#wow wow wow this is a novel lmao

[apoptoses]

♟ If they like board games, and how good they are at ‘em (for Armand)

and of course

☾ Sleeping habits (for Our Boys daniel/armand/louis 👀)

♟ If they like board games, and how good they are at ‘em (for Armand)

Does he like board games? Yes. Is he good at them? To the point Daniel has refused to play at times lmao

I just think he'd be the worst combination of rules lawyer but also arbitrary. Like if they're playing ticket to ride he's analyzing every move Daniel makes and denying him the ability to move a single car if it's already touched the board. You start placing your cars along a route and realize there's a better path? Too bad, you set one token down, Armand is not allowing take backs. Catan? He's ruthless, he knows the rules and will make life hell.

But he's also the kind of demon who learned about the concept of 'house rules' from drunk Daniel back in the 80s, and now the Trinity Gate monopoly nights take like seven hours because properties aren't being auctioned off and every time Lestat says anything about how this shit is unfair, he's the prince- he's forced to place $100 in the pot in the middle of the board and game drags on and on and fucking on.

Also I see him into those really complex modern board games that have like, six decks of cards, a rule book as thick as a dictionary, and need at least an hour to explain to a new player. Like wingspan or time stories. But that's fine because everyone in the household has their preferred complex game (I think Louis would dig time stories tbh) and he's down for any of them.

☾ Sleeping habits (for Our Boys daniel/armand/louis 👀)

Oh man oh man I had to marinate on this one, I have THOUGHTS.

This is a relationship configuration where Armand can sit back and be doted on and he's taking advantage of that. Like he is always always always sleeping in the middle on the nights they're all home. He just really enjoys the weight and comfort of being surrounded by the two of them but in like, two main configurations-

Armand on his back, with Louis and Daniel on their sides facing him- a fave because he gets the joy of their faces tucked up close to his cheek/neck, or a chin resting on his shoulder. ALSO because he gets the entertainment value of Louis and Daniel trying to figure out whose arm goes where like who gets to hold his waist, who gets a hand on his chest.

And it's awkward the first couple times because neither of them know if its okay if their arms brush, like what if they BOTH want their hand on Armand's chest? But after a few nights everyone is used to it, and occasionally Armand will feel Daniel's hand push against Louis' and shove it over a little just to be a pest. And Armand hears Louis sigh but he doesn't take the bait and push back like Lestat would, he just waits until the night Daniel is least expecting it and grabs his hand and holds onto it. And now they're buddies who share a bed with their shared boyfriend and hold hands and boy does that make for some interesting eavesdropping into Louis' mind for Armand.

Armand getting spooned by Louis, with Daniel on his side wrapped around Armand like an octopus- This one happens most often if Daniel is a straggler and comes to bed last. He has to lift Armand's arm, sneak in and snuggle up with his face buried in Armand's chest. And he's tall so being down this low results in his feet sticking off the bottom of the bed but that's alright, sometimes waking up with two people playing with his hair makes up for it.

And Armand likes this because he gets to feel squashed between them but his face is still out, and Louis would like it because his chin can rest atop Armand's head. Because I think both of them have some weird trauma that would lead them to wanting to be able to see their surroundings as soon as they open their eyes, and not want to feel smothered before they fall asleep. Like Louis getting buried in the wall in that coffin, and Armand's....everything. They're both a little hypervigilant as a result.

ALSO

In my heart of hearts Armand is like Lestat, a morning (evening?) person who is ready to get out of bed and go. But Louis and Daniel both like to linger in that space between death sleep and wakefulness, where they're napping like mortals and groggy.

And Daniel missed out on sleeping a full night with Armand for so long, right? Like as a mortal he'd wake up groping for Armand even though he's not there, and would wind up hugging a pillow instead.

So now whenever Armand springs out of bed alone and gets dressed he gets treated to the sight of Daniel shifting around until he snuggles up to Louis' arm and gets settled again. And Louis is so used to Lestat clinging that he doesn't even stir, he's accepted that tall blond men drooling on his shoulder is his fate ♥

[missmisnomer]

When you're recommending something you really, REALLY like to someone and being IncrediblyNormal™ doesn't work out, so you have to resort to being ALittleUnhinged™ to get the point across.

🍋💥👍 @turtleinsoup

[frobby]

i know that by "pro gamer" it def means that joonghyuk plays shooters or like competitive games but i personally like to hc as a speedrunner. Hes got like world record in mr goobers day off cuz he can do the dookie skip consistently and he got fast sligma on his best time. Hes a gaming icon

[whiskey-tango-matcha]

not to brag, but my therapist told me today that i did incredible during our emdr session, which means i get an A for the day in therapy, something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve 🙂‍↕️😌

[maddymoreau]

Grant: “I just need you to be complacent.”

He wraps his hands around my neck and begins to squeeze.

Grant: “So that we can go home together.”

I scratch at his hands, trying to dig my fingers underneath them but it’s to no avail.

Grant: “Please darling . . . just go to sleep.”

He squeezes tighter. I feel my head swell, a dizziness takes over.

Player: “P-ple . . . ase . . . s-stop . . .”

Grant: "Just . . . sleep . . . and then I can let go."

[becausebuckley]

it's november, which means that both flufftober and 911 kinktober are officially over! i've had such a wonderful time combining the challenges this past month. 15 fluffy fics, 16 kinky ones, and 91k words later, i've officially completed my challenge!

i just wanted to say the absolute biggest thank you to everyone who's been reading these fics, especially those kind enough to leave a comment or reblog them. it's been so so wonderful to see your responses and i'm so grateful for the support! many thanks also to those who pointed out that certain links didn't work etc because i really wouldn't be me if everything went smoothly lmao. and, of course, the biggest thank you to those involved in organising the events! find the flufftober collection and the 911 kinktober collections linked - i highly recommend checking out some of the other lovely fics!

i'll be reblogging the fics again throughout november. if you'd like to have a look in the meantime, the links below will take you to the ao3 fic series for both halves of my challenge!

buddie flufftober 2024 (15 works)

my personal favourites are day 10, game (it's all fun and games (and family)), and day 17, only one bed (from your heart to your fingertips)!

buddie kinktober 2024 (16 works)

my personal favourites are day 4, non-sexual kink (to be still), and day 27, non-penetrative sex (i'll show you mine (will you show me yours?))!

though my posting schedule is going to slow down drastically compared to this (i'm aiming for weekly fic drops from now on), i definitely am planning on continuing to write so much more 911 fic! if there's a kink/fluff/whumptober prompt i've missed that you want me to write, feel free to throw it in my inbox. i'm always happy to try my hand at prompts! in addition, there's a couple other fun things in the works - how about that sleeping beauty au i won't shut up about? who knows, maybe i'll finally finish it...

so yeah, thanks so much for everything - now excuse me while i go give my poor fingers a rest from all this typing!

[kingofanemptyworld]

someone really took all their period pain and gave it to sqq

[akkivee]

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[twilit-tragedy]

Shoutout to the MDZS donghua for giving Wangxian their secluded home in the middle of nowhere, with a donkey and two bunnies. You dropped this, king 👑

[zinniapetals]

do you think Ango is ever like ‘yeah sometimes i think about dying haha who hasnt’ and goes back to work and his coworkers are like what the fuck

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2024: THE ART OF EXCESS by Tom LeClair.

Another day, another "requesting niche out of print nonfiction from the library that they have to borrow from the Library of Congress, because of course they do"! I didn't actually read the whole thing because I'm not familiar with six out of the seven books he analyzes, but I did read the preface, the introduction, and the chapter about Le Guin's ALWAYS COMING HOME (which was really the epilogue lol).

His framework of "systems novels" was fascinating to me and my biology-oriented brain, and he flagged a lot of the same things I transcribed for my "le guin posting" tag, which I thought was neat! Unfortunately: he nerfed himself by spending most of his time on behemoth novels by six white men as Representative of Excess as Mastery, so I found his overall conclusions lackluster--like, dude, really, broaden your sample size if you're trying to generalize to American Literature Going Forward (it's no wonder Le Guin was the most hopeful and reconstructive of the lot, given the synopses of the other bricks he discussed). Neat intro and preface! And I found myself nodding along to a lot of his insights on Le Guin, but I also found myself rolling my eyes at how he tried to generalize from the texts he selected.

[harrowscore]

finished one hundred years of solitude, now on with winter prince and a dune reread 👀

[payasita]

hello! just a question: when will feel no evil be updated? absolutely no pressure whatsoever askkrkaka take as much time as you need <3 just wondering!

fuck if I know lmao

in all seriousness: thanks for asking! chapters not half written yet because I kept having pacing issues with the beginning bits, so I guess the solution to that is sitting down and giving the thing its own outline before continuing

could be next week! could be another two months. I'm an awful project manager when it's My Own project tbfh

glad you're liking the story tho, thanks for asking 👌

[seventh-district]

several days and 15 thousand words later, i am relieved to report that the suffocating urge to Write Something has been sated and no longer has me in a chokehold

[always-anxious-skychild]

Royal?

Day 1 of Theme Ask: Royal

[The constellation Demon King of Salvation is looking at you.]

Me: Wow, he kinda looks generic-

Also me: Girl, that's the point of his character. He is described as a generic looking ass-

Anyways, I've been reading Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (manhwa then jumping to the novel) for the last few days and I have reached to the point of "For the love of everything that is shiny, lock him up before he sacrifices himself again-"

Extra Pics:

[weebsinstash]

I mean at least when I publish my works it's always at least inherently implied that I am writing fetish/kink material and that whatever abusive dynamics are for entertainment only, not to be condoned, but then some of these light novel writers who explicitly label their stories as ROMANCE say with their whole chest "ok so the male lead, after already breaking her heart, tells the female lead to prove she loves him by having sex, which she does because she loves him immensely, and after she's already had sex with him, he tells her he never loved her not even once, but it's ok because later on he apologizes and he helps raise the kid she gave birth to after he abandoned her for another woman" like are you for real right now, I would tear out his throat with my fucking teeth, are you actually fucking kidding--