#whyd they do that. was it really necessary

[therealslimshakespeare]

Dear John || Pt.1

Masters of the Air Fanfiction

Requested: ☑️ My sweet Bri begged for a love-letter-centric Egan fic and with her wonderfully infectious ideas this was produced, the first part of many.

Summary: Major John Egan wasn’t the pen-pal sort but a couple of hours into a dark night full of writing condolence letters, he finds himself wondering why he never tried his hand at the nicer forms of correspondence. Who better to reanimate his numb inspiration than the glamorous Miss Lana Tierney? -the army’s girl next door, the pinup so prolific she was practically a wall paper print and Bucky’s long-standing cinematic crush. It’s not like she’ll read it anyways, tucked up in luxury in Beverly Hills with carts of tedious fanmail burned in her back yard each day, his letter will get lost in the mix. It’s harmless. That thought -and the booze- may loosen his pen a little too much but it’s alright, it’s not like she’ll read it. Right? Right.

It was specified in the request to use or create some of those old WWII dirty acronyms, so in here you have Bucky making up his own for his starlet crush (acorn). I’m ripping off a few ladies here, Lana Turner, Betty Grable, Hedy Lamarr to name a few -the moodbaord is for general aesthetics, I try to keep my fem!readers and oc’s as ambiguous physically as possible. (Besides the fact Johnny Egan finds you mouthwatering, which -be honest with yourself here sweet thing!!- he would.

Rating: 18+ this is the letter writing, vintage form of sexting. i kid you not, this man swings wildly from sweet as pie to downright filthy and vintage slang for anatomical parts is used freely. This would make a better shameful diary entry than a letter but he’s a rogue and he’s in a war, cut him some slack.

Fun game: how many times can Major Egan manage to mention Buck in a horny fan letter to his crush?

Dear A.C.O.R.N.

It is highly unlikely that you remember me, but, all the same, we have met. Now, hear me out, I’m sure fellas say that to you all the time but my point still stands and to match them I’ll do you one better, seeing as how I am not buttering you up for something in return -I have met you, yes, but I have also sung to you.

There. Said it.

Not that you’d recall that either, but then again maybe you would, but either way it doesn’t matter as the entire reason I am writing to you is because it is entirely unlikely you will ever open this god-awful endeavor made of pen and ink.

I am quite drunk, you see.

A necessary medicine. And they do make good whiskey here, one of the few joys they haven’t rationed yet. It’s got me wondering what’s your poison of choice. Something fruity? Or are you an olive sucker? Like that salt on the rim? Or maybe you go for somethin’ silky and warm goin’ down your throat? Which-ever it is, I bet you’d be a surprise, sweet ACORN, I just know it. You were a surprise at the canteen. Back in Jersey? Before shipping out? I know you were on a whole tour and kisses were goin’ for dollars but still, you were a surprise.

A lovely one, really. And that’s the point of this letter. To tell you that you're lovely and while I’m not the pen-pal sort, I’ve written home 80 letters tonight to families whose boys I was supposed to bring home. It got me thinking: Bucky, why the hell don’t you write nice letters? Whyd you only write ‘em now that you gotta? And it occurred to me then that the one silver lining in this whole Air Exec job is the desk, the lamp and the office.

I could write anybody from here. I could write you.

And you wouldn't read it so I could write anything. And it could be a nice letter. ‘Cause I don’t know anybody of yours to tell you anythin’ sad about them and you don’t know me except that I’m alive and drunk. Which is better than those poor eighty two bastards. Which reminds me, I’ve still got two more but maybe Buck will take those, he took seventeen off to his bunk to write from there. Buck doesn't have a desk because he’s not as important as me and he has all the luck.

You’ve met Buck, too, Acorn. He was the appalled pretty one with the straw colored hair pulling me off you after we had our duet. He objects to your nickname, see, even though you didn’t seem to mind. You were lovely, A.C.O.R.N. And I’d not wanna ruin this letter by telling you what it means, not now that I’m actually writing to you and determined to be nice but Buck knows and while he agrees with me as much as any man in the nation that you’ve got the most robust rack on the silver screen -he has objections, you see. So it wasn’t the song or the canoodling he didn’t like, and I still say, he broke up a little love affair that night. Bastard. So I’m writing to you now because as the acronym suggests, I’ve got a goal in my mind in regards to you. I tell myself -Bucky, there’s reasons to make it back.

Reasons, Bucky, reasons. Like Acorn and her halo of gorgeous hair that smelled like coconuts and the way she thought my new lyrics were pretty clever. That’s what you said, acorn, you said they were pretty clever. Now I may have been a little drunk then, too, but I think you might’ve been tipsy, that coke smelled too strong to be straight. I still have the straw you gave me, it’s bent to hell but I’ve taken it up each mission. I’m not counting on it for luck so much as a reminder of the aforementioned reasons. To come back. Your lipstick has mostly worn off but I figure it’s still the same.

You had your precious lips around it. That’s what matters.

And that’s the sorta sentence that makes Buck think I shouldn’t write letters.

But what he can’t accuse me of is being dishonest or vague. I’m being straight with you. You deserve that much, you were lovely and very straight shootin’ yourself, dear little girl. I could pinch your cheeks right now, you’re so sweet. And don’t think me a coward for sayin’ all this under assumption that you won’t read it. I hope you don’t since it’s not worth your time and if you do I wish I’d written less about me and more about you but I need you to know if we were face to face I’d say the same:

You were lovely, you ARE lovely!!!! and I think all your work for us boys is swell and you’ve got the bestest set of knockers any of us have ever seen and I’m stayin’ alive in hopes to see ‘em again some day and while the girls here are swell and sweet they aren’t zippy like you. At least not the ones who’ve put out so far. And if I had you face to face, I’d find a way to make you laugh again and I’d tell you to your face you’re lovely and if I’d been David Nivin in Love Trap with you, I’d have stayed in that little kitchen with you and ate all your burnt flapjacks and watched you in your apron and made babies with you till we were old.

Anyway. It needed saying. And maybe I’ll say it to your face given the chance again. I was working my way up to a proposition for burgers and milkshakes when Buck ruined it. But maybe you’ll tour? Here!! Over here. In England or maybe in Europe once we kick the Nazis bastards out.

Now that’s motivation. That’s a reason! -clear out a nice little swath of land through fortress europe so Miss Lana Tierney can sing in the city of lights surrounded by nothin’ but wine and good food and a buncha boys who love and appreciate her.

Because we do, ma’am. We do.

And make no mistake, I do this to keep the country safe and try to bring as many boys home as I can but every second I also think - it’s where you are too, and so I must continue keeping it safe.

If you, by some godawful chance, do read this letter, please don’t feel pressed to respond or pull out a restraining order. Think of it this way, it’d just be one more “Dear John” letter and the system is clogged as it is. You just deserve a nice letter and my wrist is past sore, one more doesn't matter. And being unable to deliver nice, I’ve written this.

~ I am ever your respectful (and hammered) admirer, Maj. John Egan

P.S. if you do happen to read this I’m sorry. Buck told me not to do this but I just had to Acorn. You’re just too swell and I really have got to get myself to a theater before long, I miss your Angel face.

Masterlist

Thank you for reading! This was entirely out of my usual comfort zone but I’ve had fun writing it and I’m trying to tune my ear to pick up his voice, that’s been stretching. This series will have many letters in it but there will also be fic, so fear not. I’ve got some plans already figured out for this series but I do love a suggestion or ten so have at the inbox with what you’d like to see play out.

Hope you enjoyed, if you’d like to be tagged in future MOTA fics, drop a note below.

[motorcitizens]

> remembers peopleofmotorcity pinup mike

> vomits in my mouth a little because hes like 16

[yeoldotcom]

i hate writing kissing scenes

[veevadoovee]

Raiden, Otacon with a bimbo / very feminine s/o

Bimbo meaning v

Can be gender neutral! As long as they're very feminine!

Warning: suggestive but it's not completely nsfw dw

Note: Whyd I do this? Duh!! I'm a bimbo myself!! I love being girly and doing hot girl shit and show off my hotness, my whole room is pink, I'm very feminine and I love listening to ayesha erotica!! Even tho I didn't like what she did I only like her music. I just wanna do this bc I rlly love MG characters and I wanna know how they'd react. Also another note: bimbo is a derogatory term.

Feel free to request more characters for this one, I just can't decide and I'm on the mood for Raiden and Otacon atm

Raiden (post mgs2 /mgs4-mgr)

He's actually very shy about showing you around and all

He's actually pretty emo tbh ☠ just imagine him trying his best to bow his head whenever you walk around all sparkly and shit while he's just 🧍‍♂️

"Hey.. You're looking really... Sparkly. Like a fairy princess of sort-"

OK but tbh he loves you for who you are, sometimes when you ask, he can let you do his eyeliner and do his makeup if you want. You can pretty much make him your makeup tester and he won't mind at all. As long as you don't bring him out like that though. (Pssst he will keep the eyeliner and the eyeshadow)

He loves your heels hehe he's very supportive of what you wanna wear, it's you, it makes you feel pretty, so he likes that.

Otacon

Like Raiden, he's very shy...

He's a flustered mess, he can't decide if he would keep his eyes on you or not because he didn't wanna be disrespectful

"Is it... Necessary to show that much skin? N-Not that I'm against it but- aren't you a little cold??"

Poor boy he's so innocent at times. But it makes him feel like he's dating an irl anime girl bc of ur makeup and you looking like a real life Bratz 😻

Imagine him with a face full of pink kiss marks because of you, it would leave him in such a cute giggling mess.

As for the stuff you wear, he's not against them, though it does make him feel really flustered at times. His eyes darting somewhere and you cant tell where because of his foggy glasses😈. If it makes you feel pretty, he likes that.

[evilneo]

What’s your least favorite thing to draw?

How much time do you spend drawing on an average day?

Do you draw more today than you did in the past, or do you draw less?

For digital artists: how many layers does a typical piece require?

answered below!

uhhhhhhh IDK my sense of time is really bad JDBDKDBSMD probably a few hours? thats boosted by college tho, art is the only thing I do in there

hmmmm. I finish more stuff now! so probably SLIGHTLY less but im more productive now so it makes up for it <3 but also im faster now. so maybe more..? idrk how to quantify it properly </3

UHHHH probably more than necessary </3

Gman: 35 layers (10 unused, 6 being sketches)

Leading Light: 123+ (123 at my count, but there is a layer labeled as "layer 140" so shrugs) (68, 3 being refs, 4 being empty?? why) (the reason its so high is I duplicated the drawing+all its layers? at least twice?? whyd I do that. probably to try and preserve something?)

Ara: 27 (4 being unused)

Jevil: 58 (7 being unused)

to give examples ⬆️

[kinnie-quarium]

thats kinda stupid though lol whyd you make a kin blog if u cant take doubles lol -different anon

Anon are you kidding me,,, I’m not required to take something I’m not comfy doing? especially regarding doubles? like I already feel guilty about saying I wont take stuff for certain kins so just idk this really wasn’t necessary anon. It’s my blog yk I get to choose wht I do and don’t do.

-Mod Koi [Gyomei]

[eatprayjop]

Idk if you're still doing this but I was creeping creeping in your blog and ⚠️💙👅🎬

it took me like 10 whole seconds to figure out what this meant i forgot i rb that ask iwuehifuwhoiejfowijeofjwe⚠ if you were going on a date with baekhyun, where would you take him?idc anywhere he wants to go he wants to go to hawaii?? ill go into debt buying us first class tickets and a scuba diving and jet ski tour there i’ll take him on a food tour if he wants we can go to every major 5 star restaurants in japan !! if he wants to stay home and play games we can do that too he can teach me how to play lol and i can cook him doritos and gatorade i literally dont care im crying just thinking about this💙 pick one personality trait from each member.jongdae - his kindness #UltimateAngelAnticsjunmyeon - his selflessness he puts the others before himself and is always looking out for them he’s not just a good leader but a good friendjongin - idk if this counts as a personality trait but the way he thinks is fascinating like julie said to me once i wanna have a conversation w/ him have u read any of his interviews?? so interestingbbh - the members always say hes the moodmaker i think its bc hes very aware of others and can get a good read on ppl or sense of them and then adjusts in a way to make others comfortable and laugh and be happy togetherksoo - HE’S SO ENDEARINGminseok - he’s literally so funny one of the most underrated comedians of exoyixing - ive never known a more passionate person in my lifesehun - loyalty.. he keeps in touch with all his friends like when he posted johnny’s debut pics for nct limitless on ig???? i was crying like they still talk they’re still close of course they are sehun is the most loyal kind of friend and that one guy he posted about from produce 101 also went to exordium dot and in my heart i kno sehun invited him... he loves his members so much he’d do anything for them.. samechanyeol - the way he loves it’s so heart-warming i think he doesn’t kno how to love things/people without giving 100% of his heart away... whyd i just cry lol👅pick a body part from each member.lmfao okayksoo - cheeks (like when he smiles??? he’s a peach)bbh - mouth... :^)jongin - legs or not to sound like bbh but he’s got a dancer’s buttjongdae - eyebrows siefjowijefminseok - eyesjunmyeon - his face in general he’s really handsome?? princely.. ppl were saying cosmetic surgeons say he has the best face and i believe them osiejfoiwjefsehun - this is gonna sound weird but forehead and i have a reason it’s bc i have a thing for those haristyles he does where u can see his foreheadyixing - DIMPLESchanyeol - not to be so cliche but ears🎬 if your bias were to be the star of a movie, what kind of movie would it be?UHHH I GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO SAY RMR THAT MOVIE BASED OFF THE WEBTOON DOKGO THAT FELL THROUGH BUT BBH WAS GONNA PLAY THAT ONE CHARACTER WHO COULD ACTUALLY KICK SOME MAJOR @$$ BUT CHOOSES NOT TO BC HE ISN’T ONE FOR VIOLENCE UNLESS NECESSARY I RMR READING THE CHARACTER WAS SKILLED W/ A KNIFE IN PARTICULAR I THINK?? AND HE DELIVERS CHICKEN AS A JOB AND HIS CHARACTER WAS KIND OF WEIRD/ECCENTRIC OR SOMETHING IDK IT SOUNDED SO INTERESTING I WAS SO HYPED AND THEN THE PROJECT DIED???? WELP TURNS OUT HE WASN’T EVEN INVOLVED AT ALL BUT THAT WOULD BE THE KIND OF FILM I’D BE SO INTO HE CAN DO ACTION HE IS A MARTIAL ARTS MASTER... I GOT MORE TO SAY BUT I’LL SHUT UP NOW

[boy-howdy-im-tired]

its weird to look back on the progression of coming outs ive done and the reaction from my parents cause like

“im gay” got “okay heres some support kiddo also sleepover rules still apply you can only bring your same gender friends over for the night” and yknow that was really odd at the time but fuck if i was gonna question it i was like fourteen and had no intentions of banging anyone i knew 

but that eventually went into “im ace actually” which got “do u need medication r u ok how do we fix this” and that still didnt have any actual tangible consequences so it was fine but just kinda awkward

then roll out “also am trans” which rebounded back to the ace thing with a layer of “oh god is that why you dont the sex do u hate urself pls have sex” which was just a longer conversation than it needed to be but also definitely not a conversation i ever expected to have with my parents

like theres just no set script for your parents coming to you like that 

“get out there and get laid like a lot you can do it i believe in you” and im like “i mean i did” and the response wasnt “oh no we raised a degenerate serial people banger” but instead was more like “well heck whyd you stop then please tell me youre at least fapping a lot”

anyhoo then i got into “also turns out every single gender is up for grabs to me now that ive worked out my own gender thing” which for some reason was the breaking point and suddenly im not trans for this episode?????? until a few skill cooldowns and then yes everything is okay im still trans 

also quietly it was decided that suddenly im sexually interested in all these people which became

“hey im ace” round two but this time it was fine cause shit had already hit the fan back at mk bi and the “how we are does a fix of this” conversation was actually productive since when i said “no im fine im just not into banging people im attracted to” there was enough explanation present for it to be apparent that it wasnt some kind of self loathing behavior

we have a gr8 relationship with each other and generally always have which i suppose is a large part of how that all went down in the first place but hot damn what a mess

also somehow in the middle of all this i wound up having to tell my mom that im into guro which was just surreal cause in what universe is that ever necessary other than apparently this one

anyways life gets really weird sometimes but boy howdy that last bit makes for an interesting story at cocktail parties