#which is so intriguing to me cause huh i really have one type then

[starvinginbelair]

"there's a line connecting dickbabs shippers and staron shippers" You're absolutely correct! In fact, that line has a name. It's called "Excellent Taste" (:

EXCELLENT TASTE, anon please accept a friendly forehead kiss from me for that one cause you are so valid 🥰

the vibes there are simply just the same i think! both babs and sharon are women who take no shit and kick ass, and to me, feel like characters running parallel arcs. they both sometimes are a little too guarded for their own good, but eventually work towards opening up and being able to trust their partners. i also like how they are some of the most versatile characters within their respective comic universes, being able to work in stories that don't prominently feature their main love interests. both seem like pretty integral people in the larger mythos of their universes too.

and of course, steve and dick are both leaders who use hope as their main tool to inspire others. obviously, if you're going for a one for one parallel in terms of Importance to their universe, steve and bruce are probably the easier comparison. but i think steve and dick are more similar, in that their main motivation is always to fight for the little guy. both are very grounded, even though they have a lot of reason not to be, and they work well as street level heroes because of that innate ability they have to connect to others, no matter the circumstance.

both sharon and babs have also been done dirty by movie adaptations 💀 (sharon's character assassination in the mcu and then the batgirl movie being cancelled before release). but maybe that's a conversation for another day because i could go on and on and ON about how both of them deserve so much more than they have gotten in modern media

[nosyp]

HEAR ME OUTTT the boys hearing mc listening to cpr- you know which one ☠️😭🙏 PLSSSS

AAAAA ABSOLUTELYYYY Honestly, this was supposed to be general for all songs but my a/n probs caused sum confusion😭 I'll do it again but briefly :)

First years

Deuce would be so flustered, trying to act casual but failing miserably. He would likely avoid eye contact and stammer nervously, because he's so unsure how to react.

Ace would be a mix of teasing and being flustered. He’d make bold, teasing remarks but inside, he's secretly a little embarrassed. He might crack a joke or two, but you can tell he’s trying to hide how awkward he feels. Like "omgwhyaretheylisteningtothisomgomgomg"

Sebek is very confused but ngl, also intrigued. He’d be questioning the song’s intent and would likely give you a long lecture about how it doesn’t align with his values (even though he’s secretly curious about it).

Epel would be a bit caught off guard at first, blushing furiously. He’d try to act tough about it, maybe even try to tease you back, but you can tell it makes him a bitt.. weird. He’d probably give a little huff and say something like, “That’s a bit much, don’t ya think?” while trying to hide his embarrassment.

Jack would be so awkward. He wouldn’t understand why you’re listening to something so suggestive, and he'd try his hardest not to react in a way that makes it worse. He’d probably give you a shy, “Uh, I don’t know about this…” before hastily walking away, trying to keep his cool but clearly flustered.

Second years

Riddle is visibly flustered but he's gonna try to keep his composure. He’d be stern, maybe scold you lightly for your “choice” in music, but he’s definitely intrigued. He wouldn’t openly admit it though.

Ruggie's dying inside, either trying not to laugh or let his embarrassment show. He’d act like it’s no big deal, shrugging it off with, “You really know how to pick ‘em, huh?” but secretly, he’d be low-key flustered. His tail might twitch or he might shift his weight uncomfortably, trying to play it off as no big deal, even though it is kind of a big deal to him.

Azul'd be the most fascinated at first, trying to keep steady. His mind would immediately start calculating how he could leverage this situation for his own benefit. But inside, he’d be a nervous wreck. He might lean closer and say, “You certainly have... interesting taste. But I suppose that’s part of your charm.” His words would be smooth, but the redness in his cheeks would give him away.

Jade's very intrigued, probably wouldn’t react outwardly but would watch you with a calculating gaze. He’d likely comment on how "interesting" your taste is, his smile never quite reaching his eyes.

Floyd finds it hilarious. He’d be practically rolling on the floor laughing, making playful comments about it. His teasing would probably make things more awkward for you, though he’s definitely entertained.

Kalim would be oblivious at first but then would start laughing because he thinks it's hilarious and cool. He’d maybe even ask you to teach him the song if he’s feeling extra curious.

Jamil is TRYING to be calm, but there’s a hint of concern in his eyes. He’d probably raise an eyebrow and ask if you were okay. He’s a little wary but will respect your taste while keeping a cautious eye on it.

Silver would be confused and slightly embarrassed, definitely not sure what to say. He might make a quick exit or awkwardly sit in silence until he gathers his thoughts.

Third years

Cater laughs it off with a playful smile, finding it hilarious but not fazed. He’s the type to send it in his group chat and joke about it, but he’s lowkey impressed by your taste. Like damn, he didn't know you had that in you

Trey would try to act calm, though his slight smirk tells you everything. He’d likely comment with a playful but reassuring remark, maybe even pull you aside to chat about the choice of song later.

Leona would pretend to not to care, but his eyes would narrow and he’d mutter something like, “Tch, whatever,” but you can tell it got his attention, especially if it’s something he didn’t expect from you.

Vil would be very eeh... about it, possibly giving you a look of mild disapproval. He’d comment on how interesting your taste in music is and might offer a 'better' suggestion to you to make you stop listening to the horrid lyrics you call 'music'.

Rook finds it fascinating, to say the least. He’d probably compliment you on your "taste" with an overly dramatic flourish, and he might even ask if there’s more to your musical preferences than meets the eye.

Oh boy, Idia would absolutely freeze, wide-eyed, caught in the act. His face would go beet red, and he'd start panicking, unsure how to respond. He’d stutter out something like, “W-wait, you—y-you like this kind of music? I-I mean... it's... it's fine, I guess. Totally normal.” His anxiety would skyrocket, and he'd try to hide behind his hair or fidget with his phone, pretending like he didn’t just hear what he heard. But deep down, he's kinda intrigued.

Malleus would be genuinely curious and a little perplexed at first. He might not fully understand the song’s meaning but would definitely notice the emotions behind it, like the lust. His usual calm demeanor would stay intact, but he’d be intrigued by your music selection.

Lilia would find it hilarious and probably tease you a little. He’s not fazed by it, but he might make jokes about how you’ve got a bold side to you that he didn’t expect.

[jackolantern707]

Life on a farm

WHB AU

Note: First time writting, bad grammar, English is not my 1st language

just read the story for fun...

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Interviewer: Welcome back to [Unseen Wonders], where we explore the world’s most extraordinary places.

Interviewer: We will always choose where to go next based on votes. That's why…

Interviewer: Today, we're at a secluded farm that's won awards globally for its exceptional livestock and crops... The H&H Farm!!!!

Interviewer: With me is MC, the owner of this incredible farm. And I already got her permission to do this interview. So, MC, what’s the secret to your farm’s unparalleled success?

MC: Oh, it’s all thanks to my wonderful assistants —my ‘pets.’ They’re absolutely the key to everything here (^o^/

Interviewer: Your pets? That's interesting! What exactly do they do?

MC: I’m so happy that you asked!! My lovely pets, each of them has their own roles. And they’re not just ordinary pets…! They’re remarkable creatures that keep everything in my farm running smoothly! I'm so grateful to have them!

MC: Oh yeah, let me explain more clearly (OwO)

MC: There are two types in this farm: the hunting and the guarding.

Interviewer: That sounds intriguing. Could you tell me more about them?

MC: Of course! The hunting ones are incredibly strong and athletic, and they have a strong prey drive. 

MC: The two that are always the first to face any threats are Satan and Gabriel. Even though they fight each other frequently in the farm when they're off duty... well usually Lucifer will get angry if they dare to be distracted in the middle of the misson, haha, my lovely boys are an absolutely great combination in hunting. 

MC: Satan and Gabriel are actually the reason why my little cart always gets filled with different things when we prepare to go back home.

MC: Oh and did I say it? All of my boys have a good sense of smell, but there are two of them that stick out a mile. Well to be honest, Beelzebub has the best nose among my pets, which is really nice cus he knows how to track down things and alert all of us to any potential dangers. 

MC: The other one is Raphael, well.. he just like Beelzebub… Uhm… both of them … are good at dealing with the mess left behind by Satan and Gabriel (nervous smile)

Interviewer: Absolutely interesting! There’re actually a type of animal who knows how to clean?! Can I see them?!!

MC: Hahaha… right… animals… cleaning (in their stomach) Maybe I’ll show you later.

Interviewer: What about the guarding ones?

MC: Ah, the guardians are just as amazing too! They have a very strong protective instinct and are fiercely loyal. They watch over the livestock and my property, also deterring any threats. 

MC: Both Mammon and Lucifer are ‘quite’ large and powerful, capable of handling any danger that comes their way. 

MC: They’re also trained to patrol and make their own decisions, ensuring that everything is safe and secure too… Oh hey Mammon, what’re you doing here?

(Mammon gives MC a water bottle, but.. why his eyes doesn't smile?)

MC: Thanks Mammon! Huh? Why are you off duty now! Lucifer is going to get angry you know!

(Mammon points at the top of the watching tower, where can barely see a figure, looking down this way)

MC: Uhm… you know I can't see anything right? Omg whatever, I'm in the middle of an interview, you go back with your duties okay?! ¬_¬

Mammon: (nod) (proceed to stand behind her back)

Interviewer: (didn’t know why he’s shivering) I-It seems like they’re dedicated to their work… I-Is there anything else unique about them?

MC: Well, I often combine their guarding duties with herding you know. Cause the guarding group has a natural instinct to manage livestock, which is why I need to make use of that!

MC: Using their body language and eye contact to control the livestock. They’re just incredible!

MC: You should see my beautiful boy Leviathan! He's like an idol in our farm! All my little animals are charmed by him! ヾ(≧▽≦*)o

MC: Hah… Especially when he takes care of the newborns… Just like a natural mother!!! But if you get a little too close… Hehe he is actually quite sensitive.

MC: Ah now I notice! The one who is perfect for the herding job must be Michael! Haha he’s both fast and fearful enough that whenever it’s time to gather the sheep, not a single one dares to step out of line. Sometimes I also got herd too!

Interviewer: So you haven’t got any stock lost? That's not something any farm could do!!!

MC: Of course! Not only I didn't lose anything, more precisely, I even got more of them!!!!! The goods and livestock, I don't even know where they come from!!!

Interview: How could that happen?!

MC: I don’t know! Whenever it's time to go back home, I give command to everyone to return, and suddenly, the one who I thought was skipping his duty, Asmodeus appears out of nowhere with a bunch of animals behind him! There’re even some random things in his hands which he smiles innocently and only said that he was given these! (｡･∀･)ﾉﾞ

Interviewer: Haha so there is actually a lazy one who skips duties on the farm. I thought Miss MC’s farm was like a whole factory instead!

MC: I don't think he lazy.... Urg…. talk about being lazy…. There is a 24/7 lazy one…

Interviewer: Huh there is another? Wouldn’t your…. uh Lucifer get angry if anyone skip their duties?

MC: Well… if there weren't any serious danger, I mean like absolutely dangerous, he wouldn't even wake up. 

Interviewer: A serious danger? Please can you talk more about��� uh him?

MC: Haha you’re a curious one! I haven’t seen anyone who loves to dig into other life this much like you! :)

Interviewer: Ahaha… haha.. I-I’m just a vlogger who enjoys seeing everything in this world you know. 

MC: But… curiosity killed the cat you know…

MC: Anyway! The reason that Belphegor got off being told by Lucifer is because he actually watches us in our sleep!

Interviewer: ……..Wh-What do you mean by that?

MC: Huh I haven't made myself clear? Belphegor is like a sleeping guardian! Usually Lucifer is the main defend in the day, but when night falls, that's when Belphegor takes over Lucifer's job. 

MC: But… I haven’t seen him doing anything except sleeping. 

MC: Oh right there was one night long long ago, I heard a lot of screeching sound, but then it slowly quieter, and it's like… everything is darkness… I just know that it's okay to sleep again because Belphegor said don't worry though ( •̀ .•́ )✧

Interviewer: Oh wow… Your pets… They're amazing…! I-I’d love to see them in person. If they could appear on this video, it would go viral!!! Do you think we could—

(Suddenly, one of the guarding pets inside the house, with a menacing gaze looking through the window glass, widen their eyes. Other pets start sniffing the air. Their eyes narrow as some of them keep a good distance, others slowly approach the interviewer.)

Interviewer: (shivering nervously) Uh… Miss MC…? Wh-What is happening?!… They doesn’t seem—

MC: Oh, don’t worry. They’re just being cautious. They’re very protective toward me of course.

Interviewer: C-Cautious? About wh—

(As the guarding starts to roar, other pets begin to screech simultaneously, the interviewer's realization dawns. He quickly grabs the camera and run away)

Interviewer: “This is xxx from [Unseen Wonders]. If you’re watching this, something’s gone terribly wrong in the H&H Farm. There are beas—”

(The live feed cuts off abruptly as two white figures pounce on him. Screams echo as the scene turns chaotic. Blood splash on screen)

MC: It’s all right, my lovely boys. I'm okay.

MC: You were a bit too curious for your own good though. But hey, don’t worry, they’re just doing their job.

MC: Oh right, I may say this too late, but… Welcome to my farm!

(Later, MC is seen in the kitchen, preparing a meal as her pets gather around, content and *not fully* fed.)

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Hunting: Gabriel, Satan, Raphael, Beelzebub

Guarding: Mammon, Lucifer, Leviathan, Belphegor, Asmodeus, Michael

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P/s: I watched too much those herding dogs and guardian dogs videos ＞﹏＜

Thanks for reading! -🎃

[awriterinthenight]

'It's ok love' Part 1-Anthony Lockwood

requested: anonymous

words: 1850

warnings: mentions of family being a bit horrible, uhhhhhh I might have put Lockwood instead of Anthony once or twice cause I totally re read this after writing this (I did not), also sorry I haven't posted in awhile, school is kicking my ass and I just went through some shit, oh also language maybe? idk. Sorry this is in multiple parts, it was just easier to write this way. This is kinda just the set up so its not the most intriguing, but just wait till part two and three, I suggest you bring tissues

summary: You get invited to your sister's engagement party and Anthony has a case near there, so you offer him to stay there when his hotel has to cancel his reservation. So what could possibly happen when your not so nice family invites you and you spend a night getting picked on, but luckily Anthony is there to comfort you. Then he tells your family you and him are dating, so what could possibly go wrong?

"That's wonderful, I can't wait to see you guys there. Alright, bye bye." As I hang up the phone Anthony walks down the stairs carrying one of his bags for a case.

"Who was that," he asks, placing the bag down.

"It was just my mom," I tell him, "She was telling how my sister just got engaged and they're having a whole engagement party for her. It's quite exciting really," I say, trying to hide my nerves. My family was...something to say the least. They were rather wealthy, but not the best of people. Which is what led me to leave when I was 15 and start working at Lockwood and Co.

He looks at me a bit shocked, "Really, well are you gonna go," he asks, shocked since he knew me and my family weren't on the best of terms, but he never really knew the full truth.

I shrug, "Yeah, probably," I tell him, but quickly switch the subject, "So, are you prepared for your case," I ask, since it was a solo case. Lucy was busy with Norrie the day of the case, George promised Flo they'd go bird watching, and I wasn't in much of a good condition to go on a case.

In our last case while fighting off a type two, I managed to twist my ankle on a rug when I slid out of its way when it almost ghost touched me. Since then Lockwood had put me on house arrest basically, so I haven't been on a case in about a week. I tried to convince him to let me go on this one, but he insisted I wait a bit longer, at least until we knew I would be fine. I guess it didn't matter anymore since I was going to my sister's engagement party.

Anthony looked down at the bag he dropped, letting out a sigh, "I think so, I've got extra flares just in case and George wouldn't let me leave without having at least half of our stalk in my bag," he says, chuckling a bit at his own comment.

I can't help but laugh too, "I guess you'll be well prepared then," I say, our conversation turning stale as George calls us for dinner.

***

I was heading downstairs to the library when I heard someone on the phone.

"Uh huh, no I completely understand. Alright, goodnight," the person says, hanging up the phone with a sigh.

I descended the stairs, seeing it was Anthony who was on the phone, "Who was that?" I ask, suspicious of who would call this late.

He sighs again, running a hand down his face, "The manager of the hotel I was staying at for my case. He had to cancel my reservation since they're overbooked. He offered compensation, but now I have to find a new hotel somewhere else. But, anything this late in advance is gonna be expensive," he tells me.

I nod, "I'm sorry, that sounds horrible," I say, trying to sympathize. We stand there a moment before a thought appears to me, "Hey, your case isn't too far from my family's house right?" I ask, smiling a bit.

"I guess so, but what does that have to do with anything," he questions, confused.

I giggle at his confusion, "I think you need to get some sleep, your brain seems to not be thinking properly," I joke, moving a stray strand of hair out of his face, making his cheeks turn a slight pink tint, "What I mean is, if your case isn't far away from my families place, why don't you stay there instead of paying for a hotel," I suggest.

Anthony shakes his head saying, "No, I wouldn't want to intrude on you and your family. Plus, there probably wouldn't be space for me."

"My family wouldn't mind, I promise. And, there will be space for you, trust me. They might not even notice you're there," I reassure him, but he still shakes his head. I let out a say, "Anthony it'll be fine. I promise, let me offer you this one thing. You let me stay in your house, so let me just offer you a night or two at mine," I try to reason with him.

He lets out a calm sigh, "I could never truly say no to you, can I, especially when you say my name," he says, looking at me with nothing but adoration. No one else called him Anthony, only I did. He never really corrected me when I would slip up, unlike he would do with Lucy and George. If one of them said it he would immediately joke at how they were using his government name, but when I say it, to him it was like the sweetest love song. It got to the point where I only called him Lockwood if I was mad at him over something, and he hated it when I called him Lockwood, so I only call him Anthony from now on. So sometimes I would take advantage of it, like just now.

"I'll stay at your place, but just this one time, okay," he says, unable to take his eyes off of me.

I smirk at him, happy that I successfully got him to agree, "Good, we're leaving in the morning since its quite the train ride, so I'll see you in the morning, night Anthony," I say, turning around to walk back up the stairs, when I feel a hand catch my arm.

His hand is around my arm and he uses it to spin me around, "Wait, one last thing. Just cause I let you live here doesn't mean you owe me anything you know that," he assures me.

I smile at him softly, "Of course I know that, but how else was I supposed to get you to agree," I tell him.

He smirks, his hand sliding down to my waist, "You're very cheeky, you know that," he tells me, unable to hide his vibrant smile.

The laugh that leaves my lips is small, but just enough to make his face turn a bit pink from how close I am to him, "Oh, you wouldn't have me any other way," I retort, tilting my head and smirking at him.

He breathes out a sigh, "No, no I would not," he tells me. We stay like that for a moment. Too scared to move, since it feels like if we do the fragile feeling of happiness and admiration might break apart.

Anthony speaks first saying, "You should get to bed, I'll see you in the morning love," he says, adding the pet name at the end out of impulse.

I can't help but feel the blush take over my face. "You too, night Anthony," I say, walking back up the stairs, feeling the loss of warmth from his hands on my waist. He stands there watching me go up the stairs, drinking up every last bit of my presence like it's the only way he'll stay alive, before he heads back to his own room for the night.

***

My alarm clock went off at 6am, waking me up as I smelt fresh coffee being brewed. I had to catch my train at 8am with Lockwood, so I had about an hour to get ready, since the cab ride was only a few minutes from the station.

I brush my teeth and hair, doing my usual hairstyle and makeup. I threw on rather comfy clothes, a sweater since the trains were always cold, and my favorite jeans.

Heading downstairs I find George brewing fresh coffee, and cooking eggs for breakfast. "Morning George," I greet, taking a seat at the table.

"Morning," is all he says, grumbling a bit since he's not a morning person. He continues to cook as Lucy and Anthony make their way downstairs.

When George finishes breakfast we all dig in immediately. Lucy tells us about her plans with Norrie and George talks about where he and Flo are spending the day. I listen to them talk as I eat, too tired to speak this early in the morning. Anthony eventually chimes in explaining the change in plans, and how he's now staying at my place. Both of them just nod, a bit shocked since I don't talk much about my family.

After breakfast we all split ways, Lucy leaving to go meet up with Norrie, George going back to the library to collect the rest of the research for Anthony, while I finish packing. I make sure I have everything and that Anthony does too, since I don't want to have to turn around mid cab ride if either of us forgot something.

At around 7 me and Anthony grab our stuff to head out as the cab arrives just on time. I say bye to George, telling him not to burn the house down while we're gone. He just laughs sarcastically and pushes me out the door, out of annoyance.

Our cab ride was rather silent. The only conversation being the couple of times I had to reassure Lockwood that he was fine for staying at my family's place, and that he didn't need to pay the expensive price of a hotel. Our cab ride was only about 20 minutes or so, leaving us plenty of time to board our train.

When we got on we got a decent seat, and I convinced Anthony to let me have the window seat, which wasn't particularly difficult since I wasn't a big fan of train rides and he knew that. Train rides made me nauseous for some reason and it was rather annoying, but Anthony understood and made sure I was fine the entire ride.

"You okay?" he asked every few minutes to make sure I was fine.

I nodded my head, "I'm fine," I reassured him. It wasn't just the train ride making me feel a bit sick, but also the nerves from seeing my family. I only visited once for Christmas since I left, which wasn't the best trip, so since then I just lied saying everyone else didn't have anyone else to spend Christmas with and I felt bad. Or, that I was too busy with work to make time to visit.

Eventually Anthony caught on, asking, "Are you sure you're okay, is it the train or something else?"

I shrug, "The train obviously is making me sick, but I guess just the nerves from seeing my family too. I just haven't seen them in awhile, so I guess I'm just a bit nervous," I tell him.

"Well I'm sure they'll be happy to see you. I know I'm always happy when I see you, so you'll be just fine," he says, making me blush a bit. He then wraps his arm around me, helping me to relax a bit.

Slowly I fall asleep with his arm around me thinking, 'maybe this trip won't be so bad'.

If only I knew the truth, but at least I would have Anthony

[ddlcbrainrot]

ok so i was feeling nostalgic today and started thinking about how my first time going through ddlc was so i’m making a post about it lol

buckle up this is going to be a long one

so i first heard of the game when it first came out in 2017, which means i was like… 12 years old?? so definitely should not have been watching it but what can ya do. anyway i’ve seen the title in a bunch of yt videos which described it as a horror game, and i was intrigued bc… 4 cute anime girls? how is that a horror game. i was too much of a scaredy cat to actually download it on our family computer so i watched some ddlc playthrough in yt. and i was so bored throughout the first half of act one lmao. i think i mentioned it before but when i first encountered the game i wanted to go the monika route, and i was so disappointed it wasn’t an option (until later on when i realised why it wasn’t an option). also the yt video i watched went down the yuri route and look, i didnt necessarily have a problem with the shy girl character type, what i did have a problem with (and still do to some extent) was how the shy girl is always portrayed in anime. i was definitely a shy person growing up, so seeing the traits that had caused me so many problems be considered adorable and desirable kinda irked me the wrong way. so yeah, first half of the game i was pretty unimpressed. i didn’t dislike it, i just thought “i’ve seen these character archetypes before, i know how this is going to play out, i’ll just wait until the other shoe drops”. and oh boy it did.

i remember that scene in sayori’s bedroom to this day dude. this is probably embarrassing to admit, but i honestly believe that scene changed the trajectory of my life. i live in a very uneducated country on the subject of mental health, so i had no idea on anything surrounding it. i’ve heard the term “depression” before, but it was only brought up either in a joking way or in a way of saying someone is too far gone. which is obviously not the case, but that’s how it was usually used back then in my environment. so to see a character that (even if i wasn’t as emotionally invested in bc of how tropey they were at that point) i liked talk about how they struggle with it was a very eye opening experience to say the least. it’s kind of funny thinking back, but i really was like “huh. depression is actually a real thing people can go through. and it could also be something people i care about have to go through. and something i could go through.”. it sounds dumb when i write it down but that was srsly how it was.

then act 2 happened, i don’t really have much to say about act 2 bc throughout the whole thing i was just uncomfortable and unsettled, which is definitely what act 2 is supposed to make you feel. natsuki was now somehow the most normal one, i didn’t like yuri even more now bc she was now also weirdly obsessive, i knew monika was up to something i just couldn’t wrap my head around what. a moment that stuck with me a lot during act 2 was the whole “can you hear me?” thing in monika’s second writing tip, bc wow this girl knows something and is also very clearly trapped by something and WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?? i literally had no idea where the story was going so the reveal hit me like a truck.

act 3… what to say about act 3… i was so mind blown you don’t even know. remember that i was like 12 at the time, this was my first ever experience with the media breaking the fourth wall. and from what i remember i had an… interesting viewpoint on it. i think there are two ways to interpret monika’s self awareness. first up is taking it under the context of the story, basically knowing that she isn’t actually self aware but for the sake of the story following along with the idea that she is. second one is taking it under the context of the behind the scenes, so you understand that she isn’t actually self aware but you can’t ignore it and just immerse yourself back in the story. it’s a risk the creator takes with breaking the fourth wall, bc the second interpretation usually ruins the idea behind the media. i had the second reaction to the awareness reveal. and i think it gives the game an entire new meaning, one that probably wasn’t the original one but i’d like to talk about it. the only thing i was able to think throughout monika’s monologues was : “oh crap. she thinks she’s self aware but in actuality she is programmed to kill her friends. she isn’t free from the script, she’s still following it. the creator just made her think she is aware but actually, she is just as much of a puppet as the other girls and she doesn’t even realise. she’s trapped in an even worse way than the other girls. bc she thinks she is free”. which, is definitely not what dan was going for, but i gotta say it is ten times scarier.

and then sayori goes through the epiphany too and then monika deletes the game and the credits roll but i was so flabbergasted by everything before that i couldn’t even form thoughts through act 4.

so yeah 12yo me was not only struck with the realisation that feelings are real things (thanks to sayori) but now also the thought that just because you experience something that could be 100% real to you doesn’t mean it actually is (thanks to monika). needless to say this game changed me as a person.

damn this was a long one, i apologise if you read through all of this lmao

[sadhours]

just the two (ok maybe four) of us - part 3

by the lovely @buckysgrace and i :)

cw: 18+ minors dni, polyamory, threesome (fmm)

read on ao3

“Four shots of Jamo,” Matt, the bassist of Mount Ashtray, says to the bartender as he slides over the drink tokens.

“That cute redhead coming tonight?” Tommy asks Steve, eyebrows wagging.

Steve holds up his bottle of Pabst, looking to see if he should order another before he tells Tommy, “You mean Kim? Your sister's best friend? Yeah. Pretty sure she’s bringing her awful boyfriend too.”

They’d just finished their short sound check and Steve was feeling antsy. He should probably take a hit off of Tommy’s dab pen but he doesn’t want to let his guard down too much around Billy.

“Gina don’t let me around her enough,” Tommy’s face goes sour, before his lip curls up suspiciously, “Does he swing both ways? Maybe I can wrestle in a threesome.”

Steve winces, “Gross. I wonder why she doesn’t let you around much. But uh, he’s in a frat. So maybe?”

“A frat bro? Huh, doesn’t seem like her type,” Tommy replies, surprise written on his face.

“Yeah, well the fucking guy could be a model. I assume that’s why she’s with him because he’s pretty impossible to be around,” Steve explains, taking the shot Matt hands him

“To a good show,” Matt says as the four of them raise their glasses, they tap them on the bar top and down the hatch they go.

The whiskey burns his throat but warms his chest comfortably. He scans the bar, it’s pretty busy which is good. It’ll really piss Billy off if it seems like they actually have a following. Gina and Kim are always bugging him to start a TikTok for his band but it seems corny. Most videos are only like thirty seconds on there and the majority of their songs are close to ten minutes. Steve feels like the songs need to be listened to in their entirety, not just the chorus.

He gets wrapped up talking with the guys and doesn’t even notice Gina, Kim and Billy walk in. But Gina runs up and wraps her arms around his waist, squeezing him tightly while she squeals, “Stevie!!”

Steve turns around, wrapping his arms around Gina and leaning down to kiss her. He smiles wide as he pulls away, “Hey, babe.”

“I’m so excited,” Gina beams, running her fingers through Steve’s hair.

Steve smiles, nudging his nose against hers, “Yeah? Lemme get you a drink. What do you want?”

Gina thinks for a second, pursing her lips as she tilts her head and it’s the cutest thing Steve’s seen all day. Though, he saw a less attractive version in the form of her twin brother when Steve asked him a question earlier. Tommy wraps his arm around Gina’s shoulder and pokes her cheek, “Not even gonna say hi to me, sis?”

The freckled girl rolls her eyes, “Hi.” She looks a tad uncomfortable but Steve isn’t sure why. Probably because Tommy’s annoying, ‘cause he is and Steve’s pretty uncomfortable around him at times. “I’ll take a cider, I guess.”

Steve nods, walking up to the bar again when Billy is behind him. “Uh, can I get that hibiscus cider? And another Pabst,” he smiles at the bartender.

“Make that two Pabst and uh, something fruity. Tequila,” Billy adds, patting Steve’s back as he grins.

“Oh, I’m buying your drinks too?” Steve raises an eyebrow.

Billy nods, biting his lip, “Isn't that the deal we have going on, pretty boy?”

God, he’s such an asshole. Steve can’t wait to get on stage, show Billy he’s better than him at something. Another thing he can do that makes Gina scream and if he’s lucky, Kim’ll be screaming too.

“I guess,” Steve snorts, luckily Tommy walks up and distracts Billy.

“Hey, I’m Gina’s brother,” he says to Billy, “You must be Billy.”

“I didn’t know Gina had a brother,” Billy says, looking Tommy up and down.

“Twins,” Steve says. Billy looks at the freckled boy one more time, a little intrigued at how similar Gina and him look. Billy still thinks that Gina is prettier, hotter. She’s more feminine, has a certain wildness that she keeps hidden inside of her.

“You get a lot of bitches doing this?” He has enough sense to take his drinks away from Steve before he’s turning his full attention towards Tommy. He hears Steve scoff loudly, though he's sure it has nothing to do with his question. Tommy’s eyes are wide, a little taken aback.

“I guess,” Tommy glances back towards Steve and it’s all Billy can do to keep from snorting. He’s obviously a bit of a dweeb like Steve, though Billy kind of already figured that based on him being in the same band, “Not really.” He admitted a brief second later, mumbling as he spoke. Billy felt his lips curling into a smirk.

“Do you have a girl?” Billy asked, his eyes zeroing in on the way Tommy flicks his tongue across the corner of his lip and swallows hard. He looks nervous, intimidated even. Billy brings his drink up towards his lips, waiting for Tommy to reply.

“Not right now.” Tommy says at last, his eyes glancing over to his left before he’s turning towards Billy quickly again. Billy’s eyes follow Tommy’s trail, landing directly on his girlfriend. Her dress is simple, but she makes it look stunning. It’s white with delicate pink flowers, it ends in lace against her upper thighs to show off her long legs. Though he enjoys the small spaghetti straps and the deep way it plunges against her perky tits. He figures she’ll last about an hour before she’s whining for his jacket.

Kim waves towards him, her face brightening again as she notices him. She looks radiant, filling up the whole room and he knows that Tommy notices that as well. She turns her eyes away again, beginning to speak to Gina once again. He holds her eye contact for a moment before he’s turning back to the freckled boy, confirming that he had been watching.

“Such a shame,” Billy leans his elbow against the bar as he speaks and he doesn’t miss the way Steve’s elbow digs into his back, “You’re not bad looking.” He admits, having his own thing for brown eyes and freckles. Although, he knows that Tommy is really Kim’s type. She likes them with dark hair and dark eyes.

Tommy’s eyes widen three sizes, like he hadn’t been expecting Billy to say that at all. He grins, tracing his tongue across his teeth as he watches the flush slowly spread over his freckled cheeks. He thinks that Kim would like to play with him too.

“Just going through a dry spell,” Tommy shrugs his shoulders, looking like he still has no idea what to say as his eyes dart over towards Steve again. Billy grins, letting his arm press closer against Steve’s to annoy him, “Thanks though.” He looks awkward, like he’s never had a guy compliment him before.

“You know,” Billy leans towards Tommy this time, speaking a little raspier as the idea tickles into his mind, “I see the way you look at my girl.” He says slowly, drawing out the words as Tommy stiffens against him.

“Oh,” Tommy’s eyes are frightened this time, “No, no, Kim? She’s just you know, like a friend.” He tries to defend his actions, tries to play them off like Billy clearly couldn’t see him eyeing his girl.

“Mhm,” Billy draws out quietly, “Sucks you think of her like that. She’s a good little cock slut.” He teased Tommy slowly, tapping his fingers against his chin so the shorter boy was looking up towards him. Tommy looks like he’s unable to breathe, his dark eyes flickering as Billy releases him. He leaves the suggestion there as he takes the drinks, shooting a stunned Steve a wink before he’s sauntering away.

Billy heads back towards Kim, instantly greeted by her slender arms as she pulls him close. She presses a kiss against his lips but he deepens it, his tongue sliding inside of her mouth as he’s well aware of Tommy staring after the two of them.

“Slow down,” Kim giggles against his lips, pressing her hands softly on her chest as she looks towards him with her hazel eyes, “Were you bonding?” She teases as she takes her drink from his hand. He bites his lip as he looks at her again.

“Somewhat,” He leans in closer so he can speak a little more privately to her, “I think Gina’s brother wants you.” He tells her, leaning close enough to her features that he notices her own little blush forming. He smirks softly, knowing his suspicions were confirmed.

“He’s questioned about my dating life a time or two,” She says softly as she sips on her drink, “You weren’t mean, were you?” She asks pointedly. He shakes his head, knowing the exact event she was referencing. In his defense, Adrian had grown too attached to her.

“No,” Billy snorts out, “I told him he wasn’t a bad looking guy.” He says casually, watching the amused look that grows on Kim’s face. She’s moving closer towards him, looking at him curiously.

“Is that so?” She grins, her teeth shiny. He has a sudden urge to spit on them, to see how they really gleam with his saliva. He slides one hand down the curve of her back, stopping once he’s groping her ass.

“Yeah,” Billy rocks her back and forth to the beat of the cringy music playing through the speakers, “Figured it’d been a while.” He mumbled, watching the way her eyes flickered with lust. It quickly disappeared before she was looking at him a little shyly.

“I think they’re about to play,” She mumbled shyly as she tucked her hair behind her ears, “Should we head closer to the stage?” She asks, still clearly shy at the whole ordeal. He nods, knowing that her confidence isn’t fully there yet. He won’t press the subject again, but figures she’ll be asking by the time she’s had another handful of drinks.

Steve quickly hands Gina her cider, kissing her quickly before excusing himself backstage. Tommy is a bit of a mess. He keeps rubbing his hands against his jeans, “God. My hands are so sweaty. Hopefully my drum sticks don’t fly out of my hand.”

He can’t help but chuckle, “Weren’t you just telling me maybe you could swing a threesome? There ya go, buddy.”

Tommy swallowed hard, “You know how I am. I haven’t gotten laid in three months, man.”

Steve pats his shoulder, “We’re about to go on. Pull yourself together. Showtime.”

—

The setlist is something Steve’s rehearsed about a hundred times, but he still gets these live show jitters. Messes up during the first song, but bounces on his feet and makes a lame joke that has the crowd laughing back. Which eases his nerves a bit. He’s glad he didn’t get too smashed before like he usually does, because he’s sounding great. Can see Gina right in the front, hanging over the short barricade as she stares up at him with stars in her eyes. And then he turns a bit to see Kim next to Gina and Billy standing behind her.

Billy is bitterly nodding his head, biting back his own grumble as he admits that Steve really doesn’t sound that bad. He’s fairly talented with the guitar and does seem to have a nice voice. He traces his fingers against Kim’s spaghetti straps, his eyebrows raising as Steve glances towards him.

The brunette is quickly looking away but it leaves Billy curious. His thoughts are interrupted by Kim leaning over to take a large gulp from his beer. He’s grinning at this point, knowing that she’ll be growing frisky soon enough.

“You should flash him,” Kim leans forward to talk to Gina, bending down low so she can reach the shorter girl. Billy presses his fingers against her forehead, pushing her back a few centimeters as he’s sure it looks as if Kim is about to kiss Gina, “I bet he’d love that.” She’s giggling suddenly.

“He does like boobs,” Gina comments, speaking a little louder so Kim can hear her over the music, “I don’t want to mess up his flow.” She says at last, but holds a mischievous look in her eyes like she’s debating about it.

“Awe,” Kim is whining, her hands suddenly on Billy’s waist as she’s bumping into him, “What if I flashed you?” She asks, grinning widely. He looks towards her, noticing the drunken expression on her features. He’s certain by the look in her eyes that he’s getting laid tonight.

“That would be hot,” He commented, quickly moving his hands forward to push her spaghetti straps back over her shoulders. She looked at him, almost offended as her lips turned into a pout, “I’m sure Steve would like to see you when he finishes playing.” He reminds her softly, watching as her expression quickly changes to awe.

Mount Ashtray finishes the first song and transitions into the second. Matt leading them with the bass, Tommy holding strong in the drums and Steve seamlessly breezing through his guitar riffs. He tries to keep his eyes down but they keep wandering back to Billy and it’s confusing the hell out of him. It’s that fucking conversation he had to overhear. It sounded like Billy wanted to watch Tommy fuck Kim. Or join in. Or something and Steve was jealous? Why was he jealous? What the fuck is going on with him? He misses the first verse and bursts out laughing.

“I have no clue what’s wrong with me,” he mumbles into the mic, pushing his hair off his forehead, “How’s everyone doing tonight? Having a good time?”

Gina hoots and screams, smiling wide as she gazes up at Steve in absolute adoration. Something about the whole stage presence he had really made her fall that much more in love with him. It might’ve had something to do with how at this moment, everyone in the room was looking at her boyfriend and she was the lucky one that he was singing about.

“Me too, me too,” Steve says and laughs again, “Now I’m gonna try this song again but I’m not gonna forget to sing this time.”

Gina rolls her head towards Kim and gushes, “God, he’s so cute!”

Steve begins the song over again, brings his lips up flush against the mic when he starts singing and Gina feels goosebumps all over, a chill running up her spine. His voice is like honey being poured all over her skin. So smooth and lovely.

“Lately I feel like I been losing my mind, I’m acting funny I keep refilling my wine.”

Gina doesn’t know what exactly this song is about, Steve had written it before they started dating. Which fills her with jealousy because it’s clearly about a girl. She’d vented to Kim about it, who told her it was no big deal.

“She’s moving faster now, faster than sound itself.”

Billy presses against the small of Gina’s back, whispering in her ear, “You’re moving faster now?”

Gina turns around slightly, gets her lips close to Billy’s ear and says, “He didn’t know me when he wrote this.”

The blonde looks at her surprised, eyebrow cocked as she turns back in time to catch Steve’s guitar solo. She likes the song, even though it makes her wonder about his past. They haven’t ever really talked about Steve’s past partners. She’s told him all about hers. Except for the brief period before she met him where she was kind of a third for Kim and Billy. She didn’t want to make him worry or think they were a threat to their budding relationship. But she’s been incredibly terrified Steve will stumble upon the video proof on the couples OnlyFans.

They finish up the song, and Steve downs the rest of his beer. Gina snakes out of the crowd to the bar, wanting to get him another drink while he’s up on stage. She orders the PBR and gets herself a shot, wanting to calm her jealousy that follows every time he plays that song. Gina sneaks through the barricade as they finish the song and holds the beer up for Steve. He cautiously walks to the edge to grab it, squatting down to kiss her and say thanks. Knowing that the crowd is watching the interaction has her thighs heating up.

—

Gina helps them pack up, unaware of where Kim and Billy are but knows they’ll stay so they can all travel home together. Once Matt’s van is loaded up, she and Steve make their way back into the bar. They find the couple at the bar, faces attached.

“Don’t have too much fun without us,” Gina purrs, smoothing her hand over Kim’s waist.

Steve looks at her in shock, wondering how drunk the three of them are.

“We could make it a group activity,” Kim giggles in response, teetering back and forth against Billy, “Whaddya say, Stevie?” She falls back against Billy, laughing as his fingers tickle against her sides. She catches Gina’s intrigued eyes, sending her a sly wink in response.

“They can’t tonight,” He says softly, “Unless you’re planning on kicking Tommy to the curb.” Realization draws on Kim’s face, her eyes growing wide as she turns back to Gina.

“We’re taking your brother home tonight,” She says quickly, “So not tonight but like maybe some other time.” She’s rambling on, her eyes darting up and around like she’s making a mental list in her mind. Billy tugs on her waist.

“Ew, my brother?!” Gina gapes, eyes darting between the two. Her disgust goes ignores by Billy but Kim offers her a sympathetic look.

“I don’t think Stevie’s got it in him anyways,” Billy draws out slowly, liking the way Steve’s brown eyes are locked in on him, “Have you ever been with two girls?” He asks, tilting his head. Gina’s revelation about the song left him curious. He had been sure that Steve had been with no one else, a virgin before Gina.

“None of your business,” Steve snips back quietly as he links his fingers through Gina’s, “Are you ready?” Billy observes the way Steve is watching Gina, but also doesn’t miss how he keeps darting his eyes towards Billy.

“Ignore Billy,” Gina stands on her tippy toes to place a chaste kiss on Steve’s lips, “Can we crash at your place?”

“Absolutely,” Steve tells her, guiding her towards the door. Gina waves back at the couple as they leave.

On the way to his house, he can’t help but ask, “So uh… what was that about?”

“Huh?” Gina asks, seemingly distraught with how the night turned out.

“That whole thing. With them,” Steve can’t even say it, the whole situation makes him uncomfortable. Yet he’s jealous Tommy is going home with them.

Gina sighs as she shrugs, “Nothing. I don’t know. I was just teasing.”

Steve doesn’t believe her but doesn’t push, instead he says, “And like Tommy going home with them? Is Billy into, like being cucked? What was that?”

She lets out a big laugh, “Oh my god.”

“What?!” Steve asks, raising his palms as they get to a stop light. “That’s what it sounded like!”

Gina giggles again, covering her face as they bubble out of her, “Oh, Stevie… I can’t believe I’m the one telling you this.”

“Telling me what?”

“Billy is bi,” she responds, “Kim is too.”

“Oh.” Oh.

—-

“So what,” Tommy draws out slowly, “You just want to watch me fuck her?” Kim is giggling, covering her mouth with her hands as she’s leaning against Billy like it’s the funniest thing. He bites back his own grin.

“You’ll see,” He responds casually, trying to keep Tommy intrigued for as long as he can, “Why don’t you give her a kiss?” Tommy still looks unsure but Kim is stepping forward, placing her hands on the sides of Tommy’s cheeks. She stands at his same height as she brings his lips upon hers, her confidence flowing with the alcohol in her system.

He watches the way Tommy melts against Kim, his body loosening and his hands wandering like he’d been dreaming of this. Billy is fairly certain the poor bastard had spent more than one sleepless night thinking about Kim. Not that he can blame him.

Kim’s mouth is everywhere, sucking and licking at Tommy’s lips as his hands wander further and further down her body. Billy brings his over hands to her curves, squeezing softly before he’s beginning to tug on the lace part of her dress.

She breaks away quick enough to lean back against Billy, her arm wrapping around his shoulder as her mouth descends upon his lips. He groans, swirling his tongue inside of her mouth as he licks her tongue. He’s groaning, his dick throbbing from how tight his pants feel suddenly.

She pulls away again, mid kiss as she looks at him hungrily. She keeps her arm in place as she’s using the other one to tug Tommy forward. She’s pressing against the back of their heads, urging them forward without saying anything else.

Billy kisses Tommy first, knowing that the freckled boy is probably still too nervous to do anything. He tastes like the shots they’d been drinking away, a hint of strawberry on his tongue from the flavor of his vape. It takes Tommy a few seconds before he’s relaxing, kissing Billy back with just as much urgency.

Kim’s grip becomes looser as she moves her lips against the crook of Billy’s neck; licking and sucking as he begins to slide his tongue against Tommy’s. He’s not the worst kisser, but he’s not the best either. Tommy moves in closer, his hardened cock beginning to press against Billy’s hip as he swallows his groan around Billy’s tongue.

Kim is dropping to her knees, hastily undoing Billy’s belt and trying to tug his tight pants off as quickly and easily as possible without hurting him. She sighs in relief when his hard cock is released and feels as if she hasn’t had him for days when she knows that’s not true at all. She licks the base of his cock, flicking her tongue across his slit to earn a groan from him.

She moves onto Tommy next. His pants aren’t as tight, but he’s thick in a similar way to Billy. She rubs her fingertips across his thighs gently, noticing the differences between him and Gina. Gina is painted with freckles everywhere, much like Kim. Tommy’s seem to end at the base of his neck.

She pulls his boxers down, feeling a sense of joy spreading through her as she wraps her slender fingers around his cock. He jolts his hips forward, breaking away from Billy’s lips as he looks down at her with wide, dark eyes. She pumps him slowly, looking up at him innocently as she presses a kiss against his tip.

He’s a little bit smaller than Billy, not quite as thick either. Still, he has a nice cock and she hopes that he knows how to use it. She thinks of a confession Gina once told her as she’s wrapping her lips around his cock and slowly sliding him inside of her mouth. He sighs deeply and Billy is reaching behind her to tug her hair back.

She can feel herself moaning as she bobs her head up and down the length of his cock. Billy begins to tug on her hair that he’s gripping, moving her mouth back harder and faster as Tommy’s tip begins to press against the back of her neck harshly. Her eyes are watering but she’s looking up at Tommy, noticing how tightly shut his eyes are.

“Okay,” Billy pulls her away quickly, apparently not too patient tonight, “Come on.” He’s tugging on her hair, pressing his tip into her parted lips. She has to relax her jaw a little more to fit him inside as she begins to keep the same rhythm that she had with Tommy. Billy is sighing, lightly jerking his hips forward as he fully enjoys her mouth.

She alternates them in her mouth a few more times, before the pressure between her legs is growing too strong. She’s whimpering, feeling like she might explode if she doesn’t get some friction against her cunt. She gives Billy a knowing look as she jerks them both in her hands.

“Kiss,” She giggles, her eyes hazy as she presses their tips together. Billy isn’t ashamed to admit that he feels a chill rushing up his spine, “So pretty.” She whispered as she pumped both hands up the lengths of their cocks. Billy groaned in response, but Tommy was already rutting his hips forward into her hand. He didn’t look like he was going to last long, but Billy hoped that he would.

“C’mere,” He’s tugging Kim up off the floor like she weighs nothing before he’s roughly pulling her dress off over her head. He grins as he traces his fingertips across her pink thong and confirms that she wasn’t wearing a bra at all, “Isn’t she a beauty?” He asks Tommy, his eyelids heavy over his eyes as he begins to paint kisses along the side of Kim’s neck.

“Yeah,” Tommy breaths out harshly like he’s never seen a naked woman before, “She’s stunning.” Something in his words makes Billy’s eyes narrow but he quickly shrugs it off, reminding himself that this was his idea. Kim’s eyes never wandered. He was always the one to suggest their group activities.

He doesn’t give Kim the time to respond before he tosses her onto the bed, listening in glee while she giggles and her body bounces against the mattress. She looks over at him hotly, her lips parted as she brings her hands up over her thighs and up her curves. He glances towards Tommy.

He hands Tommy a condom before he’s motioning him onto the bed. Tommy scrambles, like he’s terrified Billy will kick him out any second now. He watches to make sure that Tommy actually slides the condom on before he’s looking towards Kim again.

“You want your pussy filled?” He teases her as he ghosts his fingers across the wet patch on her thong. She moans, rolling her hips forward as she’s looking at him pleadingly. He wraps his fingers around the band of her panties before he’s pulling them down her slender thighs, “What do you want?” She glances towards Tommy, rubbing her foot against his knee.

“I want him to fuck me,” She says slowly and Billy glances down, watching how Tommy’s cock jerks in response, “And I want you to fuck him.” She says even slower, softer as her eyes dart back up to Tommy’s features.

“What now?” Tommy’s eyes are wide, blown in disbelief as he looks between the two of them. Billy feels his tongue darting across his teeth.

“It’s not that bad,” Billy reassures him, “You’ve never had anything up there?” He asks, feeling like most guys are lying when they act like they’ve never experimented before. But to be fair, he only grew more experimental when he’d gotten with Kim.

“Finger,” Tommy is muttering under his breath, like he can’t believe what he’s saying, “Just once.” He looks away from Billy, like he’s suddenly intimidated again. Billy grins, liking the way Tommy is shivering underneath their gaze.

“Don’t worry big boy,” Billy says as he clasps him on the shoulder, “I’ll take good care of you.” He promises and he means it. He’s never rough on the first time and he knows Kim will think up some other outlandish position if Tommy says no.

“It won’t be that bad,” Kim reassures Tommy as she sits forward a bit, rubbing her hands across Tommy’s chest, “We’ll take care of you.”She promises him as her thumbs dart across his nipples. He breaths in deeply, staring ahead at her instead of Billy.

“Okay,” He says at last, “Yeah. Can’t be that bad.” He reasons with himself as he settles between Kim’s thighs. Billy grabs a bottle of lube, knowing that Tommy is getting a little ahead of himself.

It takes a little bit to get Tommy adjusted and comfortable around his fingers, far longer than what Billy was anticipating. The only reason his cock is still hard is the moans that Kim is releasing while she threads her fingers through Tommy’s dark hair. Billy can tell he’s not doing the best at eating her out by the way Kim is jerking her hips forward and moving against his face. She meets his eye for a moment, a look of irritation crossing her features before she’s finally moaning again. Billy feels himself pressing his tongue against his cheek, wondering if he should’ve let Tommy fuck him instead. At least then he’d ensure that Kim would cum.

“Okay,” Tommy sounds nervous as he’s crowding over Kim this time. Billy is working another glob of lube against his hole to make sure that it won’t sting for him. Kim is wiggling underneath Tommy restlessly, needily as she waits, “S’fine.” He breathed out, more to himself than anyone else.

“Don’t worry,” Kim tells him softly as she pumps him in her hand. She’s slowly pushing him into her drenched hole, whimpering as he begins to slide inside. A groan leaves Tommy’s mouth and Billy feels his own smirk forming, “S’nice.” She breathes out as she glances back towards Billy.

“Don’t stiffen,” Billy tells Tommy quickly, noticing how the freckled boy is jolting against his touch. He drags his cock between his flesh and despite being so tense, Tommy still moans, “Just focus on how good she feels.” He reassures Tommy gently as he’s sliding his tip inside.

Tommy’s moans are loud, possibly louder than Kim’s as he slowly slides inside of Tommy. He takes his time, allowing for Tommy to adjust and become accustomed. Kim is sitting up on her elbows, her eyes curious as if she could somehow see what was happening. Billy finds himself grabbing her pretty neck as he yanks over up closer, kissing her over Tommy’s body.

“Fuck,” Tommy seethes, drawing their lips apart. His eyebrows are knitted tightly together and he looks like he’s seconds away from crying, “You can move.” He says urgently, his voice cracking from pleasure.

Billy shares a look with Kim and he can tell she’s just as desperate to get Billy to move as well. She settles back down, holding her knees up towards her chest as Tommy’s head dangles limply in the crook of her neck. She giggles softly, drawing her nails up as back as Billy slowly jerks his cock out and then pushes back inside hard.

Kim and Tommy share the same moan and Billy can barely keep his own groans at bay from how good it all feels too. He likes the intense way Kim is watching him, how wide and lustful her eyes are. He repeats the same actions, building up a slow rhythm as they continue to moan from underneath them.

“Hey,” He tugs Tommy up by his hair, grinning at the lust filled expressions over his features, “Don’t forget about her pretty pussy. She likes when you play with her clit.” He whispers hotly against Tommy’s neck, groaning as Tommy shivers from the sensation.

Billy is gripping his hips tightly, dragging the boy up and down his cock. He keeps him at an angle to ensure that Kim is getting the same amount of pleasure that he is. She whines as her fingertips brush against Billy’s gripping Tommy’s hips in the same manner as she rolls her hips up against his thick cock.

Tommy groans are loud and thick as they fill the room, his eyes hazy as he roughly begins to rub at Kim’s pussy. Billy is rolling his eyes as he grips Tommy’s fingers until they’re rubbing her bundle of nerves. She lets out a shrill moan and Billy takes an extra second to make sure that Tommy is rubbing her in the right way.

“She’s so tight,” Tommy spits out at last, like he’s finally found his words, “Fuck, fuck you feel so good.” His eyes are shut tightly and Billy really isn’t sure who he’s talking to as he grinds his cock deeper inside of Tommy’s hole.

“Feels so good,” Kim is whimpering from underneath, her legs shaking as Billy continues to rock into the both of them. Tommy feels limp again as Billy begins to fuck into the both of them, taking joy in how easily the both of them melt against him, “Oh my god.” She cries out, her features contorted in pleasure.

“Gonna cum on her okay?” Billy is gripping Tommy’s hair again, jerking him back to get a loud cry from the boy. His lips are parted and his face is all flushed and Billy can tell that he won’t last much longer. He reaches down to play with Tommy’s balls, smirking at how easily Tommy melts against him.

“Yeah, yeah, fuck,” He feels Tommy’s muscles clenching together as Billy ruts his cock deep inside of him, groaning at how tightly Tommy is squeezing him, “S’close.” He spits out, looking like he can’t decipher any of his own thoughts.

“Right there,” Kim is crying out in bliss, urging for Tommy to keep moving. She gasps in protest, her eyes wide and filled with betrayal as Tommy is quickly pulling out. Billy watches as Tommy quickly rips the condom off and it’s not much longer under his cum is coating Kim’s upper abdomen and tits, “Fuck.” She whines in protest, as Tommy heaves out a loud groan.

Billy removes his cock from Tommy before he’s letting the freckled boy fall to the side of the bed. He rips his own condom off as he spreads Kim’s legs even wider, needing to feel how wet and slick her cunt is. She leans up on her elbows, nodding her head quickly as Billy is filling her tight cunt.

“Oh fuck,” She mewls, her fingertips digging into the mattress as Tommy pants next to her on the side of the bed. Billy groans as he lightly drags his cock in and out of her, before he’s building the same rough rhythm again. She falls apart underneath him quickly, gripping his forearms as they chase their own high, “Yes, yes, right there! Billy!” She’s whimpering, drool sliding from her lips as she cums with a loud cry.

He groans at the way her cunt clamps down around him, feels like he’s losing his mind as she comes down around him. He seethes harshly, keeping the same rough movements before he can’t take it any longer. He pulls out harshly, already cumming in thick globs as he paints her pretty pussy.

He sat with her for a moment, groaning as he begins to come down from his own high. He gently released her knees, watching the way the pleasure is still laced on her features. He feels a bit cocky in knowing that no one can get her off the same way he can.

“Hand me my phone,” Billy jerks his hand towards Tommy, noticing how he’s still partially out of it, “My phone.” He repeats a little stern this time. Tommy’s eyes widen and he’s quickly moving to pull it off of the dresser. He looks at Kim unsure before he’s tossing it to Billy.

“S’alright,” Kim is basically purring, acting like she has enough in her to go another round. Billy is sure that she does. She stretches her arms out over her head, a giggle bubbling forth as she looks up at Billy. His and Tommy’s cum is painted across her stomach, across her chest and cunt as she spreads her legs just enough, “Billy likes to take pictures.” She draws out slowly, her hazel eyes flashing.

“Someone gets off on me recording her,” He reminds her gently, leaning over her so he can get the best view of her. He snaps the picture then scoots in a little closer, bringing his hand around her neck and pressing his thumb against her pouty lips. He spreads her mouth open just a bit as he takes the picture, liking this one a lot better, “Sexy.” He grins, leaning forward to press a kiss against her lips.

“Should I-?” The question is open and Tommy is staring like he has no idea what he should do. Billy chuckles, raising his eyebrows a bit as he searches in the dark for the tissues.

“You can take the couch or the floor,” He speaks towards Tommy, knowing there’s no way the three of them would fit in the bed. Not to mention that Billy had already gotten what he wanted, he had no desire to do anything that seemed the least bit romantic afterwards.

“Right,” Tommy is nodding as he’s pulling his boxers up over his legs, “I’ll see you in the morning then?” He’s speaking, his features contorting a bit like he’s too sore to move. Kim doesn’t miss it as she’s giggling again.

“See you in the morning, Tommy,” She draws out as Billy is wiping her clean. He has an idea to push the cum inside of her mouth, but then he’s noticing the way Tommy is watching her and he doesn’t want him to get the wrong idea. This was a one time thing, never to happen again, “Sleep tight.”

Billy tosses the tissues away as he’s clambering back into bed with her. She shuffles closer to him, her eyes full of awe and admiration as she’s watching him. He grins as he presses his lips against hers.

“Have you ever thought about posting our stuff on Reddit?”

[mgnifiqueyoo]

Book: "Vessel." Pairing: Oh Junseok (ATBO) x Reader 1.17 - "ΤΟ ΦΩΣ." Word Count: 2,226

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───── ❝ the light. ❞ ─────

Sadly, there came Monday – and I had to be as sly as I could be.

Junseok locked himself inside the bathroom, keeping himself as quiet as possible while I waited for Hyunjun to arrive, leaving my door unlocked as the rest of my body was covered in blankets – except for my head, of course. Just as I forced my eyes to look exhausted, the door creaked open as the cloudy-looking boy came in with a bottle of water and the medicine in his hands. 

“Ah, this isn’t looking good on you, Y/N.” He shared his concerns, sitting at the edge of my bed as he placed the bottle of water and the medicine on top of my desk, later caressing my forehead with his soft palm. “I can’t believe you got sick after that night! Can you promise me that you’ll be okay soon?” Hyunjun asked with the saddest gaze ever, trying to find some hope in my eyes as I only nodded once, later smiling at him. 

Of course, I’ll be fine.

And obviously, I couldn’t tell him anything about that. “Don’t worry,” I said back, faking a hoarse voice as the boy stared back at me, still having a doubtful look on his face. “I’ll be fine.” I continued, still smiling at him weakly as he nodded in response, letting out a sigh. I knew that Hyunjun was the type to endure every problem until it affected anyone around him. 

That night, he took me away from that thief even if he was the first to give up all his belongings. 

That’s courageous, you know? Not a lot of people are like that.

“Also, how’s Junseok, by the way? I haven’t seen him yet since earlier and usually, he’s pretty early,” Hyunjun suddenly questioned, which made me widen my eyes for a short second as I started to think of an excuse. 

“... Why are you asking me about him? We’re not friends, you know?” I denied sternly, letting out a weak scoff as the boy gave me a disapproving look. 

I guess he’s being genuine about him.

Oh, right. He isn’t Seunghwan.

“Seriously, I have no idea. We’re not friends, duh?”

He laughed at how I reacted with a lighthearted – maybe a bit offensive – joke as he checked the time on his wristwatch, his bright smile fading away when he realized that it was time for him to go. “I’ll tell Seunghwan to check on you after school… You take care of yourself, okay?” He reminded me as I hummed, watching him walk away from me as he turned around once more before leaving the room. Hyunjun waved his hand at me, slowly closing the door as I lay down flatly on the soft mattress of the bed.

For a while, it was quiet as the other one was probably trying to sense if there was still a person coming. 

And the bathroom door was opened widely, freeing Junseok from having to be trapped there for a few moments. “Out of all the places I could’ve hidden, I really had to choose the bathroom.” He complained, not at me but towards his own thoughts as he breathed deeply in regret.

Ever since we came up with the “fake-sickness” plan, Junseok had to be in that bathroom. I didn’t know why that was his first choice but I definitely get why he regretted picking that choice in the first place. “Well, you chose to be there so…” I later shrugged, playing around with him as I took off the blankets that surrounded the rest of me.

God, it was so hot to be under those.

“Oh, come on. It was still a quick and clever choice.” He smirked, standing still as he watched me fix the rest of my blankets and a few of the pillows into an odd shape – one that looked like a person was sleeping. To be honest, I’ve never lied that much in my entire life unless I prefer to not say anything about what I feel. 

Personally, I just think that it’ll be a worry for someone and I don’t want to bother anyone else anymore. “... You didn’t mean to say any of those words, right?” He suddenly asked, which caused me to slowly turn around, hesitating yet also intrigued by the question. 

Huh? Didn’t he treat me the same way?

“I’m just doing what you do best,” I snarkily replied.

“Oh, you’re good.” He snickered, amused rather than disappointed.

Taking my backpack from the back rails of the chair, I took out all of the books, folders, and binders inside, stacking them on my desk while Junseok stared at the board, probably trying to think of a plan. “So, how do we start?” I asked, making my way to the cabinets to prepare my backpack. 

First-aid kit? Check. That bottle of water and the medicine from Hyunjun? That wasn’t planned but it would help either way.

“First, let’s head to the latest crime scene… Well, I know robbery’s not as serious as murder but it’s still the Vanguard’s doing.” He discussed, later pulling his phone out of his pocket as he began to type something into it. Then, the boy showed me what he found on the internet. 

It was the alleyway near the mall.

God, I just hope I won’t come across Seunghwan or Hyunjun because that’d look bad.

“One thing to take note of the Vanguard? He’s all about chaos no matter how big or small the effect it has on anyone.” Junseok gave another piece of description about him as he later placed his phone into my backpack. 

What are we supposed to do today? Figure out the Vanguard’s patterns.

I guess he works in unpredictable patterns but that night, if the Vanguard purposely caused chaos, then that meant he also avoided Junseok. I mean, what else could be the reason? Junseok even told me that he only faced the pawns, who were getting more powerful rather than the Vanguard himself. 

But of course, I can keep my own assumptions to myself instead. “For today, we have to search the areas and take note of anything suspicious. If we feel the need to talk to someone about this weird radiance, I think we should do it.” He suggested, which caused me to make an unmotivated face from behind as I continued to shove clothes into the backpack.

Obviously, he could do it better because he’s extroverted.

“If he ever shows himself, stay back… I can’t let him hurt you.” Junseok’s voice gradually gets louder as I only zipped up the backpack shut, later taking a deep breath before nodding in response. 

The way he combed his hair up, scratching the side of his head made me realize that he was anxious too.

Well, who wouldn’t feel anxious over this? He’s literally facing a non-human entity that he couldn’t catch. If I was him, I would’ve backed out. “Don’t worry, I will,” I said, giving him a smile as I wanted him to know that he’d find no trouble with my cooperation. “I’ll stay back,” I repeated myself, making sure that he understood it clearly as the overly worried look on his face faded away. 

More tender as if he felt comforted by what I told him.

“... Thank you.”

It was the first time he ever said those words to me and it didn’t seem like a small matter to him. 

To be honest, even if he was more outgoing than I was, I could tell that he was struggling with showing the gentler version of himself. Yet I knew that he wasn’t complete himself. I mean, how could you show who you are when you can’t remember anything?

To break the silence between us, Junseok looked down at his wristwatch, raising an eyebrow at the time. “It’s already nine… I think we should get going,” he suggested as I wore the straps of the backpack over my shoulders, later tightening it as I gave him a thumbs-up. 

But then, the Night Walker took me into his arms, dragging the two of us into the shadowed corners of the room as I let out an embarrassing squeal, completely overwhelmed. 

He didn’t even warn me about what he was about to do. My hair was right in front of my face as both of my arms grasped onto something so tightly…

Or should I say someone?

“... You okay, Y/N?” Junseok asked, carefully brushing my hair off of my face. 

“What do you think?” Later on, I realized that I was still all over Junseok – literally – as I lightly pushed him away, resulting in me stumbling down for a bit as I patted off the dust over my shoulders. 

So, we’re here again and I have no idea how we should start “searching.” I looked around the dusted walls of the alleyway as I listened to how my shoes squelched disgustingly on the puddle of water that came in from pipes.

I didn’t know this was the back of a warehouse as most people would focus on the mall instead. “This is where it happened, right?” Junseok asked for clarification, causing me to hum in response as I turned around to see his eyes glowing in the dark. 

Honestly, it scares me when he does that. “... What are the eyes for?”

From how his focused gaze turned into a blank one, he seemed confused over what I asked. “Pardon?”

“Your eyes… They’re glowing.” I hesitated to point it out but I didn’t know the reason behind the use of it, whatever that was and it was chilling to see something like that during the day. 

“Oh, this? It’s like a blue light to find any traces of the offenders in the Light Realm,” He answered, both of his fingers pointing toward his darkened yet glimmering set of eyes.

Haunting, to be honest.

And despite clearing my confusion up, it only made me shudder even more. “There.” Junseok later pointed towards the wall behind me as I turned around to see nothing over it, which made me scratch the back of my head. 

“What is it for?” I questioned, clueless over what he’d seen as he walked towards that wall, placing his palm on the dusty bricks flatly as darkness surrounded the maroon surface.

In the middle of that darkness, there was silver-like dust splattered over messily as I furrowed my brows, understanding that this must be the mark of the Vanguard. “I knew it. He did attract that thief,” Junseok grumbled, rolling his eyes as the black flame faded from his glare, turning normal. 

“Looking for me?”

My entire body stood still as if time had stopped, chills running down my spine as Junseok widened his eyes in realization. 

The distorted voice was behind him as I looked behind me, seeing how the traffic lights began to blink as the cafe barista from the other side of the street spilled hot brewed coffee over the customer. 

There was chaos. 

So much chaos.

I turned to look back at Junseok who was now standing in jet-black flames, eyes glowing yet one with the dark. “Stay back,” he whispered as there was light from behind, which was the signal for me to run for my life just like how he asked me to. 

I ran across the street, not caring if the rest of the drivers were pissed off at me for disrupting their pace as once I ended up at the other side, I looked back at the alleyway.

There was a cloaked creature, floating over the grounds as he faced the light… that seemed more like a man.

“Mama, what is that?” I heard a little kid ask his mother as I watched closely to see what was happening. 

The other man, who was exceptionally bright, had laughed menacingly, blending within the clouds of the skies. “... Let’s go back to the shop, Monkey.” The mother was concerned, afraid of what was going on above as she dragged her child back into the cafe.

And the bright man took hold of the dark one by his throat as light erupted from him, the radiance blazing over the roads. 

The light was so powerful that several windows from the coffee shop shattered, resulting in me crouching down on the ground, both of my arms covering my face as I felt the cemented sidewalk shake.

When the glass had fallen on the ground, I uncovered my head and I saw how the shadow boy had ended up lying next to me, his face bruised as I could hear the rest of the people run away, leaving only him, me, and the Vanguard. 

“I will always find you.”

A porcelain mask covered the face of the criminal as he made his way towards me, causing me to crawl backward as my breath hitched. The man raised his staff above the ground, planning to push it deep into my chest but the boy caught him from behind, who closed his eyes shut as he gripped over the menace’s bright, white cape.

Junseok pulled the criminal closer to him as he kicked him off of the sight, setting me free yet he dropped down on the floor, unconscious.

Not again.

[writingmochi]

an honest review of romance: untold purely from musical observation (not proofread because i'll post the proofread on rym n aoty)

opening remarks: hiyya! so i'm only posting this here cause i know that if i post late then it will not be relevant lol just make this an outlier. live update: it's going well. pretty productive when it comes to writing and others so i think not posting is a good thing in a way that it calms me to focus on other things.

okay, so, i'll be starting the opening remarks by genuinely saying that this album concept is all over the place. from the action concept short movie, to the romance reversed-to the boys i love before concept, to the title track being produced by jvke. yes, the golden hour singer jvke that i heard that song so much i'm actually tired from hearing it (sorry...) i actually have a theory as because two of the last covers made by enhypen are jvke songs and it's a weird coincidence that they decide to have a song produced by jvke after it and they all took time to coordinate, so maybe it is planned? hmm

anyway, i've heard the snippet of the song in two times speed when i listen to the medley on youtube + the first 10 secs of xo. so i have some sense of what it will be. honestly, i don't have that big of expectation for this release cause i'm tired of seeing kpop idols making comebacks, especially with enhypen cause they still haven't finished the fate+ tour :( also it's ridiculous just how many of the songs are under 3 minutes istg at least make it sound completely like aespa's supernova

cause i don't wanna be a debbie downer, let's get to it!

1.moonstruck: the title is actually beautiful like ngl it's surprising that there is not a kpop song with this title (another one of my favorite song titles this year is ten's nightwalker and i have expectations about that song.) good first impression on it imo

sonically, i actually expect this type of song when remembering the concept trailer they did. a love song that seemed to transcend space. this song is the type of song i expect from the dark blood album, especially with the regality concept and this sounds regal. that fading ending is such a cop out honestly. should've just finished with like a big outro to make a better first impression of the album (cause it is an lp, not an ep). i can acknowledge that it is captivating, but the beat is too stagnant for it to capture and hold my breath in a way. good song but could be better especially towards the ending, like making it a reprise of the intro is good enough, not a fade out :( on second listen, the beat reminds me of a much ethereal version of closer by nine inch nails and i think taking the electronic elements of closer to make the ending much more intriguing could be good, or just a guitar solo at the end cause i hear a few guitar melodies a few layers down the instrumental

2.xo (only if you say yes): hug and kiss, huh? good to know that they consider my consent lol

this is a title track? what? no, really i'm genuinely baffled. okay, also funny that i mentioned consent in the line before to then be met with a lyric of "don't say no" from the song *eyes*

i can hear the jvke influence on the song, the bedroom synth-pop type of song that is played in that 24/7 chill playlist live stream on youtube, especially with the synth color. they seem to try to mimic a vocoder effect by splicing the os in xos. i do like the vocal mixing of the members here but i think how rhythmic the instrumental is makes it fade back until there is a few punches of the synth melody line. heeseung's vocal timbre tho fuck yeah fucking sexy. and it seems that all members have a pretty fair distribution cause i can catch every voice.

but what is that fade out at the end? istg this song is made to loop or some shit (which is the way i'm listening to it currently) but ngl, for a song that is a love song that is trying to convince me to kiss them, it hasn't convinced me fully. gosh i would love to hear more of the synth breakdown at the end and make it like a full bridge before another chorus enters; embrace the electronic jazz feeling of the song! imo this song has the same premise of replay by shinee but it's anti-climactic. like for real, you don't convince me to allow you to kiss me @ enhypen. also on the fourth listen, i am actually already getting tired of this song, fuck me.

3.your eyes only: "for your eyes only~ only for y-" sorry ekhm i had to sing the james bond theme out loud cause it is one of my fav bond intro song lol. i'm straying. let's continue lol

wow, this song is SHORT! 2:20 wow. i'm laughing cause i love the vocal inflections that they are doing. like their half-ass direction for the vocal is making it more fun for even a short song. but the mixing, for real, it's messy like the high eq on that drum can be lower so that it doesn't create friction when i'm listening to the song. like i think there is an interesting thing at the back of the instrumental, especially with the guitar and bass but the drum mixing is too loud that it doesn't let me hear the string sections and instead just makes this wall of instruments. i can imagine this song going places ijbol but hmm... okay. also a proper outro not a fade out! that's a plus for me

4.hundred broken hearts: ooh the 80s new wave synth is back, tho a bit slower than the usual new wave like a flock of seagulls or tears of fears.

the song feels quick even with the slower bpm, maybe because it's just repeating the verses and choruses. it is a definitely sadder version of blind from their dark blood album. i like that the bass in th songs has this wrap effect (it creates this womp womp type of effect). the guitar strumming with the high synth sprinkles creates this funk aura to it. i also like the vocal mixing here and i can hear every member's voice perfectly without it sinking into the instrumental. though, this is something with their b-sides recently, and what i believed that they've been inheriting more and more by making a song that feels incomplete especially that freaking fade out outro like ughh make a good impression about the outro ffs. unless the album is a concept album with in between song transitions that make sense, fade out on a track doesn't make sense unless the song told me it makes sense and it is not. stop :((

5.brought the heat back: from the title, it seems like a summer song. from what info i got from a billboard video promoting this album, it seems to be a disco song. let's see how accurate it is.

ooh this song's good. this song's good! i like how it is mixed, the headphones panning of the instrumental and on sunghoon's voice in the bridge. tho i don't consider this as disco, i could consider more as synth funk in a way. the producer really told them to have fun with this song and, genuinely, i am having fun, especially with those little synth breakdowns in the post-chorus. i know that it is possible for an under 3-minute song to still make it completely. they also are doing the vocal chopping that they've done in xo but this one has a purpose in being a substitute of the synths and guitar as the percussion beat change to be a bit of trap beat.

that sudden stop in the last chorus. i love that it was spoiled between the post-choruses and verses, so the listeners aren't surprised. and then a more emphasis on the bass in verses to increase those funk feelings. i also love how the song gradually rises towards that explosion of the last chorus and outro. truly, one of the best b-sides of theirs from their past 3 releases. this song is like a combination of upper side dreamin and go big or go home, but mixed better.

6.paranormal: okay a hyper-pop-punk-trance hybrid about paranormal love what the fuck?

the synth of this song's verse has the same color and textures to the ones i heard from disasterpeace (especially since i just finished hyper light drifter and it is eerily similar to the synth used in its soundtrack), which i like so much cause it has that certain crunchiness to it. i also like how this song has a freaking outro yay! that's a chant-like outro in the end that seemed to be led by sunoo cause that's the voice that seems to be put in the middle. the percussion seemed to take the lead during the chorus that it stacks on top of the guitar line, which i would love to hear more. but with how it is made. i do think the pop-punk aspect of the song is meant to be dimmed so it can make it more trance. imo, it's a good text painting to the song especially with the idea of paranormal as something outside of normal. like the guitar is meant to be that paranormal thing that is trying to seep into the normalcy of the trance beat, especially since i have also associated the synth color used in the verse with fantasy and supernatural courtesy of disasterpeace who makes soundtracks to a horror supernatural movie like it follows.

7.royalty: we are getting the funk back with this song, though more upbeat than hundred broken hearts and it returns back to the songs like your eyes only.

i do like the guitar chords, but when you hear the same 4 chords in varying volume levels, i'm gonna feel bored. idk why but this song reminds me of a maroon 5 songs as it has the same poppy type of vibes to it, especially with it having a bit of tropical essence to it. i also don't like the repeating part in the chorus like it feels forced imo. other than that, i don't have anything to say cause it is a pretty typical summer-like song that is meant to be a piece of background music when you ride a car or something. it doesn't electrify me like brought the heat does as it is a bit more mellow.

8.highway 1009: okay fan song with anniversary dates (i see you too star 1117)

ngl i don't really like a song that is forwardly promoted as a fan-song cause, honestly, they're gonna sound the same. the same sappy type of song. and this song perfectly captures the sappiness of what i mentioned. i also heard the engene surrogate part for the song. i know this song is meant to be put in concerts. but, tho i don't like sappy fan songs, sometimes they have this hopeful undertone to it (think bts' we are bulletproof: eternal and svt's thanks). but i think the song is sappy for the sake of it being a fansong. good and complimentary in lyrics but mediocre in instrumental. like, i don't think that this song could stand alone as a song without mentioning that making it a fansong is the thing that makes it special.

and of course for the fansong, every member participates in lyrics. but i didn't expect to see heeseung in the producer seat in this song. so a round of applause to him cause producing a song is hard and i acknowledge it. i could hear a few of hee's types of music and i can interpret what he meant by fansong through this. so yeah...

9.xo (only if you say yes) (eng. ver) ft: jvke [long-ass title]: so as i'm writing this, it is day 2 of me listening to the song since it's release yesterday, and where i hear xo for the first time. the xo ooo part got stuck in my head, but only that part. so i can be addicting but only that part, idk about the other so...

of course, with jvke being here, he has the verse to himself. of course, it is his song tho cause he gets the royalty of it. tho i like the english lyrics better especially the difference between "don't say no" to "don't let go", which is in the same vein of "uh you say that you only do that when i say yes? but here you are pushing my boundaries" and it is not forwardly pushy like the korean version. it actually makes me wonder if kpop idols could make a song outside of love songs or flex songs cause that's the only song (especially hybe artists) can only make...

also, i'm not one for music videos anymore (unless it captivates me like the new aespa mvs), so i've seen gifs on it on tumblr and the choreography scenes seem so out of place like it is just a place to showcase the stage outfits they're gonna wear throughout promotion eras.

closing remarks: when i think more about the concept and how it, along with the songs, seems to scatter around and only have little cohesion with it mostly have romantic songs. i realized the reason why it makes me think that way: pandering.

this comeback is trying to pander to every type of engene out there. from those who like soft songs, the ones who can't move on from dimension: dilemma (aka me), to those who likes dark blood with a song like moonstruck, one of the concept photos, and the concept trailer. in a way, it makes every fan feel seen yet it makes their artistic integrity much looser, especially with their concept hopping. and it's interesting that the most pandering comeback they've done has a main theme of romance.

having been on tumblr as a writer and looking from a helicopter view of the kpop sphere, i do believe that engene is one of the most delulu 4th gen kpop fandoms out there and it's pretty creepy to think about that belift sees that and decide to "yup, let's make a come back pandering to that. let's each and every type of engene delulu" but it loses the sense of cohesion between the songs. like what does the comeback want it to be?

in my humble opinion, xo is the weakest enhypen title track i've heard (currently a tie with blessed-cursed). the inclusion of it as a title track is ridiculous. i rather let this comeback into the same model as what aespa and newjeans did: make xo a pre-release to the album and make the title track different. or make xo its own single like txt's back for more. i think that because it has the inclusion of jvke aka #325 musician in the world based on spotify, makes it title track worthy and, i hate to break it to you, it's not. it's also interesting how enhypen's song is also trying to pander to the 5th gen fans, making it more dreamcore where many of the fans i know would love to hear more of the artists who don't chase trends like kiss of life or riize.

i also think that the enhypen brand is also losing its sense of self with the last few comebacks. it especially saddens me knowing that they have one of my favorite debuts of all time yet they still seem to change the foundation of what their group wants to be. enhypen brand is to connect with people, and then what? i think the word "pandering" that i mentioned plays a lot of role in enhypen as they seemed to pander to what the fans would like, they seem to pander for western validation like what hybe artists are doing, they seem to pander to any concept that seems to benefit them and is trying to tie up the vampire concept into that, like make it make sense. is the vampire concept supposed to be set in a world like real life? if they have powers in their webtoon, why do they use guns to fight their enemies?

overall, i think is a pretty okay comeback. lots of the songs feel like fillers but heeseung tho. heeseung's vocals are so sexy like he is rising to be my favorite enhypen vocalist besides jay. like hmm scrumptious.

final ranking:

8.xo (only if you say yes): underwhelming as fuck (mid 4/10)

7.your eyes only (low 5/10)

6.moonstruck: promising yet doesn't reach its maximum capability (low 5/10)

5.hundred broken hearts: embrace the new wave ffs (mid 5/10)

4.royalty: we want more funk! (high 5/10)

3.highway 1009: like the instrumental, very stagnant tho (low 6/10)

2.paranormal: good to know i have a enhypen fic with a playlist including disasterpeace *eyes* (high 7/10)

1.bring the heat back: more of this! omg omg omg (mid 8/10)

overall release score: 6/10

small conclusion: i sure do have expanded my music palatte so much that i could pinpoint the genres they're doing

so here's more songs you might like if you like these certain tracks:

moonstruck: closer by nine inch nails (mature and sexier and very much explicit)

xo: replay by shinee (same premise lyric-wise), velours by anomalie (the song has a bit of jazztronica influence to it and, ngl, heeseung will devour this type of music)

hundred broken hearts: the killing moon by echo and the bunnymen (pretty slow new wave)

brought the heat back: cosmic girl by jamiroquai (i realize that the synth in brought the heat has some acid jazz influence so here is a funky acid jazz song)

paranormal: title and the last general by disasterpeace (for the synth texture), space mulan by bebe yana (for the hyperpop trance), pluto by xdinary heroes (for the pop-punk)

highway 1009: moving on by bts (ngl pretty similar imo)

[speaking-from-the-abyss]

Some random thoughts on Obey Me! Nightbringer up to lesson 10 (with LOTS of spoilers)

If you ask why I'm making a post like this in this blog is cause I will defend that this is a queer coded game to my last breath –and cause is my blog and I do what I want.

Full disclosure: I'm not done with the first game yet so no spoilers for that one please. I'm guessing I'll get spoiled by Nightbringer anyways as the story progresses, and I already did lol, but I wanna gush about this game because I love it so much already.

Starting with the title screen, oh my gosh the art is beautiful. 10/10 would definitely buy a poster of this.

They continue using they/them for MC and that's a thing we all gotta appreciate. Thank u.

The layout and the art of the game is just SO PRETTY in general. Definitely an upgrade from the first game, credits to the designers and artists.

It's a rhythm game!! I like it, the gameplay is easy enough and in classic Obey Me fashion you gotta be really precise when you click or else, which adds a good layer of difficulty.

We don't have 8 different types of support items, just 4, which makes it easier to keep count of how many we have. I am still broke in-game to buy them tho.

WE CAN GET DEVIL POINTS BY COMPLETING LEVELS THANK U SO MUCH. In contrast, I feel like they give less materials when you clear a stage? I mean, they gotta balance it I guess, or maybe is just me.

The game was lagging like hell when I first started playing tho. Idk if it was the game or my phone that couldn't run it or what, but it's fixed now.

I love the fact they're using the character songs for the levels!!! I was waiting for the unit songs and they took a while, but they're there too. The remixes are fun and I can't believe how good they sound.

Speaking of sound, this game's ost is SO GOOD like huh? I was kinda expecting it cause it's a big production and all but bruh. Every now and then I end up having to stop because I gotta appreciate the bgm. There was this one funny song where a banjo started playing and I straight up laughed out loud. 10/10

MK is that you?

Coming back to the layout and the designs: THERE'S SO MUCH RURI HANA IN HERE!!!!!! Love it. 20/10. Best thing ever. Whoever decided to add that I hope they're having an amazing day.

Also, is that a Ruri Hana Miss Em?? Gosh I love this game.

And I'm not done gushing about the designs yet cause LOOK AT HIM!!! LOOK!!!! He's so cute!!!!🧡🧡🧡

HE'S SO PRECIOUS JUST LOOK AT HIM!!!!! 🧡🧡🧡

The art for the cards is really pretty and I need more Levi cards so badly asap

Also, there's a shit ton of extra content, wow. I'm not sure how I feel about the whole 3D models yet (mostly cause my phone only gives me bad renditions of them) but the extra content is slice of life funny bits. I like that they're voice acted, they're good.

Hey so y'know how you can click on the characters and get voice messages in the home screen and how you interact with them in the surprise guest screen? In neither of those I can click on Levi's tail and I consider that a crime against all Levi stans.

OKAY SO when this game was announced and as time went on and we got little pieces of the plot, not gonna lie I was worried. When it comes to time and time travel this franchise has a, well, a record. I'm still worried how it's gonna develop but for now I really like the things they're showing in the main story regarding the characters and the plot. Just, y'know, fingers crossed it doesn't become a mess.

Honestly the timeline is a mess already as it is. We met Luke and he has apparently just started learning how to bake, but in the first game he says he's been doing it for about 300 years, so it's been only 300 years between the end of the Celestial War and the beginning of the first game? Shouldn't the time be at least a few thousand years?? I'm solving this by doing a headcanon that time moves differently in different worlds cause otherwise the lack of coherence bothers me too much.

I'm so intrigued about Nightbringer himself. You think the prologue is giving us a red herring about who he is? Will it be a new character? An old one? Us from the future? They did a good job in implementing the mystery and I can't wait.

I was rereading this chat we have with them at the beginning of the game and something caught my eye:

Do you think maybe we'll start jumping between time as the story continues? So that we'll be at and see different time periods with different characters?? 🤔

This guy has an omurice for an icon when we all know he can't cook to save his life and I find that so ironic xD I like how much he's getting involved in the story so far too

I still don't know who gave them the right to go THIS HARD on a rhythm otome game. I love this thing what the hell. I wish I went this hard with my own projects.

That's all, I'll be waiting for more lessons to drop✌️

[tenebraevesper]

Sonic Cyber Revolution, Entry 34: Green Hill Zone

''I hear my name blow through the wind, temptation to chase but who knows where it goes. I don't have a choice, the race begins, leaving behind a life that nobody chose.''

– So Much More… by Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

xXxXxXx

Sonic stretched his arms, listening to the rustling of leaves, feeling the gentle breeze on his fur as he lied on a thick tree branch, having taken a nap. Below him was Lucas, sitting on the grass and trying to clean his hoverboard, which was drenched thanks to a particular someone deciding to cross Cosmo River and kicking up a wave that almost left Lucas soaking wet. Lucas glared up at the hedgehog, who appeared to have sensed his unspoken anger, curved his lips into a sheepish smile, sweatdropping as he still kept his eyes closed, acting like nothing was wrong. Admittedly, Lucas wasn't the type to get annoyed or angry easily, and despite the tension in the air, Sonic was confident that he wasn't in trouble. Lucas just stared at him, wondering if Sonic would falter, but when he didn't, he sighed.

''You know, there is something I've been wondering lately,'' Lucas started, only to hear an audible sigh of relief from above, causing him to snort in amusement before continuing, ''Have you ever thought of visiting other countries?''

''Well, sure. Blaze and Sana invited us to the Surya Empire and we promised to visit them,'' Sonic responded.

''I meant more in the sense of going on an adventure on your own somewhere that is not Neos City, or even the whole of Starpoint Area,'' Lucas replied. Sonic hummed.

''I guess I could do that…'' He lowered his gaze, giving Lucas a questioning look. ''Why are you asking?''

''I had figured that you might be getting bored staying here. Neos City has a lot of stuff to offer, but still, wouldn't you get bored at some point and just seek a change of scenery?'' Lucas asked. Sonic sat up, a bit intrigued by Lucas' question.

''You sound like you're trying to get rid off me,'' he said, grinning as he saw Lucas giving him a flustered look, clearly about to explain himself, with Sonic adding. ''Hey, chill, I was just joking.''

''You almost gave me a heart-attack,'' Lucas said, trying to sound irritated, but it was clear that he was on the verge of laughing. Sonic then leapt off the tree and sat next to Lucas.

''I could just leave Neos City whenever I want to, and maybe it'll happen one day, but that doesn't mean that I'd do it because of boredom,'' he explained. ''I like being at Neos City. After all, this is where all of my friends are, and we also know that Dr. Eggman has his base somewhere here. I can't just leave so easily.''

''Really?'' Lucas gave him a curious look.

''Yeah!'' Sonic exclaimed, acting as if it was obvious, and then started counting on his fingers. ''I already made several plans with my friends, like my training with Shadow, going on a hunt with Amy to find the best confectionery stores, searching for Rouge together with Knuckles since he is suspicious about her absence, having a hoverboard race with Jet, helping Silver with his vegetable garden, testing Tails' new invention, and of course, hanging out with you, Lucas.'' Sonic then grinned widely. ''See, I wouldn't even have the time to leave, since I'm so busy.''

Lucas simply chuckled in response, well aware that with his super speed, Sonic could easily get everything done in a short time, but decided not to continue the argument, feeling that Sonic had already proven his point. He was adamant to stay.

''Besides, I'm certain that you'll be doing your best to keep up with me.''

''Huh?'' Lucas gave Sonic a confused look.

''Your hoverboard! You're keeping asking Warren for modifications and then trying out how fast it goes in order to keep up with me. Don't think that I didn't notice,'' Sonic replied.

''Well, isn't that obvious?'' Lucas asked, still puzzled. ''You're fast, and as your partner, I don't want to slow you down.''

''I really appreciate it,'' Sonic replied, taking a deep breath and leaning against the tree, thinking a bit about their situation.

He understood well that Lucas had his own concerns in regards to their partnership. He wasn't someone who would want to go on some exhilarating adventure unless he had to be convinced, so him actually trying to race against the blue hedgehog was a huge step out of his comfort zone. Sonic wondered what Lucas' limits were, how far he would actually go to keep up with him, but he wasn't going to test that now all of sudden. After all, this was supposed to be something they'd both enjoy, and Sonic actually had plans for doing something that would be more at Lucas' pace. Both of them loved reading books, and Sonic wanted to surprise him with a quiet day at home. Of course, that would only happen as long as they weren't any attacks from Dr. Eggman, Ferra and Metal Sonic, or any of the Irregulars not affiliated with them.

''That's how it works, partners look out for each other,'' Sonic said loudly, not even noticing that he was voicing his thoughts until Lucas gave him a confused look.

''Uh, what do you mean?'' Lucas asked.

''I've just been musing about something,'' Sonic responded, giving him a sheepish smile.

xXx

Tails hummed as he read the data on the screen. He and Warren had managed to salvage something from Dr. Starline's AR Field generators, and they focused on how the platypus managed to lock them inside the AR Field and how to escape them from the inside. They had managed to develop a device that would affect the AR Field as long as the device was in use, but it needed further testing, and for that, they would have to recreate the AR Field Starline used and have one of their friends stay inside it. Tails asked Sonic for his help, who agreed, but also explained that he would be busy with hanging out with Lucas. Understanding that he wanted some bonding time with his partner, Tails instead decided to enter the AR Field himself and trying to break out of it. As a precaution, Warren would monitor the AR Field from the outside and if he got stuck, get Tails out remotely.

''I think we got everything,'' Tails said, turning to Warren. Warren placed his thumb over his lips, staring at the screen for a moment. He then turned to Tails.

''I suppose we could've done more, but yeah, I think we should move to the testing phase,'' Warren said, reaching for the device and placing it in the middle of the room. ''Ready?''

''Ready!'' Tails nodded, the device that would help him escape already in his hand. Warren activated the AR Field generator and the twin-tailed fox entered the barely visible, flickering AR Field. The AR Field itself was quite generic. It was just a grassland spreading endlessly with a bright blue sky and a sun partially obscured by clouds. Overall, nothing special. Tails then tapped his AR Visor, a holographic screen appearing beside him. Unlike the one Starline used, this AR Field allowed for communication between him and Warren.

''I'll try to get out of the AR Field without the Exit App,'' Tails told Warren.

Warren nodded in response and turned back to the computer screen, monitoring his partner's state. The way AR Fields were designed was that the person would find themselves inside a field that was placed like a layer over whatever location in the real world. While AR Fields didn't have a visible exit, unless one programmed one into it. However, there would be strange flickering where the exit of the AR Field was and Tails searched for it. He started walking around, but as he had expected, he couldn't find any exit.

''Warren, I'm trapped. I'll try to see whether I can use the Exit App,'' Tails said.

''Got it!''

Tails held up the device, pressing the button on it in hopes to distort the AR Field. ''Does it work?''

''It looks like it does. There is a distortion,'' Warren replied, noting the waves emitting from the Exit App. He fell silent, reading the incoming data, only to suddenly get a wave of errors. ''Wh-What the-?! Tails, are you okay?!'' In panic, Warren turned to the monitor, which now showed just static. He quickly turned to the computer, turning the AR Field off manually, with Tails appearing in the middle of the room, looking completely dazed.

''Tails, are you okay?'' Warren quickly walked over to his partner, checking on him. Fortunately, he didn't appear to be injured.

''Yeah, I am, but the AR Field suddenly started to fall apart,'' Tails replied, rubbing his temple. ''It seems as if the Exit App made everything worse.''

Warren sighed. ''If we managed to recreate Starline's AR Fields correctly, this would mean that he also had some kind of fail-safe in case someone had figured a way to escape them.''

''There has to be a way to exit those AR Fields without them falling apart,'' Tails said, walking over to the computer and looking at the data. ''Perhaps, we could use a sudden energy spike to break through it.''

''Or, perhaps it would be possible to teleport out of them?'' Warren suggested. Tails furrowed a brow.

''You mean, as in using Chaos Control? Should we call Shadow and Touka?'' he asked.

''I suppose we should try out all kinds of approaches,'' Warren replied, shrugging as he smiled sheepishly. ''Let's just hope they'll agree with this experiment.''

xXx

Shadow hummed as he threw another chocolate-coated coffee bean into his mouth, then returned the small bag of coffee beans to the plastic bag he was carrying. Kisaki had had asked him and Touka to go to the grocery store to buy some ingredients for dinner. Neither was in the mood for going to the grocery store, so they played Rock, Paper, Scissors to decide who'd go. Obviously, Shadow lost.

I suppose it isn't that bad. I got myself a snack out of this deal. Shadow smirked, imagining Touka's annoyed look when she realized that she was deprived of some kind of snack or sweet just because she was too lazy to go along. Serves her right.

Shadow stopped when his AR Visor signaled an incoming message. Intrigued, he opened the holographic screen and saw, to his surprise, that for once, the message wasn't from Sonic, but from Tails. He was telling him how he and Warren needed his Chaos powers for a project they were working on and whether he could drop by the Taylor Workshop. Shadow thought about the proposal for a moment. He certainly wasn't in mood for any kind of experiments, especially after his awful experience at the Codex Research Facility. However, this wasn't Codex and he knew that he could trust Tails and Warren. If they were calling him for help, it had to be for a good reason. After thinking about it for a moment, he vanished in a flash of cyan light, appearing in the living room of the Kageura household, startling Kisaki.

''Shadow, you're back-'' Kisaki was felt her heart racing when Shadow appeared right in front of her, only for him to reach for something inside the plastic bag before giving it to her.

''Where's Touka?'' he asked.

''Upstairs, why?'' Kisaki asked.

''We have something to do,'' Shadow replied curtly. Kisaki just smiled in response, figuring it had to do with his and Touka's newfound friends. After all, they would sometimes talk about Team Neos and what they did.

''Okay, but could you do me a favor?'' Kisaki asked, with Shadow stopping on the stairs to turn to her. ''Next time, don't give a heart-attack with your warping power.''

Shadow snorted, cracking a tiny smile. ''No promises.''

He went upstairs to the attic, spotting Touka reading a book on the bed. She looked up, noticing him staring at her. ''Hey, Shadow…''

''We're going to the Taylor Workshop,'' Shadow suddenly said as he sat on the bed, reaching for the bag with the chocolate-covered coffee beans and placing another in his mouth, eating it. Touka rose an eyebrow as she sat up.

''Why?''

''Tails asked me to help him and Warren with a project. It involves Chaos energy,'' Shadow replied, eating another coffee bean. ''I had figured that we might need Chaos Surge depending on what they're planning to do.''

''I see…'' Touka muttered, only to narrow her eyes when she saw Shadow loudly eating and enjoying the coffee beans. ''You didn't buy me anything, did you?''

''You should've come along,'' Shadow replied, smirking at her in amusement. Touka just groaned in response.

xXx

Dr. Starline placed his hand under his beak, his eyebrow raised as he stared at the monitor. He had been here for a couple of days and he had to yet understand the brilliant mind of Dr. Eggman. Fortunately, it appeared that his idol was quite flattered about his genuine interest in the project and would answer whatever question Starline had. Of course, it was obvious that Eggman was just ego-driven and as long as he had someone compliment him on his project or be interested in them, he was satisfied.

''Sir, may I ask you a question in regards to the AR Fields?'' Starline asked curiously, clearly trying to understand what was shown on the monitor before him.

''Of course, Starline,'' Eggman said, still focused on fine-tuning his project.

''Is it really necessary to make every AR Field unique? Wouldn't it be much more efficient to just create the same AR Field with minor differences to suit the victim that is trapped inside it?'' Starline asked. To his amazement, Eggman appeared to be quite amused by the question.

''If I wanted to do what you suggested, I would've done it already. However, I won't, because I want to give myself a challenge,'' Eggman responded, with Starline being confused by his response. ''I know that you want efficiency, but I believe that we should always strive for more. What is the thrill of a battle if you don't put in some flair into your style?''

''May I know what your style is, Sir?'' Starline asked curiously. ''I know that you have an affinity for robotics and that your current goal is to conquer Starpoint Area, but what do you plan to do with it? I imagine that turning it into an industrial zone would be the end goal.''

''While I wouldn't mind more factories for my Badniks, I actually have other plans with it,'' Eggman responded, snapping his fingers. On the monitor above them appeared a huge map with the Eggman Empire logo, with Starline wondering what they were looking at. ''This is Eggmanland, a city/amusement park hybrid and my ultimate robotic utopia. It would be the capital of the Eggman Empire, from where my rule would spread.''

Starline gave him a blank look. ''Eh… A-An amusement park?'' He shook his head, still baffled and tried to collect himself. ''I-I don't understand. Why is it an amusement park?''

''It's simple, I like amusement parks,'' Eggman replied in a blunt tone, then grinned deviously. ''If I want my enemies to suffer while surrounded by the smell of old cotton candy and oil, then I'll make it happen.''

''I see! You're quite a visionary, Sir!'' Starline said, having to admit that, while shocking, Eggman's idea of turning Neos City and, by proxy, Starpoint Area into an amusement park was a rather unique.

''Of course I am,'' Eggman said, putting the finishing touches to the AR Fields. ''As for Sonic and his friends, they will fight on the battle field I have chosen.''

xXx

Warren and Tails heard a knock on the door, with Warren opening it and seeing Touka and Shadow waiting outside, with Shadow addressing them, ''You said that you needed my help with something.''

''Yeah, we do,'' Tails said, motioning to him to follow him inside. ''Remember how Sonic, Knuckles and I got stuck inside those AR Fields Starline had created?'' Shadow nodded. ''Warren and I had managed to recreate it, and we're currently trying to figure out how to break out of it. One of the ideas we had was the use of Chaos Control.''

''Do you really need Chaos Conntrol to escape an AR Field?'' Shadow asked, raising an eyebrow.

''We have tried out other methods, and we figured that we should also take a shot at Chaos Control,'' Warren explained. ''Will you be okay with that?''

''What do I have to do?'' Shadow asked.

''You simply enter the AR Field and then try to warp out of it with Chaos Control,'' Tails said, pointing at the computer nearby. ''Warren and I will monitor what is going on, and in the case you cannot escape it, we'll turn off the AR Field remotely.''

Shadow scoffed, while Touka rolled her eyes at his reaction. ''I don't think that will be necessary.''

''We just want to be ready for anything,'' Tails replied. ''Besides, if Starline teams up with Eggman and they attempt to use these kinds of AR Fields, we'll know how to escape them.''

''I see,'' Shadow muttered, with Tails then pressing a few buttons on the computer and activating the AR Field. Shadow then entered it, finding himself inside a green field. A holographic monitor opened beside him, with Tails appearing on it.

''Okay, could just activate your Chaos powers, but without using Chaos Control? I want to see how the AR Field reacts to it,'' Tails explained. Shadow nodded and closed his eyes, Chaos energy crackling across his body, then waited for further instructions.

In the meantime, Touka was looking over Warren's shoulder at the computer monitor, the latter looking at the incoming data. ''Is this good news or bad news?''

''I'd say it's neutral news. The AR Field doesn't appear to be affected by just having the Chaos energy active,'' Warren replied.

''Perhaps, Shadow should try using Chaos Blast?'' Touka suggested in a dry tone.

''No, that might either have no effect on the AR Field or destroy it,'' Tails responded, turning to the monitor again. ''Okay, now try Chaos Control.''

He received no response from the dark hedgehog within the AR Field, who was enveloped in a cyan flash of light and then promptly appeared back inside the workshop. Understandably stunned by Shadow's feat, Tails quickly turned to the monitor, him and Warren analyzing the results. ''It looks like, while the AR Field did get distorted for a moment, it didn't fall apart.''

''How do you feel?'' Touka asked Shadow, who looked at his gloved hands, then turned back to his sister.

''I feel no different than usual,'' he told her.

''It seems that one can indeed use Chaos Control to escape those AR Fields,'' Warren said, only for Shadow to cut him off.

''Hmph, was there any doubt?'' he asked. Warren just gave him a sheepish look.

''I believe that we now have our answer to why Starline didn't target you, Shadow,'' Tails said. ''Those AR Fields can't contain Chaos energy.''

''I have my doubts that this will be a permanent weakness,'' Shadow replied, with Tails and Warren giving him a confused look. ''You saw Dr. Eggman creating a robot that could withstand my Chaos Blast and even Silver's psychokinesis. If Dr. Starline is with him, they have probably found a way to overcome this obvious flaw.''

''Yeah, you're right,'' Tails responded, only to give him a confident gaze. ''That's why we plan on researching it until we find a way to counter it. Your Chaos Control is a good start.''

Shadow simply nodded in acknowledgement.

xXx

''Orbot, I want a status report! Where are the rodent and his friends?'' Dr. Eggman told the red spherical robot, who pored over a monitor.

''We have a signal coming from Sentoraru-'' Orbot paused, turning to the monitor again.

''Oh, it's now at Erekiteru… no, now it's going towards Kita,'' Cubot chimed in.

''That has to be Sonic,'' Eggman grumbled, taking a look at the monitor as the signal changed at rapid speed. ''It looks like the rodent has gone out for a run. So, let's slow him down a bit. Dr. Starline, if you please.''

''Of course, Doctor!'' Dr. Starline bowed to his idol and then turned to the nearby computer and pressed a button. Then, a new screen opened in front of all of them, Ferra and Metal Sonic standing in the back of the room and observing what was going on. As expected, the monitor before them showed Sonic and Lucas trapped inside a custom-made AR Field, one filled with greenery and palm trees, and surrounded by a sea and waterfalls.

''Ho, ho, ho, this turned out better than I had expected!'' Eggman laughed mirthfully, a malicious grin spreading on his expression. ''Welcome to Act 1, Hedgehog!''

xXx

Sonic and Lucas had to admit that they had absolutely no clue what had happened. One moment, they were racing towards Kita, the next they found themselves in a completely new place. It was a giant field blessed with greenery and beautiful blue lakes. Topographically, it varied from having a plateau-like terrain, with short mountains; to being a mountainous area with massive mountains, slopping cliffs, giant peaks, and tight paths high up in the sky supported by natural pillars. Either way, the location was filled with large waterfall vistas, palm trees, and tropical flora of various types. Most distinctively, the soil was checkered brown, and most of the local plant life appeared to have unfamiliar geometric appearances to it. However, what made this place incredibly unique was the ''crazy'' terrain. Though there were gently-slopping hills, the whole area was filled to the brim with impressive set pieces such as loops, corkscrews, floating platforms, tunnels, among others; which left an impression of a ''twisty, bouncy beauty of nature''.

''Huh, where are we?'' Sonic asked, both confused by this location and mesmerized by it. It felt quite familiar, albeit in an uncanny way, as if he was here before. ''Hey, Lucas, do you know… Uh, Lucas?'' Sonic cast a puzzled look at his partner, who appeared to be not only astonished by their surroundings, but also seemed to have recognized them. However, he didn't respond to Sonic's call, still trying to process what he was seeing. ''Hey, Earth to Lucas!''

''Huh?'' Lucas shook his head as he felt Sonic tugging his hand, the Hedgehog giving him a questioning look.

''Dude, you look like you saw a ghost,'' Sonic told him. ''Do you know where we are?''

''Yeah, I do… and I can't believe that we're here,'' Lucas replied. ''This is Green Hill Zone!''

''Green Hill…'' Sonic trailed off, trying to remember where he heard those words before, only to snap his fingers. ''You mean, from the video games?''

''Yeah, exactly!'' Lucas nodded in response, then stared at his surroundings. ''But, I don't understand- How did we end up here? Is this an AR Field?''

''I'll call Tails, maybe he and Warren can help us,'' Sonic replied, tapping on his AR Visor. However, the holographic screen that appeared before him showed nothing but static. ''Uh, this is not good.'' Sonic closed the holographic screen, thinking about their situation for a moment, only to frown and give Lucas a serious look. ''Hey, how much do you want to bet that this is another one of Eggman's schemes?''

''Well, he seems to be the type of person who'd come up with something like this,'' Lucas responded, placing his hands on his hips. ''I suppose that we're inside an AR Field, because there's no way that Green Hill would just appear out of nowhere.'' He then furrowed a brow, groaning in annoyance, ''Why Green Hill, though? Why not some other place? I get it, it's iconic, but I dunno, couldn't we have gone to some other place? Maybe Little Planet or Angel Island or some other place? I don't mind being here, but still…''

''For someone who doesn't mind being in Green Hill, you sound just as grumpy as Shadow,'' Sonic commented, giving him a sly smile.

''You'd be also fed up with Green Hill if the video games tried to kept shoving it down your throat as the standard location instead of coming up with something new,'' Lucas replied. ''Trust me, I'm not the only person who complained about it.''

''So, what do we do now?'' Sonic asked. Lucas reached for his hoverboard, taking a deep breath.

''I suppose we should find an exit, if there is one,'' he replied.

''Right, because there is no way Egghead would leave us here without some kind of challenge,'' Sonic added, and then took a starting position. Lucas rose an eyebrow. ''Well, if we're already here, why not play along with the game? Who knows, maybe it'll be fun.''

Lucas snorted in amusement, getting on the hoverboard. ''Okay, but watch out where you're going. I'm sure that there will be trap and Badniks.''

''Pfft, as if that is going to be any problem for me,'' Sonic replied, then focused on the green path before him. ''Ready, set, go!''

At once, both Sonic and Lucas then raced down Green Hill Zone, hoping to find a way to escape it.

xXx

''Hey, Makoto, Silver!''

The teenager and the teenage hedgehog looked up, surprised when they heard Lily calling for them, her and Knuckles approaching the two at Eden.

''Hey, guys, what brings you here?'' Silver asked.

''We've been searching for Rouge. Have you seen her anywhere?'' Knuckles asked.

''No, I'm sorry, but we didn't see her,'' Silver replied, glancing at Makoto, who shook his head in response.

''Why are you searching for her?'' Makoto asked.

''Because she hadn't appeared to challenge me in the past few days. This is not her usual behavior,'' Knuckles answered.

''We had asked Sonic to keep an eye out for her,'' Lily added. ''We also came across Minami and Amy, and they told us they'd be looking out for her.''

Makoto fell silent for a moment, humming. ''I don't know whether this will help, but I heard from a visitor how a white Irregular has been terrorizing people at Kita. The Hunters were on the case, but the Irregular has disappeared before they could get them.''

''A white Irregular…'' Lily muttered, trailing off. Knuckles suddenly shook his head, his arms crossed on his chest.

''I sincerely doubt that it is Rouge,'' he told them. ''She wouldn't be interested in tormenting people unless they have gems on their person.''

''Yeah, you're right,'' Makoto noted.

''Why are you so worried about Rouge?'' Silver asked Knuckles. The echidna frowned, glaring at the hedgehog.

''I am not worried about her. I am well aware that she's capable of taking care of herself,'' Knuckles told him, with Silver's mouth opening as he gave the echidna a stunned look.

''Uh, that's not what I meant-''

''I've been merely trying to figure out what her next move is,'' Knuckles continued. Before Silver, or Makoto for that matter, could respond, both suddenly disappeared. Knuckles and Lily were shocked when their friends vanished, only for the surroundings around them to morph and turn into a completely different location.

Lily felt the ground beneath her vanishing and finding herself mid-air. She fell, but was saved just in time by Knuckles, who had grabbed her hand, holding onto a stone platform. ''Hold on!''

''Don't let go!'' Lily shouted back, the wind whistling in her ears and her legs flailing as the echidna tried to pull her up. She didn't dare to look down below, instead try to grab onto the edges of the platform. Knuckles grunted, putting all of his strength into pulling her up. Luckily, he managed to pull her over the edge, with Lily crawling onto the platform and both sitting down as they tried to catch their breath.

''Are you okay?'' Knuckles asked her.

''Yeah, but…'' Lily rubbed her temple, looking around. ''Where are we? This is not Eden.''

''It appears that we're at some kind of floating platform,'' Knuckles replied, with both taking a closer look at their surroundings.

The place appeared to be is an ancient, aerial temple, located high up in the sky above the clouds. It was made up of ancient ruins made of white, mossy stone that float in the sky; as well as of dark blue glass with a technological pattern. There were various pieces of ancient technology, but the ruins themselves, however, were very damaged, and looked like they would collapse at any moment. Apart from the moss, fruit palm trees were also in the area. Both Knuckles and Lily felt weirdly familiar with this location, with Knuckles feeling as if he had been here before, while Lily was certain that she did see it before. It took her a moment to remember.

''Wait, are we… in Sky Sanctuary?'' she asked aloud. Knuckles gave her a confused look.

''Sky… Sanctuary?'' he asked, feeling as if he should be familiar with that name. Lily perked up, walking around the platform.

''Yeah, this is Sky Sanctuary! We're on Angel Island, a place in the Sonic the Hedgehog video games!'' Lily explained to him. She breathed, almost laughing due to just how shocked she was by the sudden realization. ''Knux, we can go explore Angel Island, maybe even go find the Master Emerald!''

''The Master Emerald?'' Knuckles narrowed his eyes, remembering how Lily had told him how the Master Emerald had been protected by the in-game character he was based on. ''I suppose we could, but wouldn't it be better to learn how we had ended up on Angel Island.''

''Yeah, you're right,'' Lily replied, giving him a sheepish smile. ''I suppose I got caught up in the moment.''

''I understand your desire to explore the island. Perhaps, we might find an answer in regards to how we had ended up here,'' Knuckles replied. ''Do you know your way around here?''

''Well, we are at Sky Sanctuary, so give me a moment until I figure out where we should go next,'' Lily said, looking around as if searching for a clue. ''If I remember correctly, Sky Sanctuary is supposed to be accessed via teleporters from Hidden Palace Zone, and it also has a connection to the Starfall Islands. Perhaps, we might even run into a Chao.'' Lily turned to her partner. ''We should go explore for now and familiarize ourselves with the area.''

Knuckles nodded, with the two then getting off the floating platform and taking one of the walkways through the Zone, hoping to find an answer to their situation.

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[lululuzzz08]

I STAND by this (btw i wrote this 23 military time so it might be messy and a bit crazy, i don’t have sources but.. most of the proof i got has been talked about on Tumblr, i’m not someone who thinks about this stuff without some sort of base. Unless it’s something i really wanna think about.)

I love Snape, he’s so intriguing and the only character i can properly relate to. I get what it feels to make bad choices that other people never forget. I feel like Snape is the perfect morally grey character that all us 2 thousand mistakes losers can relate to.

I hate how the marauder fandom hate Snape cause he’s mean to children and is “ugly”.. Like my guy is literally a rockstar with how he’s described!! HES NEVER EVEN CALLED UGLY. And then these curtain lovers (yes that was a Stranger things ref, link at bottom) Stan and bow down to characters with half a page of info! Don’t get me wrong, i love Eileen Prince (which i don’t see enough of) and Regulus black, all of that sort. But come on man… Barty jr is not an angel compared to Snape! Thats a canon fact, he’s a cold blooded murderer. Snape feels remorse! For Lily OR not, it wouldn’t matter cause the same was with Regulus. He betrayed Tom for his house elf, not muggleborns. Snape betrayed for his MUGGLEBORN childhood friend. Pretty similar huh?

Just because Snape is weird and had unrequited feelings who he never forgot doesn’t mean he’s a creep?? Also saying Snape would touch Harry like THAT if he looked like his mother is HELLA icky. Don’t take traumatized characters with flaws and make them worse. People who have been in Snape’s situation will feel like shit. If i hear one more person saying that crap I’m gonna go insane. Because it connects to a much worse problem in real life. Curtain lovers (i cant find a better name, its just so broad) have always blamed the “Losers” for unordinary or bad situations, stuff that doesn’t fit well. Or stuff the Curtain lovers messed up on. An example would be the past belief that witches lived among us. Now, i don’t want to bring real life situations into this, but hey, at least I’m not saying that Death eaters ARE the Nazi’s…

“Witches” consisted of people the curtain loving in command people (i would say government but idk if it was called that back then, oh well. I’ll just say curtain lovers) found a threat. People that were out of the ordinary. People that thought differently, that were WEIRD and easy to miss-understand. The curtain lovers would blame misfortunes on witches. Uncle Sam’s crops died? Sweetie call the priest cause it’s another darn witch! Oh I’m sorry Rebecca? You like books? As a woman?? I need to call the priest you filthy witch!

I know this might be a bit too deep for some god darn children books but saying Snape would SA Lily is such a dirty way to say you hate a character that you don’t even try to understand. It really dives into what type of person you are.

Also, hating Snape for being weird is SOO hypocritical. I mean, have you seen the other Harry Potter fans? Eughh.. I don’t even wanna think about the Tom Felton fans 🤢. That poor guy.

My point is that undermining a character is the least diverse thing you could do.

And the thing og blog said about Snape looking Jewish really adds to it. People really pick and take favorites. Leaving others to rot.

Hope you like this text. I might make a more proper argument in the future, its too darn late rn.

Marauders fans just be having double standards on the point they proud themselves the most on: Diversity

They be like "let's make James brown" (ik that it's in the whole fandom in general but ykwim) and reject the Jewish-looking guy

They be like "let's make Lily obese" and reject the underweight guy

They be like "let's make Regulus abused" and reject the canonically abused guy

They be like "let's make Regulus get groomed into joining the DEs" and reject the canonically groomed guy

They be like "let's make Barty's actions look right by saying it was for love" and reject the guy who did everything for the girl he loved (platonically or not)

Double standards, double standards everywhere.

Diversity only exists if Snape is not involved

[anemia-rp]

Isn't there an scientific explanation for almost everything? Sometimes it feels like the humankind dislikes mysteries and they need to study everything. But I agree with you that dislikes and likes are certainly caused by influences and I would say of different kinds. Even little things you rarely pay attention to do something with you. An inner core, huh? Inner roots that determines whether you're good or bad and having a soul can both be true.

It's rare to get to do something your passionate about for a living. I'm passionate about creating games so I know how you feel even though you have more power over people with your music. The people in the other world like to party and dance as well so if you ever need a new audience let me know. Yes, the name already gives off the vibe of your clothes and I'm sure more than enough people feel good wearing them.

You're different from normal people, the whole vibe you give off is different so it's no wonder lots of people consider you special. I guess I'm special in my own way given the fact I'm not human anymore, but I'm not sure whether others find me that special. Some may be intrigued and others see just an asshole. It can be nice to stand on a wire now and then, so you only feel the fire of those that interest you. And a balance is good to have.

There are people that want to play out certain scenarios in mind and things don't happen like they have imagined it they get disappointed. And I'm also not the type that will do things they way someone else wants me to do it. I go with the heat of the moment if there is heat in the first place. Also reading the reactions of your partner can help you keep things intense.

The best dominant is a submissive, huh? It could be true, but I have yet to encounter a submissive that wants to switch roles. Maybe there are some creatures that are incapable of truly loving someone? Or as you say love themselves, all parts of them. And the things someone really craves? Maybe there is a voice in us that tells us that we can't crave certain things?

I wasn't around many supernatural beings so far so I can't answer that question at the moment. What about you?

I saw a lot of people break there, lose their minds and hope and other's simply enjoy their time in the strange world. I simply refused to be brought down and that's why I'm still here, still don't know whether that's for the better or not.

In general, yeah, guess they really hate mysteries and try to find explanations for everything. But that's only because this way they think they can gain control over what they don't understand. Everything is just about control and being in a power position after all. I'd say I've got a good core. My good intentions overweight the bad ones I'd say. But as we already said, the lines can be blurry.

Doesn't sound bad actually, to try out something completely new. To make music for people who aren't sure if they'll survive the next day. That's got that certain something. Partying as if there's no tomorrow. Guess I'm in. It's mostly the clan and fans who wear my stuff, obviously. But that's enough. Would feel weird if random people would wear it actually who don't have any connection to me.

Thanks. Always interesting to learn how people perceive you. You're certainly unique yourself, different from most others I know. And I know lots of savages who like fights. But most of them are a lil' dense, while you aren't dense at all. Good combination.

As long as someone doesn't lay in front of me like a dead piece of meat in bed I'm rather fine. Obedience, yeah, but not someone without an own will. I really can't understand guys who like giving people knockout drops and fuck them under the influence, not only not in a morally way.

I can't even imagine that there are people who are fully fine with every part of themselves. Sounds impossible. Yeah, there for sure is a voice like that which tells you you can't crave certain things. If you've got any really sick desires and morals at the same time that is.

I know lots of kinds. Mostly vampires of course, but werewolves and demons, too. I might not have the best opinion about them, but it depends on the individual. What kinds of intentions they have.

'Simply refused to be brought down'. That requires much determination and inner strength. And spite, probably. Don't treat is as something that's not special. It's a huge thing.

[dilucsflame33]

I just had this idea! Though um if you up for it. It can be NSFW. Its how the turtles will react to an innocent S/o who unknowingly made a naughty joke. She never makes these jokes as she had no idea how!. Also she had accidentally texted the joke!.

Well oops on her part👀

This be how they react after that almost awkward text chat when she arrives at the lair. Thats all i can think of for now. This is gonna be good. Work your magic!

Innocent Turned Naughty 🔥

Ohh, honey, I have been waiting for this! I decided to do it head cannon style, so we're going with that. I hope this to your liking. Some of these aren't really jokes, just messages that could go into two ways. Obviously they took it to the deep end because they're men. 😂

🔞 Warning 🔞 NSFW 18+ Only

Dirty talk and some crack because we all need humor. 👌🏻

Your turtle terrapin was relaxing in the lair when his phone buzzed at a random. He would usually do his favorite type of activity during these times, so relaxing on the couch was a new norm he would get used to.

When he opened the message, however, was when his eyes widened at the message you've just sent to him.

• "Wanna go to the dojo and give me a private lesson?"

• Mouth dropped, eyes wide

• Went complete shut down

• This poor man doesn't know what to do

• But he will admit that he's intrigued

• You are his innocent, little blossom. Why did that line made his heart race?

• He doesn't text back

• That man calls!

• When you picked up, however, you were all cheerful as ever.

• "You do realize what you have done, right?"

• Confusion on your end, until he told you about the message you've sent. You started panicking.

• "O-Oh, my gosh, I am so sorry! I was actually wanting to do some training since you have an off day. So I thought that you could teach me."

• Awkwardness falls.

• Leo rubbed his face, completely embarrassed about thinking of such things of you like this.

• "I apologize, blossom. I kind of went to the deep end." He chuckled nervously as he looked around the room, hoping no one heard their conversation.

• "Oh, no, you're fine! I mean," you paused as you brought up the last bit of courage you have. "I was actually like to have a lesson, if you know what I mean." He could hear that teasing tone, even though your voice wavered a bit.

• *Que Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen* Mother, I've just killed a man.

• He took in a deep breath, exhaled slowly. "I was going to let you off the hook but, since my little one wants to tease, I expect you down here in 20 minutes. Do you understand me?"

• He laughed when he heard you scurrying around your apartment. This is going to be fun.

• "Bench press me?"

• The man was shooketh to the core!

• Had to placr his phone down just so he could breathe.

• That text can go into different ways and he's thinking of the naughty kind.

• Oh, he can bench press you alright. He'll press you into a mating press, that's what he will do!

• Another vibration was heard and he looked the text. It was from you.

• "I'm so embarrassed. I just realized on what it sounds like and I'm so sorry!"

• He ain't having it. Oh, heck naw! You've poked the bear and you're gonna get the grizzly.

• Eat you up until there's nothing left, babe!

• He called you.

• "H-Hello?" You spoke with uncertainty. He hasn't responded until he called. You're a little nervous right now.

• "What kind of pressing are we talking about here? Cause all I'm thinking of is you, in a mating press, and you screaming my name until my brothers complain about the noise."

• You've just died happy.

• "Teach me some anatomy, love? 🥰"

• Donnie raised a brow as he read the message you've just sent.

• Anatomy, huh?

• "Which part of anatomy?" He replied back as he continued to read until you've messaged him back.

• "Reproductive system."

• His brain short suricated.

• "And the muscles and tendons. To see what they do if they go passed their limits."

• Oh, he's trying so hard not to go to the deep end. But it's hard to when the conversation is like this!

• He called.

• "Darling," he replied when you've picked up his call. "Re-read what you've just said to me."

• You were confused until you've spoke the message out loud. He can't help but smirk when he heard your voice being covered by your hands. "Now, to answer your question. I will teach you, but it's best if I could demonstrate. If you don't mind."

• He laughed when he heard you scream out away from the phone. Oh, this is entertaining.

• "Which type do you prefer? Sweet or spicy?"

• Mikey pondered in thought. "I like sweet!"

• "Sweet is nice, but I like to have some spicy. ^^"

• Oh, you all know where this is going.

• This man has a dirty mind, so don't be surprised when he replied something naughty in return.

• "Ooh, spicy, huh? I will definitely spice things up, if you know what I mean." He sent a smirking emoji after that.

• You were a blushing mess when he sent that smirk emoji.

• "That's not what I meant!" You replied with a blush.

• Mikey chuckled as he called you.

• When you answered however, he groaned deep from within his chest. "Angel, if you want spicy, I definitely got the spice! Come over here and have a taste!"

• But what shocks him was when you replied back.

• "Oh, really? You're big talk, baby. Give it to me then."

• Now it's his turn to blush. He didn't expect you to counter back like that.

• "Come over and I will!" He challenged.

• He could hear keys and a door slam. Oh, you're serious!

• Let's just say the man rushed to his room and done a quick clean up.

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[wandringaesthetic]

Post Bahamut fight, a couple more things

Eikons are like Gundams, I guess. Clive and Joshua can fuse. How bout that classical score for this fight(s), huh? I'm still not sure what to think of the flower. How's this for sheer spectacle, huh? Maybe this is a darling that should have been killed or maybe this is just what this story is. The logical endpoint of taking that Bahamut ZERO materia in VII seriously.

Dion is very much "the hero of a different story." His character and situation bear a great resemblance to Cecil FFIV, but unfortunately Dion is a dragoon, so he has The Curse. Eventually I'll do a whole essay on Final Fantasy dragoons and their ego deaths (the more pure dragoon they are, the worse it seems to be for them), i.e. going through failure and/or loss so profound you have to restructure your identity after. Bonus points if you beg someone to kill you at some point.

(Clive also notably goes through this. Jill also! This being a story high on emotional pain.)

Go berserk in your giant dragon form, killing civilians you have thus far been doing your best to protect, because you murdered your father in an attempt to murder your brother. Who is possessed by some kind of ancient evil, but it's not like anyone ELSE knows that. Then you SUCCEED in murdering your brother and pass out, cackling and covered in blood. This is the guy who has been, up to this point, portrayed as The Paragon.

Good stuff. Love this.

I don't know if Annabella makes a lick of damn sense as a character. It depends on what she knew when and who was whispering in her ear, which is information I don't have atm. I've been trying to figure out her deal the whole game and have a couple of times just thrown up my hands and gone "oh she's just insane." And she kills herself in front of her sons and one of them's response is *shrug* and the other's is "😬 oof." As was earned. (Kinda feel like my WoL watching Zenos off himself). Also, it seems like she didn't age. Or maybe they just didn't want to make another character model for her.

Weirdo statement, but I'm not sure this setting is misogynistic enough for Annabella to make sense as a character. Versus like Cersei in GoT. I'm really getting mixed signals on what the gender politics are here. The vast majority of physical fighters seem to be male, but at least among the common folk, a lot of the "pillars of the community" type characters are women. It's never been clear that women can't inherit &etc. You just don't have the world-building supports for this kind of character and plot, is what I'm saying. You're depending on the audience to assume some things I wouldn't necessarily assume.

I am very intrigued by Sleipnir (I think that's his name, Odin's white haired commander) and have been intrigued by him since the first scene he was in. I am interpreting him as Annabella's counterpart in Ash, but I'm not sure that actually makes sense. Knows something, but not as much as he thinks. Whispering in the king's ear, steering things the way the big bads want to go.

Jill continues to be severely under written. Feel like Martha and Vivian Ninetales are better developed than her. And whenever she and Clive are together they talk about the past, so I'm pretty unconvinced by them as a romance.

Something that is BOTHERING me. Did no one notice or care that things seemed to be worse after we blew up the crystals? Shouldn't things be starting to get more green in the Empire, at least? But no, now we have this eternal overcast and no one has connected the dots that we might have caused it. Are we sure Cid was right??

There has been precedence for this in FF that I could go on a tangent about . I just find it weird that we haven't addressed this in dialogue so far.

I assume we have two more Eikon powers to acquire , because there are two spaces for circles on the ability tree. And that's got to be Odin and Shiva. So either something really fucking sad happens with Shiva, or she's just like "oh, you need the last one? (For as yet undetermined plot reasons) here you go"

I'm intrigued/worried by Barnabas' little erotic vision with Benedikta and Hugo and... His mom? Oh he's that kind of unstable.

Have one Eikon left and like 1/3 of the game left. It's looking like the end of the world out there. Not sure where we're going from here. Let's find out.

Thoughts on FFXVI so far (Jill is awake and she and Clive are on the way to Rosaria) (spoilers to that point)

The game is beautiful. I've been taking a lot of screenshots like "man this pretty"/"man this almost looks real." I saw a few "this looks like a PS3 game" comments from earlier demo/gameplay footage, and I think I understand that, because the zones from the demo (the barren mountains where Titan and Shiva fight and the blighted village) are somewhat empty and have fewer/more muted colors. The story takes place in a dying world, and has the look and lighting of somewhere far north. You can quibble with the aesthetics if you like but not the graphics.

The thing that impresses me most in this generation in graphics is lighting, so. I keep being like "woa" and taking screenshots of water.

There is no minimap, and in "dungeon" zones, no map at all. I like this a lot, because I feel like I stare at the map if it's there instead of the very beautiful pictures in front of me, and I think it's appropriate to feel a little lost and disoriented and nervous about it in, say, the enemy castle you are infiltrating. But I imagine some people will not like this. Areas so far have been fairly linear, though I did get a little turned around in the first forest area (the greatwood?)

Bosses and midbosses are fun and very beautifully animated. Average field enemies feel like a bit of a waste of time and should either be a little easier or a lot tougher. I feel like, with skill, one could absolutely blaze through boss fights, and with either more caution or less skill they're a bit of a slow grinding down. Feel like I'm generally falling somewhere in between on these.

I'm playing on "action" mode and am not using any of the "timely" accessories. I have played some action-y games but am by no means a real pro gamer. I've had to retry some boss fights (when you do this, the game lets you restart the fight with a full inventory of potions (4 potions and 3 hi potions)) but I haven't felt like I've been "stuck" on anything yet. I feel like the "reward" of increasing your skill isn't necessarily just getting through the game (which you can probably do regardless of skill if you just grind at it) but feeling like a bamf as you do.

(there is a kinship with FFVIII in this regard)

I've done....4? Sidequests so far. They are very reminiscent of FFXIV sidequests. Go rescue this girl and grab the supplies she was supposed to gather. Be Valisthea's surliest waiter. Not too exciting but they fulfill what I think is their primary function of fleshing out the world building.

The intuition I had regarding the "bearer" tattoos from the trailers and the demo was that they were magical and either sedated or memory wiped the bearer or somehow made it impossible to escape (need to the spell renewed so often or they kill you or something like that). And it turns out, no, the system of slavery is so ingrained and the odds of being cast out and then hunted down are so high that they don't need to be magical. The mark is enough.

I ALSO thought the bearers were generally POW slaves acquired through conquest and weren't necessarily people who can use magic. THEN I thought they were ALL people who could use magic, but no and no. They are ALL people who can use magic WITHOUT a crystal (excepting dominants, which are special) and Clive was actually a weird cultural exception as the first shield of Rosaria BEFORE he was branded and then fell into the general norm after. Which makes a terrible sense! We do not like what we can't control! Also makes Annabella's weird disgust towards him make more sense!

I think probably part of the reasoning behind that awkward Yoshi-P statement saying "everyone in this game is white because we didn't want it to be about race" is probably BECAUSE slavery is a major plot and world-building thing in a system that in some ways mimics but mostly doesn't real world chattel slavery. Whether making it all be white on white crime is effective or worth it is something I'm going to reserve judgement on for now.

Oh Cid. Cid. What are you doing, Cid? I didn't understand what he wanted at all at first, and now I get the idea that he is good intentioned but has no coherent plan. Free as many bearers as possible and then eventually we'll have a revolution? But you don't want to say that because you're already pretty sure you'll fail. a lot of the people you're freeing are old or infirm you're not exactly forming an army. This is only working because the powers that be are too busy fighting each other to notice you. What are you going to do when they do, Cid? I'm going to do what I think is right until they come kill me and then God can judge me??

I enjoy Cid. He is just some guy who is trying and not at all an inspirational figure.

This game is pretty brutal, huh? I keep thinking about the guy who ended up as a blood spatter under a rock in the first few minutes of the game and the blood pooling under some of Shiva's ice later.

(the ice and the rocks creaking and the subtle controller vibration as you walk through the aftermath of Shiva and Titan's fight really sold the scale and also that this is all about to come crashing down)

I feel it's more tasteful, if you're going to do violence, to have semi-realistic violence rather than bloodless violence. Also I just personally like it. I like bones crunching. I like the post battle blood on your heroes clothes and armor. Enough to be slightly gross but not Dragon Age style ridiculously drenched in blood. Just right.

There are a weird number of surprise lethal axe throws though.

Alas, Benedikta. We hardly knew you. She has a kinship to Yotsuya. I actually wonder if there is a Japanese trope both of them fall under with the long pipe.

None of the soldiers in this game seem to be women. The only women we see fight are Jill and Benedikta, who are both dominants and therefore exceptional. Which... I will reserve judgement on whether that adequately makes sense later. Valisthea is in other ways not a nice place.

I get the idea that the eikons/dominants aren't always passed down via blood. It seems maybe each eikon has its own rules? I wonder if they always have a gender preference for their host.

I like the little overlay arrows showing where you can climb up or under something. It feels like that breaks immersion less so than all Horizon Forbidden West's foot and handholds being yellow, for example. Or all the walls you can run on having a certain texture, or w/e.

The music is good, ofc. Maybe my new favorite main character theme? I have to meditate on it.

Oh, the one huge awkward guy is named Goetz, which is speculated to be what Guts Berserk's name is "supposed" to be. Or Gotz, some Germanic shortening of Gottfried or similar via translation party shenanigans. I don't think this has any significance but it might be a nod. (Which make me wonder whether FFV's Bartz/Butz was supposed to be something like that now. Hmm.) Also I lay like 50% odds he's going to end up as Titan's dominant by the end of the game.

I am also on High Berserk Fan Alert due to the eclipse in the one live action trailer/advertisement.

I have NO IDEA what we're heading for here in terms of overarching plot or what the final showdown is going to be, and since I don't have enough freedom to just dick around in the game I'm getting a little antsy about that. And where's that second time skip gonna land?

(oh man I just happened to encounter the shortened version of that commercial in the wild in the break room on tv FATE WILL FALL that music aaaaaa)

There's a shot in the very beginning of the game that's a Gandalf versus Balrog visual reference and Clive opens double doors by dramatically throwing his arms wide. There are a lot of small details that feel a near copy to Game of Thrones. Clive grows up in the castle with his father's ward who is like a sibling to him. He's second fiddle to his brother. His mother figure hates his face. He has a loyal doggo. He's Aragorn. He's Jon Snow.

I've often thought that the storytelling of FFXIV feels more like doorstopper fantasy novel storytelling than video game storytelling (or movie or tv show storytelling for that matter). FFXVI seems to be continuing that. Opening up the active time lore menu (I love this feature, BTW?) feels like flipping to the glossary.

Alexander O. Smith cites A Song of Ice and Fire as inspiration for the style of Vagrant Story and FFXII. And I'm glad he did, because when I played those games in a world pre Game of Thrones television show, I was like "is anybody else seeing this???" It turns out the Venn diagram overlap of "people who play epic fantasy video games" and "people who read epic fantasy novels" is SURPRISINGLY SMALL. Smith overdoes it but just occasionally, imo. By which I mean, if you use the phrase "mummer's farce" there had best be some fucking mummers in your story. It took a long time for anyone to hit approximately this correct tone in video games again but.

I'm digressing.

ANYWAY. I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE INITIALLY ADDED THIS FLAVOR IN EX POST FACTO IN THE LOCALIZATION AND NOW WE'RE GOING FOR IT INTENTIONALLY THE WHOLE TIME. Because this was written simultaneously in English and Japanese. I find it interesting that we started by being inspired by the tabletop gaming heirs of fantasy literature and now we're taking after fantasy literature itself.

We're also seeming to go for the Game of Thrones thematic thing where the nobles are squabbling amongst each other when everyone ought to be banding together against the oncoming climate apocalypse.

But we will (most likely. Hopefully.) Be reaching a conclusion in 40-80 hours of action RPG instead of leaving me hanging for the rest of my natural life. And I would be shocked if we have some sort of red wedding situation in the works.

I'm having a good time, overall. Hesitant to quantify how much of a good time at this juncture.

Sometimes I feel like we need to put the F-word privileges back on the shelf for a minute, but mostly the swears are effective.

Oh gosh, I glanced upon this subject in tags, but I do love Clive's post accepting he killed Joshua freakout. And how Cid's all "well, why don't you just track this guy down anyway, and if he wasn't involved THEN you can kill yourself ;D" because it comes right after a moment Clive was standing on a bridge, and there's not any attention drawn to it but you KNOW he's thinking about jumping. And then Torgal bounds up to him and the moment passes.

And Cid's "welp, you're alive so you may as well make yourself useful" attitude is not the BEST but it's also not the WORST, you know?

Anyway, like I said, having a good time. Having a good time having a bad time.

[randoimago]

Got another request for you 😊 Can I please request headcanons for Akechi, Ann, Sae, and Yusuke reacting to their kind and funny actress S/O portraying an evil character to near perfection?

Sweet, Actress S/O Playing a Villain 

Fandom: Persona 5

Characters: Goro Akechi, Ann Takamaki, Sae Niijima, Yusuke Kitagawa

Type of Request: Headcanons

Notes: For those wondering, the link takes you to a youtube video which is a clip from a movie called Precious (I’ve never seen it before, but I’m assuming it’s supposed to give me an example for this prompt) 

Just letting you guys know so you don’t have to click a link with no context!!

Akechi

He’s usually very busy so he doesn’t have time to watch movies. He’s gone with you to premieres to keep up appearances with his own persona, but they just aren’t really his thing.

Can’t help but be amused that you’re playing a villain. He can definitely give you a couple pointers if you’d like.

Not that he views himself as a villain, but he has killed people and can give you tips on how to act to hide the fact that you’ve killed someone.

Has probably listened to you practicing lines and reading the script so he kind of has an idea as to what’s going on when it is time to watch the movie. Does applaud you for your performance.

Ann

I mean Ann loves the villains so when she hears you’re playing one, she gets super hyped. 

Also it is so far from how you actually are and she thinks that’s so cool. It gets to show off your range and hopefully gets you more recognition.

Seriously wants to know everything about the movie before it even comes out. What kind of outfit do you have? Is it stereotypical dark clothes because villain or is it being more vague and plot twist villain?

Absolutely going to go watch the premiere with you. She’s just so excited and even though she knows you’re the villain, she can’t help but let out little gasps at the reveal.

Sae

Sae is also amused that you’re going to be playing a villain, really into the “opposites attract” dynamic, huh? Wouldn’t mind telling you a bit about some cases she’s worked on so you can hear how some of the assholes she’s dealt with act.

Also really busy so she doesn’t focus too much on movies or TV. Watching the news is really the only thing she does when it concerns that media. But she’ll listen to you practice lines and such. 

She’s not too knowledgeable about acting so she’s not really helpful for telling you if you did a good job or not.

Depending on scheduling is if she’d be able to watch the movie with you during it’s premiere. She’ll gladly look up reviews though and be impressed by how well people thought you did with acting.

Yusuke

Not really a movie person. Now and then he’ll watch them, but doesn’t make it a habit. So hearing you’re going to play a villain in one is intriguing to him just because he knows the real you.

Would give the movie a watch since it is you and he wants to show you some support. 

Does ask you a lot about how you prepared for the role and what caused you to play the villain. If it was because you wanted to do something different then props to you. 

Honestly, your acting is amazing but Yusuke probably gets really into the design of the clothing and the colors and aesthetics that help show you being the villain (your acting does help a good bit too!)

[ayuki-ikuya]

Dorms and Archons

Twisted Wonderland x Genshin Impact

Part 2 of 2

Part 1

Dendro Archon

The Recluse Scholar

𝓚𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓶 𝓐𝓵-𝓐𝓼𝓲𝓶

Kalim was excited to have a new friend! Oh the parties they'd have! The fun! The food!

When he met you, you were... distant. Did he do something wrong? Did he upset you?

He really did try to find out what he did wrong, and often sent you invitations (Malleus eyeing the invitations) you some of the parties he makes, but you don't show up nor reply, making him sadden.

Jamil low key face palming

During a normal sunny day at school, he and Jamil headed to the library to grab some books, and during the process, he found you, tucked in a corner with mountains, upon mountains of books around you, and you? You were reading.

"Ah? S/o??"

"HEEEEK!!!!"

he startled you so badly that plants from outside grew. which of course caused a commotion.

Kalim apologised for startling you, but he asked a question about your attendance, your reply was to fiddle with your sleeves before answering with a small voice that you were afraid of people despite being a deity.

Kalim immedietly thought of Idia, but he crossed the line of no return, but Kalim smiled warmly, held your hand, making you choke, and said a more softer voice that he'd throw a smaller party, just the three of them. (Don't tell me you forgot Jamil, HE MAKES THE DANG FOOD)

You accepted.

Several parties later, you two were unsurprisingly in love with each other that the students of NRC were rolling their eyes at the moments the two shared. COULD YOU TWO DATE ALREADY!?!?

When you two started dating, Kalim made a celebration, but kept you in a more secluded section, that way you could be apart of it, but not near a large crowd of people. And you were thankful for it.

As a couple, Kalim practically adores you. And he's super affectionate too! Jalim is glad to have someone more tameable and it also makes it easier to locate Kalim if he ever goes off by himself.

𝓙𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓵 𝓥𝓲𝓹𝓮𝓻

He thought nothing of you at first.

Until you had full scores on everything.

He had requested you to help with Scarabia's studying, in offer of full meals, which you complied with due to living in a run down dorm and doesn't have a lot of money to support themselves with.

However, the study group went wrong due to the amount of people.

Jamil then figured that you didn't work too well with large numbers of people, and he found that you were slightly dependent on him when it comes to speaking.

He ended up planning smaller groups, working on those who had the worst grades then up.

And thanks to you, their dorm gradually got better.

Jamil spent time with you whenever he was free from following Kalim, and he was fairly fond of you.

You were soft, very soft, but highly reliable in terms of knowledge. So he'd often vent to you which is surprising.

But your presence and advice helped him grow better.

Jamil fell for you when he found you smiling at a Scarabia student showing you their improved grade, you looked like a warm hearted maternal parent, and his heart skipped at the sight.

When you two began dating, it was a bit rocky due to Jamil's family duty to serve the Al-Asim family. But Kalim was very kind to allow Jamil more free time, in exchange that he brings you over for more study parties!

You figured since Kalim wasn't fond of studying and more for partying, that you'd make a study party which improved Kalim's grade by ten folds. Jalim practically wept tears that the seven sent him this angel.

Geo Archon

The Consultant

𝓐𝔃𝓾𝓵 𝓐𝓼𝓱𝓮𝓷𝓰𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓽𝓸

Azul was greedy for the power you possibly possess. and your money.

Azul underestimated you since he witnessed your lack of brains in terms of money. You forget about having your wallet on you, and whenever someone offers to pay for you, you attempt to buy everything without a single thought.

This was going to be an easy contract, Azul thought. They're an idiot, Azul thought. They can't complete this contract, Azul thought.

"I've completed my end of the contract. Now you must do yours."

"Huh? Nani?"

Azul was stupefied by this, he whipped his head towards the Leech twins, both begrudgingly nodding their heads in confirmation at the archon completing their conditions of the contract.

Azul had tried to change the details of the contract, you of course allowed it the first time.

But when you returned with the conditions once again completed, Azul tried to add more.

However, you weren't having it.

You stood up and leaned down to Azul, towering over him. A sudden pressure weighed the three mercreatures, it was heavy and foreboding. Your eyes glowed a gold with the amber ombre in your hair glowing gold as well.

"I was lenient to allow you the first time. Either fulfill your end of the deal or break the contract. But if you break the contract, you will suffer the wrath of the rock."

Azul was terrified.

When Azul fell for you, he questioned himself. How in the seven did he fall for a person like YOU!? He will never remember how, but all he knows is that he's in waaay to deep.

When you two became a couple, you were far more charasmatic and charming than before, it was like it was turned up a notch. Or two. or more...

The contract loving couple have been making more money than ever thanks to the Geo Archon, the avatar of contracts. It's either fill the conditions or suffer the wrath of the rock. Or just, don't make a contract. Simple.

But then we got the one brain cell trio doing their dumb sh**.

𝓙𝓪𝓭𝓮 𝓛𝓮𝓮𝓬𝓱

Oya?

What an intriguing being.

Jade was the first to be interested in you. But he couldn't exactly find you that well since you practically mixed with the crowd a little too well than he'd like. [Bro, Zhongli and Venti has statues of themselves around Liyue and Mondstaft, AND NO ONE MANAGES TO THINK "hmmm.. You know, he looks like one that statue there.. Wait a minute-" LIKE, SRSLY!!! Venti is more obvious, I can understand Zhongli since he wears more funeral consultant clothing, but he still somehow blends in with the crowd. Unlike a Lil wind spirit.]

But when the moment came where you made a contract, Jade was more than happy to hinder you, only for you to complete the conditions before he could figure out your plan.

"... What?"

["OSMANTHUS WI-"]

After that fiasco with you giving a very large heavy warning, Jade was by your side whenever he wasn't with Floyd, questioning your knowledge, in which you were more than happy enough to comply.

Jade fell for you when you showed how competent you were unlike the other miserable guppies in school. Sure you had a few problems, but nothing with a little Jade there and everything is perfect. He also favored your knowledge, specially about fungi.

When you two became a couple, it was.. Strange to say, a air headed but scary consultant with a sadistically calm eelman? That's ringing bells for everyone.

𝓕𝓵𝓸𝔂𝓭𝓮 𝓛𝓮𝓮𝓬𝓱

Floyd had zero, zip, non, 100% no interest in you. Why? You looks, sound and seem boring. And he stand corrected.

it was later when you completed the conditions, which, not gonna lie, spooked Floyd.

"Hah?"

Later, he began to go after you like he did with Goldfish (Riddle), and when he tried to squeeze you, he found himself squeezing a shield instead.

He found himself utterly thrilled and had did several attempts at you, which failed.

His interest in you and your abilities heightened.

Then your relationship bloomed.

It was hard to say if it was romantic or platonic, but either way, Floyd was perfectly happy. Happy to have a partner who continues to show things or tell him things about their world.

As long as Floyd kept out of trouble and/or content, Jade and Azul didn't say question their relationship.

Pyro Archon

The Warlord

𝓛𝓮𝓸𝓷𝓪 𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓪𝓻

Who are you? What are you? Why are you here? What are you doing? Get out.

Leona didn't care for you, not one single bit. Until you messed with his sleep schedule due to your chaoticness.

Whenever your around, you just bring trouble with you. And he doesn't like it one bit.

And when you bring trouble, you bring noise.

Which officially ruins his nap times.

However, Leona praises and respects your prowess in battle. You always gave it your all, which he liked. You weren't holding back, which allowed him to gauge how powerful you were as a deity with or without your element.

As it turns out, you're stronger than what you make yourself out to be, but what catches Leona's attention the most, was how calculating you were. It was as if you were analyzing him

To be honest, he felt violated.

At most times, you're energetic, but when your quiet or serious, it's either pack your sh** and leave or get out of their way.

Because when your either if those, you will either send someone to the nurse with severe casualties or some of the schools property will be destroyed. And of course, there is a justified reason for this.

Other than to make Crowley very upset of course.

Leona fell for you with your strength. He loves a woman who can lead and he could just relax. Unless it comes to some other type of leadership, like in the bedroom, then that will change. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

These two are dangerous as a couple when Leona's awake and active. And when Leona's on the move, expect a gremlin to be tailing after him, and be sure to clear out of their way. Mercy didn't in their vocabulary.

𝓡𝓾𝓰𝓰𝓲𝓮 𝓑𝓾𝓬𝓬𝓱𝓲

Huh? Do I know you? No? Goodbye.

Ruggie, quite literally, didn't give a rats ass about you.

To him, you were like any other beast man, rowdy and rough, other than your form that is.

But thankfully, you knew how to take care of yourself. Less work for Ruggie. I guess.

Not only that you knew how to cook. That was a god sent gift to Ruggie. Sadly though, you only know how to make mostly meat dishes. If it contains vegetables, expect the veggies to be over seasoned.

Leona was scared when he saw you in the kitchen, only to calm down seeing you being calm and not rowdy.

Ruggie fell for your cooking. He is literally the term "To get to a mans heart, you go through their stomach". although you should work on cooking vegetables better for a more healthier lifestyle.

𝓙𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓗𝓸𝔀𝓵

Strong? Strong.

You two are 100% besties.

You two are glued to the hip whenever you guys are free or share classes.

You both like to exercise and spar, so you two mostly go for each other.

To say the least, Jack mostly saw you as a sibling. Sorry, no romance.

Jack often scolds you for not eating more vegetables.

Which makes you pout and huff.

Cute lil tyke - Leona

Hydro Archon

The Judge

𝓡𝓲𝓭𝓭𝓵𝓮 𝓡𝓸𝓼𝓮𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓼

Nice, another rule setter like me. We're gonna be great friends.

"Explain why two cubes of sugar should be in a lemon tea? It's blasphemy."

I see you have chosen violence 😌

Riddle at first liked you, until you learned about the rules of the Queen of Hearts, did he start to hate you.

"BE QUIET OR IT'S OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!"

He loathed you.

He thought that since your a judge, you'd understand the rules, much like him. But no, you judged the rules as well, evaluating if they are fair or not.

Whenever you call out on the rules that appeared ridiculously stupid to have (like the two sugar cubes in lemon tea. That's bs to you.)

After the overblot, you were more nicer when he changed.

He stand corrected.

But he didn't mind it, he low key enjoyed arguing with you, without him screaming at you of course.

You two as a couple sends fear in everyone. A judge and a tyrant? That's a deadly combo.

𝓣𝓻𝓮𝔂 𝓒𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻

Trey had taken a liking to you, seeing how similar you are to Riddle.

He enjoyed answering your questions about rules, but if there were rules he can't remember, he'd look at them with you to not only answer your question, but to commit them to memory in case.

What he's scared of is when you give trials regarding about incidents. Riddle would present his case then the 'innocent' or innocent would present theirs.

If the person is guilty, you ensure punishment, because like Riddle, you detest rule breakers unless in reason. You didn't mind them bending the rules as long as it doesn't break.

Trey is envious of your abilities, but you reassure him the his Doodle Suit is superior if you can use it against others magic.

You often praised him as well.

You admitted to thinking about a scenario of if Trey was born in Tevyat, he'd receive a hydro vision.

He flushed in response, secretly happy to have caught your attention.

You two as a couple puts everyone, minus Riddle because it's you, at ease.

𝓒𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓓𝓲𝓪𝓶𝓸𝓷𝓭

#ohmyseveniminlove #calltheambulance #loveatfirstsight #goddescendingfromheaven #pinchme #PLSNOTICEMEANDLOVEME #foryoupage

He practically fell for you.

To him, you were perfect.

"You have flaws? I only see perfection!"

He's a smooth talker, albeit feminine due to having a lot of sisters, but smooth nonetheless.

He's a simp for you, willing to use his unique magic to do anything and everything for you.

Literally fell at first sight of you.

As a couple, Cater often takes couple photos with you, at first you were content with the pictures, but at this point they kinda peeved her when he takes pictures on every occasion.

"Smiiiile~"

"Cater, I love you, but please, stop."

"If you give me a kiss I might~"

𝓓𝓮𝓾𝓬𝓮 𝓢𝓹𝓪𝓭𝓮

You're his role model.

Literally the Geno to your Saitama.

He carries a notebook with him to take notes on you since he strives to be like you. A model being.

Even if he looks smart, he still has a split braincell between Ace and Grim.

Don't hold it against him if he's trying to know almost EVERYTHING about you.

More platonic than romantic.

𝓐𝓬𝓮 𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓸𝓵𝓪

Complete opposites.

And completely disliked each other.

You rubbed him the wrong way, maybe it was because you were more justified than him, better at things than he was.

He didn't know what, it was just you being better than him. He understands he's not smart, because he foes dumb sh** with the other two.

But whenever you have to deal with their messes on their own, he feels irritated.

He often tries to get after you as well.

"Oh wow, such a god you are. Pathetic."

*cue angry archon noises with an 8 feet tall wave behind them, ready to flood Ace's ass.*

Yeah, your relationship is very... Rocky and slightly concerning.

Here's part 2! I'm happy that you read this! I will have a link to the first part after connecting the links to certain parts. Feel free to request or refer to the main master list pinned on my blog if you wish to see other choices to make! Happy reading!