. A voice echoes through Jay’s room telling her that only one of the vials is the antidote. Chip & Gill end up having hallucinations while Jay tries to solve the riddle thing.

2 - because i'm the good guy aka gillion villain arc

 Instead of choosing between the sea and land, he plans to pick both, condemning them both to destruction. Nothing Chip and Jay can do will convince him to change his mind. So they have to take another approach to stopping him.

3 - backstory switch

Albatrio become separated and experience each other's backstories (like that one episode of EAH)

Jay - Gillion's

Chip - Jay's

Gillion - Chip's (because I want to see my boy have a functional family then it be snatched from him)

They wake up without their own memories, but feeling as if something is wrong. They relive the worst parts of each other’s backstories (Gill’s banishment, Jay’s sister’s death, the Black Rose sinking) over and over until they start to remember what happened (they were cursed in the BLOCK when going to rescue Lizzie). They have to use the power of friendship to escape! No but seriously, they have to break the illusion by proving that they don’t belong there.

4 - Gill's nightmares get so bad he doesn't wake up. Cue Chip and Jay going into his head to try and bring him back.

The dream pretends Gill was never chosen as the champion and he lived a normal life. He moved up to the Oversea with Edyn. (Essentially that bit in OUAT when Emma goes princess mode and isn't herself at all)

5 - i fell for you like clockwork (repeatedly, easily, just as i'd planned) aka a birdbolt timeloop fic

Teleport machine malfunctions. Leads to timeloop >:D in which they have to keep fighting the house & ensa and jay are the only ones aware of the timeloop happening. They keep their memories and become closer, till they manage to fix the machine properly, end the timeloop and confuse everyone by suddenly being in a relationship

6 - let the birds sing (dilly dilly) aka jay has dream inception about her sister still being alive

Jay wakes from a nightmare. Ava is there to help her. Jay ends up realising this is a dream and wakes again, feeling alone and missing her sister.

7 - pistolwhip romeo and juliet

i literally had no plan for this one except a cast list, so here you go i guess?

Romeo - Lizzie; Juliet - Jay; Benvolio - Chip; Mercutio - Gillion; Tybalt - Ava; Friar Laurence - Niklaus; Nurse/Lady Capulet - May Ferin; Paris - Kira; Lord Capulet - Jayson Ferin; Lord Montague - Arlin James; Rosaline - ???

8 - another birdbolt oneshot

After 97, Chip & Jay brought Gill to Chip’s room to rest (not sleep, just rest) and Jay leaves for a breather. She goes to the kitchen to try and find something to temporarily help with Gill’s wounds and ends up bumping into Ensa. Cue awkward gay moments where Jay realises she totally has a crush. But then she leaves, v sad.

[phlebaswrites]

International Fanworks Day 2023: When Fandoms Collide

Happy International Fanworks Day 2023!

I've made two lists for International Fanworks Day this year and, just like last year, one is a list of my own works and the other is a list of works I'd recommend.

They're fairly long lists so I'm putting them under a cut.

My Stories

The Arrow Does Not Dream

The world doesn't need a hero.

It needs a professional.

A fusion with The Witcher.

Founders Fairy Tales

Fusions of various Disney Princesses with the Founders from Naruto.

Almost all the princesses are here, except for Pocahontas - because cultural appropriation - and Tiana - because I have never seen that film. I did Frozen instead.

None of the stories are more than 2,200 words and most of them are a lot less.

The Closing of Our Shared Narrative

A Jedi and a Sith can never be friends, everyone knows this.

Everyone is wrong.

A fusion between Naruto and Star Wars.

To Seek (and Find)

Kisame had a dream.

He’s determined to get it back.

A fusion between Naruto and Inception.

Created Monsters

To step into a Jaeger is to Drift.

To become one of two.

A fusion between Naruto and Pacific Rim.

Ring Cow Bell Ring!

Everyone agrees that Konoha Farms produces the best fruit, cheese, and wine.

It’s just their methods that are questionable.

A fusion between Naruto and Harvest Moon.

Waddle Giggle Gargle Paddle Poodle!

Sometimes, there are dinosaurs.

(Where you least expect them.)

A fusion between Naruto and Jurassic Park.

Senju Sauropods

Hashirama is not your usual dinosaur.

He makes a friend.

A fusion between Naruto, The Good Dinosaur and Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon.

The Secret Lives of Marilyn and Susan Short

Mary Sue Maybe.

A fandom crossing take on The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

My Recommendations - Naruto

Defense Against The Dark Arts With Professor Umino by AvocadoLove

Crossover with Harry Potter.

Book 5 AU: With no witch or wizard willing to take the Defense Against The Dark Arts job except Umbridge, Dumbledore is forced to look elsewhere.

He hires a shinobi.

Fire and Water by AvocadoLove

Fusion with Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Waterbender Sifu Iruka meets firebending Commander Kakashi during the Siege of The North.

oh, but the revelation of stardust by PandaFlower

Crossover with the Marvel Cinematic Universe

What is the world coming to when goddamn aliens give me sympathetic looks about paperwork? It was boggling. Infuriating. Maybe, a smidge validating. Nick Fury resisted the urge to swear and check over his shoulder in case Murphy was lurking.

Not that this Senju Tobirama was their typical extraterrestrial, oh no, guy had to come from a separate dimension in addition to being from a different planet.

My first introduction to Tobirama and I fell in love instantly.

Moon Fish and Qilin by Good_Grief

Fusion with Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Izuna has been hunting for months, following whispers of a legend. All of the stories have led him to this place where the Moon Fish resides, all he needs to do is catch it.

Idiots Of Unusual Size by Asuka Kureru (Askerian)

Fusion with His Dark Materials.

Madara's daemon settled early.

Hashirama's daemon did not. Momo-kun was not settled when they met and he did not settle when Hashirama was thirteen and getting caught at the river. He didn't settle when they were fourteen on their first real battlefield, either, and while Madara and Kuyuri felt relieved that they had thus far escaped meeting on the field of battle, they could not help a gnawing ache of curiosity. What was he going to be? A bear, dangerous but only in it for the honey? Some slow, well-natured, well-horned cattle? A squirrel?

"Not quick-witted enough for that one," Kuyuri would say sarcastically, "but otherwise!" and Madara would half-heartedly chide her.

My Recommendations - Inception

What Dreams May Come by MarbleGlove

Crossover with Highlander.

Methos' mind is not one you'd want to be stuck in, aka the inception team attempts extraction on Adam Pierson.

Thicker Water by pprfaith

Crossover with the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Arthur and Natasha rarely make it to their Gamma's birthday, but business keeps them in touch.

In Duty Homeward Shall We Fly by toomuchplor

Crossover with 3rd Rock from the Sun.

Arthur had been on this planet for nearly fourteen years now and everyone still insisted on treating him like a child.

Lions and Tigers by Starlingthefool

Crossover with Calvin & Hobbes.

"What were you like as a kid?” Eames asks him.

“Quiet,” Arthur says. “I lived in my head a lot. You?”

“I did too,” Eames replies. “Only I was never quiet about it.”

A story about growing up, sort of.

The Boy Who Spoke With Ghosts by AvocadoLove

Crossover with The Sixth Sense.

No one suspects Arthur. He's too practical, too organized, too sensible to believe in the supernatural.

Based on the kink meme prompt: Arthur's real name is Cole Sear.

dream a dream (and what you see will be) by Mizzy

Crossover with Die unendliche Geschichte (Neverending Story).

Eames has always said Arthur has no imagination and should dream a little bigger. The problem is, Arthur's dreams might be the most dangerous place to be on the planet. And when their latest job forces them to recreate Fantasia, and Arthur's secret past unravels alongside it, Cobb's team might be about to find the answer to the Neverending Story...

Two-minute warning by Trojie

Crossover with RED.

Eames tries to warn Arthur there's a price on his head.

Skybird by windsweptfic

Crossover with White Collar.

Arthur and Eames adopt a kid and raise that kid into Neal Caffrey.

secretly a reef rat by templemarker

Crossover with Hawaii Five-0.

Arthur is Steve’s brother.

My Recommendations - X-Men

The People Who Stand By You by pallorsomnium

Crossover with Wanted.

aka "In which Charles actually has a twin brother, who now wants to kick Erik's ass"

Wesley didn’t want much out of life, but what he wanted the most was for Charles and Raven to be safe and happy.

So he was rightfully displeased when he heard the message left on his emergency line, and by someone distinctly not Charles or Raven.

From Westminster With Love by thehoyden

Crossover with Sherlock.

NATO intelligence says there’s an omega-class telepath who sleeps under Westminster. Major Erik Lehnsherr is about to find out the truth for himself.

I've only done lists for three of my favourite fandoms so feel free to hit me up if you want more recs!

[themovieblogonline]

Christopher Nolan Scores Big Pay Day with "Oppenheimer"

Christopher Nolan is the genius behind mind-benders like "Inception" and the epic "Dark Knight" trilogy. His latest movie, "Oppenheimer," just turned him into a Hollywood heavyweight with a payday that'll make your jaw drop. We're talking about a cool $100 million, easy! That's right, Christopher Nolan didn't just score Oscars (two of them, for directing and best picture!), he also scored a financial coup with "Oppenheimer." This historical drama about the atomic bomb might sound heavy, but trust me, Nolan knows how to make even the most complex stuff a box office smash. Here's the breakdown. The movie itself cost around $100 million to make, which is no chump change. But guess what? It raked in a whopping $958 million worldwide! That's seriously impressive, considering it's rated R and clocks in at a whopping three hours. Talk about attention spans, right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZxeT_WqUgY Here's the even crazier part: this makes "Oppenheimer" the highest-grossing Best Picture winner since way back in 2004! Remember "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King"? Yeah, that one. So basically, Nolan just crushed it at the box office, defying all the odds. And to celebrate? They're re-releasing the movie in theaters this weekend with its shiny new "Best Picture" badge. That means even more moolah for Nolan, potentially pushing "Oppenheimer" over the $1 billion mark! Cha-ching! Now, the big question on everyone's mind: what's next for Christopher Nolan? Will he tackle another mind-bending thriller or maybe even a remake? There have been whispers of him picking up the reins on "The Prisoner," a mystery project based on a classic 60s TV show. But who knows? Maybe he'll surprise us all with something totally new. One thing's for sure: with studios like Warner Bros. and Universal vying for his attention, Nolan's got his pick of the litter. He's basically Hollywood royalty now, the king of the blockbuster auteur! And hey, with a payday like that, who can blame him? So, there you have it. Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" not only dominated award season, but also the box office. This dude's officially a filmmaking force to be reckoned with. Now, let's just hope his next project involves explosions, mind games, and maybe even a cameo by Leonardo DiCaprio (a Nolan regular). A guy can dream, right? Source: Variety Read the full article

[crehador]

alphabet challenge 2023 round 2 final report

have made absolutely zero progress in cutting down my planning list (in fact i think it’s longer than when i started this round lol) but watched another 11 one-cour anime, 2 tv shorts, and 1 movie

full list with some thoughts here, three most notable series under the cut (beware spoilers)

actual best: gotta give this one to hourou musuko with the caveat that i do think it’s an imperfect adaptation, and i suspect it most shines in its original manga form (which i haven’t read yet but look forward to checking out one day)

it’s very possible i just haven’t read/watched broadly enough, but off the top of my head i can’t think of a more sincere and real portrayal of trans adolescence (or just transness in general, honestly) in animanga

i think in my notes i called it something like messy and clumsy, and i meant that in a good way; it’s messy and clumsy in ways that feel authentic and even deliberate, though for sure some parts of that are due to limits of the adaptation

the anime does imo get off to a somewhat disorienting start, we’re dropped straight into the lives of these kids who already have a deeply complicated past with one another, and it takes some time for that past to take shape

being told chronologically might have helped this story (and maybe the manga does do that) but it still felt like a very solid adaptation despite its shortcomings, and its strengths more than made up for its weaknesses (which i feel weren’t the fault of the story but rather the production, like with two of the final episodes being condensed into one for airing before being released in full as specials? yeah that doesn’t sound ideal)

personal fave: was pleasantly surprised and very entertained by id:invaded! it’s very inception-esque, and i don’t mean just because of the diving into someone’s (sub)consciousness and dream (well) within a dream (well) stuff

i’ve always felt like inception had a solid story but blank slate cast, as in its characters all filled specific functions and archetypes but weren’t really the most nuanced or... characterized, so to speak (and imo that’s why they were so easily fandomizable, so i don’t actually think it’s a bad thing that they just did what they were put there to do)

id:invaded makes me feel the same way, in that the plot itself is much stronger than the cast, though i imagine if it had been a two-cour series it would have used its additional time well and fleshed out the cast some more

it’s very easy to compare id:invaded to psycho-pass as well, and while i’d say in terms of plot/mystery/worldbuilding they’re almost on equal footing, psycho-pass does way more and way better with its characters (but of course psycho-pass had a lot more time)

that said, i did still like the characters of id:invaded, they were just fleshed out enough for you to start projecting your own ideas onto them, and the more they marinated in my head the more i enjoyed them (though for reasons that largely weren’t on the page tbh)

this one was honestly a strong contender for ‘actual best’ as well, because i think there are some things it did incredibly well, like not underestimating the viewer and over-telling in its writing

like you’ve got id wells (the pun of which, by the way, i felt the subs did a great job of explaining fluidly) and you’ve got kaeru-chan in the id wells, and the show never shoves the frog in a well imagery into your face, it doesn’t bother to go “you know *wink wink nudge nudge* like the proverb” it lets you put some of these things together yourself

(similarly, really loved that they didn’t outright say fukuda got all his piercings before putting a hole in his head, they let you imagine it yourself, how he must have gotten piercing after piercing and they never felt like enough, it’s just better to not have that stated outright, the obvious conclusions are obvious enough)

biggest disappointment: seikaisuru kado solely for the ending and i’m not even talking about the deaths or anything (ryo expy should kill akira expy after all) it was just a rushed and poorly written, poorly executed ending that brought an overall good series crashing down

[pastxlscorp]

Bully! Mitsuya Fanfic (pt.1)

Chapter I: Inception

✿ Word Count: 2.1k

✿ Pairing: Takashi Mitsuya x reader

✿ Topics covered: (Eventual) Enemies to lovers trope, Y/N POV, tsundere-Mitsuya, bully! Mitsuya, fem. reader, minor manga spoilers, Bully! Mitsuya headcanons from last post

He lifted his large palm, coated in silver and black rings to match his attire. He was wearing a black mock turtleneck that matched his jet black hair. In his youth, he had lilac-colored hair that was either in a buzz-cut or grown out to a mullet. Now, he sported his black hair in his college-years. He was studying to become a fashion designer, a dream he had since his youth after his love blossomed for sewing. It had begun as a chore in order to keep his sisters satisfied and happy, saving money from buying toys by simply creating them himself. As he practiced it more and more, he began to realize how intricate fabrics were. How beautiful colors could come together and form the prettiest structures and designs -- how even the ugliest colors would look elegant if you paired them properly with the right colors, or carefully took apart the threads to create something new. You on the other hand were not studying to become a fashion designer, but rather a photographer. In your youth, you were a free-lancer in art and a quiet overachiever. You had many different career options open to you, but nothing really opened you up in the way art did. You participated in many different types of art, you loved painting, sewing, embroidery, name it, you’ve probably dabbled in it. One day, your class was introduced to your photography unit and all the puzzle pieces fell into the designated places, the pieces being lost and untouched for years. Nothing brought you more joy than snapping someone’s photo on the street to surprise them with the way the sunlight beautifully encapsulated their figure. Nothing brought you more joy than taking an eerily aesthetic photo of the rain pouring on the people below your building as a lady frolocked in the rain below, eager to rejoice in mother nature’s beauty.

Truthfully, your relationship had not started out the way it was now. With his palm ever so elegantly shoving you to the floor, your photographs spilling out of your portfolio as you hit the cold tile floor, protecting your chest by landing on your elbow and knee. Snickers, chuckles, giggles-- they all filled the hallway after seeing you collapse. Only a select few actually took pity on you, including one of his loyal followers, Hakkai Shiba. Mitsuya was usually followed around by two close-friends, Yasuda-san and Hakkai. Yasuda-san was also a fashion major, while Hakkai was planning to become a model. Mitsuya was very well respected amongst the campus for many different reasons. Firstly, he was gifted with the intellect of sewing intrigue designs that made everyone sigh in awe. Secondly, pretty-privilege. You hated to admit it but Mitsuya was a very attractive-looking man, his hair was always fluffed to the right extent, he was well-dressed, and leading into the third reason, he was smart. Despite being a part of the Tokyo Manji Gang, otherwise known as Toman, as one of the second division captains, he was able to manage schoolwork as an overachiever and was known for his intellect. Not to mention, keeping his division in check along with his two younger sisters AND the sewing club that he managed at his school? It was no wonder he was seen as the perfect boyfriend, he had all of his together. This was the reason why his disregard of you was seen as acceptable, everyone assumed you must have done something wrong for him to treat you this way, right?

Incorrect assumption. You have never done anything wrong to Mitsuya-- in fact… you don’t really remember doing anything to him, period. You both met by chance in his home-economics club, which he decided to suggest to the college board upon seeing there was not a club that actively encouraged sewing. At the time, most participants on campus were graphic designers, artists, not really looking to take the fashion industry by storm as Mitsuya was. However, he was able to persuade the board and even got petition signatures to seal it all off. He was the president of the club and upon seeing the posters taped in the hallways, you instantly took the opportunity to get any extracurricular activities on your transcript. He welcomed you into the club but it wasn’t like you got that much of his attention-- after all, the club filled up quickly with Mitsuya’s admirers. Although, shortly before he began his cruel treatment and behavior towards you, it actually seemed like you two were becoming friends. He would begin to check on you a little more frequently than the rest, tapping your shoulder with a warm smile, asking you how your project was going. You would show him your small projects, nothing too big as it had nothing to do with your major, but projects that you enjoyed and had fun doing nonetheless. He seemed most amused by the sweater you created for your dog by letting out a soft chuckle. In return, he showed you the sweaters he made for his sisters, who were now teenagers. It became a routine for him to walk over to you after checking up on everyone else and talk until club hours were over. He’d find anything to talk about and it made your heart swell with how he actually took the time out of his day to make sure you didn’t feel alone. You were sure he had picked up on how you lacked friends in his club, he was clearly trying to make you feel welcome and you couldn’t help but begin to admire him even more than you once had.

One day, however, it suddenly changed. His demeanor was suddenly cold and unwelcoming to you. You noticed when you walked into his club as you normally did, taking your seat. He did not visit you within the 10 minutes it usually took him to check upon everyone else. It took much, much longer, so you simply assumed everyone needed more help than usual. However, when he came over to your table, his words startled you so much that you pricked yourself with your needle, rushing your eyes to meet his own at his sudden harshness.

┃ “Looks like someone isn’t paying attention.”

The venom in his words made your cheeks flush with a tint of red, noticing some of the club members staring at you, also in surprise of his harsh tone. You open your mouth, quickly questioning his behavior, all of your words coming out panicked, in fear you’ve done something wrong-- something to disappoint, or upset him.

┃ “What do you mean, Pres? My projects have never been an issue before.”

┃ “Nicknames are a privilege. Call me by my proper title.” He snapped, your peers widening their eyes, for he never required anyone to call him by his last name.

┃ “...President Mitsuya, I apologize. However, you can’t just--”

┃ “Look around,” he motions his arm towards the surrounding students working at their tables, sewing much larger projects and others measuring their models for their designs. Your right eyebrow began to raise in confusion, he had never minded your small projects. Yet, here he was, embarrassing, no-- humiliating you in front of your peers about how minuscule your projects were in comparison.

┃ “Your peers all have their mind set on a big project or several larger projects. Yet, here you are with your small little trinkets. They’re working hard, and you’re doing the bare minimum to have your work completed for this club.”

Tears began to prick your eyes, questioning what his true motive was here. Surely, the projects weren’t the issue. This… this was too strong of a switch-up. Something had triggered this outburst of his, but you weren’t sure what. He was always stressed, all the time actually-- had he perhaps overwhelmed himself and he was taking it out on you?

┃ “(Y/N).” Your name so violently came out of his mouth, as if it had just crashed on cement. It wasn’t the silky and softer voice you were accustomed to hearing when speaking with him. “Get your head out of the clouds. Are you listening?”

┃ “Sir… I mean, President Mitsuya, with all due respect, you seem to be… unfairly targeting me. Some of these students are creating something as simple as a sweater for their friends, why is something for my dog any different?”

The rest of the club began planning your funeral. While never seeing him this upset on school grounds, they have heard about how foul he could get with his division members. Questioning him was bound to make him explode. They all froze, eyes drifting to Mitsuya for an incoming scolding.

┃ With a harsh grab, his fingers glide under your chin as he lifts it up to meet his face directly. “'You questioning me?”

┃ “N-no sir! I mean no disrespect, I just-”

┃ “You’ll be staying after club hours.”

┃ “B-but sir I have-”

┃ “I was NOT asking.” He half-shouts, dropping your chin from his harsh grip as he makes it back to the front of the classroom where he continues to work on his own projects. Your fellow club members pitied you at first, but after seeing how harsh he got later on with you as the bullying continued, they assumed this was the result of an external conflict.

You don’t remember what he told you after club hours. He was yelling something about how you were stupid, a dumbass, and well, you get the rest. Cruel words were thrown at you as if the day before he wasn’t so fondly helping you with the sweater for your dog-- helping you perfect the stitch of his name. Any time you questioned him or flat-out denied his accusations and heinous words, he would yank your chain and pull you so you were right in front of him as he stared down at you. It was enough to scare you out of ever providing a rebuttal, and you soon learned that as the bullying continued.

Now, here you are, on the floor, calmly collecting your portfolio photographs, not even phased by his now-normal harassment. Usually, a shove would be enough to appease him, but today it seemed like one of those days where he wanted more. He walked over to your kneeling figure as you collected your portfolio, your head turned away from him to avoid giving him any form of satisfaction.

┃ “What do you say after you bump into someone?”

┃ “I didn’t bump into you, dickhead.”

With a swift motion, he forcefully grabbed your chin and forced you to look at him, his lavender eyes piercing straight through you. He was clearly unsatisfied with your response.

┃ “What do you say after you bump into someone, skank?”

Every time you questioned him or talked back, you knew it simply made him angrier. You quickly learned that him acting out was his way of earning your attention, but for whatever reason it was, you couldn’t figure out why. What you did learn, however, from your many other incidents with him, is that he would praise you when you were obedient. Eager to get this over with and save yourself any more humiliation, you replied:

┃ “I’m sorry.”

┃ “I’m sorry…?”

┃ With a sigh, you continue, “I’m sorry, President Mitsuya.”

He smirks, now satisfied with your answer. He taps your cheek with his right index finger and replies:

┃ “Good girl.”

You swipe your face away from his grasp and continue collecting your photographs, along with your notebooks and planner that had slipped out. Mitsuya scoffs as you once more retract your attention away from him and walks away with Yasuda-sun snickering. Hakkai, however, stays behind and examines you for a few brief moments. He walks over to you and begins helping you organize your bookbag. You look up and smile-- despite his silence, his eyes offered every form of apology he could give you. You had learned Hakkai was afraid to speak up to Mitsuya because he was his best friend and was afraid any talkback from him would only result in a deeper hatred for you. You didn’t mind, however, you just appreciated how Hakkai kept you grounded. He helped you remember you didn’t do anything wrong, this was Mitsuya’s doing and his alone. Hakkai was always well-dressed as well, you noticed. He was wearing an incredibly long trench coat with beautiful shades of baby blue, ocean blues and a bright orange that made everything pop. It covered a black mock turtleneck that seemed to be matching the one Mitsuya was wearing and in fact, Hakkai also seemed to have an earring on one ear, similar to Mitsuya. It appeared that he deeply respected Mitsuya, his outfit seemed to be heavily inspired by his own. With everything settled in your bookbag once more, he offered you a pat on the head with a smile as you nodded and thanked him before running off to your first class of the day.

✿ a.n. // I finished this chapter while finishing my AP Psychology hw. I had started writing it and then idk why but I was re-reading the manga and went “wait, now what if we have Hakkai and Yasuda-san…” and ta-da, take my 2.1k words of pure a$$. If this chapter does well, I’ll be sure to upload it on my ao3, too. special tags for @the2ndl and @bren-heron because they both really wanted a fic out of this concept. I hope you enjoy loves <3

[ggukkiereads]

Fic Recs | Fluff and Angst (sfw) Part 2: Jungkook

Based on ask received for non-smut fic recs (Taehyung and Jungkook)

▶  Part 1: Recommended Authors for non-smut fics

didn't include their fics in this 👇 post anymore since their recommended works are already linked in Part 1

▶  Part 2: Fic Recs (my reblogs + other recs):

Taehyung | Jungkook

Jungkook Fic Recs (Fluff/Angst)

Blight @kpopisthereasonihavenolife - series [12/12] | 87k |  Dragon/Shapeshifter AU, Magic AU, Enemies to Lovers, Fantasy, Witch!Reader | F 

one of my favorites! I should put this under Fantasy list but anyway I love reading this. I also think the masterlist of the author are more on fluff/angst but fantasy-based so if you’re into such genres, it’s great to camp 

Call It What You Want @se0kie - one shot | 3.5k | high school au, best friend au, unrequited love | F, A

you have been best friends with Jungkook since before you can remember. but it’s difficult being a supportive friend he can fall back on when you’re hopelessly in love with him.

Confessin to My Crush *Not Clickbait* @scriptaed - one shot | 3.8k | youtuber au, Best Friend AU | F

Cuddles for Comfort, Dinner for Payment @an-exotic-army - one shot | 3.7k | cuddle buddy, heartbroken Jungkook  | F 

I had this fascination with cuddle buddy fics at one point and this is my favorite.  You can also camp on her scenarios! They’re fun to read 🥰

Damn the Delivery Boy @deerguk - one shot | 9.5k | expecting parents AU | F, non-explicit S (this is so precious! I don’t think I’ve rb this yet)

Destined @jjkthclub - one shot | 4k | Reincarnation AU | F

DNA (none of this is a coincidence) @xotoosweet - one shot | 11.4k | slow burn, noona, college au, fratboy au, soccer player!jungkook, jungkook athlete au | F

Dream @dreamscript- one shot | 3.6k | Jungkook works as a dreamweaver, inspired by Inception, Lucid Dreams AU  | F

Duets at Dusk @/eleventoes - one shot + drabbles | 3k | shy!jungkok, band AU, college AU | F

Escape @jjkfire - series [10/10] | 60k |  society where people have numbers/codes (dystopian AU if you think about it?), Neighbor AU, kind of E2L in the beginning | F

This, this! A must read! You can try author’s other work Navy too - still ongoing

Extra Cheese Please @vankoya - two shot (second story has smut) | 9.4k | College AU, Best friend AU, Friends to Lovers | F, implied S (though there are lots of sexual jokes so you can skip on this but it’s not explicit)

Freesia @eleventoes - one shot | 7.2k | childhood friends, bad boy au (sort of) | F

Hate at First Weeb @jooneos - series [11/?] | 49k+ | College AU, Neighbor AU, Enemies to Lovers, Artist!Jungkook, Weeb!Jungkook | F (I posted the AO3 Link since chapters are in one piece)

Heartbreak Veterans @rookiegukie - one shot | 7.8k | strangers to lovers, heartbroken OC over bestfriend Seokjin, Busker Jungkook  | F, slight A

I Hate You, (But Of Course) I Love You @/goldenscript - one shot | 10k | exes au, woke up handcuffed | F, slight A

Let Me @jaeminlore - one shot + follow-up drabble | 5.4k | Prince AU, Royalty AU, Kitchen Staff!OC, Kookie sneaks into the Kitchen to get snacks, Bakery AU| F

Love Language @ezralia-writes - one shot | 16.1k | idiots to lovers, unrequited love, friends to lovers | fluff, angst

Perhaps the reason two best friends retained unrequited crushes for each other all these years is simply because neither of you could understand the different ways you express your undying affections for one another.

Love Me Like You Love Chicken Nuggets @hijoonie - one shot | 4k | Best Friend AU, kinda idiots to lovers, pining AU, humor  | F

Pacific Blue @/jjkthclub - one shot | 11.6k | (modern) Royalty AU, Bestfriend AU, rival families| F, implied and not detailed S (you can skip this part)

Painting the Meadow’s Void @jungblue - one shot | 12.9k | soulmate au, Christmas AU | F

Puppy Language @causekpop - one shot | 5.5k | Strangers to Lovers, Dog Cafe AU | F

Serendipity @goldenscript - one shot | 27k | enemies to lovers, college au, drama | F

Snapstreak @wastedkookies - series [6/6] | 9.3k | social media (it’s not an SMAU), “in which your snapstreak with Hoseok is in danger because he decided to go without internet access for ten days but he hires someone to maintain his streak” | F (I think it’s complete on AO3)

So You Wanna Be The Best @readyplayerhobi - one shot | 8.1k | Pokemon Trainer!Jungkook x Pokemon Trainer!Reader, crack | F

Sugar High @yeojaa - series [16/16] | 33k | unrequited love, slow burn, childhood friends au, idol au |  F

You thought you’d known real love and maybe you had - it just wasn’t with who you thought.🌷 there’s also a follow up series to this but it’s still ongoing and will have eventual [s] tag

Take My Hands Now @manggojooz - series [12/12] + epilogue drabbles [2/2] | 32k | College AU, slice of life, supernatural (OC can feel pain of another person by touch), Playboy JJK | F, A

Tell Me Your Secrets (I’m All Ears) @jinpire - one shot + drabbles [3/3] | 12k | Shifter, College AU, “A Tale of Bunny Love” cuuute | F 

The Lucky Ones @today-we-will-survive - one shot | 19k | College AU, Fratboy AU, Soulmate AU | A, F (this is part of the Punk Soulmate series, you can also check Taehyung’s part here) | A, F

Waste It On Me @sunshinejunghoseokie - series [5/?] | wc: around 2-3k per chapter? | Punk!Jungkook, Enemies to Lovers, Rock Band AU, Music AU | Fluff, Crack, Angst

There are not many things that get under Lee Y/N’s skin. The things that do? Sleeping through her alarm and running late to class, her roommate’s ability to drag her into her hair-brained schemes, and Jeon Jungkook

What are Best Friends For  @lovelyyyoongi - one shot | 10.2k | bestfriend au, high school au | F, A

What begins as harmless matchmaking, ends up in a jumbled mess of emotions for both you and your best friend, Jungkook.

Worth the Wait by @high-on-food  - one shot | 9.2k | Soulmate AU, Bootleg Coffee Shop AU | F, some S themes but no explicit content, slight A

You’re the 1 (4 Me) @luxvitae - one shot | 8.5k | established relationship, college au, jock au | fluff 

Jungkook never dealt in fractions, only in wholes.

🌷 Note: There are more, but won’t be adding to this list anymore since they can’t fit. Will probably create Part 2 of Fluffy Angsty No-Smut Fics someday

🌷 My Reblogged Fics

Quarter Life Crisis @heungtanbts - one shot | 25k | slow burn, bestfriend AU, idiots to lovers, OC experiencing quarter life crisis and they think the solution is for her to get a boyfriend, some angst from one silent bunny | a, f, implied s (you can skip)

*Absolute @v-hope - one shot | 4.3k | FWB AU, college au, mutual pining, tutor au, fuckboy!jungkook | a, f

After I Left You @latetaektalk - one shot | 38k | Exes AU, Fake Dating AU, Enemies to Lovers, Unrequited AU | A, F

Alpha and Omega by tendershepherd - one shot | 24k | Hogwarts au, action, slight violence (because they are being hunted down), Magic AU, Romance  | A, F

A crack sounds in the silence of Jeon Jeongguk's apartment. From that unsuspecting, infinitesimal moment, everything he once knew changes (there’s just a fight scene so you can skip this fic) | My review/comments on this fic

Amortentia @jungkxook - one shot | 5.4k | Hogwarts AU, Enemies to Lovers | F

Among the Evergreen @rosaetae - one shot | 12.6k | part of my 2020 Christmas Reads (but just did a review now), strangers to lovers, enemies to lovers, OC escaping Arranged Marriage, through a Road Trip/Travel AU (train), fantasy elements, Christmas setting, Stranded AU | f (tooth-rotting fluff)

Andante, Andante @guudak - one shot | 7.5k | bestfriend au, mutual pining, college au, the messy transition from friends to lovers | f (heartwarming kind)

A Normal Wednesday @casuallyimagining - drabble | friends to lovers | F (part of the Long Term Couple series)

A Quarter Past Us @jjiimin   - one shot | 13.8k | Exes AU, College AU, broke up with JK to be more independent | F, A 

you can also check their masterlist. Their Jungkook fics are usually A/F

Arachne-boy @kinktae - one shot | 11k | spider-man!jungkook x best friend!reader, friends to lovers, marvel au, comedy | F

A Song Request @yyxgin - one shot | 2.3k | neighbor au, feat DJ yoongi, they communicate through song requests how cute is that?!?! My review here 

Awkwardly in Love @strawberrynamjoon - one shot | 20k | bestfriend AU, childhood friends, college au, humor | F

A Wound that Wilts + A Scar That Blooms @mikrsmos - two shot | 7.5k | college au, best friend au, unrequited love (feat Taehyung), comfort | A

my review here (I have to add that the ending will still be unrequited but the story is written so well and it is a story of pure friendship)

*Between the Lines @sxgah - drabble | 1.4k | friends to lovers, use of poetry | tooth-rotting f

Boys Like Him, Girls Like Her + You Who @hayjeon - two shot + prequel | 15.4k | bad boy AU, fuckboy AU, jock!jk, college AU | A, F, S

you can skip the last scene of GLH after the divider  and skip/read for later the You Who drabble since this is just their smutty future.

Bread Pudding @myfeelsinink - one shot | 12.3k | neighbor, one-sided enemies to lovers (OC is mad Jungkook ate her bread pudding), | F

Broken Dreams + And Mended Hearts @ddaenysus - two shot | 9.9k | College AU, Soulmate AU, Unrequited Love | A, F (review here, I think I mentioned implied S but it’s SFW)

Cheeky Bunny @yoongihime - one shot | 4.1k | Hybrid AU, Leopard OC x Bunny Koo (prey x predator dynamics but make it suuuper cute) | F, F

Club @taleasnewastime - drabble | 2k | friends to lovers, confessing in a club | F 

Constant Craving @rubycoast - drabble series [4/4] | unrequited love, best friends to lovers au, smarter idiots but still idiots all the same | A, F | my review

Dear Lord I Wanna Have Your Babies @joonieskinks - drabble | 1.5k | soulmate au, crack | my review

*Driving Me Wild @koorara - drabble series | demon au, roommate au, feat Xi Yu the cat (drabbles), soulmate au | f

Endear @minyoungis - drabble | 1.9k | coworker au, feat Yoongi and the gang teasing OC about her crush on Jungkook | F

Even a Forest Fire Dies Out @9uk - one shot | 6.6k | Exes AU | A, vague S | review

Everlasting @kimvvantae - one shot | 18k | reincarnation AU, slight non-explicit insinuation of sex, slight violence (historical part) | A, slight F

Finding Me Through You @ditttiii - two shot | 4.9k | predator hybrid OC with insecurities, Campus Heartthrob JK, comfort fic, strangers to lovers, eventual Best Friend AU, Hybrid AU | A, F

Flirt Lane @hayjeon - drabble | 1.5k | instant fake boyfriend | F

Full Stop (formerly titled Palette) by 1oserjk - series [4/? + 2/? drabbles] | 26k+ for the chapters | Divorced couple, Unrequited Love, Exes AU | A 

🌷 still ongoing and part of my reading list since last year but it’s just so well-written. I think the author has definite style in writing angst so it’s easy to consume their writing

Golden Present @rosaetae - one shot | 3.4k | best friend’s brother au, christmas, sort of falling out between OC x Jungkook (Jungkook was mean to her) | f

Habits of a Broken Heart @softykooky - one shot | 26.3k | soulmate au, unrequited love, college au, art student!jungkook, slight enemies to lovers | A, F in the end | my review

Hot Ones @yoon-kooks - one shot | 5.1k | FWB AU, Co-worker AU, idol!jungkook, sort of Bet AU (over array of deadly hot sauce samples) | f 🌷

His Side, Her Side @scriptaed - drabble series [12/12] | 37k? | coworker au, mutual pining, slight soulmate au | F, A 

(there is slight S but it’s implied like JK is with someone else) a collective snapshots in time shared between two, whose fates were undeniably intertwined and futures would never come to be. my review

Historic Moments @/moyochu - drabble | 1.5k | biology teacher x history teacher, secret dating | tooth-rotting fluff | my review

Human Error @gardentulips - one shot (with 7 post-drabbles, you can check author’s hashtags) | 4.8k | Robot AU, Android AU, Engineer(?) OC | A, F 

I Don’t Like a Gold Rush @candlewaxandp0lar0ids - one shot | 17.3k | College AU, Strangers to Lovers, Slice of Life, Jock JK (kind of) x awkward OC | F, slight A ⭐ (one of my favorite reads)

I Love You Too @smileyoongle​ - one shot | 6.8k | feat Taehyung, hurt/comfort fic, boyfriend!jungkook, ex!taehyung, therapist au, patient!reader, infidelity themes (past relationship) | a, f (this just hurt my heart but jungkook healed it)

In a Daisy For You @xiaokoo - drabble | 1k | fuckboy x good girl OC, kind of crack | F (also reading author’s new drabble series with mascot!reader  is cute!)

In Between Blurred Lines by seokwaves/guksfly - series [5/5] | 22.5k | bestfriends AU, college au,  idiots to lovers, art student!jungkook | F, A  

For almost two decades of being with each other, you only ever thought of him as the child you’ve raised ever since elementary until Taehyung said that Jeongguk had a crush on you since you were 11. Uh oh. How are you supposed to take that? 🌷 I reblogged this but haven’t reviewed at that time before author deactivated. I linked the AO3. There’s just a little S after they kiss, you can skip that part and it’s near the end if I remember correctly.

Is Your Refrigerator Running @joheunsaram - one shot | 4.2k | fratboy au, college au, prank caller Jungkook | F, crack | review 

Keyed @taemyg - one shot | 3.8k | neighbor au, slight enemies to lovers | fluff, crack   You were sick and tired of your attractive idiot neighbor blocking your driveway.

Kiss Cam @jungshookz - one shot (headcanon) | 4.6k | Strangers who end up seatmates at a Hockey Match and ended up 

Lilac Wisteria @blushoseoks - one shot | 6.1k | Bestfriend AU, Childhood Friends, Jungkook with his consistent idea that he’ll marry OC | F, slight A

Lost In Japan @sugarjaee - drabble | 901 | based on the same titled song | F (this is really cute!)

Love Letters @jentlemarks - one shot | 2.5k | poetry, secret messages, etc | F (so cute and wholesome)

Love to Hate You @latetaektalk - series [4/?] | 33k+ | fratboy AU, fake dating AU, College AU, enemies to lovers, rich kid!jungkook | A, F, (eventual S but so far it’s still smut-less) | my initial reaction

Love You Like I Love You [i, ii, iii ] @/yeojaa - drabble series [3/3] | 3.3k | Exes AU | A, F 

It’s never uncomfortable or rushed or any of the million other things meetings with your exes tend to be. Which is probably why it’s so easy to end up in the position you are now, in the apartment you’d moved out of six months ago, draped across his chest with a book in your hand | my review 

Matching Hearts @arcticguk - one shot | 3.2k | Exes AU | F, A (link will lead to review)

Morning Routine @absoluteyoongit - drabble | 1.6k | neighbor au, crack, mention of Pokemon haha this is hilarious | F

*Mr. Ice @army-author - one shot | 11.1k | enemies to lovers, neighbor au, christmas theme (part of my 2021 Christmas reading list and will do a review/reblog of the other fics!), stranded on ch 

(I actually just recommend going through author’s masterlist for fluffy or angsty goodness)

My Babysitter’s a Quarterback @ohpretty-baby - one shot | 30k | enemies to lovers, Jungkook babysits you even though the two of you are the same age. | angst, fluff | my review

*Mix-tape @moon-write - one shot | 2.1k | established relationship, boyfriend au, hurt/comfort, idolverse, epistolary (use of letters and music), Jungkook created a mixtape for OC (you have to listen to the mixtape while reading for maximum effect)  | f (tooth-rotting fluff), slight a (because of the hurt/comfort angle)

My Euphoria @moyochu - one shot | 7.6k | fake dating au, ceo au | tooth-rotting fluff 

(I actually recommended this for Jungkook week because it was super fluffy I couldn’t get over it) | my review 

*Not so Blind Date + 02 @kmpac - two shot | 5k+ | blind date au, secret identity, plot twist, sports au | f

Of Honey and Cinnamon @/rubycoast  - one shot |  |slice of life au, enemies to lovers, musician!jungkook | F, slight A | my review

*Oh, So Divine @yoonoclock - drabble | 820 wc | established relationship, comfort fic through letters (not an epistolary) | f

*One on One @thatmultifandomhoe - one shot | 3.1k | College AU, Sports AU, Boxer AU | f (really cute) 🌷

*Nothing Feels Better Than This @jungkookiebus - drabble | 2.1k | hurt/comfort, established, boyfriend, fair/amusement park, mental health themes | f 

Petal to the Metal @luxekook - one shot | 7k | humor, idiots to lovers, noona!oc, florist!oc, strangers to lovers, jewelry maker!jungkook, feat. florist assistant!yoongi (he gets his own story too), i love the use of flowers and its symbolism | f, slight a

Photographs @honeyedhoseok - one shot | fwb au | angst with happy ending | my review

Pop Goes The Cherry @1oserjk -  drabble-ish? | 3.8k | Brother’s Best Friend AU, Childhood Friends AU, virgin!reader | A

*(Road)Tripping For You @latetaektalk - one shot | 31k | Slow Burn, Strangers to Lovers, Summer AU, Road Trip AU, There’s Only One Bed Trope | f, sligh a

*Regular @ttttaehyungie - one shot | 6.8k | film major!jungkook, convenience store clerk!reader | f

River Over Stones @masterninjacow - one shot | 37.k | enemies to lovers, godparents au, based on Life as We Know It film | A, F (slight S but not really obvious, see comments here) #holygrailfics

Roses, Poetry, and Jeon @seraphimguks - one shot | 12k | Bookstore AU, enemies to lovers (sort of), Love Letters AU | F, slight A (I LOVE THIS!) ⭐

*Sobriquet @taethetes - one shot | 3k | drunk boyfriend!jungkook, college au, feat adorable drunk OT6 (except Jimin, he’s the only sober one), party au, Jungkook gets so creative (and cheesy, but cute) coming up with pet names for OC | f, f!

Serendipity by @sopewriters - f | soulmate au, humor, you experience what your soulmate does (change hair color, write on palm, etc) 

Sit and Heal @kiirokero​​ - one shot | 24k | slice of life, supernatural au (magic elements), werewolf au, witch au, soulmate au, slow burn, hurt/comfort, strangers to lovers | a, f

Somnolent @forgottenpasta - one shot | 3.5k | roommate au, sleepless Jungkook who’s unable to sleep unless OC is there | F  ⭐

*Sleeposal @joyfulhopelox - drabble | 2.8k | boyfriend AU, sleep talker!jungkook proposing in his sleep, really cute!, proposal AU | f 🌷 

Snaps @cryxtal-moon - one shot | 10.3k | photographer!jungkook, assistant!oc, neighbor au, producer!oc | f (really cute)

Spellbound @jeonseok - two shot (second story contains smut) | 7.5k | Bratty Demon Koo | F, borderline S but not really

The Lighthouse @/rubycoast - one shot | 12k | strangers to “lovers”, mutual pining, uhm I want to put another tag without spoiling anything but I think it will kind of spoil let’s just say PLOT TWIST | A, F (but bittersweet)  | 🌷 My review of this is still in the drafts but this is beautifully written

The Most Beautiful in Life @livefree-and-diestrong​ - series [13/13] | 66.7k | slice of life, slow burn, roommate au, college au, unrequited love, friends to lovers, designer!oc, photographer!jungkook | f, a

The Universe of Us @taesthetes - one shot | 21k | dream AU, fantasy au, slice of life, based on Kimi No Nawa | F, A  | my review  (you have to read this on mobile) #holygrailfics

* Tints @yukheii - drabble | >3k | established relationship, tattoo artist!jungkook going through it over florist!OC getting tattooed by someone else, boyfriend au, really cute | f

*Two Plus One @jktones - drabble | 990 wc | established relationship, surprise for jungkook recorded through video, expecting au | f (super fluffy)

Unexpected Confession @sunkissedjk - one shot | 5.7k | High School AU, Athlete JK, Neighbor OC | F

Utopia @meowxyoong - drabble | 623 | cutest drabble 🥰 in existence! Expecting Dad JK | F

Wanderers @kidguk - one shot | 2.8k | amnesia AU, kind of eternal sunshine of the spotless minds

Wartime Child @ktheist - one shot (there are spin-off drabbles though) | 12.k | Wizard AU, Single Dad AU (OC and JK are not together), Family AU | F, A

What Money Can Buy @jeonstudios - one shot | 17.8k | sugar baby AU, CEO!Reader, implied S (just kissing) | A, F

Wonder @bubmyg - one shot | 14.9k | strangers au, writer!reader with writer’s block sent on vacation, pool boy!jungkook, wait staff!jungkook, singer!jungkook, vacation/beach setting | f, a

Written in the Stars @jcwriting - one shot | 10.4k | werewolf au, soulmate au, hurt and comfort | A, F

Your Eyes Tell @njkbangtan - series [17/17] | 44k | soulmate au, unrequited love, roommate au, slight sugar baby au (lol you’ll see why), artist!jungkook, lawyer!reader, slight enemies to lovers | A, F 

(slight S - there is one chapter but you can skip to the last sentence. OC was trying to prove a point to Jungkook) | 🌷 my review is kind of scattered because I would comment using my main during its run 

You’ve Got Mail @/minyoongijjangjjangmanboongboong - one shot | 12.9k | Barista!Reader, Graphic Design Student!Jungkook, Non-Idol!Au, Ex-Lovers to Enemies to Lovers, with secret identity themes | A, F | my review

🌷 Other sources of fics can be found in the 

Part 1 (Recommended Authors and chosen fics) - linked top of this post

NAVI (check SMAUs. Jock JK, Established Relationship List, etc)

or my previous Reading Lists (check fics with only F or A tags)

Based on this ask:

*newly added - 2022 Feb 13

[space-clef]

OKAY OKAY I NEED to get this off my mind bc it’s been tossing about in my head for YEARS and I must share it

Inception (Nolan, 2010) NEEEEDS to be adapted in some way into a TV show. This is a movie with one of the highest show-potentials I’ve ever seen - you have a universe that is clearly VERY expansive in terms of dream sharing, an intriguing practice with what is suggested to be a long complicated history, and so very little of that is explored in-film. There is already an extensive language of terms, symbols, practices, rules, tools etc that is waiting to be used and expanded on.

You wouldn’t even necessarily need to include the original film characters, save for perhaps a cameo or two or some other minor roles. It could exist completely outside the plot of the film. But literally believe me when I say the possibilities are endless.

-You could take the route of a prequel sort of thing, which explores the early days and development of dream sharing they mentioned briefly in the film as a military training program, and then branch out into the moral complexities of it and where things went wrong, why it became illegal, etc.

-you could have just an entire mystery plot like imagine a detective show but with dreams set in the inception universe like come on that would be freaking amazing

-someone with amnesia must search their own dreams and the dreams of others to solve the mystery of who they are, following a string of clues and recurring symbols within the dreams they walk in till they begin to uncover some huge very important thing they must do or stop

-you could simply separate it completely from the film and just focus on some other person or group of people who practice dream sharing

-Or do the opposite, and go explore the other characters from the original show. I’d pay good money to see more of Eames or Mal again honestly

-Have characters solve a huge long forgotten mystery

-Or save peoples lives

-Or focus on a slow burn arc where the protagonist begins bright eyed and wanting to use the practice for good, but slowly descends into madness and confusion and gets tied up in all sorts of corruption, and needs to find their way out before they lose sight of reality completely

-Perhaps a terminally Ill person lives out a second lifetime in their dreams

-Maybe have a plot where the audience starts out on solid ground, being able to clearly identify the protagonist's dreams from reality, and then by the end they are as clueless as mc as to whether or not they’re watching them dream or not.

-literally the possibilities are endless

Anyway that’s my Ted talk had to get that one off my chest lol thank u for listening byee