#which is fine! but i feel like rap is one of those things where some people are just always going to be better than others

[absinthe-adonis]

lucien flavius x reader

warnings: pwp, blowjobs, finger sucking, mild choking, jerking off, dom!reader, sub!lucien, orgasm denial, begging

author’s note: ive never sucked a dick before unfortunately so i apologize if this is written weird. as always feedback and requests are very welcome!! i still have a nagging feeling that there are some weird clunky sentences and mistakes and/or i overused some words too much even though ive read this over three times now and sent it to two different people to read so i also apologize about that. however one of those people was a lesbian and she said “the fact that it kept me interested is extremely impressive”

“Why don’t we work on your training, Lucien?” As much as you wished he’d let you train him on more than one thing a day, you had to admit at least the days seemed to fly past when you were with him.

He looks up from the enchanting table, his face lighting up. “Really? Oh, I’ve been looking forward to this. What shall we work on this time?”

“Well.” You smile wryly. “Don’t take this personally, but I was thinking we should build up your stamina.”

His face pales dramatically. “Oh dear. You’re going to make me exercise, aren’t you?”

“Come on, come on, outside. You want to be able to hold your own in a fight for longer, don’t you?”

He groans, dragging himself dramatically toward the door. “I suppose so.”

You roll your eyes and walk out to the sprawling, vibrant yard of Tundra Homestead. Despite his complaints, Lucien is close behind you, as always.

“We can start easy,” you say, fighting back laughter at the look of dread he’s giving you. “15 push-ups. Make sure you count them.”

“Easy?! You overestimate me.” Resentfully, he lowers himself to the ground in the most dignified way he can and begins his set of very undignified push-ups. You fold your arms and watch him amusedly.

“One… two… three… f-four…” His strained, breathy voice gives you butterflies — and not in your stomach. To make matters worse, Lucien lets out a soft, broken moan as he reaches the sixth push-up. You tighten your grip on your arms, trying with all your might not to react visibly (or audibly).

His body shakes as he struggles to raise himself up and down, breathing heavily. You imagine what he would look like, unclothed and trembling beneath you, completely at your mercy-

You clasp your hand over your mouth, horrified at your own thoughts. Holy shit, this is so bad, he’s just your traveling companion, he probably doesn’t even-

Your train of thought is interrupted by Lucien exhaling loudly and collapsing on the ground. He looks up at you with forlorn puppy eyes. “Can that please be it for today?”

You nod stiffly. “Uh- yep. That’s fine. I’m gonna- I- I’m gonna- I’ll be right back.” You turn around and practically stumble back into the house.

You sit down on the side of your bed and stare at the wall, mind and heart racing. The attraction itself wasn’t even that bad- it had always sort of been there, ever since your first meeting when you asked if he was flirting and he got all flustered. It was cute. He was cute. But now, he’s hot, which is a completely and vastly different beast to deal with. And really, it’s the implications of the attraction that have you so frazzled. Also, how did such a short and simple thing drive you so insane with lust? Where did all of this come from? What if you accidentally change the way you treat him and then he feels bad or he starts treating you differently back?

The wooden rapping of knuckles against wood breaks through the deafening silence. Lucien poked his head through the door nervously. “Is- is everything all right?”

Gods motherfucking damn it. “Yeah, it’s okay, Luce. I dunno.”

“Were my push-ups really that bad?” He asks, the slight lilt in his voice and his concerned smile clearing the cloud in your mind a bit. You chuckle.

“Can I come in?”

You nod and pat the bed next to you. He sits, his knees tilted in towards you. “Do you, er… want to talk about anything?”

“I want you,” you blurt out. Lucien stares at you, mouth open.

“I’m sorry,” you choke out, quickly standing up. “I shouldn’t have- oh my god, I’m so stupid, I’m sorry. You-”

You stop as he grabs your wrist, not pulling you back but not letting you leave either. “Do you mean, like-”

“Yes.”

He lets go of you, putting his fingertips to his lips. A deep coral hue floods across his cheeks. “Oh! Well. That’s- certainly something!”

“Look, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have said anything- I especially shouldn’t have said it like that- if you’re disgusted and want me to leave, you can just say that, I won’t-”

He gives you an incredulous look. “What? No! No, that’s not what I meant at all! I’m not- I mean, I’m not… opposed??”

Your brain seems to have shut off. “You… really?

“Well, I wouldn’t lie to you!” He says defensively. “Especially not about this, that would be cruel!”

A fiery sensation begins to burn in the pit of your stomach. “Lucien.” There’s a new deep, sultry quality to your voice, sending visible shivers down his spine. He looks at you, silently, expectantly.

“Would you want to? Right now?”

He swallows. “I suppose I wouldn’t-”

You don’t even allow him to finish his sentence before you push him down onto the bed, climbing on top of him. He gasps quietly, almost paralyzed.

You straddle him, placing one hand on his waist and leaning down to run the other through his soft blond hair. “Relax,” you purr into his ear. “You can tell me to stop at any time.” You move your hand down to palm the growing bulge in his pants. He lets out a soft whimper, and the fire in your stomach begins to burn brighter. “Fuck,” you whisper. “You’re so pretty.” You move your hand back to his waist and start grinding against him, eliciting more muffled moans from his closed mouth. You run your thumb across his lips. “You like this?”

He nods fervently. “Yes- gods, that feels- really good-” His high, whiny voice is like a divine symphony. Your hands travel slowly down his sides until you slip your thumbs under the waistband of his pants, causing him to stir in anticipation. You drag them down his slim, downy legs, and slide yourself back onto your knees. He whines at the absence of stimulation.

“Sit up, Lucien.”

He inhales sharply and slowly props himself up with his arms, which you can see are shaking with nervousness and excitement.

“Now take your shirt off.”

He nods and eagerly pulls it over his head, tossing it to the side. You allow your gaze to indulgently explore his exposed body. “Look at you,” you breathe softly. “So obedient for me.” He closes his eyes and tilts his head back, whining again and rolling his hips forward. You reach out and hook your fingers onto his loincloth, slowly and agonizingly pulling it down to reveal his rapidly hardening cock, dripping with precum.

“Hmm,” you hum appreciatively. “Already so wet. You want me to suck your dick, Lucien?”

“Yes,” he says in a quiet, choked voice.

“Oh, you’re gonna have to do better than that, Luce. I want you to beg for me. I want you to show me that you want me as much as I want you.”

“Please,” he mewls. “Please, please, I need you- I n-need you, please make me feel good, please-” His words dissolve into incoherence as you grasp onto his thighs, your fingers sinking into his plush skin, pushing his legs further apart. He lets out high, shuddering moans as you put your lips against his cock, swirling your tongue languidly around his tip. “Fuck- oh my gods- aah-”

You continue to suck teasingly at his tip, thoroughly enjoying his taste, the heat of his skin, the high desperation of the noises he’s making. You can feel him squirming, and you can see his hands grabbing fistfuls of the sheets in the corners of your vision.

“Please,” Lucien moans. “I need more- more, please-”

You laugh softly, the vibration of the sound making him sigh wantonly. You move your head down his shaft, sucking and caressing him with your mouth and tongue. His hips buck up involuntarily, his long cock hitting the back of your throat. “Ah- sorry- fuck. It feels- so good- so good-”

You smile and reach up, grabbing his wrist and placing his hand on the back of your head. His fingers immediately lace through your hair, holding firmly onto you. “Oh my gods,” he groans, and starts slowly pushing your head up and down. You relish in his pleasure, in how perfectly his dick seems to fit in your mouth. You shift your hands to his hips, and he whines loudly, thrusting forward.

You can tell he’s holding back, trying to keep his composure. You wish you could tell him it’s okay, he can let go, but you don’t want to stop. His cock is absolutely intoxicating, and you need more of it. You want to make him completely unravel. You increase your pace, bobbing your head up and down, and using your grip on his hips to pull him closer to you, farther down your throat. He cries out your name, and you can feel him quivering beneath you. Yes. Fuck. Oh my gods. Your hands curl into claws, your nails scratching at him in blind desire. His yelps and moans only make you more and more insatiable.

But suddenly, you have an idea that makes an evil smile spread across your face. As wonderful as it would be to swallow every last drop of his cum, you want to see him. You continue to suck on him, rapidly and passionately, coaxing him towards his orgasm-

-And then, you pull back. He practically screams in agony, thrusting hopelessly into the air. You look up at his face; his eyes squeezed shut, his mouth wide open, his features twisted together in pleasure and pain. “N-no,” he gasps out. It takes every ounce of willpower in your body not to pounce on him and finish him off right there.

He opens his eyes and looks down at you pitifully, panting and twitching, leaning back on his hands. “Please, please, keep going, please-”

You climb up on top of him and then swing around, pressing yourself against his sweat-slicked back and putting your lips against his ear.

“I’m going to help you jerk off that pretty cock of yours, and you are not going to cum until I say you can.”

He whimpers quietly, and you reach forward and place your hand on his, guiding it to his throbbing dick. He wraps his fingers needily around it, and you did the same between his. He starts moving his fist up and down, but you tighten your grip and force him to slow down, to which he lets out a heavy, drawn-out moan. You splay your free hand across his smooth chest, stroking his skin, slowly traveling upward until you clasp it around his throat.

Lucien lets out a depraved keening sound, his own free hand shooting backward and finding your thigh, then clutching onto it for dear life. You look at the hopeless expression on his face, completely lost in pleasure. “That’s my good boy,” you croon in his ear, earning yourself another sweetly strangled moan.

“Please,” he stammers out, hardly able to speak. “Please let me cum, please, I want to cum, please, I need it so bad-”

“Mmm, not yet, Luci.” He groans in pain, both at your response and as you remove your hand from his. “Don’t stop, now. Keep the same pace. Be a good boy.”

“I will, I will- I’ll be such a good boy for you, please, plea-” You cut him off by shoving two fingers into his mouth, essentially having him in a headlock now. “Suck.”

He moans again around your fingers, and does as you ask. Your entire body feels as if it might burn to a crisp at any moment, seeing the pleasure he’s in because of you. He can barely concentrate on jerking off and sucking your fingers at the same time. The beautiful noises he’s making are steadily amping up in volume and desperation, and he’s becoming sloppier and shakier the more his restraint fades into utter ecstasy.

You push your fingers further into his mouth. “Does my pretty boy want to cum?” You ask sweetly. He nods and whines in response.

“Cum for me, Lucien. Show me how good you feel.” You clamp your legs on either side of his torso, spreading your fingers out in his mouth, squeezing his throat in encouragement. In a few seconds, hot streams of cum burst out of his dick, covering his hand, his legs, his stomach, the sheets, even the floor. You press hard, passionate kisses against his shoulder, cheek, and neck, everywhere you can reach, as tremors rack his body and his moans reach a heavenly climactic chorus. He calls out your name, over and over, pushing himself into you as he orgasms.

Finally, he goes limp, breathing like he had just run a marathon. You let yourself relax in the blissful intimacy of this moment, before peeling yourself off of him and gently lowering him down onto the bed, pressing a final kiss to his lips. “You’re perfect, Lucien. You did so good.”

“You,” he answered breathlessly. “You’re amazing.”

You cup his cheek in your hand. “Let’s get you cleaned up, hmm?”

The you spend the next few minutes cleaning the mess off of him and his surroundings with rags from your bedside table, while he apologizes profusely no matter how many times you assure him it’s okay (and you actually think it’s very hot). He still doesn’t seem to have complete control of his motor skills back yet.

What a man. You already can’t wait for the next time you get to rail him senseless.

[sitp-recs]

Hi liv! I was wondering if you had any fics with really charged moments between harry and draco? Where they both want each other but are unwilling to make a move? They don't strictly have to be slow burn or ust fics because I feel like I've read some where there's a fast sexual burn but they still contain heavy moments. This ask was inspired by me just finishing little Compton street and rereading some bixgirl fics, and I know you love those authors so hopefully you know the vibe I'm trying to find! Thank youuu

Ohh I love this ask! And I’m really pleased to know that we share some favorite authors and works, LCS has my whole heart ❤️ I also think that Writ and Bix are great authors to binge read if you’re looking for that specific vibe of UST, their fics are sooo cinematic. Here are some recs, I’ll save this list as “intense UST” lol

Take These Lies by @pennygalleon (E, 20k)

There’s a portrait of his godfather in Draco Malfoy’s potions shop and Harry needs to know why. But that’s not why he keeps coming back.

The Venice Job by nishizono (E, 25k)

Harry Potter was one of the youngest Aurors in history. He was the Boy Who Lived, and the Boy Who Lived Again. He loved Guinness and Quidditch, and hated pineapple. He wrote letters to Hagrid every Thursday, and on Sundays, he visited Hermione and Ron. Harry Potter was also not gay.

I Bet That You Look Good on the Dancefloor by birdsofshore (E, 28k)

God, he wanted this – wanted it so much he could taste it, a metallic tang of heat and desire. He suspected nothing would ever be the same again – especially when he saw who else was in the room.

War Wounds by SilentAuror (E, 30k)

Some wounds take longer to recover from than others. HP/DM, with background HP/GW. Themes of alcoholism, love triangles, and dubious fidelity.

Us, in Lieu by Tepre (E, 30k)

Teddy needs help and Harry needs funding. Draco sits in the other room and plays the piano.

Expecto Patronum by @writcraft (E, 35k)

As Draco Malfoy negotiates his feelings for the wizarding world's brightest star, he becomes increasingly attached to Harry and unravels the secrets he keeps hidden from the rest of the world.

Stately Homes of Wiltshire by waspabi (E, 57k)

Malfoy Manor has mould, dry rot and an infestation of unusually historical poltergeists. Harry Potter is on the case.

Modern Love by @tackytigerfic (E, 61k)

Harry Potter, of all people, knows that life isn’t always fair. And no one gets to be happy all of the time. But surely there’s something more—something better—than a rubbish Ministry job, and a lonely old house, and that feeling that everyone out there is doing a better job of living than Harry is.

Criminal by @the-sinking-ship (E, 83k)

Things were going just fine for Draco Malfoy. He successfully conned and counted cards across Europe and America, amassing a small fortune, along with a lengthy rap sheet. That was until he made the grave mistake of returning to England for a high stakes card game and got himself caught – by Harry Potter no less.

Who we are in the shadows by @quicksilvermaid (E, 100k)

What happens when you’re forced to become the very thing you despise? Ex-Auror Harry Potter, tossed out of the Ministry for something he had no control over, has been looking for a way back to his former life.

By the Grace by lettered (T, 140k)

Harry is an Auror instructor. Malfoy wants to be an Auror.

Can't Sit Still by wilteddaisy (E, 193k)

Five years after the war, Harry finds himself drawn to Draco Malfoy by memories that aren't his own. Or, in which Harry hates his Auror partner, Draco flips houses, Pansy sleeps around, Hermione is a magical creatures’ justice warrior, Blaise is getting married, and Ron is just along for the ride.

[littlemessyjessi]

Buying You Candles: BTS Reactions x Witchy Partner

BTS Reactions

BTS x Witchy Partner 

For any of you wishing to read the other's in this series, please defer to my profile where you can find the link to the navi in my bio.  All my Kpop content is located in Masterlist 2.0.  

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Summary:  They buy you candles for your practice. 

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Seokjin: 

Jin's hyung energy is strong with this one.  And it doesn't matter if you're older than him… the hyung/oppa side of him is coming out and he is going to play that card.  He's this way with the members.  Imagine how he is going to be with a partner.  So yeah…  He spies the little list you have sitting on your desk of things you need to pick up from the metaphysical store next time you're there.  

"Here, let me do it. What shop is it?" 

"Jin, I can do it.  It's no big deal." 

*withering glare* 

"Ok, damn.  Chill.  You can do it." 

*bombastic side eye* 

"It's the little building beside the cupcake shop. It's called Third Eye." 

You just need to accept the fact that Seokjin is going to spoil you and you're going to have to let him.  

Because if you don't - A, he's going to pout and B, he's going to do it anyway so you might as well just accept it, write the list and let the man feel needed.   

And if for some god forsaken reason you decide to say, "Jin, I love you and I appreciate it but really, I can do it. You don't have to pick these up for me." 

Just know, that you are going to be on the recieving end of major sass, possibly his mad angry rapping skill featuring that little vein in his neck trying to pop out and then a pompous little dismissal something along the lines of:

"It's healing for me, jagi.  Now, would you really deny me the opportunity of healing?" 

So just suck it up and accept the fact that you have a very loving partner who is going to spoil you with candles and whatever else you might possibly need or want. 

Yoongi: 

This man knows how to find a good deal.   Three dollar chain? Psh. Bitch, you can't tell.  Which is why he won't hesistate to stroll up in the dollar tree and load up an entire cart with the different color glass vase candles.   He follows the 'dollartreefinds' and 'dollartreecandles' hashtags on instagram purely for this reason.  They come out with new colors?  On it.   They've released pastel versions for spring?  Add to cart.   Black candles for spooky season?  Bitch, please.   You will never run out.   And because he saved so much on candles… his baby wants a huge opal figure? His baby GETS a huge opal figure.   Damn straight. 

Hoseok: 

Hobi on the other hand.   Quality over everything.  Truthfully the dollar tree candles work just fine but you ain't gonna tell him that.  Well, you might.  But he ain't listening.  He is going IN.  He is RESEARCHING.   He's reading ALL the reviews.   He will find the best rated, top quality shop for all the candles.  He will be going in person to inspect them with those sharp eyes of his to make sure that they will in fact be up to his standards. And this mother fucker will stock you on all the basics he feel like you could ever need.  And then he's gonna want a list of wants.   And you better just comply or else you'll get attitude.  "Hobi, babe, this is more than enough.  I'm fine.  Like this is more than I've ever had anyway.  I don't need-" 

 "Jagi, I did not ask you what you needed.   I asked you what you wanted.  Now you can either tell me or I'm getting one of everything."  

"But I-"  

*Cue that sharp ass glare he has when someone messes up choreo.  

"Ok, ok.  This one.  I would like this one."  

"Great, add at least nine more." 

 "Hobi, I don't"  

*Glare intensifies and that jaw becomes so flexed you actually fear for your life with how sharp it is* 

"Ok, ok.  Well, these are the holidays that are coming up that I'd like to celebrate. So maybe these.  And the haters have been particularly nasty lately so maybe this one." 

"Good, baby.  See? Now was that so difficult?" 

You accept the kiss and thank him for his generosity but damn, homie gets pressed when you don't let him spoil you, lol. 

Namjoon: 

Now, does Namjoon believe in this stuff? No.  He doesn't.  He's an aetheist.  However, you do and it's important to you.  So he takes this VERY seriously.   This is important to you and you're important to him so he would never DARE to roll his eyes at it.   Like Hoseok, Namjoon his does his research.  He's not likely to go all in like Hobi but Namjoon does know the holidays you choose to celebrate or what you're typically going to do in a week or whatever.  His research however consists mostly of what the corresponding candle, color and scent or whatever would be.  He prefers wandering into the small witchy shops, definitely having a look at the book section.  He'll often pick up something occultish.  Even if he doesn't believe he does find it interesting and entertaining.  And he knows that you'll definitely want the book once he's finished with it.  Then he'll make his way to the candle section, pull up the notes on his phone and choose from there.  He sometimes cross references with whoever is working there but often times he gets more joy out of it knowing that he learned enough about something that you do to pick correctly.   You're unsure whether it's his research or his intuition… but often times he is actually spot on.  Also, if you EVER dont let him watch...he will so sad. and dramatic.

Jimin: 

Now, Jimin's approach to buying you candles is based heavily in observation.  He prides himself on how open, safe and vulnerable you are with each other in your relationship.   He's often present when you are doing workings or journaling or even shopping just as an excuse for the two of you to spend time with one another. And Park Jimin is a very observant man.  So he notices shit.   He takes stock of the fact that there are only two green candles left on the shelf and one gold one.  So he makes  a note to order some more for you because he knows you use those often in prosperity workings.  While he's at it, he might add in a figural dollar sign candle as a surprise for you to try.   The little pink birthday candles that you use for peace in friendships are down to about two in that little box.  He's picking you up some on the way home from work one night because he knows you like the ones from that supermarket the best.  You've been talking about ancestor work?   He texts you to let you know that a package is about to be delivered today so you need to be there to recieve it.  You open it and it's got not only white candles but also figural family candles as well. It's in the details for Jimin.  This mother fucker pays attention and provides based on what he sees.  He doesn't just pick blindly.  Even if he doesn't believe.  He knows you do and he wants to show you that because it's important to you… it's important to him. 10/10 if you ever try to tell him that he doesnt have to do this... will sit you down for a talk and shame for even thinking he wouldnt take care of you.

Taehyung: 

Taehyung wants to know everything.  He's probably going to ask a lot of questions.   He's INVOLVED.  And he's quite sweet and endearing.  He may not have been raised in it and he might not connect with it on the level that you.  But he's still present and participates.  He likes to learn and he loves learning from you.  So while he might do his own research… he much prefers you to be his teacher.   He's likely going to come home one day with a basics kit.  A little of everything.   What will surprise you is that it's doubled.  He's gotten one for himself as well.   What's amusing is that this little shit pulls out a damn Gucci candle and wants to know if that can be his working candle.   You just have to smile and kiss his cheek. 

"I mean, it's an expensive choice to make for your working candle, babe but yes, that's fine.  If you connect with it, that's all that matters.  For the record though, you can just as easily use a white pillar candle from the dollar tree.  It can work just the same." 

"I really like this one though." "That's fine.  If you vibe with that, then go with that.  What you connect with the most is gonna make it the strongest." 

"Ok, Gucci it is." 

You smile at his expensive yet endearing choice. 

A week later… you too have a Gucci 'working candle'.

Because obviously you're a liar and a Gucci candle is far superior.

Jungkook:  

Ever the frugal king, Jungkook is likely to come back with no telling what that he's swiped from hotel rooms for you.  He's always bring you those little teabags because 'You can use these for herbs, right jagiya?"  and if he's lucky enough to come across a room with tea light candles or incense or anything like that… ha.  Man RUNS for his suitcase!  I mean, BURSTS through the door.  "Jagi, you're going to love me so much right now."   Proceeds to empty the entire front pocket of his suitcase out.   Dozens of little scented tea lights that he has wrapped in cling wrap or put in little baggies.  "This one got a little melted but you can still use it right?" You just pepper him with kisses because oh, that man of yours is so sweet and considerate.   10/10 you PROUDLY use them in your workings because yes.  That energy.  *chef's kiss* Bonus if you use them in lust magic. when you tell him this... he makes it a personal mission to acquire something useful everywhere he goes,

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The Flirting Dork~Eddie Munson x fem!reader

Author’s Note: Yes I’m a clown who’s in love with the metalhead with a golden heart. I can’t help it, I’m soft. Anyway, I hope this isn’t too OOC but if it is I blame it on my NoUpsideDown!AU, that resides in my head, is that even a thing? A normal AU?

I thought it would be pretty fun if there was a 70’s Show style AU with the Hawkins gang, with a Steve/Jackie thing going on for Eddie and Y/N.

Warnings: None, pure fluff

Summary: You’ve been dating Eddie for a while now, almost three months and you realized how much of a giant dork he was when you got together.

Word Count: 1.5k

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You never really fit in anywhere at school, but you wanted to. Wanted to find some sense of belonging in high school, but you eventually moved on from that fleeting feeling when you decided to just be content with staying in the background of the drama of high school. 

You noticed that some people loved to be the center of people’s attention whether deserved or not. Eddie Munson was one of them, he seemed to thrive in dramatic speeches and theatrical movements. You always looked forward to looking at him from the cafeteria tables, watching him give a dramatic lament about the tragedy of today’s youths. 

Unsure and shy, you were content on watching from afar and laughing to yourself when he does give in to the dramatics to his friends and surrounding people around him. What you didn’t know was that Eddie noticed you too. How could he not? He thinks you’re cute as hell.

Eddie noticed you looking at him a couple of times at the cafeteria and in your shared classes. At first he thought it was just in his head that you were looking at him, multiple times, but also because you are so cute and hot?? His brain couldn’t come up with a scenario where you would be staring at him like you are, like he’s not a freak. How did he not see you sooner?

One day he noticed you staring at his table again during lunch and this time he finally caught your eyes, which caused you to get flustered and look down at a book you were reading. Eddie grinned, this was his time to make his move, to see if you really do like him. He gets up and his friends all look at him expectantly, maybe for another dramatic speech.

He winks at them and says, “Fear not children, I will be right back. I am on a quest.”

You were currently trying not to die at having been caught staring at Eddie by Eddie. While trying to get back into your book you heard footsteps coming towards along with the noise of metal jingling. You heard someone sit right next to you and heard a rapping on the lunch table as someone was getting your attention. 

“Hello, is it okay if I came over here?” 

You look up and you saw Eddie Munson staring at you with a curious look in his eyes as he stares, and you thought you were gonna die from overheating at his stare. You put your book down as you answered him, “Su-sure, yeah it’s no problem.”

“I couldn’t help but notice that you were staring at me from across the room, and I was just curious why,” he said with a soft smile as he held his head with both arms.

“Only if the fair lady wishes of course,” he makes a motion of backing up from the bench.

“I-know it’s fine, I’m sorry that I was staring at you,” you softly muttered.

He comically spins himself fully on the bench as he looks at you with a goofy grin. 

“Oh there’s no need to apologize, I’m Eddie, Eddie Munson, though you probably already know that.”

“Yeah, I like hearing and seeing you do all those dramatic speeches you do sometimes here,” you gesture around the cafeteria, “I’m Y/N L/N.”

He repeats your name softly and then his eyes widen as he fully registers what you said.

“Wait you like when I go all dramatic and stuff? Even when I do the,” he does a quick devil face at you with his tongue out, “Even that?”

“Yeah even that,” you laugh softly.

He stares at you for a brief moment until he points at your book and asks, “So what reading have I interrupted?”

“Oh you don’t have to worry about this book, I’ve read it about a dozen times already. I-it’s the Hobbit? By Tolkien?” you hesitantly answered. 

His eyes widened and his smile becomes brighter as he asks,“you like Lord of the Rings?” 

“Yeah I do, do you?”

“Hell yes, I run the local cult as you probably heard, the Hellfire Club?” 

“Yeah but it’s just a club right? You play Dungeons and Dragons right?”

He lets out a laugh and claps his hands and he answers, “and you’re not weirded by that? You know the game?”

“Why would I be weirded out? I think it’s cool, I’ve always wanted to play the game and yeah I know it. I’ve always wanted to play a dwarf or an elf like from Tolkien.”

“Well then fair lady, I’ve got some great news, the guys and I are looking for a new person to join our new campaign that’s starting soon. Would you be interested?”

“Yeah that would be fun, but are you? I have almost zero experience in D&D.”

“Oh don’t worry about that, I can teach you everything you need to know before the campaign really starts.”

You give him a bright smile as you feel completely at ease with him, and excited at the prospect of finally getting to spend time with him. 

“Yeah I would love that.”

“Cool cool, um would you want to go to our table? So you can meet all the guys?”

“Yeah totally.”

As you followed him back to the table he turned around to face you and collided to his chest.

“Sorry sweetheart, but before we go fully there I want to ask before they start pestering me that you would want to go back to my place? To start teaching you about D&D and stuff,” he rambles. 

“That sounds good, I’d like that.”

The rest, as they say, is history.

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You have been dating Eddie now for three months and you still think fondly of how he approached you wanting to put you at ease and make you laugh. He still does, and you’ve come to realize he’s not so intimidating as you thought. 

The day has finally ended at school and you were finishing putting your things away in the locker. You closed your locker and let out a yelp as you see your boyfriend, Eddie, looking at you with a wide grin on his face.

“Hey Eddie,” you say with a soft smile.

“Huh?” he gasps and throws his hand to his chest and spins around. “The lady doth know my name?”

You let out a laugh and shake his head at his antics but decide to play along, “Oh of course the lady knows about you, Sir Eddie, but one wonders does the sir know the lady’s?” 

His face fully lights up into a bright smile as he bounces his head back and forth walking with you towards his van. 

“Of course I know it Lady (Y/N), and would it be okay if this lowly peasant take you home?”

You let out a snort at that last comment and broke character as you playfully shove his shoulder.

“You dork, we’re dating already,” you said.

He’s fully in front of you with a smirk on his face now and he wiggles his eyebrows as he says, “oh we are? Does the other one know?”

“There is no other one, you’re the only guy for this girl,” you replied with a soft smile lighting your face up. 

“And that makes this guy so very lucky and very happy indeed,” he mutters to you before catching your lips in a soft kiss.

“You know you don’t need to flirt with me?” you remarked as you resumed your walking back to the van. The walk taking longer then needed with both of your theatrics halting your movements every couple steps. 

“Oh but it’s fun to flirt with you especially if you flirt back,” he winks.

You are both finally at the car and before you got in it he stepped in front of you, opens the door behind him and bowed deeply to you as he says, “your chariot awaits m’lady.”

“Why thank you m’lord,” you grinned at him.

As you both got settled in the car you decide to lean in and give him a quick kiss on the cheek before buckling seatbelt. He just looked shock at you for a second before grinning and turning on the car. 

“What’s that for?” Eddie asked.

“Oh just for being your charming, cheesy self,” you replied.

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You got out of the car and came over to you as you walked up to his and his uncle’s shared trailer. 

“Hey my hand’s feeling kinda heavy can you hold it?” Eddie said.

You were in a fit of giggles as you reached to grab his hand and said, “that is not how the saying but only for you, dork.”

“Aha but my flirting worked regardless though,” he stated.

“Of course only because it’s you.”

“I’m thrilled darling.”

As you rested fully with Eddie on his bed he turns to you and wiggles his eyebrows at you much like he did the first day he talked to you as he says, “hey there your lips looks lonely, mind if mine keep them company?”

“You’re an absolute dork,” you reply as you pull him on top of him to kiss him.

“Oh yes, but I’m your dork,” Eddie said smiling against your lips.

You hummed in agreement as you pulled him back in for a deeper kiss.

‘Yeah, your dork,’ you thought to yourself lovingly.

[throwaway-yandere]

List of Yan!Idol Event Producers/Assistants:

This will be frequently updated! I'm not posting all anons at once, but I'll spoil the first five who guaranteed a spot: 🕯️ anon, bao bei anon, 🐠 anon, 🕊️ anon, and 🦊 anon!

Producer Lumine: if you sent your request on my inbox and NOT the google forms link as instructed in the guidelines, I'll ignore it. I'm sorry, but Madam Alice will literally blow me up if we hired you without going through her "interview" process.

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Dandelion anon: "I'd like to think that my strengths come from my ability to read the room and consider the feelings of everyone whilst still using logic (and not letting it cloud me, so you can call me balanced?). I've been told that I naturally exude a comforting aura and it makes others feel safe around me! I am also quite affectionate and loves to dote on those I love. As for weaknesses, I tend to find more stability in planning, so I may lack a bit in the spontaneity department (but I'd be willing to be more spontaneous with someone who brings out that side of me). I also tend to give advices to others, but struggle to practice them myself at times T-T"

Lumine's notes: "smarter than average, plays a sport/knows martial arts, fond of cleaning". Alright then, you're Heizou's producer. Can't say you can get used to his "spontaneity" quickly... I'm sorry for that.

"Esther" anon: I like jazz music. I dont like rap, but i can appreciate a good melody. I especially like rock, rnb and some pop, specifically the ones with angsty breakup songs as the main point. I like to draw, especially the eyes and the hands. You’d be surprised how much personality is in those. Dont give me that look. I dont have a fetish. I really, really like the sun. I dont like cold weather. But i have this…thing where i drink the coffee in the afternoon, and eat popsicles when it rains. It gives off that…synergy, y’know. Also hot soups best meal ever. Mushroom soup beloved like HHHHH

Lumine's notes: "nosy, likes angst, does theater/spoken word" Hmm... I think you'd do fine with Mister Alberich... I think he'd be quite fond of you.

🕊️ anon: My main personality traits are that I am loud, bubbly, enthusiastic, energetic, easygoing and very kind! My friends always praise my intuition and are always amazed at how I am able to tell what they're feeling - they can never fool me! For my worst personality traits I'd definitely say that I'm really lazy and leave everything in the last minute and that I can get really sensitive sometimes. I'm also very self conscious of how I look which isn't good because I always end up downplaying myself in one way or the other. I can also be VERY scatterbrained, no seriously, it's amazing and kind of pathetic at how easily I forget things... I love history, mythologies and fairy tales, reading manga and watching anime, being with friends!!

Lumine's notes: "well put-together, into soft yanderes, laughs a lot, 'nosy'," amongst other things– *sigh* why am I even evaluating this? This is Diluc's producer.

Snailnom: I may have issues with vulnerability, empathy, and may be extremely touchy, but I'm the best person to be around when you're feeling down. I'll give great distractions and I'm always willing to talk! I'm just fantastic! And that's not the ego talking since I am also the most humble person ever! I am literally perfect! In everyway. I put my all into everything I care about! Which is.. unfortunately, not much outside of friendships. I have bits of trust issues, but that’s not a problem, since you can trust me! Totally! I am your friend and DEFINITELY not an enabler first, friend second. I would do petty crimes with you! I would go wild! I will eat a grape off the floor! Go apeshit! Do no harm!! I'm also a cheapskate, I'd prefer gifts you'd find down the street: like a piece of shiny glass, a smooth rock, a blade of grass, literally anything but something that could cause money! But uhoh! That might have been a lie! Not a complete one though, never those, after all.. The best lies have bits of truth in it! I do like gifts you'd find on the street, but I do like things you spend money on. Ehehehehehehe~ I am both cautious and reckless. I will jump headfirst off a (reasonable) height with no hesitation while be too scared to go down a crowded road by myself. Speaking of doing things by myself, I don't like doing that, and would love to do things with a friend if possible. I love the simple things... Like world domination and trying to eat an entire bag of fries in a few seconds. Ah, the good life is my life.

Lumine's notes: Pfft– haha! I don't even wanna read the rest. I just wanna see you produce Itto. (ps: you definitely got this job because of your energy. Even your other answers solidified it. This is fate–)

Fox: Strengths - Patient, persistent, responsible, witty, loyal and kind Weaknesses - Cautious, sensitive, very serious, low confidence/self worth and indecisive. Interests - gaming, drawing, thought proving exchanges with friends, watching youtube videos, travelling, and eating good food. First appearances: I’m probably one of the most god awkward and reserved people you will ever meet. I will give close answers and forgot how to function out of shock. Despite a million thoughts going on in my brain. But aside from that I’m a pretty chill person from what my friends tell me and can be mysterious, unpredictable at times. Have a huge sweet tooth for sweets and snacks an awful lot. My mind is logical but chaotic at the same time wanting to multitask through 5 other things trying to be efficient as possible. But even then mid way I probably get distracted by something else not even related to the tasks I was doing in the first place.

Lumine's note: I hesitated on whether or not Mister Kamisato gets with Fox because they're compatible or with Producer Hundred for the chaos... But there's just no way I'm robbing Mister Kamisato a chance of a great work partner given how overworked he is. Fox's a smart person, I think Ayato would grow fond of them in due time. He does have a thing for dogs, after all...

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mei ✾: i'm creative but also logical. normally very easygoing but serious about my job. i have a lot of love to give! i tend to express my love with physical touch and quality time. i dislike confrontations and will try to avoid it at all costs. i'm shy and find it difficult to talk with strangers (although i do a 180 once i'm comfortable with someone) i'm bad at keeping up communications because 1) i always feel that i'm bothering people or 2) some days i just don't have the energy for it. i struggle a lot with body image especially for myself. - taste in music: i love everything tbh! from pop to kpop to country to cpop to game osts, as long as i like how it sounds, i add it to my playlist haha

Alhaitham's voicemail: "I hired them because they have a neat handwriting. That's all. What? "I don't believe you"...? F-Fine. I hired them because I knew them from before. They're incredibly smart, logical, great at math, and a realist. That's all you need to know."

Solitary anon: My strengths? Probably communications and creativity. I've met loads of people in the past so I'm able to adjust myself to everyone around me. I like to create a balance and it often results with me being the 'trustworthy' or 'reliable' friend. But as I get more comfortable around people, I get a bit more talkative and my humour starts to shine through, My weaknesses is probably the fact that I adjust myself to everyone around me (its a strength and a weakness). I have the constant need to be perfect, to be liked, and I know it's damn impossible to be like that - but I still try. So I end up being pushed over easily and social gatherings exhaust me (as much as I like them,) I really like to write and do art! It's one of my outlets and I've been enjoying it ever since I was younger. I write my own novels aside from fanfiction and I even drew comics! I'm pretty smart but too lazy to study much (unless I like it). My absolute favorite color is blue (im like a moth and blue is my light). I love to game and I also like to listen to music. My style is dark academia and Idk what more to say?

Cyno's voicemail: "Tighnari, I met someone who can understand me. They like dogs. Hmm? Oh. They also like dark academia, tabletop games, a realist-- You're not interested?... Understood."

Bakery anon: "I’m a bit of a bookworm (I own atleast 14 poetry books and..more other books) however I also am quite fond of baking! Though aside from that I’m described as motherly and loyal by my friends."

Dottore's coffee-table book record: "Smart and creative. A perfectly fine mindset, can certainly handle others, a creative– an asset that can be used as a clean-up slave... Hmm, this specimen will prove to be most useful."

[yourdrugisafartbreaker]

I am so mad at Music Choice right now.

For those of you without cable, you may not know hwat a “Music Choice” is. Essentially, high up on the channel numbers is the whole bloc of Music Choice channels. These channels would be focused on playing music of different genres or demographics or time periods. You got Music Choice RnB, Music Choice Toddler Tunes, Music Choice 80’s and all that and many more.

I had a system where I had 8 Music Choice channels favorited that I visited the most often, and conveniently, they were all neatly in two little blocs themselves. The first bloc had Music Choice Hit List (Popular music), Music Choice Max (Which is like Hit List but for popular Rap and EDM), Music Choice Dance (EDM but it’s not called EDM), and Music Choice Indie (Probably the 2nd best channel because it was so diverse and different). The second bloc had Music Choice Rock (This channel just screams lighter metal to me and I can’t get over it but I have it favorited because sometimes metal will occasionally pop up on it), Music Choice Metal (THE best channel because it was a mix of so many different types of metal and metal artists of varying popularities), Music Choice Alternative (The certified Gorillaz channel), and Music Choice Adult Alternative (Which is like if Indie and Alternative mixed and had a focus on leas popular artists but also had some occasional country sounding twang in there).

So, I don’t actively have a show I’m watching right now. I’ve tried to find one, and I have some saved on Tubi to check out, but I’m not fully feeling them and maybe one will more fully captivate me. Anyways, I was bored and didn’t just want to pick up my phone to watch YouTube, so I checked out my Music Choice Channels for a minute. These motherfuckers did some motherfucking up in here.

So, I go through my favorite channels and see my little Music Choice blocs. “Hit List… Max… Dance… 60’s- 60’s? When did I add 60’s?” I never added 60’s? You know what I did add? Indie. You know what I conveniently can’t find right now? Indie. WHY DID THEY HAVE TO REPLACE INDIE??!! Listen, if Indie wasn’t performing well or something, fine. But… Why 60’s and why there? It is so out of place! And, here’s the thing: You can already listen to music from the 60’s on Music Choice. You know how I mentioned Music Choice 80’s? There is also Music Choice Y2K, Music Choice 90’s, Music Choice 70’s, and Music Choice Solid Old Goldies! That is 60’s music right there! What the fuck are you thinking replacing a good channel with something you already have??!!

But, that’s fine, I guess. Nothing worth freaking out about. Alternative and Adult Alternative can kinda fill the gap, I guess. And hey, at least those are by Rock and Yacht Rock so I can-

YACHT ROCK??!!

Nope, nope, this is not okay! They did not just take the heaviest Music Choice channel I have and replace it with the softest version of rock ever! I dunno if it can even be considering rock at all! Who was asking for this??!! I’m… So pissed. I’m most likely going to do jack shit about this but… Fuck, I’m pissed right now.

[joehillssimp]

Hermitfam is baaaad.

Like it's passable when you consider it's a 30-40 something year old white guy writing and performing it, but like... aside from that it's baad.

The backing beat is good, I like it. However, the chill vibes don't really match the speed Impulse pulls right after the intro poems. It honestly feels more like the backing beat for a singer than that for a rap song, missing the heavy percussion and.... BEAT, that that is typical of the genre.

Even more chill rap songs like Young and Wild and Free(Wiz Kalifa, Snoop Dogg, Bruno Mars, etc) have a set percussion and rhythm that guides the song along and helps to set the pace for the artists performing on the song. And that is really the core of the problem with this song.

Impulse doesn't know how to stay on beat, and doesn't seem to understand that the performer is supposed to stand out, but still fit into the overall composition of the song.

I won't talk about the opening bars, those are more spoken poetry and an introduction than anything. But the first real verse, despite being the strongest one, with a consistent flow, has the problem of not quite matching the backing track.

I don't much to say about it other than that, it's the best part.

Then the chorus comes in with Impulse kicking it up about half a notch speedwise, returns to that thing he did in Hermitgang where he tries to shove too many syllables into one bar, making the whole thing sound jumbled and rushed, like he didn't take the time to actually smooth out the little bumps in his writing before recording.

After that, the next 2 verses have this kind of spoken word, beat poetry, vibe to them. Which is fine, if he hadn't tried to open the song itself with speedrap.

Now it's not uncommon for rappers to have 1 verse, or a bridge in a different style than the rest of the song, but it's hardly ever the first verse, and usually when they bring on a guest, who's voice adds variety and it supposed to act as a high point in the song, before having another chorus or whatever to finish off the song.

It's a climax. So musically, Impulse has the Climax right at the start of the song, and then the rest a kind of chill slide down a lazy river. And i should say, there is nothign wrong with a slower flow, a lot of rappers from the east coast are hella successful off their slower flows, but once again, their flows are on beat, with a consistent cadence and blend with the backing track.

So when he starts off fast, and then slows down for all his other lines, which are at most 12 syllables each, it feels like he couldn't figure out what to say about the rest of the server, or that he was padding for runtime so the song would reach that 2 minute mark. Not to mention completely leaving out TFC.

And I think, that aside from there being no rhythm to the song, Impulse's voice isn't properly balanced by the rest of the beat. Impulse's voice, I wouldn't say it's high pitched, but it's very close to the tonal range that the rest of the song exists in, and so they use volume to make him stand out. It would have been better if perhaps they had taken some deep bass, and used that to set some kind of rhythm, with higher melodies that create a space for Impulse's voice to stand out, while keeping all the audio levels at reasonable levels.

As it stands, Impulse is so loud you can barely hear the beat, especially during the chorus.

I'm not good at explaining my thoughts but yeah uhhh...

In regards to impulse's writing...

Think of the consonants in a word, or line, to be like a drum beat. The way each one is stressed and unstressed, creating each hit and pause in the percussive melody.

For people not familiar with music theory, even drums have tones and pitches, and when you write a rap song, your voice becomes a part of the drums, who's tones support the melody, rather than the melody themselves like in normal singing.

And I listen to how Impulse phrases his words, and how he places his stresses and pauses, and it creates something akin to a child just beating a drum however they like, getting tired but still hitting, and then doing whatever they want on the chorus as well. it's not a good sound.

And the worst part is that I KNOW that impulse plays the drums. I KNOW that he should have a better understanding of rhythm and cadence than that shown in the song. Which makes this as a whole more disappointing.

Maybe he just doesn't understand how that all translates to writing.

I genuinely believe impulse could have made a better song, writing, cadence, overseeing the creation of the beat so it matched his creative vision....

I dunno it feels rushed.

And it sounds like a bad song.

[moviemunchies]

I saw this movie with friends, because they wanted to see it. And I don’t think it’s a bad film; as a family film, it’s just fine. However, I can’t say that this movie feels like it justifies its existence. 

It doesn’t need to exist! We already have The Little Mermaid! It didn’t need to be redone!

Alright! So! Ariel is the mermaid daughter of Triton, the King of the Seas, and she’s obsessed with humans and their world much to her father’s disapproval. Then she falls in love with Prince Eric and saves his life. When Triton finds out, he wrecks her collection of human artifacts, which the sea witch Ursula uses as a way to manipulate Ariel. She offers to make Ursula human for three days, with a chance to be human forever if she can get her true love, Eric, to kiss her. Except she won’t have her voice, and she’s forgotten that she needs the kiss. And if she fails, she belongs to the sea witch now. Ursula, of course, only wants Ariel as leverage to overthrow Triton, her brother.

Alright, so, let me first put forward this: I don’t know if I’ve ever seen the original animated The Little Mermaid all the way through. If I have, I’m not that familiar with it, so while I’ve had some input on what’s changed, through asking friends and looking up for myself, I might get something wrong.

I am going to start with things I liked or thought were well-done:

-Performances in general. For the most part, the acting in this movie is good, and Halle Bailey is a standout star. Her singing is fantastic, and she is absolutely an excellent choice to lead this movie. I heard someone say that she cried when she heard “Part of Your World” in the theater this time around, and I didn’t get it, but I admitted she does a damn good musical number when she gives it a go.

-Daveed Diggs is also doing a pretty good job as Sebastian. Admittedly that doesn’t make his character in this movie great, his design is uninspired for one, only that Diggs is doing incredibly well with what he’s given.

-When the special effects are bright and colorful, it’s really cool. Look, this is an undersea magical world, so it SHOULD be colorful and fantastical. There’s a lot that’s great to look at in some sequences, especially in “Under the Sea” (though put a pin in that, we’ll come back to that number).

-Things that have been headcanon or limited to supplementary material/expansions, like Triton’s queen having been slain by humans or Ursula being Triton’s sister do a lot to explain these characters, and they’re quickly established without taking up too much of the movie. It works a lot better than whatever the heck they were doing with Belle’s mother in the Beauty & the Beast remake.

But you know, there are also a lot of things that also kind of fall flat. Going back to the “Under the Sea” argument, there’s a whole bit where Sebastian sings about the different sea creatures playing different instruments–only to have almost none of those creatures appear on the screen at those moments, or have them playing instruments at all. I thought I might be mistaken, so I looked up the original scene in the animated film, and the animals are all doing exactly that as Sebastian describes them. So why have this song, with these lyrics, if the sea animals aren’t on screen doing what you’re saying they’re doing?

This is probably an extension of the obsession with the remakes of making animals look “realistic” and “realistic animals don’t play instruments”. Or something. It’s at the absolute worst whenever Flounder’s on screen, because he doesn’t look like a character as much as a real fish who is baffled to be there and would rather you stop touching him, thank you very much. 

Also they go through the trouble of changing Scuttle to a diving bird so she can go underwater to talk to Ariel and friends, but like… that means she can breathe underwater for short periods? Which is as unrealistic as it gets.

The less said about “Scuttlebutt” rap, the better. Lin-Manuel Miranda is a great songwriter, but Disney needs to stop hiring him for everything. It doesn’t fit here–every song in the original serves a dramatic or character-building purpose. Here, “Scuttlebutt” tells us something that’s proven untrue a minute later: that Eric is proposing to Ariel that day.

Also, when the “Under the Sea” sequence, and some of the others, show off a fantastical world of color and wonder, it’s a little disappointing to see exactly how drab Triton’s palace is. He’s King of the Sea and his house is drab, undecorated stone?

The conclusion is also a bit strange. In it, Ariel is the one who drives the wrecked ship to impale giant Ursula instead of Eric. I get why they did this, so that she’s a much more straightforwardly powerful protagonist with agency–SHE’s the one who defeats the villain in the end. Okay, fine, but this also means that Prince Eric does almost nothing in the climax of the movie. He, the experienced sailor, just flails about while Ariel, the one who didn’t know what a fork was a week ago, steers a ship into the Big Bad.

Yeah, that makes sense, right?

More than anything though, my main complaint about this movie is: why does this exist? I know the answer, it’s money. I am fully convinced that there could have been a great movie made out of reviving The Little Mermaid. We could get a movie about Ursula’s story, Triton’s rule, other mermaids like Ariel’s sisters, Ariel adjusting to life on land, putting this in a different setting, gender-swapping this… really, Disney could be doing anything right now and instead they’re telling the same story again, but with a bigger budget and tiny little patches to cover up perceived failings and Plot Holes, like making Ariel magically forget that she has to kiss Eric.

But no, it’s about the money. 

There’s some good in this movie, and I maintain that as a family film, it’s just fine. Whatever. But The Little Mermaid already exists, and you could watch the original one instead. This is just a copy that feels less creative, blatantly developed because Disney wants our money. 

And they’re getting it, apparently. Ugh.

[loserarc]

steve brought a duffel bag with him. Worn and battered from years of swim meets and basketball games, it was the first thing he could find that was big enough to hold everything: the various painkillers and uncounted tubes of Neosporin, a spare shirt and sweatpants, a box of Pop-Tarts. He vaguely remembers asking Henderson if that would be enough. Does he have, like, bandages? Because I can grab some on the way.

That would be good, actually. Yeah. And he heard the beep of a walkie-talkie. Someone else was talking in the background, low and indistinct. Steve’s stomach dropped. Where had the kid been calling from? Rick’s house? Had he broken in?

Are you kidding me, Eddie? Dustin’s muffled voice stopped that train of thought in an instant. Yeah, yeah, I’ll tell him. And while he didn’t actually tell Steve anything, he made a guess. A pack of cigarettes, a couple of beers . . .

It didn’t seem true during that call, and it doesn’t seem true now—somewhere near midnight—as he heaves the bag over his shoulder. Moths have gathered around the single bulb that hangs over the door of Rick’s shed, their shadows scattering into a frenzy as he knocks. One-two three-four, just as he was told to do. His arms still ache. He still moves slowly, half-convinced that any one of them had made it out alive.

It’s funny, really. Steve had been telling himself that Eddie did make it out, as impossible as that would be. He didn’t know why. Just a feeling. If he kept that a secret, he figured at the time, then at least it wouldn’t be false. And if it wasn’t true, then it was in-between. It was their broken town, yet to recover but expected to; a hug when he made it home, meaning ‘family’ for the briefest of moments. There was a strange comfort to the in-between. Any outcome was as possible as the off chance that those vines had simply given up before killing him, Robin, and Nance—unbothered. I don't believe in a higher power, Robin had said. But that was a miracle.

Now, Steve isn’t thinking. He scratches the itch on his neck then winces when it stings. He must have done the same thing a thousand times already, yet under the yellow light of a new day—of a flickering lightbulb—he checks his nails for blood. The frayed, blue strap of his bag slips, so he lets it hang from clenched fingers, its bottom touching the ground. One-two three-four is rapped with less patience the second time. Then the door opens.

He skips the What took you so long? and Good to see you, only patting Dustin on the shoulder as he passes. The unsteady light of a candle reveals the orange life vests and dirty garden tools decorating one wall. Among the clutter, a sad-looking, checkered couch has been dragged in. Again, he wonders: how? Blankets sprawl across it from arm to arm. Not just blankets. They move with Eddie’s breath.

‘Okay, Henderson,’ he whispers. ‘You’re excused.’ And for whatever reason—that it’s late, that Dustin’s tired, that the back of Steve’s car seems like a fine place for a nap—the protest is short. It means more than he can say now, in the silence of near-belief. Dustin leaves, which means Steve is trusted.

Which means– he sets the duffel bag down, in front of the couch. ‘Hey,’ he says quietly, sitting cross-legged beside it. ‘Ignore me.’ And it isn’t what he means to say, actually, but he can’t quite look at him yet. So he unzips that bag, taps the top of a beer can. He’s never been sure that works, though. It stays unopened, cold against his ankles, cold against his palms. Slowly, carefully, he’s remembering how to believe this. He doesn’t realize he’s smiling until he finishes his thought.

Ignore me. But. Ignore me, as he reaches. He squeezes the shape of his covered arm. ‘It’s really good to see you, man.’ / @freakarc

[aeriedwelling]

I'm going to keep sending you those from time to time unless you say so but here are More Music Recs In Languages You Don't Speak (I've been meaning to put the Mrs Yéyé songs from last time on mediafire and send you the link for a while, it's going to happen at some point promise!)

First up I have been listening to Monde Nouveau by Feu! Chatterton, it's just fun to listen to, and in a similar vein there's Le Dernier Jour du Disco by Juliette Armanet and Si J'Étais Un Homme (New World, Disco's Last Day and If I Were a Man respectively) they're all popular pop songs where the lyrics are fine but not the center of the whole thing, and I like them, especially Le dernier jour du disco, it's got a good vibe.

If you're interested in Lyrics which you can't understand but sound fun because of all the wordplay and alliterations and whatnot, I'll recommend Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine's songs Le Temps des Tachyons and Les Dingues et les Paumés (Time of the Tachyons and The Madmen and the Lost Ones) hopefully you can tell there was thought put into how the words sound even if you don't understand the language. Fair warning you could probably find translations, especially since the guy's from Quebec, and I can totally make you one real quick of you want (for any other songs in french too tbh it's not too long if you don't try to make it fit the music or rhyme) but I know I find the lyrics a little - unappealing at time? Dogs tearing themselves apart and such things, tiny me hated Le temps des tachyons for that line haha.

Also in a similar but different vibe, Ben Oui! by MC Solaar (Well Yeah) mostly the parts where he sings tbh because the girl's parts are a bit less well thought-out rap and more pop filler, but it's still a vibe. Plus MC Solaar is a classic of french rap, not that I listen to that genre a lot but y'know haha. (Another famous french rapper I listen to would be Beloved Orelsan but you'd definitely need lyrics for most of those, whereas for Ben oui if I tell you it's about a girl who likes money and men who have some that's enough lol)

Finally, for the Winter Season, and especially appropriate if it's cold where you are, two completely different picks: Les Mains Froides by Oldelaf (The Cold Hands) which is a cute love story, and Ой, мороз, мороз (Oy, moroz, moroz, except it's pronounced maroz, it means O, frost, frost) which is apparently a classic in Russia? I don't know, my russian teacher had us listen to it in class and I think it's fun.

Okay that's it thanks for reading (and listening the precedent ones!) love you <3

Nouveau monde - oooough very strong start :0 loving the drums?? love the delivery of the lyrics it's nice :D - aaaaaugh the chorus???? this is funky and nice i like it a lot. only loss is the fade out i dont like songs that fade out in the end but i will make an exception this one is swag

Le Dernier Jour du Disco - oh her VOICE oooooh love love love - the piano into drums <3 <3 i feel like you've sent this one before maybe?? or i listened to it before i dont remember. but OUGH. funky and swag. love love love. i am going to attempt to sing along to this without actually knowing the lyrics that'll be fun. onto my playlists u go. (i meant to listen to more and then ended up with this on loop for like 20 minutes. banger song)

Si J'Étais Un Homme - oooooh brbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbr it's such a fun vibe :0 love the piano!!!! aaaaugh love love

Le Temps des Tachyons - this one was kinda weird? i'll have to look up lyrics like you said but it was. weird without them sjdfklsdjf

Les Dingues et les Paumés - i really like this one :0 could not tell u specifically what but oooough this is so so nice

Ben Oui! - liked the instrumentals but not the vocals jsdfkjskdf (i dont like rap very much i'm finding) - i stopped listening halfway through i wasn't strong enough to finish 😔

Les Mains Froides - oooooh love love love. i kinda expected it to swell more but then it kinda stayed the same the whole time? not a bad thing just not what i was expecting sjdkflsjd very good for drumming along to :0 i was bouncing in my seat the whole time sdjfksl

Ой, мороз, мороз - OOOOOOOOH BRBRBRBRBRBRBRBRBRBR MY LOVE?????? AUGH. LOVE THE VIBES. the harmonies. OOOOOH LOVE.

[blackbird-brewster]

Idk if you take Onschot ideas but I really love your writing style and was hoping you might could make something out of one of my Jemily idea.

It´s not much but I was thinking about some hurt/comfort stuff. It plays a few weeks after the episode "Blackbird" in season 9 so JJ has to deal with her PTSD and Emily (who is in this one her wife since season 7) is worried about her after what happened during that case and the fact that JJ tells everyone that she is fine but she isn´t and JJ just don´t want to upon up. And Emily thinks it's too early for JJ to go back into the field which is why she talks with Hotch and tells him a little about the things that going on right now (not in detail). JJ is mad because Emily goes to Hotch without talking before about that. The next few days it´s a little tense till after a hard case where JJ was back in the field and something happens that make Hotch give them both a longer break after that case because JJ definitely needs that because she was not ready yet to come back.

They drive home in silence because Emily doesn't want to push her but she knows they need to talk about what happened. When they get ready for bed it finally happens. JJ breaks and opens up to Emily. She tells her the little things she didn´t told her after her kidnapping (like Hastings barely rapping her and the baby) and that she still feels like she has failed because she was not strong enough to take it like Emily was years ago with Doyle because she told Askari her code.

I hope you can do something with that and if not that´s totally fine.

Lots of Love

Hiiiiiiiiiiii Anon!! I know this has been in my inbox for AGES and I had considered writing you a little something, something but I just haven't felt inspired much lately.

BUT! I have actually written a few pieces that explore JJ's PTSD after the events of '200'. So maybe you'll like those! I know they're not EXACTLY what you were thinking (established Jemily) but they're still a good look at JJ's trauma.

FIC RECS: JJ'S PTSD (With JJ/Emily pairings)

ESPECIALLY with these pieces ALWAYS CHECK THE TAGS for each fic, since they deal with heavier topics! Enjoy <3

[wiltf]

“gotta say, eddie, times like these i wish those caravaneers would just swoop on past.”

shifting the rifle to her other shoulder, eve rolls the now free one out. at least the roads were clear. one of the only good things about heading into legion territory was they didn’t like anything out of order, giving them the clearest routes around. another rap of her first against her body armour, which smoothed out anything that might’ve been remotely reminiscent of a curve, and eve kept on.

“y’know, if they was so worried about some damn friend who went missing, shoulda told me ‘fore i went to talk to those ghouls.”

ed-e chimes in with agreement, wholehearted. half a pace ahead of eve, before dropping behind. whilst her pip-boy continued with the radio on low, giving her the sense that it wasn’t just the two of them walking into a trap now, eve could feel the sweat bead along her hair. definitely in part due to the heat, but that was part and parcel of walking around a desert. yet not even the canteen was able to get rid of the sweat.

‘course she was nervous. that walk through nipton was still in the back of her mind, with all those smells of burnt flesh, blood and ozone. back of her tongue kind of memory, where despite the fact she knew that cottonwood cove was only up ahead, if she blinked, well. there was the entrance to nipton. there were the signs.

the crosses.

sucking on her teeth, this was where they would part. where the goggles slid on, bandana pulled up over her nose. one last check in the only clear part of ed-e to see if anything could give her away, before the helmet goes on. needed a repair on the chinstrap, but at least it would hold. collar up high, eve has one last passing thought of how she really should see if she could pick up something like what the rangers were always running around in, before she commits to waving ed-e off.

now or never. and with one last rock kicked, before her boots keep carrying her on the road she’d committed to, eve lets out one more whistle. a jaunty tune that wasn’t in time to the radio. something she remembered from long before, last thing she’d heard before the first bullet had whizzed past her head.

situations were starting to feel like that again too. but the legion were at the gates, and through the dust and sun, she could see cages. her whistle and radio fall silent as she approaches the guard, hoping she wasn’t too late.

waiting for that confused look to pass over the legion soldier’s face, as her hands move in quick succession. words being made that weren’t being heard, and that suited her just fine. part of the point, to watch them grip their weapon. wave over another guard. and another. they’d have someone in here who could sign — that much she’d known from what she’d picked up from radio chatter several years back. strange to consider at the time, but it had paid off in the few times eve had been unfortunate enough to cross the path of the legion, and want to walk away alive.

eventually, eventually, she is waved in. storm picking up over the camp, and she could only count a handful of heads that were shackled and bound. there she was, sucking on her teeth again. that little noise leaving her, muffled by the bandana. if her mama was still around, she might’ve smacked her head for making such a noise.

but she wasn’t. and eve made sure her hands were free, to talk again, as another legion soldier approached. taller. different helmet. higher rank. but their hands move in return, and they say,

why have you approached us?

[manysmallhands]

#43: Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta

Released - Mar 24 2015

Highest UK chart position- #56

Spotify streams to date - 483,175,108(!!)

First heard - 2015, radio

It took me a long time to come around to Kendrick. I’d probably have first heard King Kunta on the radio when it came out, but I struggled with the album at the time: in truth, I gave it a quick listen, heard a bunch of gangsta shit in the first song without understanding any of the (extremely complicated) context and couldn’t be bothered to go any further. I didn’t go back until I was listening to more RnB/rap crossover stuff a few years on, at which point I became determined to understand why he was such a big deal and fell for the whole thing. I had to return to To Pimp A Butterfly a lot before I really felt across it and even then, there were ambiguities which still kept me interested, moral quandaries and judgements where I’m not quite sure where he stands, or where I stand either. And that’s part of his greatness, cos that messy and singular perspective where nothing is spelled out for you is how the real world tends to work, which is what he understands so well. But in all honesty, you don’t need any of that stuff to love King Kunta: you just have to recognise some great rhymes and a killer bassline.

King Kunta doesn’t so much begin as ooze into being: there’s even a little “pop!” at the beginning, like a bubble bursting to release its thick, gelatinous substance from the speakers. It’s is a remarkable groove and a supreme walking song at any time, but it’s always best in the dark, when that creepy guitar line gets going and each key change steps up its cartoonish intensity just a little bit more. Whenever I'm listening to it I can’t help but slink along anyway, looking for all the world not one bit like a famous rapper from Compton. The song itself - wherein Kendrick takes the Hip Hop crown, having gone from “a peasant to a prince to a motherfuckin’ king!” -  is full of smart intertextual references, casually lifting from Jay-Z and James Brown while bitching about “a rapper with a ghost-writer”, as if to prove the adage the that genius can repurpose something effortlessly while yr standard mediocrity comes off just looking a bit shabby. It’s also a great piece of pop music: the call and response routines are of the kind where you desperately want to take both parts (“I’m mad“ - “HE MAD!!” - “but I ain’t stressin!” has become a fine “i need to calm down now” personal reference point) and its immense sense of (what can only described as) wobbliness makes you feel as if Kendrick is strolling thru a surrealist painting, casually conquering each lolling landmark as he passes them by.

So many of my 2010s picks have been records that matter intensely to tiny numbers of people, so it’s a good palette cleanser to have a recent artist so colossal that it feels like he belongs to everyone. Kendrick is a unifying force in a music world that’s become increasingly fragmented, but he compromises nothing for bridging those gaps and King Kunta is one of perhaps only two songs I have from this decade that i wouldn’t hesitate to call a genuine modern classic.

[miyeosin]

i agree with your post about the line distribution!! i also love and respect soyeon as an artist, but when it comes to title tracks nxde and tomboy follow the same structure, and it would have been far more exciting to have things different. i find myself going back to titles like hwaa, where soyeon opened the song vocally and gave it a completely different feeling, i also feel like her rap was more well-integrated within the song structure - in nxde her second verse feels kind of jarring. i think miyeon's voice shines so much in the bsides, she makes each song really shine, the more i listen to her since her solo came out, the more i fall in love with her voice... also it's a little ironic that we got so much shuhua in the title - finally! - but i barely hear her in the bsides... i'd really love it if they go out of the box in terms of song structure bc following a formula, even the tomboy one, isn't going to help them develop more... they could become one of those groups stuck imitating their megahit sound over and over (momoland, exid) and i really don't want that for them.

i think miyeon might get better "treatment" if she starts contributing to composing and lyrics, like i've noticed minnie and yuqi getting a larger share of a song they wrote, so maybe that's one way for her to shine more. i know she wrote the lyrics of a song on my, but idk if she wants to compose and she doesn't have to, but i guess that might be one of the reasons she doesn't get more varied/many lines...

all that said, do you think it's likely we get another miyeon album in the next two years? or will other members getting solos push her comeback even further?

i feel like tomboy and nxde are kind of like two sides of the same coin, in that they touch on the same overall topic just with a different focus area. so it doesn't really bother me that they have the same structure. and with the mess that 2021 was for them maybe get back in the swing of things, so unless the next cb follows the same, i'm not really worried about her getting stuck. and honestly it isn't all that different from past title tracks, if she just put a real bridge back in the songs...or add a second verse before her rap (like in uh-oh or lion)

(just so no one has to scroll past a long response)

i actually love her rap for nxde...i wasn't too crazy about her rap in hwaa. only bc i didn't like the transition from her to yuqi wasn't as smooth as i wanted it to be (with the overlapping (which i think would've been fine if soyeon's voice tapered off instead of just stopping the way it does)) but i don't mind hwaa, or oh my god, bc even tho miyeon is singing the same part of the song the lines don't repeat each other

and honestly my issue isn't even the structure of the song, i need her to know that miyeon (and yuqi) can sing verses in the title tracks.

off the top of the head, some statements i remember her making seemed like she tends to write around minnie's voice (i say that lightly bc they were just simple comments like how she said she would write western sounding songs to show off minnie's charm, and when she was talking about how she like how minnie sounds when she sings certain things. and i haven't really seen her say anything like that about miyeon's voice (and if she has then absolutely no one cared about it bc i've never seen it)) they all have their charms, minnie has a raspy voice, yuqi has a deep voice, and miyeon has a very crisp clean voice. i would like to hear them all utilized on title tracks. i mean miyeon is a main vocalist....like soyeon pls

maybe it's bc minnie's voice gets a lot of attention for being so raspy that it's become a staple for idle tts. idk.

i keep hoping that we'll see her name listed in the credits on an idle song soon.

and i certainly hope so. [my] did well and i mean 2022 was 2 cbs and a solo. and even if they were just planning her solo as a fallback if ind wasn't successful, they still made it happen and both were quality. so they're obviously capable of planning more then one release a year. idk what the cb time frame usually is for soloist who are still in active groups, but i feel like 2 years is reasonable.

(cube: triple h released music 2 years in a row while pentagon was also releasing music. hyuna only had 1(?) release during that time but i mean right after the second album cube decided to be an idiot...)

(not cube: baekhyun debuted as a soloist in 2019 and had 1 cb a year since then before enlisting. and during that time other exo members were also releasing solo albums. but, exo was also on a weird hiatus where sm only had them releasing 1 album towards the end of the year....so they are technically an active group they were.....moving as a turtles pace.)

(idk how cube operates but those are some things to consider)

[lovemesomesurveys]

What is your Starbucks order? or any coffee shop order? (: A white chocolate mocha, a peppermint white chocolate mocha, caramel macchiato, and seasonal drinks. What is your dream vacation? A private beach resort where I can rent those nice beds and just lie out on the beach and have food and drinks brought to me, haha. Would you ever go on a game show? Which one? I reallyyyy doubt it, but if any I’d say Family Feud. What TV show character do you relate to most? Hmm. I don’t know. If you had to choose to be an animal, what would you be and why? A doggo. I could just chill, play, eat, and sleep, haha. 

When was the last time you wore a dress/suit? Like 6 years ago.  Have you ever been to Tennessee, USA? No. Do you prefer more mellow music or loud? Mellow. Do you get along well with your family? Yes. When was the last time you played in the snow, if ever? Like ten years ago. :( Are you clumsy? I have my moments. Does anyone you know have a birthday coming up soon? Me. Do you ever go bowling? Nah. It’s been well over a decade now since the last time I went bowling. I’ve only gone less than a handful of times, so it was never a big thing for me.

Have you ever worn a wig? Yes. I recently bought two in different colors. And I’ve worn wigs for Halloween costumes as well in the past. Do you enjoy musicals? Some. What shoes did you wear today? I didn’t wear any. Do you enjoy 60's music? Some, yeah. Do you know anyone who is a great drummer? No. Would you rather watch or play sports? Neither. Does your name have a meaning behind it? Stephanie means “to be crowned.”  Do you have a certain brand you are very loyal to? Adidas. Are you too short for the sun visor in the car to work properly for you? Yes. Do you have a favorite planet? Earth is just fine for me. How often do you spend time on Bzoink? I’ve been getting majority of my surveys from there now.  What did you last have to drink? Pepsi.  What type of movies are you most amused by? I like romantic comedies. What is your sense of humor like? Like, punny, cheesy, dad-joke humor I guess. Are you materialistic? I like to splurge on some things, like my laptop and phone. I don’t care about fancy bags or clothes. My most expensive brand is Adidas, which is pricy and cool, but it’s not hundreds or thousands of dollars. Do you listen more with your heart, mind, or stomach? My emotions have taken control the past few years even though I knew better about some things logically. I just didn’t want to see or hear it. My fears and stubbornness clouded my decisions, unfortunately, and I’m really paying the price for it now. What are some thing that fascinate you? How certain things work or came to be, psychology, animals, etc. Do you suffer from any diseases? I have chronic illnesses and a few other health issues going on currently. Have you ever broken a bed? No. Have you ever worked in retail? No. What's the strangest food combination you've seen someone eat? I know I’ve seen some combos I thought were weird or gross, but I’m blanking at the moment. Do you pick up on others feelings easily? Yes. What is your current mood? Not doing well at the moment. Do you prefer shopping online or in store? Online for the most part. I’ve done a lot of it the past few years. What did you last remember dreaming about? Something weird and random as per usual. What's your favorite condiment? Ranch. What is the last thing you borrowed? My mom’s iPad, her headphones, and my brother’s laptop. When was the last time you took a group picture? I don’t recall. Name the first person who pops in your head whose name starts with T. My grandpa, Thomas. Is there a song or songs you can rap all the lyrics to? Yeah, several. Have you hugged anyone today? No. What did you last watch on TV? As for what I last watched on an actual TV it was Family Feud earlier, but I also watched The Bear on Hulu before that on my laptop and currently I’m watching YouTube videos.  If your last words were the last message you received, what would they be? “Are you keeping this?” Ha, uh what an interesting thing to say. Are you good at keeping secrets? Yes. What last disappointed you? Myself. And with how some things are going currently. It’s like I’ll start to do better and then something happens and I’m set back. I don’t understand why this happening and it scares me. If you could see a concert of any celebrity who has passed away.. who would you like to see? I would love to see a Linkin Park concert with Chester. How many blankets do you own? Several. What was your favorite food as a child? Stuff like ramen, chicken nuggets, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, pizza, Lunchables, chips and other junk food. Do you like denim shorts? I don’t wear them. What was the last picture you looked at? One my mom sent me a bit ago of something in my room. She’s going through some stuff and asked if I wanted to keep it. What's the main thing you use the internet for? I spend the most amount of time on Tumblr and YouTube. I’ve also been using it a lot for my streaming services. How many questions do you prefer in a survey? I like at least 20-25. Longer than that is cool, too. If it’s more than 100 It doesn’t mean I won’t do it, I like those as well,but it might take me a little longer. I might space it out a bit. It just depends on my mood. Have you ever made someone cry unintentionally? Yes.  Is it easy to offend you? No, I wouldn’t say that. When did you last wear a hat? A couple months ago. Do you work well under pressure? I’m a major procrastinator so I did a lot of my schoolwork under pressure and to be honest I didn’t well. Not that I’d recommend it. I put myself under so much unnecessary stress. What is something that is or was hard to let go of? I have a hard time letting go of a lot of things.  What colors do you normally use to decorate with? Uhh, it really just depends what I’m decorating. Have you ever bruised one of your ribs? Yeah. Have you ever burned yourself on a candle? The tips of my hair when blowing out birthday candles once. :X It was put out quick and I didn’t lose any hair, but I was left scared and the smell of burnt hair lol. What is one of your toxic traits? My stubbornness.  Have you ever found a skeleton while outside? Nooo.  What time is it currently? 10:48PM. How many mirrors do you have in your bedroom? One. What is something you cannot get enough of? Beach trips.

[ideahat-universe]

We're doing things a bit different here. Readers might know that I own a Ayn Loki Zero. Windows handhelds get a bad rap and if you only want to play steam games you should probably get a steam deck but for someone like me, someone who wants to explore the vast pool of games on Itch.io, a windows handheld will do just fine.

Now most Itch.io games are unfinished or made in some easy bake oven style game engine like RPG maker (ya know, like my game) or renpy.

Well I quite like RPG maker games (when they are actually RPGs and not just horror games or visual novels with extra steps) so lets play them but not just them but other games as well.

On Itch.io you can offer your game for free, or you can charge money for it. Or you can leave it up to the customers on whether or not you get your Chicken Nugget money.

Typically if given the chance to not pay, I typically don't BUT, good itch.io games aren't just entertaining and fun. They help justify the value of my handheld and ultimately could justify others to buy windows handhelds.

So now I'll start paying for games that I play.

Lets start with this one. Salvagette. It's a single player bullet hell where everything moves per turn. It's basically Super Hot but for Bullet Hells and that's pretty good if you ask me.

Here's some tags that sold me on the game.

Arcade Experience: The game is short. Very short, but the game is very re-playable and makes for an easy experience where you play for a bit and then do something else.

Adds meaningful strategy to a genre that is mostly reflexes: I'm an old man! Sometimes I feel the need for speed and put on Artic Thunder but for the most part I want to do things at my own pace which means I want a turn based game. A bullet hell being a genre that requires a third eye to play well is outside of my skill set but turning it into a turn based game almost makes it into a very oddball version of chess, which I like.

Gamepad Optimized: It could have had keyboard only controls or Android only controls but it's fully playable with a gamepad and that makes me a happy camper!

Uncommon game concept: Turn Based Bullet hell has overlap with other things but it's not a very common idea and that's good enough for me.

Those attributes give it a value of 5 dollars in my book.

It will also be getting 5 stars as I had no negative valuations to apply to it.

I'll do this for every itch.io game I play that doesn't make buying it mandatory.