#which makes it hard bc how do i ask for his socials or to hang out without it seeming like I'm coming on to him

[carnallyricky]

ALSO I'm NOT aro after all!!! I think I figured it out and it should have been obvious but sometimes I'm just the big dumb

[inchidentally]

unfortunately i feel like the whole “heart-eyes piastri” thing’s been … rampant enough for it to have Reached him (or reach him eventually) and im just curious if you think it’s something that he would step away from (or if he even could ?? since it genuinely seems so involuntary to me personally) once he’s like. exposed.

going on a tangent now but i wonder if the drivers had a part to play in mclaren moving away from their long-from content ? or if it’s like. just something their team Decided

this is a good place to just quickly reiterate this since Lando and Oscar are so much more relaxed and have clearly gone to a new stage in their friendship:

FANS SHOULD NEVER EVER BRING UP RPF OR SHIP RELATED STUFF TO LANDO OR OSCAR ABOUT EACH OTHER. ALSO DO NOT ASK MEDIA OR THE TEAMS TO BRING IT UP TO THEM. IT WILL END VERY BADLY AND UNCOMFORTABLY AND POSSIBLY MAKE THEM WITHDRAW EVEN MORE FROM FANS. THEY DO NOT DO BROMANCEY STUFF AND ARE FAIRLY PRIVATE WITH THEIR DOWNTIME TOGETHER. PLEASE KEEP LANDOSCAR RPF IN FANDOM ONLY*

anyway I fully get what you mean anon and it's part of why I've always wanted to keep the types of 'rpf is real' and 'if it weren't for those pesky gfs these men would be together' ppl awayyyy from landoscar bc Lando and Oscar are not knowingly playing into any PR bromance or engagement with fans - so it's hard when we get this great content bc it's so sweet and there is a genuine fondness and gentleness to them that is so !!! but there also isn't the same kind of like agreement that the bromance guys all have with fans. the group padel pic in Monaco is a great example bc it was well coordinated, a joint instagram effort, all those guys play up the bromance stuff for fans with various drivers - so while it's fully legit friendships and guys bein dudes, it's also expected that fans will freak out and therefore has a side benefit of being great publicity. that's the norm for most drivers tbh!

whereas yea things like Lando and Oscar simply looking at each other in sweet ways and giggling at things we either aren't allowed into or jokes that are only funny to the two of them, and spending downtime together playing padel just the two of them or with another set of drivers or hanging out in hotel rooms or chilling casually at the palace in Bahrain - but not posting about it is a very clear message of while they don't mind that fans know about their time together (there's no crazy secrecy) or that we comment on their dynamic, they have also chosen to not cultivate that PR relationship with us beyond what McLaren and sponsors require. again, not in some crazy secret thing! Oscar isn't crazy secretive about Lily or his family, but he also doesn't encourage or engage with fandom about them beyond very surface mentions.

which is more than fair and there's another anon I'm gonna reply to about how I've always suspected this was a choice of some kind between Lando and Oscar based on strengthening their relationship as teammates as well as friends - even if it wasn't necessarily a spoken agreement.

ANYWAY back to your point about the hearteyes, I will at least say that this has been talked about by fans in public spaces pretty much since the start of his time at McLaren and definitely since the finish the lyrics video. so I'm sure he's already seen it and would've altered his behavior by now if it really bothered him that fans comment on it!

but I definitely agree that in general fandom needs to observe the very obvious boundaries of Oscar being a quiet, private guy who doesn't even like discussing his relationship with his girlfriend in super emotionally revealing terms let alone have fans or the media poke and prod him about the fact that he looks at Lando a certain way. tho I do think he'd wisely sidestep somehow and bring up Carlos or Daniel again. and I absolutely think based on his social media history he's very consciously rerouting fan attention when he does that. esp the fact that he chose to interact more with Lando's merch company when he was a fan and not a fellow driver in the same formula, it's similar to how they talk to fans about landoscar and carlando etc which is kind of a filtration system so that Lando's mentions don't take the brunt of fandom. but that's even more of a reason to respect Oscar's space and not put him in those awkward positions either.

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*and honestly even with guys who are fine with it and encourage it, it's still not advisable bc this sport exists in extremely conservative spaces and these men will only want the gay jokes and bromance bits to go so far.

[dashflashy-arts]

ML x Smiling Critters AU

Dogday and Catnap

unfortunately I'm talking more about this oughh... I have a lot of thoughts about these two

thoughts + a poll thingy about Catnap under the cut

I repeatedly said that they're besties but bc they are!! that's literally what Dogday and Catnap's relationship is by design. Besties! Though this AU there are some "tweaks"? since they're teenagers here why not (warning: angst + cringe incoming!!)

Dennis (Dogday) absolutely cherishes their friendship. He loves all his friends, of course! But with Theo, he makes the extra effort to show it. He's usually the one who often gives Theo the benefit of the doubt. That's not to say he's an enabler to him. Erm, he kind of is, but Dennis does draw a line like when it comes to trouble-making and whatnot. He's not harsh about it, though. He's a very understanding guy.

Theodore also loves his friends, but the wounds of his traumatic past hinder him from seeing that they care for him, too. He thinks that they're just merely tolerating him, which is why he keeps a distance and don't often hang out. That and, well, he's an easily-tired introvert. Perhaps anti-social, except when it comes to kids. He's very good to kids. That's besides the point-

Y'all can tell they're a popular/unpopular duo. Dennis is in the school's sports team (thinking making it baseball bc lol "fetch" and all the running, but I'm not exactly sure how US schools work) so he can be pretty busy with practice. However! Dennis always go out his way to make room for his close friends and would much rather spend time with them instead of the team or popular cliches that are desperately trying to drag him in their group. Theo is pretty much unknown, if not infamous, especially to teachers. The main reasons are that he often sleeps during class, and the teachers can't really do anything about it because when asked to answer or talk in front, he just knows what to say. Not to mention that he's very smart, being able to ace exams with ease. And when he's feeling like it, he could challenge teachers of their profficiency of their subject by asking them hard questions or callout inaccuracies/facts, making their attempts to humiliate him backfire. He... may or may not have landed in detention from time to time.

Dennis and Theodore have been friends for a long time. They were closer when they were younger, though when they entered middle school, that's where their friendship became a little more loose. Dennis (and friends) would love to hang out with Theo more, but it's kind of hard to convince the latter to join them (reasons again, are stated from above)

While the entire premise of the AU is "hehe what if their trauma forms were just akumatized/temporary villainized forms instead and they're actually (mostly) okay" this is pretty much my dilemma between them ngl

Now I'm not sure whether to keep Catnap's civilian self as Theodore Grambell or change it entirely to a different person like Dogday's. I'm kinda concerned about this part because I got jokes and thoughts which I similarly made from MLB itself (like the romantic shippy stuff) but I' bothered at how weird it's gonna be because by canon, Theodore's literally a young kid. That's weird, man. Yeah he's a bit aged up here (around 14) but still?!?! Like ngl the only reason I used him bc of the premise of the au, but I really wanna focus it more on the toy/mascot lore. Where it's more of the toys themselves rather than the kids thst were used to expirament, and the akumatizations are only references of that but are not particularly the actual whole thing.

No one's probably gonna see or bother to vote but I'l share it anyway:

[porcupine-girl]

I had the weirdest possible Check Please dream.

Ngozi was going to do another volume, and we were all excited because Shippy and Taylor were finally going to get together.

Who tf are Shippy and Taylor you might ask?

Shippy, I immediately realized upon waking up, is Tater, but in this dream world somehow he got a different nickname and I don’t even know how. Idk if my brain was just like “he’s part of this popular ship and I’m lazy” or “Tater and Taylor would sound too cutesy and I really want this girl to be named Taylor for some reason” or what.

Taylor was not Vanessa with a different name. She had spiky lavender hair that looked a bit like this animal crossing hairdo:

But longer, like if it were lying flat it’d be about chin length, and of course in Ngozi’s drawing style.

I didn’t find out much more bc I woke up due to my husband getting up to get ready for work, but somehow when I got back to sleep, for once my brain deigned to continue my dream from before. It is apparently very invested in Shippy/Taylor (although after I woke up and realized Shippy was Tater my brain went back and forth between the two names).

So in the continuation, I learned that Taylor was already dating another member of the Falconers (I’m not sure I ever got his name), but he was very controlling and emotionally abusive and everyone on the team was hoping she’d leave him and kind of shunning the boyfriend socially due to his behavior.

Tater ran into her in like… a mall food court sort of location? And somehow their conversation led to him confessing his feelings but saying that it was fine if she didn’t want to be with him, just begging her to leave the controlling guy and saying he’d help her however he could just as her friend. She was clearly not quite ready to leave yet, but then her boyfriend called and when she said oh I’m at the mall and I ran into Tater so we were just hanging out he got really pissed that she was hanging out with another guy (in a totally public location, and being honest about it) without him and demanded she come home right away. And when she hung up you could see that having that conversation right after the conversation with Tater was kind of making her realize that she really did need to get out of it.

Tater saw that too and jumped on it, like “If you don’t want me to help I’ll call Jack and Bitty (which my brain then corrected to Zimmboni and Little B, it was like my brain was like helloooo this is Tater unlike you Ngozi would write him correctly) right now and they will come help you get your stuff, you can stay in their guest room, they would love to help.” And she was kind of mortified by this, like oh god does the entire team know??? And he was like, well. Yeah. Kinda. Everyone’s rooting for you to leave him, that’s why nobody talks to him or hangs out with him outside practice, we all know how awful he is. And she was like oh god, great, everyone knows how stupid I am for staying with a guy like him, but Tater was like no no no everyone knows how hard it is to leave that kind of thing but we all know you’re strong enough to do it as soon as you decide you’re ready.

And that was about as far as I got in the Shippy/Taylor saga before I woke up for good. I can only assume Jack and Bitty did come get her and let her stay with them, and eventually once she was over the nasty breakup she got together with Tater.

What’s really funny was that when I went to start writing this post I couldn’t remember her name, only that it started with a T and was like 6-ish letters long. I started the post calling her Tricia and was like no that’s not right, so I googled girl names that start with T and was just hoping that if I read enough lists of names something would click and maybe I’d recognize it if I saw it. Then I opened the first list and the very first name was Taylor and I was like OH RIGHT MY BRAIN NAMED HER AFTER TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT HOW DID I FORGET THAT??

[softestkabru]

I think Fleki and Mithrun could be close friends into Mithrun's retirement

Theres an extra where Fleki talks abt staying with Mithrun on Melini like Helki stays with Milsiril but she gets talked out of it bc he's like "it will not be exciting I'm not planning on having adventures. Im going to make noodles and be retired. Plus you'll be stuck hanging around a bunch on non-elves" and Fleki's like 🤢 nvm ur right

But like, thats so fucking cute. She'd like his live-in, burnout, non-niece on Melini for the next 200 years or whatever

Thinking abt a "10 years later" kind of deal where Mithrun's canary squad comes to visit him and they tease him kindly about how much he's changed (he smiles a lot, he's a bit chubby, he's really domestic w/ kabru, he has an eye prosthetic that actually fits,he's very kind to them) and Fleki almost starts crying because she's so emotional about seeing Mithrun happy and recovering and she's like "i'm sorry we tease you so much, I'm sorry we were so mean to youuuu we should have been nicer 😭 you kept us safe and we didn't even care" and Mithrun is like "I know, Fleki, it's ok. You all kept me safe too and I'm grateful for that" and he invites them for a nice dinner at his and Kabru's home and they talk about how the queen doesn't really know what to do with the former canary prisoners so she's been trying to pair them off with their wardens to just have normal lives which has been going...... not completely great

So their Melini visit goes by and at the end of it, Mithrun asks Fleki if she'd like to stay with them and he tells her it's ok if she doesnt want to because it will be boring and he'll expect her to behave herself and she'd be seperating from Lycion (her bestie/ emotional support whore) and she cries and is grateful and has to think about it but she comes to say yes because being an socially outcast elf is a hard and long life and her future back there is so uncertain and Mithrun and Kabru have enough faith in her to offer her a place in their home and lives and she never thought anyone would ever give her that much credit again.

So, it's not always easy (i can imagine her getting on Kabru's nerves a bit) but she keeps Mithrun company when Kabru is away on business and that's very important to Kabru. Senshi comes around from time to time and teaches her how to cook so she makes meals for their house. She of course still has her crow familiar and is good with other larger birds of prey (she could get into falconing as a hobby) and Lycion comes to visit every once in awhile and theyre still close.

This got a lil long but i was floating around in my pool for an hour thinking abt this and for rlly emotional abt it :')

[campgender]

Hi, my friend has a chronic illness that flares up sometimes and we've been wanting to hang out but it has gotten cancelled a couple times lately bc of her not feeling well enough on the day. I want to ask her how she feels cuz I care abt her a lot and want an update but 1, I don't want her to feel pressured or like I'm asking just to ask can we hang out now, and not bc I care abt how she's feeling (does that make sense? I may be overthinking this) and 2, I genuinely wanna know how she's doing but idk what to say if she responds with her not being better, sometimes u don't feel better and that's ok but I always want to offer comfort somehow or just convey my friendship? but I feel the same everytime and don't want to sound repetitive ?

Any thoughts?

this is really kind of you & it means so much to me that you want to support your friend & are putting so much thought into it! my response is inherently based in my own experience to an extent & everybody’s different, but a lot if not all of this is stuff i’ve heard regularly from other chronically ill people. of course, don’t say anything you don’t mean – if some of this isn’t the case for you, just adapt accordingly :)

i understand worrying about being repetitive but i think that’s totally okay to do! for one thing, it can be difficult to remember things period when you’re ill, especially during a flare, & for another, internalized + societal ableism is a hell of a force. it never hurts to have a reminder that not everyone is trying to force ableist expectations onto you + your friendship & that someone cares about you!

i think you can definitely tell your friend pretty much what you told me! like, “hey, it’s okay if you aren’t feeling up for responding but i just wanted to check on you! not trying to pressure you to hang out or anything, i just care about you & how you’re doing”

honestly the most important + supportive thing people have ever told me is that it’s okay if the answer is “bad.” i’m literally like surprised pikachu meme every time somebody offers to let me vent about having a rough time & then it helps me just to talk about it. it’s really socially unacceptable to talk about chronic pain & a lot of people get frustrated when you’re complaining about the same thing & there’s not really anything they can do, so just the opportunity to be like “yeah shit fucking sucks right now” means a lot.

obv the appropriateness of this depends on the person & their relationship to disability but most of the time i’m very like, radical acceptance / embracing / etc about the fact that i’m probably just gonna get sicker, so sometimes when i’m having a rough time emotionally & am like “what if i’m this bad for the rest of my life” my gf (who doesn’t have chronic pain / chronic illness) will say something like “then i can’t wait to be there with you ❤️” & it’s more meaningful to me than i can begin to put into words.

again everybody’s different but for me one of the biggest things is when disability stuff just… isn’t a big deal to the other person. which, it’s totally okay for you to need support from others when someone you care about is going through a hard time & when things change! but abled people are constantly horrified about like, every aspect of my life, so being able to talk casually about symptoms & somebody mirror the mood / tone i set – laugh if i’m joking, be upset about the ableism i experience & not my body itself if i’m complaining about people being weird about it, taking things as they come – is so affirming.

other things that have been helpful + meaningful for me are friends sending me notes, stickers, & art in the mail – having something tangible can make me feel more “real” & part of the world, something i struggle with due to being homebound – & peer support around medical neglect, which often just looks like talking to someone after a doctor’s appointment & them reaffirming my reality / experiences & saying i didn’t deserve to be treated that way.

oh one other change in language i’ve made over time & probably picked up from a few other ill people in my life is a sort of realistic encouragement – there’s not necessarily anything wrong with “i hope you feel better soon!” because like, i get that the message is well-intentioned, but it can be awkward & difficult to receive when you don’t know if that’s gonna happen. instead, i try to tell people something like “i hope you get a bit of relief soon” or “i hope things are a little easier tomorrow.” a 7/10 pain day may be horrifying for most people, but when you’ve had a streak of 9s, it can be a much-needed taking the edge off, & i try to make space for that breadth of experience in my language.

i’ve answered a few similar questions before so i’ll add my “asks” & “faq” tags on my chronic illness blog in the reblogs if you want to browse! much love to you & your friend and feel free to lmk if you have any other questions 💓💓

[tinukis]

Random but... Sabosan modern au thoughts?? (if you like it, of course) 👀

modern au my beloved (also sabosan in my asks i cheered)

anyway !!! i love modern au So Much and like there will be many different versions because im indecisive <3 but my favorite one is college au (thank you one piece academy for being my inspiration for some things. like thank u for giving me cafe worker sabo???) + im a college student as well... not that i have a social life but it'd be nice to have your favorites in your situations. i wont lie, it's hard to imagine ace and luffy in college. maybe ace has a better chance but luffy? hard to imagine unless hes into gymnastics or something but anyway this is about sabosan

sabo and sanji meeting is inevitable thanks to luffy. but it was more like passing by and just meeting luffy's friends at their house. however, sanji cannot keep his eyes off sabo and he hoped that no one would notice (they did. except sabo) out of respect though, no one brings it up or forces it out of him. they do tease him here and there but it all falls on sanji's shoulders and he gotta deal with it himself. but luffy is always willing to help if sanji asked. luffy tells him where to meet him and where he works, he doesnt have every little detail as these two were just the biggest ones.

again, sabo works at a cafe so sanji decides to go there and check it out in his free time. sanji just chills there and straightforwardly asks to talk to sabo (doesnt specify what) and bc he was luffy's friend, sabo was willing to listen. he does ask to go on a small break for this as he thought it was something urgent but a small talk was fine. i think sanji was a little awkward on how to approach this cause he honestly had no idea how exactly he felt about sabo (still questioned his sexuality poor guy) like did he have a crush on him or simply felt like being his friend? who knows! anyway sabo carried most of the conversation til sanji felt more comfortable to open up a little bit. they do have a great time talking and bond about luffy before sabo had to work again, but he invited sanji out once his shift ends.

after hours they end up strolling around the neighborhood before it got too dark and sanji really liked to be around his presence. he seemed very gentleman like, too. and sabo's relationship with his coworker/friend reminded sanji of luffy and another certain redhead. sanji noticed that sabo was able to cook and offered recipes which sabo was eternally grateful for. as the day ends, sanji thought he hit it off with sabo well. and even before heading home, sabo handed sanji his phone number so that they could make plans to hang out more or even just talk over the phone. (though it kinda complicates things more for sanji bc first off he had a "love at first sight" moment when he laid eyes on sabo, and every time he saw him whenever he'd visit luffy, it was hard to Not Look at sabo every time his presence is felt. and now sanji finally mustered up the courage to talk and officially befriend sabo just to get his number at the end? not only that they technically went on a mini date after his shift? even if it was a little stroll, sanji would be lying if he said his heart wasnt going to jump out at any moment)

on sabo's end, he admired sanji and was grateful to have someone like him look after his little brother in his stead sometimes. as mentioned before, sabo did Not notice sanji's glances at all so he was a bit surprised that sanji would talk to him.

theyre dynamic in modern au is friends to lovers but also mutual pining bc theyre silly like that

[tincansamurai]

half oc monday qs half some other shit

this oc monday there are some repeats so i have crossed them out and replaced them with neosprings questions i answered back when that was a thing for 3 days in january lol

1. What nicknames does [x] have?

mat: well, "mat", lol. his full name is matsuo. he does not like nicknames. he puts up with normal pet names from kaz (maybe he kinda likes them in this context tbh, but it can't be weird or cutesy or overwrought or or or), and he's 100% used to mat as his default, but if everyone in the world switched to only ever calling him matsuo he'd be pretty happy about that

kaz: mostly just kaz. never call him kazmer he fucking hates it. he avoided getting stuck with a lot of dumb easy nicknames where you start with the first letter of their name and then add a word (a la k-dog) by being bffs with kimmy. too many ks hanging out. he does get called just "k" sometimes though, usually by jaimie

2. What does [x] smell like? kaz and mat respective go-to weed snacks (link)

so kaz kinda hates weed, he gets way too in his head and morbid, but ofc like everyone who's high but not TOO high he can be distracted with food - so he doesn't smoke enough that he'd have a go-to, per se. i'd say it brings out like a sweet tooth he usually doesn't have, but specifically for fruity shit. like he's making toast as an excuse to eat jam by the spoonful between putting it on the bread, he's like "what do you mean you had a brand new bag of clementines and they're gone i only had like three"

mat is honestly 100% indiscriminate, but he goes wild for salty savory shit when high (sweets get too sweet). one time he had bruschetta high and that was an experience that changed him forever. i think his go-to is sourdough pretzel nugs and he does that gross thing where you kinda suck the salt off first like you're eating a hard candy lmao

3. Is [x] a blanket hog? gonna ask what i ask every interviewer i ever meet with: what are kaz and mat's top 3 traits they would want in a partner (like a wishlist Dream Partner) and - bonus round - how much do they fit each other's ideals ?! (link)

kaz wants someone who: has a sense of humor where they can banter, wants to be shown off/publicly adored, is a weird alt freak

mat wants someone who: is social and will force him out of the house, cares a lot about music and/or is a musician, is exactly the same type and amount of online as him

mat ticks off 1.5 of kaz's - they can banter, and mat is a little weird and a little alt. but PDA makes him nervous, he's really not a fan of it at all. this is a thing that causes tension/issues with them bc kaz is naturally physically affectionate and hates feeling like a shameful secret or like he needs to hide himself, and mat hates feeling like people are looking at him and judging him (which everyone must be doing if he is anything short of invisible, so especially if he's doing anything that might even potentially draw attention)

kaz hits 2/3 for mat; he's simply not online. he gets enough of the jokes mat shows him and has the right sense of humor for the spaces mat's in, though, so it's not a big deal or something mat feels like he needs to section off about himself.

4. What sort of tea does [x] like, if any? pick three characters. the year is 2006. what kind of cellphone did they have? ringtones? text alert messages? CHARMS??? (link)

ok so i think they're kind of in like 2019-2022ish (UPDATE: since i figured out kaz's whole birthday we're set in 2021 for real, but i am NOT going to try and figure out how to put lockdown/covid shit in anytime soon bc ughhh) when i'm writing, which gets us kaz around 14 and mat and his friends around 12.... (mat wasn't allowed to have a phone until high school so he's out)

kaz 100% had a pink razr and the color is scuffed off as fuck and there's stickers on the back. ringtone is sugar we're going down. text alert is a bubble pop noise. so much of his texting habits today are from shortening the fuck outta words w t9. no charms bc he got teased enough about his phone being gay. but he wanted them

thom had a blackberry. who the fuck gets a 12 yr old a blackberry?? he made like a presentation about how it would be good for homework and how it would last a long time so his parents wouldn't need to buy another one for all of middle school. he was right but he looked like such a freak business nerd of a child. you know he was actually sending emails on that thing. his ringtone was a simple and clean remix he found online, and he would make sure to tell you about how it's actually a remix if you were like "oh i know/like that song". text alert was the first measure of an amen break (he would 100% set his current phone alert to that today if he cared enough)

kimmy had a kickflip with multiple badtz maru charms and a happy bunny sticker on the battery cover. default ringtone was probably dirty little secret, but she'd set it to her friend's favorite songs for when they each called. her text alert was the mgs alert noise. she didn't play the games but she watched a friend play them and enjoyed soaking up "a girl gamer?!?" attention (she dropped that by high school because it turns out it was really fucking annoying and she'd rather hang with the skaters than the nerds)

5. Who is [x]'s best friend?

mat: he has 2. amy is a sweet, kind of naive, super social, book club and fanfic kinda girl. they've been friends since mat tried to join a literary club she ran in middle school. (he did not like it but she decided they were friends, so even when he stopped showing up she kept hanging out with him until it was true) she crushed on him in high school and they dated for a couple weeks but it was too fuckin weird for mat. she gets over stuff like that pretty quickly and was happy to just still be his friend. she's supportive and genuinely nice, and works doing organizational shit and copy-writing at a nonprofit. she's the most normal person i write lol. only cishet in the cast now. she likes to make her hair funky colors but usually settles on purple or pink shades.

thom is his best friend but closer than that, more like his brother. they're both only children and kind of reclusive. they started hanging out when thom moved to mat's neighborhood when they were around 8. they were both the same kind of weird and became pretty inseparable. they don't really talk out loud about their relationship, but if you got either of them alone and deep into it they'd agree they're brothers. they don't really have that kind of jokey bullying brotherhood, though, since they were both outcast nerds without the natural inclination to be mean. they accidentally built like a really healthy supportive open space for each other lol. thom is so much of why mat didn't go as insane as he could have, and why he works so hard to not repeat his parents' behaviors. thom is also the one who got them into weed, he grows it for fun and profit in his spare time. mat is the one who got them into making music, but thom isn't nervous about putting his shit out there so he actually djs sometimes irl. he works from home as an accountant. thom's aroace

kaz: his best best friend is kimmy, who he met in college. kimmy is a piercer and an artist, and she's a ride or die for kaz. they care a lot about each other and always have a good time together. they kind of bounce off each other in a way that mutually softens their irresponsibility - so they end up doing stupid shit in less stupid ways than they would have alone. kimmy loves gossip, she loves jumping into the deep end with people, and she loves teasing. if she's making fun of you she really likes you. she will 100% show up to anything she says she's going to, if you have her support you have it for real. kimmy's bi

he's probably next closest with jaimie, his college roommate turned best friend. jaimie jumps between a lot of random temp jobs. she's thinking of trying to become a mortician. jaimie is blunt as fuck, with a very dark sense of humor. she doesn't like most people, and she doesn't give a fuck if they know that. she can be judgmental and rude, honestly, but once she's taken a shine to you she does stick around and get less mean lol. she does know what things she says/thinks cross lines, but she won't care about that unless she cares about you. she's helped kaz through a lot of shit he would have kept 100% to himself, but, well, he doesn't live alone. so she's been privy to a side of him he keeps more guarded from other people. she likes to collect antiques, and she likes to research weird medical shit and disasters. she's close to her family and travels to visit her grandparents and cousins in india pretty often. she doesn't really go out like kaz and his other friends do, though she's always down to get drunk at home. jaimie's a lesbian 

last is ray, who kaz met bc kimmy started dating him towards the end of college. ray is the responsible one in their friend group, and usually the first to get exasperated with kaz. he is the second most normal character i have, offset only by his not really mainstream dark cowboy sensibilities. he's a writer, mostly trying to get his thriller/mystery shit published, and works in a mailroom for a steady paycheck. he's into movies, and he can mostly play guitar. he can also be blunt like jaimie, though he's better at being polite about it. he sincerely feels like he's usually right and that people should be listening to him and his advice, which leads to him imposing his ideas on people - mostly out of good will/trying to help, but he can still be pushy about it. he'll show up to help you if shit goes wrong, but if he told you so, ohh you're gonna fuckin hear it at least once. he's pretty generous with his time and energy, and he sticks to his word. ray's trans but straight

6. What is [x]'s favourite colour? FUCK I RAN OUT ALREADY

BUT THE LAST ONE WAS LONG ENOUGH TO COUNT AS TWO *BIG WINK*

7. Does [x] prefer showers, baths, or something else?

mat: if he had a bathtub his productivity would go down at least 15%. let him luxuriate. man of the senses. give him bath bombs and scented oils and candles and shit. god his shitty apartment is so unfair (tiny standing shower only)

kaz: showers, does not understand the appeal of sitting still in slowly cooling water and getting your head all sweaty, how if you wanna wash yourself you're just in the soapy grime water until it's too cold and boring to stay. he likes hot tubs tho

[xbittersweet-nostalgiax]

Every now and then I find myself wandering back over into one of my old fandoms (and I mean OLD, I was into this when I was like 8) and my brain goes "Hey you remember your OC? Let's make them Fit Better."

In this case it's Xiaolin Showdown and the OC in question is Yvette, aka Eve or Evie, who is also the Dragon Of Wood, but in the way that Jack is the Dragon Of Metal (since they're not on the Good Side, except they eventually will be bc it's my story lol)

She's also Jack's childhood friend who just sorta hangs around his basement-garage-lab-thing and tries to keep him out of any serious trouble—they definitely have a sort of Feminine Guy & Masculine Girl thing going on as well as the Red & Blue trope too bc she has blue hair (blue is also associated with the wood element, at least according to Wikipedia)

It's mainly just fun coming up with how she blends into the episodes; her outfits and behavior, how she changes things just by being involved, her relationships with not just Jack but the whole cast

Especially stuff like the episodes based in the future bc her older self is still by Jack's side, making sure he takes his meds and doesn't drive his scooter into a ditch or whatever....they're also married by that point and there's a whole bit about ppl noticing the matching rings (which Jack 100% made himself bc of course he would) and present day Jack kinda freaking out about it bc What Do You Mean I End Up Marrying My Best Friend??? and Yvette's just like Huh Cool bc she's significantly more chill than he is (but lbr that bar is kinda low lol)

And of course we've got her relationship with Good Jack which is pretty sweet bc she gets even more protective of him, and their dynamic in the timeline where Chase doesn't drink the soup is so beyond sweet it's positively diabetic....like, they have matching sunhats and she helps him braid his hair to keep it out of his way as they garden

But yeah Yvette's whole vibe is very chill and kinda lazy—at one point the main crew asks her why she goes along with Jack's plans and she's like "idk it's something to do I guess" bc just like Jack she comes from a rich family and doesn't exactly have a whole lot going on bc she is kinda spoiled

Yvette has a similar story to Katnappe in regards to how she met Jack—fancy party at his parents' mansion that she ditched to go down to the basement, only they were elementary school aged and Yvette chose to befriend him instead of being...catty lol

Their parents actually think the relationship could be beneficial, both socially and financially bc Rich People, so they mostly get left alone

Yvette's mom is french btw, but her dad is american(specifically Louisiana bc why not)—she's traveled back and forth quite a bit and has some odd quirks from being raised with both cultures (she can speak both Parisian French and Cajun French, and she likes to switch between the two to mess with her mom)

Funnily enough, this means Yvette has moments where her and Clay have some things in common—tho Texans and Cajuns are two very different creatures....still, things like iced sweet tea and biscuits & gravy are southern staples they bond over

....idk I just felt like rambling about her bc she feels pretty solid and the whole thing is just fun to think about, especially since it gives Jack a person who is always 100% in his corner even when she's physically carrying him away from a situation bc he needs to chill tf out and also shit's about to go south

Like seriously tho...dude needs that bc some of the later episodes especially get kinda rough for him—iykyk—and at the end of the day this is all wish fulfillment and my wish is for the narrative to not beat him with the short end of the stick on a regular basis....so I gave him a kickass girlfriend who keeps his shit from getting wrecked too hard (they still lose, I just get sick of the narrative adding injury to insult if you know what I mean)

[hehecham]

dayblogging (at 4am)

had a minor tiff w/ ben over asking him to wear a mask @ work for a few days which ended up fine but the thrust of it was: me: i dont understand why it's so hard for you to give your boss a heads-up that you're gonna mask for a few days bc you're geting married in <2 weeks and want ti minimise any disasters + we're currently in a covid surge ben: no one at work wears one and i dont want to be the only one. office politics + environmental pressure etc me: *silent bc i cant think of a nice reply to that one* ben: ill ask if i can work from home this week :| he also was like "i didnt realise me saying no would upset you?" and i was a bit like ...do you think i would ask you to mask up for the fun of it all?!?! anyway w/e w/e i do understand how shit it is to be the only person wearing a mask, it's really embarrassing + esp in a workplace environment where you need to be v concerned w/ how people are viewing you innit. like the social cost is real + i know his office is v quiet as well but like. we're literally getting married in <2 weeks and covid can take like 10 days to clear (or more - last time it took ben 10d) so just take thi one for the FUCKING TEAM, BEN anyway w/e im happy he said he'd work from home (it should be fine - his work seems v reasonable) bc that seems like a good option btwn social cost @ his job + just raw dogging the oxygen also i do understand the social pressure when no one else is wearing a mask which is why i get in there first and either lie or exaggerate massively to anyone i come across. or just tell the truth, depending on what's best. like the other day when i took my wedding dress in for alterations i said to the tailor like "hiiii - sorry about the mask, im just super paranoid about something going wrong <3 :)" in my least threatening tone + he was like Of course honey :-) and that was that. i have also used the excuse that my mum has cancer (which was half-true lmfao) and that i live with a "highly vulnerable person" (absolute lie) like if you're in a situation where you're never gonna see these people again just like make something up or explain first or whatever the fuck lol

we basically spent all evening/night (it's 4am and i just left our bedroom lol) hanging out in our bed (with the above argument only taking up about 10m earlier on) trading pokemon on pokemon go / battling on pokemon go / watching tiktok / having sex

oh god i nearly forgot - HE BROUGHT HIS WEDDING SUIT HOME + he looks so fucking good, like an old worldy gentleman, 3 piece suit with this incredible lining fabric + like little bits of pink sprinkled throughout

i painted our nails to match again

[curioussubjects]

ok so i noticed something on my second rewatch about the two times frank leaves mel hanging midsentence:

(though be advised that while i do have eyes to see, this coulf also be the brainrot talking, so. idk make of the following what you will lol)

the first one when frank is (attempting) to do some charting, but he's for sure more interested in talking to mel, he stops listening to her because trinity interrupts them with a medical question. the question takes precedence over any other demand on his attention because it's the most recent bit of stimulus *and* turns out that it's one of the things frank is sensitive about. then immediately there's another case and frank and trinity are off.

the second one when he leaves mel midsentence to go to the bathroom is similar in that he's paying attention until he sees the bathroom, which overrides the conversation. interestingly, iirc this happens after robby's bathroom break mini saga.

idk i just think it's interesting that both times it's not that frank loses interest in what mel is saying so much as that he's distracted by something external and more urgent. that he's kinda rude about it is the kind of rude that you see a lot with adhd when there are two competing tasks and your brain malfunctions a little bit bc modulating attention when you have a working memory deficit is hard ok sjdhflkjhldsfa

but yeah idk it just reads a little different than other times when mel misses the social cue and overshares because in a different context he might have just kept on listening to her and asking her questions (is this how he knew she'd enjoy removing gravel from that guy's leg? MAYBE SO)

oh nothing just thinking about how in the beginning of the day when mel rambles, frank looks like a fucking deer in headlights and then he leaves her in the middle of a conversation like one (1) hour later but then give or take a few more hours he’s listening to her intently and giving her praise! it’s so interesting, really!

[cyberthot666]

ok I wasn’t gonna say anything but I can’t stop thinking about it now. last night my coworker, who I also consider a friend, his gf came in and I’ve been trying to befriend her cause I want her to like me. we’re all 3 aries 🥴 anyway, I’m usually painfully awkward with her no matter how hard I try cause I can get bad social anxiety with people I don’t know well and I’ve realized I lean heavily on people pleasing tendencies so I can feel crushed if someone doesn’t like me even if I don’t know them or like them 🙄 anyway, I thought for once we were having a good conversation and it was flowing. I complimented her nails and then we talked about nails for a long time. I sent her a picture of these vitamins I use. we’ve given each other book recommendations. it had been really slow for the last couple of hours with just her and another regular in there. all I had left to do was clean. it was bout 30 minutes til close and I was sure no one else would come in. I went in the back to sweep real quick and she ordered some food. just a little snack, which I had no problem making. I even went to slice fresh cucumbers for her. then when I came back out this annoying girl that’s a regular came in and everyone started squealing. and I was thinking oh great. I sat her food down in front of her and she acknowledged it but didn’t thank me. so I was like oh. that just told me A LOT. ok so she’s being fake nice to me for my coworker’s sake. cool. got it. will no longer bother her with my chit chat when she comes to visit him. I really thought she seemed nice but things got awkward when she realized I’m older than her and not younger????? lmfao. anyway, her and this annoying girl started talking like besties and then that girl ordered 4 dishes. 30 minutes before close. she also brought two trashy ass behaving men in with her. so now I’m pissed. I had my music playing loudly in kitchen cause that’s how I usually passive aggressively signal to customers that kitchen is about to close. I brought all the food out to annoying girl and she was polite & thanked me. then an order for like 3 big dishes rang in but they were all spelled wrong & I was like wtf and walked back out to the coworker I’ve been having a weird situationship with and both his brothers and another guy who works with us all hanging out at the bar. so now there’s like 10 people in the dining room being rambunctious af bout 10-15 minutes before close and the shelf we’ve been asking to be fixed for months just collapsed for the 100th time so I started getting pissed off and didn’t even talk to him. all I said was hi & bye and you could tell I was upset. after I was off I went to the dive bar behind us to play pool with some of the girls I work with and that coworker’s gf was at the bar the moment I walked in and I said hi :) really nicely and then later when he got there they were being weird in a corner by themselves. I was going to say bye as we were walking out but he just looked at me then looked away. I was like damn. is she mad I went to grab him extra sour cream for his lunch earlier or? I do little favors like that for everyone I work with. idk I was just trying to figure out what it is I did but maybe she’s just one of those girls that sees competition in every other woman idk. but anyway I’ll know not to waste my efforts anymore bc I really don’t respect people who can’t at least thank their server when they drop them food. that’s a huge red flag to me especially considering she also works in a restaurant.

[aajjks]

BC!JK

he doesn’t want to? why not?

can’t he see that you’re a girl who can’t make up their mind to save their life, you’re clearly obsessed with your ex, you have a cat, you’re an over-thinker, and you have no social life. you’re everything a guy would literally hate and actively avoid yet here he is putting his heart out in the open and it has your name written all over it.

jungkook still likes you after all these years despite you both not ending on the best terms and it’s unbelievable.

you’re sure he’s seen and met so many other girls that are 1000% better than you yet here he is claiming to still have feelings for you. claiming that he can mend your heart and be the best man for you but only if you give him one chance.

he wants another shot at your heart. he messed up the last time but this time will be different because he’s different and neither of you are sure if you’ll see each other again if the answer is no.

“wow” you say a bit flattered by jungkook’s confession.

“i’m gonna cry a lot and i’ll probably want to be alone a lot too” you follow up but that doesn’t steer jungkook away because he understands how you feel.

“if you’re okay then…i’ll stay. i’ll call danielle and tell her to go back home. she’ll probably be mad but she’ll understand” you shrug before picking up your soaked bag and telling jungkook you’ll be in your room to freshen up and once the door of the guest bedroom closes, you don’t get to see jungkook being ecstatic that you decided to stay.

“hey danny, where are you?”

“i was just about to call you! i just left!!”

“YOU JUST LEFT?! danielle!!”

“i’m sorry, i’m sorry!!”

“well, don’t worry about it. you can turn around, i’m staying with…with jungkook”

“……..huh?”

“i-i said—“

“I KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING ON BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU!! are you two fucking or something?”

“eww, danny no! he’s letting me stay until i get my own apartment”

“mhm, sure he is. you don’t have to sugarcoat y’know?”

“shut up, danielle. i told you it’s not like that. we’re just—“

“fuck buddies?”

“wha? no!”

“sneaky links?”

“danielle”

“mutual care bears…for now”

“PLATONIC, danielle. it’s platonic. plus, it’s only until i get my apartment. once i find a place in my budget then i’m gonna leave”

“whatever, now tell me about this break up”

“let me wash up first then we’ll talk, ok?”

“okay. you better call me back too!”

“i will! i will!”

you hang up the phone and open your soaked bag and just when this night, okay seriously, WHY is your night going left like this? most of your clothes are soaked from the rain and although it’s 100% your fault, you just can’t catch a break.

“jungkook?” you softly call for his name with hopes that he heard you and before you can call his name again, he’s at your door wondering if everything is okay.

“uh, i’m fine it’s just…do you have an extra pair of clothes i can borrow for the night? some of mine are wet from the rain”

Did you just ask him for clothes?

He doesn’t have any women’s clothes in his house that’s for sure so maybe he will have to give you his, which he is more than fine with, but… would you be comfortable with wearing his clothes?

“Uhhh yn I don’t have any female clothing here… would you like a pair of T-shirt and a pair of pajamas? They’re mine.” it’s hard for him to look at you without blushing. He knows that Your night is really bad, but his night is just right.

He will really get to witness you wearing his clothes.. a guy’s biggest fantasy is to see the girl he loves in his clothes….

And he’s about to experience that….

You will look so adorable in his large, clothes, and he is not going to let this opportunity go so before you can give him an answer he’s off to his room and he’s taking out his clothes, and like an excited boy, he’s running back to your room.

“HERE.” he literally throws the clothes in your hands, unable to hide his excitement, “go shower, do whatever you want and I’ll prepare something for us to eat… and I gotta go check on my dog… trust me he will not bother you.” he assures you because he just told him that you don’t really get along with dogs….

You will learn to love him that’s okay. And he knows that you’re really awkward with him…. So Jungkook just leaves you to your business before going back to his room and he is also taking a shower, and it’s a quick one because he knows he has to cook for you, so after he’s done he hurriedly puts on some clothes.

And while he was showering, he was literally beaming with happiness because you’re literally in his home… with him.

It’s like his wildest dream has come true.

Jungkook doesn’t really bother to dry his hair, soon he’s off to the kitchen. “Hmm what would yn like?” he thinks to himself, before deciding to just grill some beef for the both of you…

I mean, he doesn’t really know what do you like but he’s sure that you would love beef…

Honestly cooking is therapy for him… and he humming to himself, singing his heart away… that is until you call out his name

“Oh yes, yn?”

He turns around, and he swears to God that.. he’s forgotten how to breathe.

There you stand in all your glory- in his clothes. He cannot believe this earth.

[murkycran]

Human!Dreamling AU

Hob is a former soldier turned history professor (original, I know)

Dream is a successful author; he writes under the pseudonym of Morpheus because he likes his privacy

Dream starts sitting in on Hob’s history classes because he’s doing research for his next book

Which would fine and all, if only 1) he had bothered to tell Hob that rather than just showing up one day, and 2) he wasn’t so distracting for the actual students in the class

As it is, Dream just starts showing up after class one day and Hob is like “um?? Can I help you???”

Dream: “your Department Chair said I could be here”

Hob: “well no one told ME that”

It starts off a bit contentious; Dream refuses to tell Hob what he’s writing about, just asks vague questions, and his attitude makes Hob feel inferior or like he’s being judged

In truth Dream is just an awkward idiot who has a hard time talking to people, hence the need for writing under a pseudonym and saving his privacy

Hob, finally reaching his limit with feeling like he’s being judged and deemed inadequate, asks why Dream doesn’t just sit in with the other history professors

Dream, getting huffy and defensive, says “my sister praised your passion and depth of knowledge in your field, but if you truly find me so bothersome, I’ll find someone else”

Hob: “sorry, did you say sister?”

Hob served in the army with Death, who was a combat medic

Death and Hob kept in touch after being discharged from the army, but they both kind of got busy with life and only occasionally saw each other on social media

While Hob went on to get his degree in history and teach, Death got her PhD in medicine and opened her own practice

When Dream complained about needing to do some research on an era of history for his next book to Death, she suggested Hob and talked about how good of a teacher he was. So Dream pulled some strings and got permission from the Department Chair to sit in on Hob’s classes.

Hob is a little embarrassed - he considers himself a pretty average professor and doesn’t have the same years of experience as some of the other professors - but feels honored that Death recommended him so highly

Ofc before he can actually say anything like that, Dream leaves because he’s Offended and needs to sulk

Feeling a little bad about how they parted (only a little bc Dream can be an ass when he wants to be), Hob reaches out to Death again and tells her about it. She’s pretty much like “sigh yeah that’s Dream for you, dw I’ll talk to him”

Cue her calling Dream and calling him an idiot and telling him he needs to use his words more rather than expecting everyone to simply accommodate him.

Death uses Older Sister Voice to strike a blow!! Dream sulks about it some more but realizes she’s right and shows up to the next class Hob is teaching

He doesn’t really apologize but he does say he overreacted; Hob DOES apologize for misjudging Dream, however. He’s still willing to give Dream a shot now that he knows Death specifically recommended him to Dream

Hob tried to ask Dream about the books he’s written before but Dream Will Not tell him what his pen name is; hob also tries to ask what the current book is about, and Dream still won’t talk about it

This is all frustrating to Hob, bc if he knew even what genre Dream was writing he could probably help more than by just giving a basic history lesson. He could be specific about what he tells Dream, give plot relevant info, etc etc.

Dream dgaf tho and plays it all close to the vest bc he doesn’t want someone ‘interfering’ with his writing process. It irks Hob, but he comes to see it as a game, trying to figure out Dream’s pseudonym from little clues in their conversations.

Leading to not only many more classes where Dream shows up (Hob’s students are INTRIGUED bc who is this man randomly hanging around our professor?), but also some one on one meetings either at Hob’s office or at the New Inn over drinks. Dream even offers to pay Hob, but Hob insists he just pay for the drinks when they go out, bc he sees his talks with Dream as a favor to his Death, who saved his life more than once out in the field

What started as a rough partnership evolves into a comfortable friendship over months, as their meetings eventually start to progress past just talking about history to other topics. They get to know each other outside the original context of their meetings by talking about things that, yknow, friends talk about. Food, hobbies, family, past experiences, etc.

I think the tipping point for Hob realizing he’s got a crush on Dream would be him coming into the university building where he teaches one day and seeing Dream talking to another professor.

All the social studies and liberal arts are taught in the same building. Dream showed up early for Hob’s class bc he thought he heard a different professor reciting Shakespeare to their class once. He likes Shakespeare ofc so he thought he’d show up a little early to listen to the Shakespeare class out of curiosity. He ends up in a discussion after the class ends with the professor. The professor, named Will (bc I think I’m hilarious), is an English professor who teaches a class on Shakespearean Literature to third and fourth year students.

On his way to his own class, Hob sees the two of them talking after the Shakespeare class ends, and feels a little weird about it but he has a class to teach so he ignores it

Or at least he tries to. The feeling grows when his class starts and Dream is nowhere to be seen for at least the first 30 min of class. When Dream finally does come in, it’s the latest he’s ever arrived and it bugs tf out of Hob so much he tells Dream after class that they can’t meet that day bc there’s a faculty meeting that Hob forgot about.

Dream is a little surprised and disappointed, but is okay with putting their meeting off for another day. After he leaves, Hob finds himself wondering exactly why he told Dream they couldn’t meet, bc now that Dream’s gone he regrets lying and just wants Dream to come back. Now irritated with both himself and Will the English professor, Hob goes home for the rest of the day to grade papers. If there’s a little more red on the essays than there normally is, that’s only bc his students had a particularly hard time with the recent unit and not at all bc he’s mad.

Hob doesn’t have any classes the next day, but he does actually have a meeting with the Department Chair about next semester’s classes, so he goes to the university. After his meeting with the Chair, he happens to walk by Will the English professor’s class out of curiosity and sees Dream sitting in the back of the class. Hob gets aggravated all over again, stewing outside the closed classroom door (it’s one of those with the window on the door) and thinking not very nice thoughts about Will the English professor when Dream looks towards him and sees Hob at the door. He looks surprised.

Without even thinking about it Hob automatically leaves bc shit! Dream caught him standing outside the class like a creepy stalker! Fuck. Hob drives all the way home mortified and cursing himself before he realizes he’s blushing all over. Cue the realization that hey maybe this is about more than just his friend becoming friends with Will the English professor.

I have more for this AU, but this post is getting a little long for mobile so I’m cutting it off here (for now…)

Now with a Part 2!

[sebsxphia]

Ok seb I CANNOT stop thinking about asshole frat boy jake pining after a really sweet, shy, wallflower type of girl 🥺 like she’s really quiet and doesn’t have a ton of friends and doesn’t really go out much, but her roommates drag her along to a party at jake’s frat house bc “you need to socialize” but of course they end up leaving her alone and that’s where Jake sees here standing all alone against the wall sipping from a red plastic cup and just looking absolutely miserable. He thinks she’s gorgeous so he walks up to her, ready to use all his charm and woo her into his bed for the evening.. but she’s not having any of it, not falling for his usual tricks because she’s smart enough to know what guys like him want. But Jake enjoys seeing how shy and flustered and blushy she got from all of his compliments and flirting, so he makes it his mission to try to win her over, inviting her to more frat parties (which she always very politely declines), sitting next to her in a class they share together and doing everything in his power to make her laugh because her sweet, quiet giggles are the only thing that makes the boring class bearable, spending lots of time in the campus library that he never dared step foot in before because he found out from her friend that she works there, maybe even asking her to tutor him or help him with a paper just so he could spend more time with her. And he’d be so shocked by the fact that he’s met someone who has him wanting to change his slutty frat boy ways because he’s genuinely starting to like her beyond just wanting to sleep with her 🥹

I CANNOT BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS TROPE DEAR ANON SJNDAKKSNKDSJ

because all of jake’s friends would tease him for always hanging around you and actually wanting to study instead of party all the time, but jake would defend you with his life, even if you weren’t in the room with him at the time.

he loves seeing you enjoy a completely new side of life that he’s never experienced before. working hard and being proud of what you achieve, spending time on yourself, enjoying the quieter moments. he relishes each and every one of those moments with you.

thank you so, so much for this wonderful idea my dear anon!! mwah!! 💌💖🫶🏼

[belphiesreverie]

Build a Yandere results!

It’s finally done!! I apologise for the delay with posting this, but hopefully it was worth the wait! Thank you again to everyone who contributed to the event and I hope you enjoy the final result! 💕

As I mentioned in the original post, you can send in hc/scenario requests, ask the yandere direct questions, ask for drawings etc now that they are done! I really hope you enjoy interacting with them!

Yandere and info under the cut!

Introducing Nero!

General info!

Nero is 21 years old and his birthday is the 12th July

He stands at about 6’0 but often wears platforms which make him closer to 6’3

His dad is an executive in a mafia family and owns a large business to act as a coverup. Nero will be taking over for him eventually so he’s majoring in business

However, he’s also minoring in English Literature as he adores reading and writing poems and he wanted to become a writer himself at some point

Despite his intimidating demeanour, Nero is actually a massive hopeless romantic and you can’t really tell how… passionate he is if you ever get the chance to read one of his poems

Nero is often seen carrying around cigarettes, although he doesn’t actually smoke. There was a misunderstanding once where someone assumed he wanted a cigarette when he came over to them, and since then people have assumed that’s what he wants whenever he approaches someone

He has a younger sister whom he absolutely adores and would do anything to keep her happy. She loves painting his nails and playing with his hair so he keeps them both long for her

He’s also in charge of looking after her a lot so he’s getting close to househusband material. He’s amazing at cleaning and getting it done super fast, but cannot cook for the life of him. He’s trying his hardest to get better at it though

Nero has partial heterochromia in his left eye!

He has tattoo’s from his father’s mafia family on his back and right arm. He covers the one on his arm with bandages so he doesn’t look as unapproachable or scary, but the bandages make it looks like he gets in lots of fights so it’s slightly counter intuitive

He’s an ambivert. There are times where he has to be social and interact with lots of people, and he doesn’t mind too much. But he also loves to spend a lot of time cooped up in his house doing nothing

Not a hc, but a fun fact abt his design! The lip piercing he has is called an angel bite and he has pointy jewellery to mimic vampire teeth! This is bc the human votes won, but it was a super close call between him being an angel or a vampire if he was non human. Just a cute lil easter egg 💕

Yandere type!

Nero is obsessive first and foremost. When he falls for someone, he falls hard and all his thoughts and actions revolve around them

His poems go from being about the feeling of wanting to experience love and a relationship, to cryptic but heavily detailed confessions to the object of his desires

He’s also quite protective of them as well. He knows that because of his father’s line of work, he has a target on his back as well and that it is probably extended towards his darling, so he goes above and beyond in ‘protecting’ them. Even if they’re not aware that he’s made it his job to watch over them 24/7

His persistence comes about from the perceived lack of sincerity that his darling assumes he holds

No matter how many times he asks them out to a nice fancy restaurant, or a cute little picnic, or on a world famous cruise, or even just to go see a movie. He’s not very outwardly expressive so every invitation seems to hold a tinge of insincerity, no matter how genuine he’s trying to be

The constant rejections won’t stop him or deter him though. They usually go right over his head as he continues to follow his darling around for the rest of the day

Even if they don’t enjoy his presence, he’s still gonna be right there next to him as often as he can be. He likes being close to them and it helps keep the others away as well

If his darling willingly lets him hang around them though? Well he’s got this excited air around him the entire day, the positivity practically radiating off of him. Which is actually helpful, since just looking at his expression would make you think he’s regretting even asking

His darling’s friends are absolutely not invited to hang out though. Just having his darling acknowledge someone else is enough to set him over the edge, let alone if he hears them planning outings together or anything like that

He knows he doesn’t have the right to monopolise his darling’s time, but he just can’t help but want to keep them all to himself without any pests bothering them. What’s more romantic than being the only person in each other’s lives?

He views his darling way above him. Nero knows he’s by no stretch of the imagination a good person. Especially considering the ties to the mafia through his father. Compared to him, his darling is practically a saint that can do no wrong

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